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And yet the RFU doesn't operate the English Premiership nor do the FFR operate the Top 14. But both sure do look like Rugby Union competitions to me. I've made it very clear that USA Rugby was is no position to dictate anything to those behind MLR. They couldn't prevent players from signing. The...

Over this side of the Tasman CVC, KKR and Silverlake as well as Forrest have all been mentioned over the last year.

Pretty sure they would be playing Rugby Union with or without the sanctioning. What else would they be playing? Point is, they did it without building off anything USA Rugby did. Sanctioning is and was purely ceremonial. As for the clubs. Same thing. Yes, they were and still are registered...

That would have to be one hell of a PE deal to make that happen.

Nope. USA Rugby (it's not Rugby America) has never set up a professional Rugby competition. They didn't even set up the Rugby Super League back in the late 90s - early 2000s. That was a collection of clubs. They actually cannot set up any direct commercial enterprise in the US as part of the...

Mate, take it from me. You're way off on how MLR got started. Way off. All USARugby has done is sanction the competition. Which they had to delay because they fluffed it up so monumentally with Pro Rugby (another wholly private endeavour) that they had to fend off legal challenges no matter how...

It should be an independent body from the outset. Set it up in much the same way as MLR in the US. A central office administers the competition and oversees salary cap operations with each franchise/Union each having a single vote as part of the ownership group. This would extend to any PE partners.

I'd be very surprised if RA aren't involved in the process in some way, shape or form. It's just that we're seeing reports emerge form NZ as opposed to RA. Which has been a bit of a trademark under McLennan's stewardship. Were once the org. would leak like a sieve. He seems to have tightened...

Considering a few PE firms are in talks with both RA and NZR I suspect that part of any deal(s) would be an independent body that not only focuses on administration but developing the commercial side of the competition.

Well, there's not many if any options to expand in NZ and if both Moana and the Drua enter that's the Pacific angle covered. The only place for growth would be in Australia. But the primary focus should be on ensuring a high degree of quality first and foremost in any expansion plan. If there's...

If we were talking about a season of similar length to that of the AFL or NRL then fine. But 12 weeks the need for byes are negated. If we were to go with a domestic competition and then a TT competition we could schedule a break period between the two.

I just see the point of having byes in a 6 team competition. Particularly as it's only a short schedule anyway. IF we had 7 you are forced to.

It would be a 12 week schedule. A bye is a waste of time.

Wasn't suggesting that it should be just NSW and Qld. More that efforts should be increased to build both quality and depth in the likes of Melbourne and Perth in particular to increase the pool in which the franchises draw from.

I did. Finals score was 42-27 to LA. They did well enough. Hard to tell whether they will be dominant or not.

An annual representative competition selecting players directly from club play. Meaning they would have to have played at least some club Rugby that season. In terms of Sydney it could be split using the Harbour. For Brisbane the river. And a team from each of Canberra, Melbourne and Perth...

Some interesting mental gymnastics your doing there. While the NRC was cost neutral thanks to the Fox deal which for the record meant that it was viable this little thinking called the the global Covid pandemic kind of threw the spanner in the works. RA like literally every other sports body in...

Which is why I suggested something like a rep structure. With teams selected from club play.

RA don't have Fox paying for the base costs of the structure. That's it. As a development tool is been massively successful.

Anyone else notice the definite Aussie twang to Stander. Pretty amusing to see considering he's originally from the Republic. Loved it.