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Recent history of Australian teams in this tournament suggests that there are systemic issues involving one or more of; poor selections, poor coaching and poor youth development/coach development structures. We came 3rd in 2011 and since then we've come 8th, 7th, 5th, 5th, 6th, 6th and 5th...

I think that's right. Hybrid seems to be what is being used in the UK and France rather than straight artificial.

https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/hybrid-turf-rolled-out-at-perth-stadium-ng-b88555491z

SS matches were played at Woolahra which is either artficial or hybrid

Although dear old PT didn't live in the age of outrage as we now do. ;)

Perhaps, but NZRU made it work for what it deemed the greater and didn't let the recalcitrants win.

I recall the discussion.The obsession with not playing on muddy fields means that most grounds (in Australia anyway) are sand based. It means that the turf is looser than if it was dark soil. The surface on Saturday night was unacceptable IMO (which is a separate issue from playing on an...

Although, in it's current iteration the NRC is a lot closer to glorified park rugby than it should be. I sat through the NSW v Qld game on Saturday night, and to be honest if this is what 5 years of NRC can produce I'm not sure that it's achieving much at all. (Noting that two of the best...

More importantly, all of the teams in it are tied to a geographic area, all of the teams are longstanding provinces and all of the teams are integrated with the levels below (i.e. their provinical clubs) and the level above (i.e. geographically linked to a super team). It's a fairly universal...

Error ridden match with flashes of good play from each side. First full super match I've watched in two years. Think it will be another two years before I'm back.

Although I'm not sure why rugby has configured the field at 90 degrees to the traditional way league, union and soccer games have always been played there. Configured how it was last night means that the stands at the side at further away from the action (and I used the term action loosely)...

Well, the members stand looked half empty last night so I'm not sure that this is correct. At the moment there isn't a functioning stadium in Sydney suitable for rugby/rugby league except Homebush. It's the NSWRU who have chosen to play games at the SCG, even though as I've pointed out...

True, but when the government tries to build new one the greens and local pressure groups caryy on. I read yesterday that the MCG has been completely rebuilt twice since the Olympics and they're about to give it another upgrade.

Not quite. I'd have it run all winter as a national competition and part of that means that it needs to be intergrated to the levels above and below. In fact, until the second part happens then the NRC concept is doomed. If you want to run it in it's current timeslot, it's just like a tacked...

In another format, which makes all the difference. I always believe that it's better not to do something than to do it badly.

The format and details are what is wrong. I fail to see how the standard of Australian rugby could be any lower without NRC, in its current format. It has close to zero brand recognition amongst the rugby public and even less recognition in the wider Australian sporting community. If it...

Too true Jagman. Implemetation has been poor, but for many the NRC is part of a belief system so they simply can't believe that what you sy is true.

True, but the expression of interest from NSW Country was a joint venture with SARU playing some games in Adelaide IIRC. I'm reasonably sure that the Country Eagles was dreamt up by the ARU (could have been the NSWRU but IIRC they sat back and did nothing). The raison d'être for the Eagles was...

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Correct. Which is my point. The Eagles were never a country side, they were created to keep Randwick (and possibly Easts) happy, nothing more or less. Well, you've named three SS clubs out of 11 (then it was 12) as having the initial stance against the NRC. You'll find that the rest...