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I don't mind the European style model you guys are talking about. But the problem I have with it is that the teams that don't qualify for the international 'Super Rugby' part at the end would be at such a huge disadvantage financially. No one would care about the 2nd level tournament. You'd get...

Well hopefully in quite a lot of places! I think it will be great at the Olympics, just as it has been at the Commonwealth Games. It's clearly a better spectator sport than most Olympic events and I'd be surprised if it isn't popular. Even in places where rugby has little presence. The Olympics...

By this logic you would just have the Wallabies play 25 test matches every year, the State of Origin would be a 7 match series, and shorter NRL and AFL competitions would be played twice per year so that you could have two grand finals. But clearly in all these examples you would be killing the...

Yeah and that will always be the case. But the Wallabies can only play once per week, whereas "Super Rugby" can play many more times and in more locations.

Even in tens you just play backrowers in the pack. Maybe a mobile lock/6. Any genuine tight 5 players are a liability.

There is barely FTA interest in test rugby. There wouldn't be any for a Trans-Tasman competition missing the top 50-60 players.

Well that's the challenge for the individual teams as well as the ARU and SANZAR! But by giving Super Rugby a bit more emphasis in the calendar it would help. Having a slightly longer Super Rugby season would help franchises increase revenues, which can be used for marketing and retaining...

End of year tours could switch between hemispheres. So you tour and host in alternating years and share revenues. But I think the international calendar has to be shaken up a little personally. Outside of the world cup it's the same every year. Maybe there should be other hosted tournaments...

Braveheart, I think when referring to genuine rugby fans the aim should be for people to care as much about their super rugby team as they do about the national team. That is the case in European rugby and in a lot of other international sports. Often people care more about their club team as...

I don't think including Japan and Argentina will make the Super Rugby comp worse off in the long term. But we need to know what the plan is! There needs to be a clearly communicated vision. Having single Argentinian and Japanese teams in South African conferences is not close to ideal. But if...

I think there should be more emphasis, from SANZAR in general, on Super Rugby. To build that into a huge globally popular sports league equivalent to English Premier League, NFL, NBA etc. At the moment there's too much emphasis on it developing All Blacks, Wallabies and (to a lesser extent)...

I think most rugby fans would agree, but Sevens has more potential to reach the wider public than anything other than the world cup. If Australia can win a medal (especially a gold) in either men's or women's sevens it will be a huge boost for the game. That would then flow on to boost...

Have WR (World Rugby) said what format will be used at the olympics? 3 pools of 4 or 2 pools of 6? Uruguay and Chile must be a bit excited. Neither are close to top 12 sevens nations but as you say, they have a shot with Argentina performing so well in the series. I guess if 3 South American nations did...

Not everything has to be about development for higher levels just because a higher level exists. If individual leagues or tournaments get continually treated as development tools first and foremost, it makes people care less about them. No one cares about trial game results for example. Yet...

I don't think so, I think it would help spread the 7's gospel to see it being played by some more recognisable players. And if 15's players are going to try and make Olympics teams in future I think it would be a good idea for them to have at least a little bit of time playing the game before...

About time something like this has come up. I for one have been banging on about something like this for ages. It's ridiculous that it took rugby league doing it first for things to happen. I understand the argument for 10's, but I think 7's would be better. Primarily because 7's is the...

That US team will be deadly in a couple of years if both Isles and Baker stick around and further develop their rugby nous. Their speed is just ridiculous. If you could have them on at the same time without creating too big a weakness in defence or at the ruck then they'd cut teams to shreds...

New Zealand aren't out of that scrap either. Though it is hard to see them ever missing the quarter finals (and very rarely do they not make at least the semis), while the likes of Australia, Argentina and England seem more prone to upsets. Amazing how quickly Samoa have fallen away. 14th...

Good win over Argentina. They're a key rival for olympic qualification. At this stage I think South Africa, New Zealand and Fiji will be top 3 at the end of the series and the last automatic qualifying spot will come down to us, England and Argentina. Would have included Samoa but they seem to...

I think New Zealand rugby has become too top heavy - even more than Australian rugby. It's like nothing else matters except the All Blacks and the main purpose of everything else is to develop players. With other levels devalued it's no surprise crowds are down. If the All Blacks ever go...