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You'd need more than 6 teams to make the league viable. At the very least a Asia-Pacific Cup competition featuring opposition form both NZ and Japan. . Move the RC to align with the 6Ns to kick off the year. Move into our domestic competition. June/July Tests and then the AP Cup featuring our...

We could easily jump to 6 by bringing in the Drua.

We shouldn't be. Why should we bolster their coffers from what has become a highly lucrative event for the hosts when they sure as shit wouldn't return the favour.

So, essentially the NRC. Which would be fine by me.

That's essentially what they'll need to be.

Sydney, North Sydney and Country.

The simplest format would take the current 5 franchises maintain the Drua and elevate the two Country teams to full professionalism with direct links to the respective bodies which were established in 1947 (NSW Country) and 1965 (QLD Country) respectively. Both the Reds and Tahs have been...

Right. Except the Tahs, Reds and Brumbies have at least 25 years of history with the Tahs and Reds one going back much further. The Force have a good story. From be cast out, their fight to survive and grow and then there return to the fold. The only one that hasn't got a strong story or history...

Roll the Rebels, Force and Brumbies in the competition but with a focus on sourcing talent from their respective local competition first. Potentially another team be it Newcastle or Western Sydney or whatever. Add in 8 or 9 Syd/Brisbane club teams based on if say it kicks off 2022 the 2021...

Aren't all sporting leagues manufactured in some way, shape or form?

How will it be funded? I mean I'm not against the idea but it would require a huge influx of capital. More so than any other model I suspect.

I compartmentalise my support. At the Test level I'm an Australian Rugby fan first and foremost. But at Super level I've always been a Tahs fan and it's always been more about beating our teams first. Followed by any other Aus team beating the Brumbies before NZ teams even come into the...

Really? Because while I hold a degree of dislike of the NZ franchises and certainly want to beat them when it comes to teams that I actively 'hate' and want to see the Tahs beat are the other Australian sides. The Reds and the Brumbies in particular. The competition has felt far more relevant...

Not to mention the piles of cash it would require to bring all of these teams up to professional quality.

That's an option. Would likely require the club seasons at least from a Sydney and Brisbane perspective effectively split in two. The first being a single round robin to qualifiers and a the second being the national competition featuring say 5 from Sydney, 4 from Brisbane, 2 from Canberra and a...

The biggest issue with a National Club Competition is 1)determining which clubs are involved and 2)convincing the clubs that miss out as to why they aren't involved. All of which will set proceedings off. For it to even be an option you'd have to guarantee the involvement of Perth, Melbourne and...

A 10-12 team TT competition with an equitable share in terms of teams. Running over a 18-22 round home and way season. Then yes. But the models NZ are trying to push then a domestic competition is far and large my preferred pathway.

Part of why most want a domestic structure that rolls into a Champions Cup concept involving Japan.

Annually.

Kind of like when he first made the jump from Colts to the NRC. He had a rough time. And while he's not playing anywhere near as poorly as then (thrown to the wolves in that instance) he has shown the ability to take on the lessons from those experiences and grows as a player. So he should be...