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Not sure.

Part of the reason why I would prefer the one off Bledisloe as opposed to the current 3.

Certainly hope so.

69,000 tuned into watch last night. Would be good if we can average that throughout.

Was it a great game? No. Was it any worse than the Highlanders v Chiefs game? No. Both were still enjoyable for what where essentially teams blowing out the cobwebs.

With 3 of those 4 at present if they pay anything it's no where near enough for players to be professional. Even semi-professionalism would be a bridge too far. As for streaming revenue from say YouTube. Even if it saw streams similar to Super Rugby viewing figures it would still fall well short of...

Well then fuck it. Work with Forrest and move en mass across to GRR. I'm over waiting with bated breathe as to what NZ thinks or wants. Especially as it only ever is to suit them. Time we suited ourselves.

We could look to allow the Force to recruit with no foreign player cap while either folding the Rebels in the Brumbies and support the entry of a PI squad or sign agreements with the PI to make the Rebels a psuedo-PI franchise.

A TT competition is the simplest and easiest structure to get up and running in the shortest timeframe. That's what we;ll end up with and continuing to discuss anything other than that is unfortunately moot beyond that of a though exercise. What we need to do now is figure out means toward...

Well, Japan won't be an option either way. They've just announced that they'll have at least 25 teams spanning three divisions with the top two being fully professional and the third at best semi-pro. All with academy structure and age grade sides. They are also looking at introducing a Cup...

He clearly wasn't referencing just WA.

There certainly should be a quota system in place. At least 70% of each squad needs to be Wallabies/All Blacks declared. Not eligible but declared. So in a squad of 35 around 25 of those would be declared for the nation in which that team is domiciled and not eligible for selection for another...

We could look to do something akin to what you've been suggesting and what the Force did with the Save the Force campaign. Set up the opportunity to buy shares in the the teams at $1000 that gives you a bunch of peaks/voting rights etc. And to make it easier it could be set up similar to the...

There's definitely a great deal to iron out. Which is why a interim deal for next season in the form of a TT competition should be hashed out with the intent on locking something more permanent down for 2022. I think a lot of things depend on whether PE is in fact interested. If they are you'd...

There's no reason why that cannot be an option under that model. It would require two rather different mindsets with one seeking a for profit motive and the other less so.

Nope. Nope. Nope. Why is it that Rugby has to compromise is laws and game structures and League pretty much only has to show up? Next it will be no Rugby styled rucks. Might as well just play a game of League and be done with it.

From a PE perspective I'd imagine a competition that balances markets and competitiveness would be the most ideal situation. Which is why a TT competition would likely be the most attractive option first if it can be achieved. I actually think a stake in a whole structure as opposed to...

I think that would be RA's preferred model as well. A full home and away TT competition. I actually think in terms of investment it would be a more attractive proposition than either nation going it alone.

We could do a 5 even a 6 team competition easily enough. It would just require a restructure of the professional game beyond that of the HP units. We'd have to see the admin of the game move more to a single entity model with the 'league' running day to days and not the individual Unions to...

More from what I've seen in regards to annual reports.