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Apparently Fox Sports gave up their digital rights last week, so hopefully most or even all matches will be streamed for free.

Did they advertise the opening NRC match at the Club GF in any way? And have the Reds been pushing the match to members? Even on a Thursday night 1000 would be pretty poor for the opening match of the competition in the city that attracts the biggest rugby crowds in Australia.

Well it's sensible to budget for low crowds but that doesn't mean there isn't the potential to get some significantly bigger ones. Over 5k anyway. Manly sometimes attract 5k to the Shute Shield. With only 4 games and a larger catchment area you'd think the Rays may be able to at least do the...

Great result! Very interesting that China finished 3rd ahead of the US. And they actually went into the semi finals as the 2nd seed. Shows what olympic inclusion means to the sport.

It's going to be really interesting to see what kind of crowds the teams can draw. I really have no idea which sides will do best in that regard. I hope it can do better than the ARC. Now that half the teams are being run by super rugby franchises with big membership bases you'd have to think...

I think Homebush is definitely a better location geographically but the stadium really is too big and the stands too far from the action. Maybe one day Parramatta Stadium will be expanded to 35-40k or so - that would be a better option. Though my preference would be for Sydney to ultimately...

I agree with you on this, but most of these people do have awareness of the game or have seen it before. Most Australians will have watched a Wallabies game before. The Wallabies were very popular in the late 90's/early 00's - it's just that popularity and level of success was never going to...

In this scenario the Wallabies, or test rugby are like the EPL.

They might not be introduced to rugby by the NRC, but it's the sort of competition that will hopefully make the support more sticky in time. The Wallabies just don't play often enough to do that (and nor should they). How many Western Sydney Wanderers fans do you think there were that had...

The problem with a Wallabies centric strategy to growing the game is that they are only one team that can only play in one place at a time. They will not always win or be a top 3 team, especially as global rugby becomes more competitive in the longer term. The Wallabies only play 6 or 7 home...

Other than supporting the idea of golden point I've basically advocated getting rid of or reducing the number of penalty goals in the game - or at least trialling something to do that in the NRC. I think you exaggerate the significance of these changes. And I told you guys something to reduce...

Scoey, I don't appreciate having my love of the game questioned. It's uncalled for and unnecessary. Do you think I would be on this site and involved in a discussion like this if I didn't love the game? And I think it's pretty rich being told I know nothing about the game from the guy who...

You'd be kicking from near enough to your 22, and any decent kicker will be able to kick it to the opponents 22. You'd have at least half a dozen chasers to put everyone else on side and you'd be able to get to the 3 or 4 counter attackers well before they got to half way. It's a neutral game...

There being nothing wrong with something isn't always reason enough not to change it. Things that are fine can be improved. But what's wrong with a draw is that it's a nothing result, it's deflating. And an extra 10 minutes would be good to watch. You're right, they're infrequent, so I...

Rubbish. If the other team kicks long you could kick it straight back down the middle and with a good chase the ball is in neutral territory. You don't have to kick it out. Then again, if you backed your lineout to win a steal maybe you would. You might also back your attack and run it out. If...

Maybe when it comes to a tournament like the RC you could have both teams awarded 2 points for the draw and then have golden point to give both teams the chance to get an extra competition point. So you'd have a winner in the game, but the team that loses in golden point still gets awarded 2...

I don't think golden point does advantage one side over the other in rugby. The team kicking off can either kick it deep and hope to get the ball back, or they can kick short and contest. Either way, they get the territorial advantage to begin with. The receiving team, in most circumstances will...

The finish would be edge of your seat because of what's on the line, not because of how the 10 minutes gets played. Shaping up for a drop goal is much more difficult to do in rugby than it is in league, and it's also a lot more possible to stop. The penalty is obviously very possible but so too...

Yeah, not a 2 game series. And you might still get a draw with golden point. You'll just get 10 extra minutes of edge of your seat rugby. Why is 10 extra minutes of edge of your seat rugby a bad thing? It would happen pretty infrequently. I'd at least like to see golden point brought in for...

Well I'll stay on the side of progression and give the proposal my support. Draws are fine for a 2 game series - for example the RWC qualifying series that will soon be played between Uruguay and Russia. But for everything else I'd prefer to see a little extra time given to try and find a...