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In case you haven't noticed, the community aren't watching. Nor is there one major sporting competition in the world which involves international travel across 4 continents and multiple time zones. In fact, almost all professional sporting competitions around the world are purely domestic...

You realise that the Waratahs are only guaranteed 8 home games a year in the current set-up? A current set-up which includes significant international travel and accomodation costs. So I suspect that the "diabolical" finances involving 5 home games and only domestic travel would be nowhere...

Initially I'm talking about the current 4 plus the Force as you say. For the 6th team I'm open to options - would need to be looked at in depth as to what was the best long term option. Including the Sunwolves massively increases overheads as it would involve flying teams to and from Tokyo...

Absolutely correct. I've advocated this earlier in the thread. Have a 6 team Aussie competition means a 10 week home and away season followed by a final between 1st and 2nd perhaps. This guarrantees a 7.30pm game every Friday and Saturday night plus a Sunday afternoon game for 10 weeks...

To reinforce your point, after winning a close quarter final before a small crowd, the Waratahs immediately jetted off across 7 or 8 time zones to play their semi-final in the early hours of Sunday morning. This is nuts. This has now become a competition set up to fail in terms of growing or...

I'd also suggest add the novelty factor. When it began, super rugby was a novelty - particularly in Australia. SA and NZ had always had Currie Cup and NPC, but in Australia there was club rugby and a couple of interstate games between NSW and Qld and a City v Country clash. Professional...

Read the articles in post #347. They answer many of your queries. From the 3rd article Outside the United States, there has been much study regarding the possible role of headgear in preventing concussions. In 2004, Rugby World Cup video footage was reviewed to show a statistically...

Fixtures for this week: Riverview v Scots at Lane Cove Kings v Shore at North Parramatta Joeys v Newington at Hunters Hill Scots by 20 Kings by 50 Joeys by 30 3rd XV games High v Scots at Centennial Park Shore v Grammar at Northbridge Kings v Riverview at North Parramatta...

It's what every piece of research that I have read says. A lot of private primary schools make it mandatory as well. It keeps worried mothers happy though.

There's been quite a bit of research on protective equipment. Basically, headgear is ineffective as concussion is an internal brusing of the brain caused by the brain rattling around inside the skull after rapid deceleration. Head gear protects against fractured skull type injuries and skin...

The biggest issue by far facing contact sports and one which many sports are finding hard to come to terms with.

I think that the simplest remedy and the one which will maintain the importance of the scrum, while eliminating contrived penalites, is a very minor tweak to the laws. (Insert a guideline for referees that after the "use it" call the only penalties to be applied are offside and foul play) My...

What I hate, and more importantly isn't in the spirit of how rugby was always played is this scenario. France clearly win the scrum and have front foot ball available to use - the only reason that they hold it in and keep pushing is to play for the penalty. They have no intention of pushing...

If they got the ball out and played it, it woudn't matter would it? It used to be the way rugby was played until teams started to be rewarded for playing for penalties.

Yes, but it's purpose isn't to obtain a penalty. It's purpose is to decide possession after a minor infringement. In fact the laws don't say that you MUST push. They say you MAY push and if you do it must be straight and level. I'd put it that going backwards isn't pushing and shouldn't...

That's become the interpretation of some. I'd question whether it's the correct interpretation based on either law or 150 years of precedent. I'd also question how many pushover tries have been scored from anything other than a 5m scrum in the past 150 years. If you're pushing, but the other...

The trials against Trinity doubled as the rugby section of the AJ Rae Shield. New were to play games against a touring team yesterday (in opens and possibly 16s?), I've been away so I don't know what actually happened.

I had just picked up the remote to do some channel surfing and we scored the first try. Luckily I hesitated for a moment.

Especially in Christchurch.

Distinct lack of composure by the Highlanders in the last 10 mins. Played like they were up by 20 not down by 7 with an extra man.