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They've averaged over 20k overall before, the Tahs used to average over 30k and the Reds are around that now. The Force have averaged over 20k in the past too. All our teams average better crowds against Australian and NZ teams than South African teams as well. I'm not saying this would happen...

I think the distinction between the 3 teams in Sydney will work pretty well actually. With good pricing (free for kids!) and promotion all teams could get 5000+ to home games. The only area not properly represented is the East. Perhaps one day the Waratahs will become that team and the NRC...

No you're right, we shouldn't forget those sons of fund managers.

Agreed. It shouldn't be too hard to paint the 'Stars' as the silver spoon fed inner west hipsters that they are. They'll almost certainly be a bunch of latte sipping, fixie bike riders with beard transplants. Up against the salt of the earth, all round good guys from the Rams.

RF, I like your 'shepherds' nickname for the board. Perhaps that should be the unofficial title of the Ram's captain...as he'll be leading the Rams around the field so to speak. Use social media for more than just information. Use it for banter. Take shots at the other teams, especially the...

Tribalism can be built very quickly. Tradition is not a necessity. Look at the Western Sydney Wanderers for example. Their supporters are among the most passionate in the country. To begin with though I think the most important thing a sporting competition needs is a good product that people...

I think it'd be very important to connect with the subbies and junior clubs in the greater sydney area. They all have facebook pages that can reach a lot of people. Make contact with them, to begin with ask them to post about the Rams to help drive the number of fans on social media and the...

Obviously teams from such locations wouldn't be full of locals. They would be more like the Toulon of Asia-Pacific rugby. One positive of teams like that is they could help keep players from moving to Europe. If there was an Asia-Pacific league or conference Australia and New Zealand could...

They should always be the pinnacle in the sense of being the top echelon of the sport, but I don't think they should always be the number 1 (and pretty much only) revenue driver. Pinning the hopes of an entire sport on the success of one team in a country as large as Australia isn't a great long...

Completely agree with this. Not sure you could have separate teams in Fiji and Samoa...not without significant government or private investment. They'd need benefactors. But it would be cool. I think it more likely you could have a combined Pacific Island team based out of Auckland or even...

But Japan already have a professional domestic league. The point of 1 or 2 franchises at a higher level would be to give more of their best players greater exposure to top class rugby (it wouldn't be any different to say Italy in the Pro 12). And also hopefully increase interest in rugby among...

I don't think Japanese rugby should wait until after the 2019 world cup to do anything. They need to be developing the sport before the world cup so that the world cup itself is a success (in terms of interest in Japan) and so that Japan can be as competitive as possible. It'll be awful for the...

A Trans Tasman competition would be more feasible than 2 separate leagues in Australia and NZ. But what you suggest (or something along those lines) is what a lot of people, including myself are crying out for. It wouldn't be difficult to have a trans tasman competition with the current...

Bardon, do you think there would be a chance of gaining a decent following for a Tokyo based team in some sort of Asia-Pacific Super Rugby comp or conference? Say if it was pretty much the Japanese national team with a couple of marquee foreigners. Given Japan did beat Wales in one of those...

They're amateur teams. If we're going to include teams from Argentina and Japan in any sort of competition they should be new professional entities.

WCR, forget linking up with the Top League. Those company teams have little fan support in Japan (and can you blame them? I certainly wouldn't support Suntory or Toyota unless I worked for them). Plus the Japanese talent is spread too thinly for those teams to be competitive. If we're to...

I think Super Rugby should become a pool based cup competition including teams from SANZAR, Argentina, Japan and whoever else they want to invite to the party. It shouldn't last more than about 6 weeks. The primary focus of the competing teams should be in domestic leagues played ENTIRELY in...

Sydney Coves sounds alright, but it's a bit antiques roadshow. I don't know if it'd appeal to kids. And the kids are the ones that will care most about the nickname or mascot. I'd take a short list to a couple of local primary schools and/or high schools and get the students to vote for what...

Last point: focusing on improving the top domestic league (or the '2nd tier') will help the Wallabies in the long run anyway. It would improve our depth and improve the popularity of the sport as a whole. This would increase the quality, popularity and prestige of the Wallabies over time as...

Well personally I enjoy Super Rugby much more than the NRL, AFL or A League. But of those competitions it's the 4th most valuable to Australian broadcasters and it attracts the 4th most amount of fans. These are objective facts. And it largely comes down to the amount of content (at least when...