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Top 4 from both the SS and QPR with either the Premiers and Runners Up from Canberra and a rep side from Melbourne and Perth. Two pools of 6 with the winner of each pool playing in the final. Or the Top 4 from the SS and QPR and a rep side from ACT, Vic and WA. Straight round robin with a 4 team...

I think some of the decision making took away from the game at times. Poorly chosen box kicks etc. Which were very much out of character for the likes of Norths who play probably the best ball in play style in the competition and generally make the right decisions in that regard.

The system works. What chances would the WA Schools team have beating a NSW team?

Half my club side were signed up with either one of those two at 16. Same for the other side that made up the other half of the then State Championship winning Randwick team. Most attended private schools. Most took the opportunity to be exposed to a level pf training and development not present...

The Schools Championships will provide a broader cross section of young blokes an opportunitu to play and be seen. I'm sure the guys attached to the academies will be watching and if they see some stand outs those kids could get an opportunity they otherwise wouldn't. So it will no longer be...

The NRL clubs have always used the school system to identify and warehouse talent. You're suggesting thos is some kind of fundamental shift on their behalf. These teams were loaded with contracted players back when I was in school. And I've been out of HS for 15 years.

And all pf out best talent will be competing in the Academy program. What we habe noe is an elite pathway designed for identoficatidentification and development and the other based on participation. Best pf both in my opinion.

In some states kids finish HS at 17. Meaning they are effectively younger than their competitors. Additionally, being academies they'd have some degree of tie in with the likes of the Reds and Tahs etc.

Quick question. How deep do these Academies go? As in, are they only at the Aus. Schoolboys/U18s level or do they extend down the ladder to say U16s and 14s.

If the interest is there then I certainly think it should be explored. My worry is that it doesn't exist or at least not to the level that it would be needed. I guess if RA were able to find a investor/buyer for the Reds and Tahs that could have benefits for both the Brumbies and Rebels but...

Part of the reason I'm suggesting a little wiggle room for scheduling which could bring the start forward a little while only really pushing the RC back 4-6 weeks. There would be benefits for both SA and NZ. Their AB and Boks could go back to the ITM Cup and Currie Cups helping to breathe new...

Are you referring to the RC? Because I actually addressed that by looking to have that rescheduled until after the finals of my suggested structure. So you'd have league/Cup games from late Feb/early Mar-Sept with mid-week Test matches during the the July window with the RC kicking off after...

February through September. So you'll likely still have depending on when you start it 6-8 weeks left in the competition left to play including finals. Would also be part of the purpose of looking to build the bridges with GRR which would mean we'd have 5 teams involved potentially 6. Which...

I see it as satisfying all our needs. We need a more regional focus that also possesses stronger commercial opportunities while NZ and SA want to maintain their relationship for development reasons. They can have that by forming their own 10 competition with Arg while we maintain a small degree...

Our 4 plus the Force and potentially another Aus based team plus Fiji and Samoa, HK and the AP Dragons would give you 10. That'd work. Which wouldn't be the worst outcome actually. NZ and SA including the Jaguares could form a 10 team competition themselves and both could compete over a double...

Doesn't necessarily need to be purely domestic either. Just fit more into our time zones.

The solution is to just have them 5m from the kick. There's already a line there and they'd be no farther away than a current 22m. I'd also like to see them use the GRR 'no kick to touch' on the full from your own 22m variation as well.

I still think there's a way Super Rugby can satisfy both of those needs. A two phased competition would be the most ideal set up. The first being 8 team leagues and the second being a combined Cup competition. This would provide SA with more emphasis on domestic Rugby with the exception of still having...

To be honest. I'm more interested by the mention of a European continental league starting 2020/21 at the bottom of the page. Any more detail on that? I've seen mention of it in the past but has more recent and solid info come up?

Which is something that always gets me. From my understanding the vast bulk of the value in these deals is tied up in the Test arena. Which wouldn't necessarily have to change. What potentially could change would be the opportunity to build something more domestically relevant that as per the...