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Providing they go with the home and away schedule this makes a lot more sense.

That'd work as well and probably what the NRC needs to evolve into anyway.

If you don't want it to run over too much of an extended time frame then you could do it featuring 4 teams from Super Rugby and 4 from GRR split into two pools of four. Two from each comp in each pool. Either play each other once or for 3 games or home and away for 6 with the final to be contest by the...

Cool. Last I saw it had 10:30 pm which was less than ideal. Having a live broadcast is much better. Will be on Kayo as well and hopefully we'll see it broadcast via Twitter as per last year to provide a solid broadcast spread. FTA, streaming and social. I mentioned this on TWF but it should be...

It topped 800k last week. Which was up apparently from last year.

I still think a two phased competition structure could be a happy medium in the short term. Super Rugby and GRR run alongside one another for a similar length before the 4 Aus Super Rugby teams and the Force, Fiji, Samoa and Sunwolves/another Aus team join together in a re-worked NRC. Full time professional...

Doesn't help that it's run on the fumes of an oily rag.

If there's any grounding to Georgina's article in the SMH today that may very well be the case.

Well, their crowds certainly reflect issues. When the Kings move from Mandela Stadium (42k) to University of PE's athletics stadium (10k) and still make it look oversized you have issues. I'm not sure how open to more SA involvement the Pro nations would be unless those are the Big 4. Last I...

The JRFU didn't want to have to pay the participation fee. From a RA perspective Japan offered a solid market to explore and develop in. The Super franchises have been actively seeking deals which can be reflected in the series of games they've played against Top League clubs during the June...

Interesting. Though I really don't like the 2nd Div angle that it has been reported as being.

It's currently 7 pm in Sydney. And 10 am in South Africa. The NZ games kick off at 5:30 pm Sydney time which is 8:30 in the morning on a Saturday. Is that really all that convenient. I think you'll find our games are scheduled to be convenient for our local markets.

The interest levels of viewing audiences is higher (and significantly so) in games involving Aus/Aus and Aus/NZ games in Aus. The ratings reflect this. A competition featuring say 10 teams playing home and away offers broadcasts more content in friendly time zones with a higher average viewing base.

You might be on to something. Honestly, things started to go tits up when SA shoehorned in the Kings and greed saw the Sunwolves and Jaguares come in for reasons. What should have happened was if they really hated the conference system so much they could have reverted back to the round robin...

The only way the PI nations are involved is if the Nations League gets up. Otherwise they wouldn't be able to field competitive teams.

I imagine having to pay the participation fee would have had something to do with it.

Is it. What time? Edit: Looked it up. 10:30pm. Which means we are getting it live while in Perth where it is also going to be shown at 10:30pm they will get it on delay.

That's got to be approaching the threshold of the game as a professional sport becoming critically endangered at this point. If it were Super Rugby delivering those numbers we'd be seeing articles about the impending collapse of the pro game here. Really woeful. At this rate they'll be at NBL levels next...

I've been pushing something fairly similar. The 4 Super Rugby franchises combine with the Force, Fiji, Samoa and if the Sunwolves are cut and find their way to GRR them in a re-worked NRC. Either run it as a straight 7 weeks plus finals or a ten game schedule with teams playing three teams twice and the...

That's not a good look for the league. Especially considering the finals are too far out.