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But after the season they go play club footy or previously in the NRC it’s not like they are immune to contact in those comps As I have said many times a longer season doesn’t mean that the same players play all 22 weeks. Players will need a rest and have time off like they do in England and...

It’s 21 games as opposed to 22. Still play in the European champions cup as well. If you push the Rugby Championship back by a week you can fit it all in

Wales has what 3 pro sides same with Scotland Ireland 4 and what Italy 2 Yeah look there are some logistical issues no doubt, Saturday 31st of July would be the GF with no byes and a 22 week seasons with no byes the change of the international window to July makes that problematic but if they...

Players always want to play less until they realise that means getting paid less

Governance issues in the game weren’t down to super rugby but anyway

Lop sided games happen no matter the comp you have played 3 games and conceded 2 cricket scores

But we could easily play 24 with finals and maybe a few weeks in a champions league and still be doing 10-12 weeks less. Also one of the benefits of the longer season season is you expose more of your squad to game time keeping players engaged and not looking to leave for game time

But it isn’t going to be 3 Aus sides in with the NZ sides they put that to bed last year

English sides play 39 games and players still play internationals

If you build it they will come. For 30 years there was no appetite for the swans in Sydney

Even that is too short we need a full length season also 16 weeks split across two comps in a horrid set up

The issue with super rugby was games in South Africa. You talk about NZ having shit time zones but the games come in for a great time for viewers on the east coast. If we to domestic comp plus TT you are playing 13 games it’s not enough it leaves sides with 6 home games. A short season is...

We are never going to grow the game if we have a 5 game comp with two games a weekend

You aren’t the only one in that boat I was always shit unfortunately. Every comp needs to have a plan to expand even the NFL the worlds biggest football league is talking about expansion. I firmly believe that in the short term having a trans Tasman comp is by far the best option. We should be...

Funny the FTA numbers are up

Yeah because there aren’t other factors like FTA that will impact that

There is no perfect answer but as a kid who was born in Melbourne grew up here many years ago played a bit of club rugby here most of my mates are non rugby people and they all think a 5 team comp is pathetic. You aren’t going to win the minds of non rugby people At the moment I believe a...

In what way it’s only a captive fan base watching it. I have a lot of Kiwi mates who don’t even bother tuning into Super Rugby Au and only watch super rugby Nz

People in Melbourne said the same thing about what happens when no Melbourne side is in the AFL GF Finals aren’t taken seriously when 3 out of 5 sides make it Also the NRL doesn’t necessarily have an Australian champion every year Under the 25 years of super rugby we went from 3 provincial...

Exactly this