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Rumours coming from a guy with the connections in the US is hat both New York and Boston are looking at entering the MLR.

Tweak this a little. Do as you suggest with adding Fiji to our conference. If the NZRU want Japan involved as much as some say they can have the Sunwolves and SA can look to cut just one team and take the Jaguares into their conference. From there, each conference plays as their own 'league'...

I think we'd see more along the lines of the NRC standard. Maybe a little higher. At least to start. That's a pretty entertaining brand of Rugby. I tend to think many people are placing far, far too much emphasis on the overall competitiveness of the Wallabies as a jistification for staying in...

It's essentially tailoring it for our market. A market that cares very little about how international a league is. That's what people need to get their heads around. The average punter really couldn't care less about a team from Johannesburg. But they will if it's NSW vs Qld or Melbourne vs...

I think it's time Super Rugby was certainly disbanded. Always been a fan but I'm struggling to maintain my interest level. And it has a lot to do with the current mess going all around it. I think it's time everyone looks to do their own thing. Perhaps add in some kind of Champions League format but we...

Sorry, anything that spews from his mouth is nothing more than a complete load of shit. Seriously. His musings are even more retrgrade than the 'back to the future' crowd.

As the NRC stands now. Yes. It would be an issue. But by publicly taking the structure and bringing in the current 5 plus a few more it makes it very clear that this would be a fully professional league. The NRC both benefits and suffers from Greenfield franchises. Everyone invRugby knows the...

The NRC is a secondary competition given no real level of promotion. It uses greenfield franchises that were always going to take time to bed down. This competition uses established brands playing in a familiar format in many respects. It will also feature the best available talent. Something...

Are you sure about that? Our highest rating games are derby games.

Yeah, I like it as well. Wouldn't mind it if we had a similar set up here.

Yeah, they are fairly shite. Honestly, at this stage I say how much worse could it be if we elected to just go it alone. Take our 5. Have both the Tahs and Reds rebrand to the Syd Tahs and Brisbane Reds bring in both Country squads (could all be run out of Moore Park and Ballymore) and do as the...

From what I know so far it will be more aligned with Super Rugby than the European leagues. Mainly because they have no desire to play during the same window as the NFL. Not that they think they can compete its more for practical reasons including weather. $12.50 a month does appear prohibitive but...

So, progress toward the launch of Majpr League Rugby in the US is continuing. According to a recent article in the Houston Chronicle they have 10 sides on board with another two set to sign. Most if not all sides involved have stadium, plans/partnerships underway with the goal of providing...

Looked up Stewart up. Possesses what looks like good vision and a strong passing game. Uses both to put players into space. Able to work the angles when kicking for touch gaining good metres and apparently is able to actually tackle. Or so it appears from his highlight reel on YouTube. Wonder...

That would work as well.

Frankly at present I would prefer to see us just take our 5 amd link up with Fiji and run our own thing than deal with this crap anymore. It would take a little bit of creative scheduling but it could work.

Sorry mate, but I wholeheartedly disagree with you on this. It would be irresponsible for SANZAAR not to look to cultivate new markets and Japan and by extension Asia offers a huge market that we and NZ in particular are perfectly placed to do so. I would honestly prefer to see the SARU being...

The 'rumoured' murmurings of getting rid of the Force only to bring them back is probably the stupidest idea I've ever heard. Do they really think the WA community will cop that. I seriously doubt it. I'm seriously becoming very frustrated by this crap.

Signed.

It's fairly similar to the concept TOCC has been pushing. A two phased competition. First phase would be purely domestic with the second being international based. Via this method you could actually expand overall participation. We could have an Aus pool, a NZ pool, a SA pool, a Japan pool and a...