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That's great to read and perhaps more importantly demonstrates the power of Sevens as a key participation driver within our game. It's something I'm keen to see developed. Just imagine if in this case the QRU were able to replicate this interest a number of times over across schools in the...

I'd actually argue we should be focusing more on the women's game looking to build off Rio. With participation, it's the key to future Wallabies success. More people playing tends to lead to more people watching. More importantly, it leads to greater depth of talent in order to draw from. On...

Just checked his wiki page. No mention of an NRL training contract though he did attend Palm Beach Corrumbin so it is possible. Was signed by the Cardinals earlier this year but was waived in May. He got a trial and played in the AFL so he'd be a reasonable athlete. I guess you could question...

Found a clip of his venture to Arizona. Mentioned he wasn't going to trial as a punter but as a Cornerback. Which is interesting.

I think we should move this conversation off the Force thread and onto say the SANZAAR Fan Survey thread. However, I will put a few more thoughts on the issue. The TL has just undergone a restructure from what I can tell. Perhaps to accomodate the Sunwolves a little more. Which if so would be...

Probably wouldn't catch many of them now. There's also the option of screening them on delay. At present a 7:30pm kick off in Australia (East Coast) would translate to 10:30am in London. Games could be set back and extra 30 minutes. Then with playing on delay the NZ games would kick off at 11am...

At the time of the articles publication according to those figures Australian viewership was up 26% on 2015 with crowds up 7%. That's not terrible. Will be interested in seeing the pverall wrap up but neither of those figures are anything to be immediately disregarded. The biggest worry is the...

I think amirite is suggesting allowing these teams to use their financial might to fill in the necesary gaps with imports. May work. Interestingly enough I read an article in a British Columbia based news site called The Province which briefly discussed the Pro12 and Toulon's overtures about...

If you went down that path then why not admit the AP Dragons out of Singapore and hace an Asian conference. Could even look at only using 3 Japanese squads and look to get Hong Kong involved.

It is comparing figures to 2012 which were the high water mark for the competition. So while they aren't at that level (yet) they had in fact at that point in the season been trending upwards.

Honestly, that "You don't know me - yet" ad was the last great piece of marketing the game has come up with. Which leads me to this thought. Why not look to reuse shoot that exact same ad but with the current next generation. Could then cut in some action shots of them. Also, and I should have...

Dempsey, Perese, Banks. Probably several more.

The issue this year wasn't the number of teams. It was the format. They should have stuck to the three conference structure. Would have caused a lot less confusion. As for the ditching of a team. It's a proposal not law. I would bet on further expansion before we see a contraction.

Wasn't there an article at the mod way point of the competition that actually demonstrated that ratings were up overall across all the SANZAAR nations alongside crowds. In fact, it mentioned that Australian ratings were up and both attendance and viewership were at 2012 levels in New Zealand...

They have the right idea but I have to defer to you on the execution side of things. It needs to be a wholistic approach. Getting juniors involved playing in the lead in and getting as many subbies players to the games alongside those aligned with the affiliates.

I was talking hypothetically and then mentioned another alternative. My point is, we need to set somewhatvambitious targets and then devise plans to achieve them. Perhaps my language was a little too strong but my message I think was clear. We need to look toward developing greater connection...

According to Wiki there are 263,000 people living in the Northern Beaches Council area. My target is barely more than 1% of the total population of the area. Even taking into account the current playing population in the area surely that's not too much of a stretch. You talk about setting up...

On another note I read a short Q&A with Milo Arona of the Rams. In the article it was mentioned that tickets will be $20 each with kids under 16 and HS kids providing they can show the School ID are free. They also mentioned that members of the affiliated clubs (Parra, Wests, Penrith and...

The only thing I want to see change in the NRC is to go back to 8 weeks of regular competition in the short term and 10 further down the track. I think it should start and finish with rivalry games. City vs QCountry, Ray vs Rams, NSWCountry vs Vikings and Spirit vs Rising.

I'm not actually seriously suggesting we go down the route of an NSW centric NRC equivalent. I am actually a big fan of the NRC as a concept and believe it offers the best vessel moving forward. Or are you referring to something different?