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Here's an idea. How about the ARU get this guy to make the NRC ad for next season. I quite enjoyed that and I'm a Rams supporter.

No, no and no. You really don't get the point of the NRC, do you?

I suspect Kiap was employing a fair degree of sarcasm in that comment.

It's only a relatively recent occurrence. Several Kiwis who played in the ITM Cup this season play in the Caltex Cup. It's only a sprinkling but they are there and slowly growing. Part of the reason for the low ranking is favouritism. The Presidents 3 sons are all members of the national team...

Their 15s League also has professionals playing in it.

Well actually a week to week comparison was done during the past Super Rugby season and it beat the A League every week with the exception of the A League finals.

Interesting thoughts. I think that Super Rugby could be morphed into something similar. But it would take a great deal of vision and grit to do so. However, the implementation of the conference system would greatly facilitate such movements. I agree, it should be based on national "conferences" in the...

I'd prefer it be promo/relegation with a Premiership and Championship levels. Say if you choose to go with two 7 team divisions you could take the top 7 from say next years SS as the Premiership division and the bottom 5 as the base of the Championship plus either one of the close by country...

I certainly think the Shute Shield should look to going toward a two division set up of 8 teams per division. Could even work with 7 each.

Looks like a solid crowd has come out.

Yeah, hard to compare the VFL with around 100 years of history to the start up NRC.

The Rams brought them on board for the game. I enjoyed most of it. They were clearly trying to familiarise themselves with the teams on the run and sometimes it was a little cheesy but overall good. Really liked the enthusiasm.

Their fairly ambitious. The plan is for it to be a full professional competition. They also have to carry up to 10 teams themselves initially etc. I think the about of money they are chasing may make a number of investors to baulk but good luck to them.

No. Though they have updated their plans as well as a slight rebrand from American Professional Rugby Competition to American Rugby Championship. They also outline their format, number of teams both at launch and into the future and investment levels required over time. Check it out...

Another in what will become a lot more common trend. Some big movement happening in the States. USARugby setting up a for profit Internet based Rugby channel. More and more HS and College on the verge of going Varsity. Youth Rugby now growing so fast clubs are struggling to find coaches. And to...

It wasn't just League that was banned under the Vichy French. It was all professional sport. It suits the League narrative that it one them and only them by that simply isn't true.

BARTV do exactly the same. I checked out one of their streams of a NSW Cup game and if they can replicate that quality I'll be a happy camper.

That's great news. They do a good job of their NHRU gig. Just one camera but that's all that's needed when the equipment is up to scratch. Well done Rams. Hopefully others take their lead.

I'd be hoping for closer to the 10,000 and 5 years seems reasonable. But I doubt we'll see crowd akin to the A-League.

If the NRC begins to match the A-League on those fronts the I think we would need to begin to give our partnership in SANZAR a serious rethink. I mean I'm a big Super Rugby fan and my team finally won a title this season but an opportunity to have our own domestic set up with that popularity would be...