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I think they'll be fine

It is the third tier...? I didn't think I was going to need to explain that one.

Well, do I have some good news for you!

I know it's not your central point but I think the amount of products we have to sell is a huge issue, provided said products are good enough to drive and retain incremental subscribers on whatever streaming platform we inevitably end up on. The rugby calendar is sufficiently full from a...

Sorry what? SS clubs are charging punters $20 a person for amateur rugby - if that's true, that's genuinely cooked. And that scenario only works if 2-3k punters are showing up every week and somehow deciding to pay that much money. Only Norths, Bond and maybe GPS could fit =>3k with the space...

We definitely are - but if there are no other suitors than it's hard to drive competitive pressure

These are all problems that significantly hamper the success of any NCC. And even if every existing ground could be fenced - there are huge capacity restrictions at each club which would probably cap out at 2-3K people at most for each ground. Not exactly gonna touch the sides of a clubs bottom...

Thanks for the correction

I assume most people pushing for an NCC would infer that at that level at least - the players are somewhat professional and not paying rego, and all other grades below it keep their same competition structures. However it would be a shame for any potential NCC club to have to raise rego to fund...

Can see the NRL breaking this ground before Rugby does. Can't see RA not wanting to package up the events that would form a large portion of their value offering, or trying to sell SRP (Super Rugby Pacific) on it's own merits

Good for streamers maybe - not really panning out that way for customers however. More aggregation has so far only meant that people have to spend more money on new platforms, and with sports rights being incredibly expensive - existing customers are seeing price rises.

Unless it's a "yes, but" and they are spending this time working out what the but is? A straight yes or no definitely would have been quicker but I don't think there was any indication given in the prior reporting that it was going to be that simple.

I'm not fundamentally against this by the way - ultimately if this is the right decision to make, then we should make it. I strongly believe it isn't though - and would only financially cripple clubs on both sides of the fence even further. My bug bear with this debate is that people...

Highly doubt they would be thinking otherwise on Sport in general - considering they announced this year that the product will carry dynamic advertising for the first time ever. They were one of Australia's early adopter of sport content being integrated into a wider general entertainment SVOD...

What happens to the rest of the clubs? Do they become glorified subbies teams when our NCC clubs farm the best players?

Iain Payten specifically mentioned it in the fairfax papers yesterday

I don't know mate - I just read the article. But even if it is that, you probably will unearth new talent - as the reds have in the past 2 seasons during their off-season fixtures.

RA announced the intention to bring back a third tier for 2025 comp last week

It should feed a national third tier, not the Reds.

Noosa is a great club with a lot of great people there but I think even the most headstrong there would acknowledge that becoming a premier club is a big dream becoming bigger. One of the biggest challengers they face is affordable housing in the area. To be even semi competitive, players would...