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No doubt its a cash cow, but it's still a sideshow in the context it is a state based competition that has no relevance to the main NRL show. Name another sport the SOO concept, being such a successful model, worked for?

The suggestions there and been suggest by many and for a long period; it what make many sports here in Australia solvent as you pointed out. A domestic competition. Those who were best able to provide themselves with the means of security against their neighbors, being thus in possession of...

And more of that thinking that's behind this idea. Most of these are novelty ideas. League is solvent because they have a week to week dometic competition people can follow. Their SOO is the side show to earn a few extra bucks. 3 games a year. 3 weeks out of the main show. The RA SOO concept...

The NRC was essentially funded by Fox. So RA did NIL investment. IMHO the unviable part of the NRC is the RA, NSWRU and obsession with club rugby. As a commercial product it ticked a lot of boxes; all teams had paid up licence fees and funding so it just the pissy politics that killed it as...

I am with you on this! FFS. We are have adding league rule variation like the the 50/20 rule now this. Why not just play league rules if we want to be so like the NRL? By the time they work out eligibility, brand it, come up with kits, work out the travel and accommodation logistics and...

Whole back line is static. One big point of difference comparable to past issues is Simone had stopped taking on the line again. Not sure if this is to compensate for new 10's. With a continually anonymous 13, a 12 that has defaulted to playing like a 10, 10s that are new and are struggling to...

Good fullback option possible even a Conrad Smith type 13. Runs, kicks and defends well. Should be selected ahead of Banks and TK right now IMHO. Performs every time he gets an opportunity. Not surprised he would look elsewhere.

On the plus side, its making for some interesting games with unpredictable results and we are certainly seeing a whole bunch of newbies getting the opportunity. The question that intrigues me and I am interested know what people think is it enough to keep you engaged and entertained week to...

I suspect those mates (backers) that were mentioned in the 'letter" to RA thats stated if they could play by their rules they were willing to pay for some of it otherwise RA would not be able to afford it. I think the appointment is more about committing those who are willing to put up some...

Being brutally honest, after the win last week I said to Mrs Mst before we left our seats that we got out of jail and based on what I had seen I had real concerns that we had lost our way especially in attack. Line is static, no runners and very one dimensional and almost casual. If you go back...

Personally I think the refereeing in the AU comp has been pretty poor which results in things like this. The TMO's have been absent, so much missed or just ignored, and then you have scenarios like last night where have 9 penalties in a short period of the game, 8 are against the Reds the worst...

And did it well......but it appears you have to to get noticed! ;)

Thats a good point and you are correct about the Kiwis kicking more. I was thinking from an Aussie prospective; that we do it poorly so certainly don't need to do more kicking (or different types).

Its a perspective thing. The variations have not really added anything to be honest except adding more kicking when its less we need and making it more confusing and encouraging the feel for all breakdown orgy From the MST's perspective the big difference between the variations on each side of...

Is that if we ask NZ nicely if we can join in? From my post #17600: IMHO Aussie rugby is becoming analogous to the quintessential "dole bludger" as its colloquially referred to. It can't earn enough to support itself, always has a reason why it can't and continues to be both actively seek...

Not sold on this one as I think the A league is a poor example from personal experience and as with the many soccer nuts Iknow, they watch Aussie soccer as a last option as it's just awful and always been a pretty low standard affair. Most still perceive many of the clubs having specific...

Kiwis (PM) officially burst the TT bubble last week so that won't be back on the table again for a few months yet so the RU's probably just compared notes. I would also be betting that travel restrictions will be in place for quite a long time yet so it won't be straightforward. You also need to...

From my prospective one of the first issues rugby needs to deal with is learn from its past mistakes and the key one is how did we get here. Yes, COVID has exacerbated issues but the critical underlying problem that rugby has been unwilling to, and still is unwilling to deal with the realities...

My highlight was with the only Brumbies scrum penalty, the lost look on Gardener face then long pause before he below the whistle. It was like he was in disbelief that the Rebels did not dominate a scrum! I am still wondering if Angus Gardner was having a personal protests about the new rules...

Hmm, no so sure about that. The television ratings add controversy to the 10-year Club Rugby TV deal, which has cost cash-strapped Sydney clubs $300,000 a year since 2015. It came with a $3.7 million price tag for RA to extinguish the final four years and return broadcast rights to the...