Gnostic
Mark Ella (57)
The floodgates have opened so it is time to act. The A-League does just fine without being in a position to pay the country's best players. What is important is that the best players are representing your country. A weakened Wallabies side will do the game no favours. My point of view is that it's more damaging than a weakened club competition.
The problem is that unlike soccer the northern rugby comps have been shown not to provide the same level of conditioning and skills training that has kept the SH trio at the top of world rugby since 1987 excepting the magnificent English side of the early 2000s.
A weaker Super comp will weaken the Wallabies and the Bok and the ABs. It might make the NH appear stronger though.