Narr image the cluster fuck when two ACT teams made the final and neither a NSW or Qld team didn't make the final...
Call them 'Reg's Reds' drop the Qld tag, call them East Coast Elitist Tah's with out the NSW..
Then add the Townsville Two Heads and the Western Sydney Wally's and we are home and hosed.
wouldn't you just call them the Brisbane Reds and the Gold Coast/South Brisbane/whatever Moreton Bay Bugs.
The Sydney Waratahs and the Paramatta/Western Sydney whatever.
I don't think the world implodes if the Queensland Reds become the Brisbane Reds. as an existing rugby fan, you can decide if you want to throw your lot in with Brisbane Reds or South Brisbane Bugs.
Tahs are an eastern suburbs club anyways and might as well be Sydney Waratahs. now a Western Sydney Team playing out of Parramatta stadium (please not ANZ) and you have a great cross town rivalry building up. just call them the Two Blues or something so they don't come across as a "made up club".
The only question for me in going it alone is where does the talent come from if you are adding two new teams.
I think there is immense value in being with the Kiwis. their brand of rugby is good, there are long standing rivalries and it just gives you another 5 teams.
so you have a 10-14 team competition which i think is the minimum you need.