Having no NRC is better how?

[The GroundsKeeper]

Love the idea of this mate, but would there be the possibility of bringing in a country side from both QLD and NSW and making it a six team comp which could have it run for longer and give more players an opportunity to get scouted by Sydney or Brisbane teams because there a lots of good players there, for example Tim Gavin, Jack Barret, Harry Wilson just to name a few

 

[rugbyman03]

We already have a fantastic club rugby system in Australia – let’s leverage that for our 3rd tier.

There would be two divisions.
Division 1 (Cup):
– Top 6 Shute Shield
– Top 4 Hospital Cup
– Canberra rep team
– Perth rep team
Division 2 (Plate):
– Bottom 6 Shute Shield
– Bottom 5 Hospital Cup
– Melbourne Rep team

Each division has 12 teams, of which there are two pools.
Division 1 is playing for the Cup, Division 2 is playing for the Plate.

Each pool of 6 is contains a mixture of the clubs throughout the Division.
You play everyone in your pool once. There shouldn’t be anymore than 2-3 interstate matches per pool.

Based on this years ladders. The pools would be as follows:
Pool A – Division 1:
Easts (Syd), Randwick, Norths (Syd), Brothers, UQ, Canberra
Pool B – Division 1:
Rats, Gordon, Manly, Wests (Bris), Souths (Bris), Perth
Pool A – Division 2:
Uni, Eastwood, Souths (Syd), Melbourne, Bond, Easts (Bris)
Pool B – Division 2:
Two Blues, Hunter, Wests (Syd), GPS, Norths (Bris), Sunnybank.

Finals:
Top 2 from each pool play off in a semi-final. Winners progress to the final.

Total of 7 weeks.

Promotion/relegation is done based on the ladder of the respective competitions. Perth/Canberra remain in Div 1 and Melbourne remains in Div 2.

This model isn’t perfect, but at least creates immediate fan engagement and tribalism at a reasonable cost. Additionally you could shrink SS from 18 rounds to 16 rounds. This will help keep lower grade players engaged (shorter season and less time commitments).

 

[The GroundsKeeper]

We already have a fantastic club rugby system in Australia – let’s leverage that for our 3rd tier.

There would be two divisions.
Division 1 (Cup):
– Top 6 Shute Shield
– Top 4 Hospital Cup
– Canberra rep team
– Perth rep team
Division 2 (Plate):
– Bottom 6 Shute Shield
– Bottom 5 Hospital Cup
– Melbourne Rep team

Each division has 12 teams, of which there are two pools.
Division 1 is playing for the Cup, Division 2 is playing for the Plate.

Each pool of 6 is contains a mixture of the clubs throughout the Division.
You play everyone in your pool once. There shouldn’t be anymore than 2-3 interstate matches per pool.

Based on this years ladders. The pools would be as follows:
Pool A – Division 1:
Easts (Syd), Randwick, Norths (Syd), Brothers, UQ, Canberra
Pool B – Division 1:
Rats, Gordon, Manly, Wests (Bris), Souths (Bris), Perth
Pool A – Division 2:
Uni, Eastwood, Souths (Syd), Melbourne, Bond, Easts (Bris)
Pool B – Division 2:
Two Blues, Hunter, Wests (Syd), GPS, Norths (Bris), Sunnybank.

Finals:
Top 2 from each pool play off in a semi-final. Winners progress to the final.

Total of 7 weeks.

Promotion/relegation is done based on the ladder of the respective competitions. Perth/Canberra remain in Div 1 and Melbourne remains in Div 2.

This model isn’t perfect, but at least creates immediate fan engagement and tribalism at a reasonable cost. Additionally you could shrink SS from 18 rounds to 16 rounds. This will help keep lower grade players engaged (shorter season and less time commitments).

That looks great but I reckon you have to have an NT team and there, I got a few mates up there and apart form AFL is union up there and they got some strong teams