New "LIV Style" Global Rugby League

[Strewthcobber]

I'm just not sure it's going to be a net benefit that they are being paid a lot of their salary by someone else.

Especially when R360 runs through TRC.

Which means we will probably have to move TRC to match 6 nations over the medium term, which probably results in less money/interest becuase test rugby in February

 

[Omar Comin']

Especially when R360 runs through TRC.

Which means we will probably have to move TRC to match 6 nations over the medium term, which probably results in less money/interest becuase test rugby in February

Maybe March/April would be possible (for both), but even if sticking to February I suspect we'd all get used to it. Super Rugby usually does pretty well in February because it starts a couple of weeks before the NRL (you'd see this in the ratings when rugby was still on Fox). Just avoid playing games in Brisbane until late in the tournament.

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

I'm certainly not arguing that we shouldn't select these guys. We will probably have to.

I'm just not sure it's going to be a net benefit that they are being paid a lot of their salary by someone else.

It's definitely not.

Beauty of the sabbatical set up is Mum and Dad are the same you are just taking an offer to live with some extended family for a while.

Once the players are owned by someone else the close access is gone and RA are just another suitor competing with the market.