This doesn't seem dissimilar to what we are doing. Is it a national premier club comp as a level below NRC you are advocating?
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Really.
I sometimes wonder why I bother.
You are in good company because hhhhmmmm about 90 to 95% of rugby folk I speak to are of the same opinion.
Serious question is it because its soccer and therefore saying something nice or acknowledging something they may do better runs against the grain????
The Nobody Really Cares competition is made up of 8 teams less than 4 years old and is played over 8 weeks and does not enjoy the full support of the rugby community.
Compare this to soccer's National Premier League. If you really think they are similar aside from having a similar objective's then !@$!!!! I don't know TBH.
100 teams, Australia.
Controlled by state associations not FFA.
They play a full season most over 20 matches.
By next season all A-League teams will have their youth teams playing in the NPL taking numbers to 110 teams.
All teams have been around for yonks and are part of soccer's history, take Adamstown in Newcastle which is the oldest soccer club in Australia 135 years old or something like that.
Each team needs to appoint a coaching director trained to a certain level.
Each team needs to have an academy from U 8 or earlier thu to U 16 or latter.
Each team needs a field to play on.
The competition is broken down between the states
The states then break down their allotted teams into regions.
At seasons end, each state region has a champion. The state regions them enter a knock out competition to determine the states best.
Then the state champions play off for the Australian champion at the National League Level.
NOW THIS IS THE INTERESTING PART.
Rugby could do the same, SS in Sydney, Central Coast, Newcastle Hunter, ACT competition, Brisbane competition etc.
THEN OMG if this could ever happen, the state champions in NSW, QLD & ACT could have a match against Reds, Tahs etc.
Thats how you grow, use existing teams, use existing systems, and use our history.
Woodies V Tahs IMO more would back the Woodies.