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Stirling Mortlock (74)
Rebels3' idea - multiple competitions along the lines of how European rugby and soccer works has merit, but obviously you can't do that with a mix of Super Rugby and NRC/ITM/Currie cup teams because that is a big confusing mess...........
You need those same team brands playing at every stage of competition, so from an Australian standpoint you would want to take the current Super Rugby brands (because they're far stronger/more identifiable than any NRC/club rugby team), bring back the Force and expand on that to have an Australian competition, with a trans tasman/pacific comp on top of that, with maybe a limited cup challenge involving the Saffas, Jaguares etc. on top of that.
And you would want some overlap with those competitions, bigger squad to handle depth etc.......... probably require a lot of money though.
You need those same team brands playing at every stage of competition, so from an Australian standpoint you would want to take the current Super Rugby brands (because they're far stronger/more identifiable than any NRC/club rugby team), bring back the Force and expand on that to have an Australian competition, with a trans tasman/pacific comp on top of that, with maybe a limited cup challenge involving the Saffas, Jaguares etc. on top of that.
And you would want some overlap with those competitions, bigger squad to handle depth etc.......... probably require a lot of money though.