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Think your maths is a bit off...

Basically, they're trying to drag it along as long as possible, but we're at the point where the RFL are going to have to actually pay their own money. Now it's just a case of trying to make it as cheap as possible to not damage the game too much. If the players are going to leave, which is likely, then the cheapest option is for the rest of the league to loan players to the club to keep it going. I'm sure the teams fighting it out at the bottom may not be as willing to oblige, but the rest I'm sure won't have an issue.

Right, I'm trying to catch up with the latest as it appears something has happened (there's lots of people posting). I can't quite tell between the posts moaning about professionalism, other clubs, their own club, etc. What new has happened? Has the prospective takeover that everyone thought wasn't going to happen officially not happened?

A 19 Round NRL when it goes to 20 teams with 3 international weekends following weekend after each Origin match could be a goer. If you've got 8 southern rep teams playing in huge matches (NSW, QLD, NZ, PNG, CI, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa), that could make the NRL more money.

That could work. If you were to do it that way also, you could play more games at once rather than spread it over a number of weeks to reduce disruption. Again, other sports babe manage this to a much higher degree than rugby league. I just think it's a terrible e excuse.

I think you're making a huge assumption that your indiscipline was down to us going down to 12. I just don't buy it. It's like thinking Saints would have done better against Wigan in the GF in 2014 had Flower not got sent off in the second minute.

Do Origin players miss club games for weeks? I thought they backed up? Or at least missed one round each game? Could be wrong. Well obviously that wouldn't be possible, it would be one or the other in this scenario; and there are camps that believe you should only be able to represent Australia if you're in the SOO series. If there was actually a credible alternative to Origin, players wouldn't feel the need to switch between the two.

Posts like this show how someone who can be very reasonable can still post absolute nonsense when it comes to their rivals. Wakefield stuffed Leigh the other week then lost to them the week after. I'm sure you're aware things change week-to-week, but your judgement is clouded whenever you speak of your own club or your rivals. When it's both clubs, man we get comments as ridiculous as "we'd have stuffed them if they had all 13 instead of 12."

That absolutely infuriated me. We had a great spell of momentum, we'd just pinned them in their 30 before the kick. I even clocked Asiata was gonna go for it. He barely even hit him, but it was still enough and I've no complaints for the ref calling it. It was absolutely dumb play that drained all our momentum, cost us possession, have them a set of 6 in our 20 and ultimately led to a try. The difference between the teams was ultimately discipline. There were things that we did that were far better than what they did, and things they did that were far better than what we did. Got a lot of hope for the rest of the season compared to the start. We are not far off already.

Yeah, ok

We've won the same amount of trophies too.

Why? Other sports don't. Rugby union manages.

Again, I'm not suggesting all of the games are played at the same time, so I'm not sure how you'd need 6 starting lineups worth of players. If the NRL doesn't shut down for Origin involving 2 teams playing, why would it shut down a couple of weeks later for a different 2 teams?

Just can't get a break in these games. Game over. FFS.

I should have made this a poll!

I'm just thinking that these days content sells. If players are willing to play midweek for Origin and that's now worth Megabucks, is it not worth jumping on the good vibes of the current growth in the Pacific Nations and have a competition mid season that's spread over a number of weeks? E.g. NZ, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, PNG, Cooks (or another); 2 groups of 3 and a final. That's 7 fixtures altogether that can be spread over 7 weeks, and a maximum of 3 for one nation (just like Origin is max 3).

No one seems to think much of the half back team!

That's why I never suggested them playing at the same time. That would obviously be an issue. One game each week. It would be different players involved each week then. You'd have a Wednesday representative slot for weeks if you stretched it out.

I think that would be difficult, given most of one team's players would need to travel to the other side of the globe. The Pacific Nations playing each other would be great.

With then trying to promote the international game, as well as the success and interest that's been shown it has in the few end of season tests, you'd think they'd be able to get 3 tests in mid season the same way origin is and build up that TV money. Can't be because of player burnout because they allow the Origin players to do it. Leaves the end of season open for tours then.

Is there a reason why Origin being played mid-week and mid-season is ok but playing internationals mid-week mid-season isn't? Why can't a Pacific Nations comp take place mid-season as an alternative for those ineligible for Origin? Played on different weeks, you could potentially have a Wednesday night rep game for 10 weeks. Surely that's great content to sell?

Would the wingers be able to make the yardage of the props though? And would they be able to stop them on their line? Wouldn't this tire out the wingers?

Please don't try and derail this straight away. Let people have fun.

Just for fun. The players in the league have been redistributed into new squads based on their position, e.g. all the props are in one squad, wingers in another, etc. Your new league is now: Full Back Falcons Winger Warriors Centre Centurions Half Back Broncos Hooker Hawks Prop Forward Panthers Second Row Saints Loose Forward Lions Which squad would win the league and why? Which would finish last?

At least they could get the dancing housewives and kids on free tickets to attend...