superten Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 8 English clubs should join the NRL . If the NRL remain with 16 teams . We could have 3 pools of 8 . So English pool would be one pool and two Aussie/ kiwi pools of 8 . You play your own pool home and away which equals 14 games . Then play four teams from each of the other two pools . Four at home / four away for another 8 games giving total of 22 rounds . Then top 12 in merit table of 24 play in knock out to be champions . With top 4 getting a bye in first round . That would also give us room to have an international round robin with Australia , England and New Zealand . 1 7 Chief Crazy Eagle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Skipper Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 How much is the coach travel to away games? Will it stop at the services at least once? I have the bladder of a little girl. 5 “There is perhaps no better a demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world.” Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 32 minutes ago, superten said: 8 English clubs should join the NRL . If the NRL remain with 16 teams . We could have 3 pools of 8 . So English pool would be one pool and two Aussie/ kiwi pools of 8 . You play your own pool home and away which equals 14 games . Then play four teams from each of the other two pools . Four at home / four away for another 8 games giving total of 22 rounds . Then top 12 in merit table of 24 play in knock out to be champions . With top 4 getting a bye in first round . That would also give us room to have an international round robin with Australia , England and New Zealand . Is Australia and England were next door rather than nearly 10,000 miles apart that might work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 On a serious note has the WCC been shelved permanently ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superten Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, Eddie said: Is Australia and England were next door rather than nearly 10,000 miles apart that might work. with teams only playing four games down under they could go for a month and play all four or go twice for two weeks playing two games each time. Chief Crazy Eagle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 1 minute ago, superten said: with teams only playing four games down under they could go for a month and play all four or go twice for two weeks playing two games each time. Rugby league in this country is an impoverished sport, I don’t think it would be affordable. I’d rather see the game in Europe strengthened personally. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 41 minutes ago, superten said: If the NRL remain with 16 teams . Well it isn’t is it ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 6 minutes ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said: On a serious note has the WCC been shelved permanently ? Not officially, but after a November WC I can’t see this year’s winners coming in February 2023 either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fighting irish Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 14 minutes ago, Desert Skipper said: How much is the coach travel to away games? Will it stop at the services at least once? I have the bladder of a little girl. Your face makes up for it! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorquif Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 I thought this stuff was reserved for the off season? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Skipper Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Just now, zorquif said: I thought this stuff was reserved for the off season? Ah, but if you’re a Warrington fan the season is already over. 6 “There is perhaps no better a demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world.” Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jughead Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 How many away fans will North Queensland Cowboys take to Warrington on a Thursday night? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 2 minutes ago, Jughead said: How many away fans will North Queensland Cowboys take to Warrington on a Thursday night? 2 coaches and a minibus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RP London Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Desert Skipper said: Ah, but if you’re a Warrington fan the season is already over. FFS theres always one... we've a relegation battle to fight ... bet you feel silly now! Edited July 19, 2022 by RP London 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RP London Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 16 minutes ago, superten said: with teams only playing four games down under they could go for a month and play all four or go twice for two weeks playing two games each time. And how, prey tell, will the knock out rounds of the comp work... at a weeks notice? have you seen the many threads bemoaning semi and final crowds when they have 3 weeks notice and its "just down the road" compared to one week in aus one week in the uk? The players may struggle a bit too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo5 Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Must be the hot weather. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Skipper Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 10 minutes ago, DavidM said: 2 coaches and a minibus Singing “You must have come in a private jet” doesn’t have the same ring about it as “you must have come in a taxi”. And don’t even start about the dangers of explosive decompression when the local ASBO kids throw a brick at the window of a passing Gulfstream 5 jet. 1 1 “There is perhaps no better a demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world.” Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 22 minutes ago, Eddie said: I can’t see this year’s winners coming in February 2023 either. What a shock Eddie the Aussies not turning up, what will we do! 2 warning points Non-Political Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jughead Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 12 minutes ago, DavidM said: 2 coaches and a minibus Long way back to Townsville once the Warrington natives have smashed the windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Frisky Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 32 minutes ago, superten said: with teams only playing four games down under they could go for a month and play all four or go twice for two weeks playing two games each time. Were you not around in 1997??... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number 16 Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 9 minutes ago, Mr Frisky said: Were you not around in 1997??... He's only ten and not so Super. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 I’m thinking expand Euro XIIIs into World XIIIs instead of this NRL/SL merger idea. You could have clubs in Montevideo, Honolulu, Kampala and Dhaka, and Worcester Jaguars could enter too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Skipper Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, Eddie said: Honolulu Too many pacific teams already. It’s like an oceanic M62 corridor. 2 “There is perhaps no better a demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world.” Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 5 minutes ago, Eddie said: Worcester Jaguars could enter too. Their new home city 1 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Prophet Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Groundbreaking and fearless. I love this idea. Oh wait, no I don’t. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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