Common sense has prevailed and Melbourne has been awarded the 15th Super Rugby franchise. Now, what I am going to say will cause Greg Growden to blow a fuse and spit out his top dentures.
There is an opportunity to start a National competition of eight teams in 2011.
Each of the Super franchises will have an academy team that will play each other when the Aussie teams meet each other. Why not add three other teams – one from Western Sydney, one from Central Coast/Hunter and another from the Gold Coast.
Each team would play each other on a home and away basis. Where possible, the games would be held as preliminary matches to the Super 15 games.
That would mean fourteen home and away games held in tandem with the Super 15. Then two weeks of semi-finals/finals.
That is only sixteen weeks.
After that, the players would be available for their clubs. This would give rugby a competition to compete with AFL and League and promote rugby as a national game that is not rooted in Sydney.
Please don’t choke Greg, just because you believe rugby shouldn’t be a national game.
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