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Lover of all sports. Brought up on Rugby - mediocre tight head prop - still love the game - have branched out into cycling, crossfit and NFL.
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Jarryd Hayne is a freak of an athlete. That's no question, but will he succeed in the NFL? I hope so. Hayne knows that…
To me, one solution would be to scrap the NRC but have an “Australian Provincial Championship” played throughout the test window, once Super Rugby has been reduced to 14 teams. Essetially, the four Australian super rugby sides, plus the Force (and even include the Drua if we must) would play a round-robin; first past the post comp over four / five weeks. Essentially, the competition would use the current super rugby squads minus wallabies, who would be replaced by players from clubland and/or the super rugby academies. This would solve a number of issues:
– the loss of the local derbies would be ameliorated through having the state teams playing each other in this comp
– the teams are established – no need to invent clubs, which has been a major weakness of the ARC / NRC
– the standard would be a real step up from Shute Shield etc … with 70% of the players having played a season of Super Rugby but would still give young and promising players a chance to test themselves and be seen by wallaby selectors
– the games would be awesome curtain raisers for test matches
– finally, we can bring the Force back into the domestic fold
The Wrap: Is Rugby Australia about to kill off the NRC, and if so, what happens next?
Certainly agree with the point that Cheika is keeping opposition coaches guessing. Clearly Hansen was planning for the Pooper in not selecting a reserve lock and going for two loosies on the bench in Kaino and Cane.
Cheika is selecting for the conditions of a slippery Eden Park while Hansen is selecting in response to a strong Wallaby performance at the breakdown.
Cheika's selections show both retrospect and foresight
I did think of Safety but concluded that it would be too complex for him to pick up at this late stage.
On reflection, a specialist returner would suit Hayne – but would a team expend a roster spot on a specialist returner? Even Devon Hester has been required to take snaps as a WR3 throughout his career. Hayne would need to find a role to complement his returning abilities.
Hayne's best chance of NFL success as a running back
Comparison between Reggie Bush and GI:
http://fanpass.nfl.com/story/296/reggie-vs-rugby-how-does-he-stack-up
Jarryd Hayne can fly high in the rarefied air of the NFL
Hi Nick
My panacea for Super Rugby (not that it will ever get up) is as follows.
The lesson from this years RWC is that “tier 2” nations with strong domestic representation go well. So, for Super, we need to add a stand alone Tonga team along with the reintroduction of a Japanese and Argentinian teams – the former two I understand discussions have commenced. So 15 teams with 3 conference – Australia, NZ and Pacific
First 10 weeks of the year the conferences play every team out of conference once (five home games and five away games).
Then, during the international season (i.e rugby championship which should include Japan and Fiji) each conference plays itself home and away (i.e. 8 games). Good way to keep interest in Aus and NZ high – seemingly no disadvantage to domestic teams where they lose players to national teams.
Then, after the RC, the comp reconvenes for a top 8 finals series – based on overall points (i.e. top 8 points scorers across all conferences)
18 games + finals provides a decent professional season to our pro players
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