Rugby breakaway league coming. (R360)

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Anyone who thinks this will work is a moron.

It’s like taking everything good about rugby and then removing it for ‘cash’.

This won’t happen because no one is stupid enough to invest in something no one would watch.

That poster above must be connected to it in some way. I hope their market feedback is good.

I’d watch England missing 15 top players before I watch some franchise crap with Genge and Itoje and whatever spoiled little upstart in the team.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

In the US lacrosse tried this but in a sport less popular in the us than rugby is in proper rugby nations.

The premier lacrosse league is a traveling league with 8 teams. It replaced major league lacrosse which had actual teams with home stadiums. MLL struggled with attendance but it certainly had more total buts in seats across the season than PLL did. Lacrosse remains mostly a well to do amateur and college sport and PLL hasn’t helped it grow.

Rugby has an example of this not working.

 

[Rugbyfan564]

Anyone who thinks this will work is a moron.

It's like taking everything good about rugby and then removing it for 'cash'.

This won't happen because no one is stupid enough to invest in something no one would watch.

That poster above must be connected to it in some way. I hope their market feedback is good.

I'd watch England missing 15 top players before I watch some franchise crap with Genge and Itoje and whatever spoiled little upstart in the team.

Trust me I’m not. I’m just very worried about the damage it will cause.

 

[Rugbyfan564]

Tommy Freeman: Fee would have to be huge for me to quit England for R360

Wing says playing for his country is a main priority, with RFU set to exclude any players who join the proposed competition from England selection

www.thetimes.com

‘If a critical mass of England stars chose to join R360, the RFU may be forced to reconsider its policies. That would echo the ECB's relationship with the Indian Premier League. Initially no England Test players were allowed to feature in the tournament when it began in 2008, but the body has been forced to relax that policy over the years.

The Bristol Bears, England and Lions prop Ellis Genge said he had been contacted by R360 about joining their league, but reconfirmed he is contracted to his club. He welcomed the disruption and said he would not begrudge those who chose to leave their clubs.’

 

[Rugbyfan564]

England players not prepared to jeopardise caps for rebel league

Pollock, Freeman and Genge insist their country comes first over potential riches of proposed rebel competition R360

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[McTallshort]

England players not prepared to jeopardise caps for rebel league

Pollock, Freeman and Genge insist their country comes first over potential riches of proposed rebel competition R360

www.telegraph.co.uk

Have you got interests in this working? I will keep asking you

 

[Rugbyfan564]

Have you got interests in this working? I will keep asking you

Why would I be posting loads of negative articles about it? If I was?

 

[McTallshort]

Why would I be posting loads of negative articles about it? If I was?

Are you? You seem to post the odd negative post but most of what you post is people saying it's going to or should happen and you still didn't answer my question

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Why would I be posting loads of negative articles about it? If I was?

You posted an article of a starting England player saying he had no interest unless they give him a billion pounds and your take away from it was that the sport is doomed

 

[WCRugger]

You don't even need to complicate things with time zones - how many URC club fans actually watch the Prem or T14 - and vice versa.
Let's be honest - how many rugby fans actually watch a match as a complete neutral (that isn't a one-off event)?

I do.

 

[McTallshort]

@Rugbyfan564 are you going to answer the question?

 

[Rugbyfan564]

@Rugbyfan564 are you going to answer the question?

No I do not have any financial interest in any aspect of Rugby including any league or club existing or that potentially could exist.

 

[McTallshort]

No I do not have any financial interest in any aspect of Rugby including any league or club existing or that potentially could exist.

How about in researching such a league existing?

 

[Rugbyfan564]

How about in researching such a league existing?

I admit to that. It’s just how I am.

 

[McTallshort]

I admit to that. It's just how I am.

So you have a financial incentive for that.

 

[Which Tyler]

I do.

I suspect that pretty much all of us dedicated rugby nerds do, and that we, and those like us on other forae are what? The couple of hundred most dedicated rugby fans on the planet, out of the half million or so who pay to watch rugby matches live every week?

 

[Rugbyfan564]

URC boss not bothered by talk of breakaway league as viewership spikes after Jaden’s wink | News24

The CEO of the United Rugby Championship, Martin Anayi, is not losing any sleep over a prospective new rugby franchise league. Instead, he is focused on the growing footprint of the multinational league he heads.

www.news24.com

R360 rebel rugby competition, Michael Hooper weighs in on proposed league

Wallabies great Michael Hooper casts doubt over the proposed rebel rugby competition on Stan Sport's Inside Line.

wwos.nine.com.au

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Freeman and Genge saying exactly what I'd expect them to say - it's highly unlikely to be attractive to established internationals, but that virtually everyone has their price. Neither disses the concept though.

Chieka also saying disruptors are good pointing back to the Kerry Packer franchise plan in 95 which forced the game to go pro. It's a good point - we very quickly get used to what we have, but in relative terms you don't have to go back that far to an era of amateurism, no RWC, 5 Nations, no European cups, no play offs, a domestic cup that mattered, no Super rugby, no cross border leagues etc. We've seen massive change and it's not stopping with the Nations Cup and World Club Cup on the way, and Premiership franchises have been mooted.

This particular plan may not take off now or ever. But I think the lesson from history and other sports is never say never. The battle for the leisure time and £ is fiercer than ever and will only get harder. I think the one thing we can guarantee is that whatever the rugby landscape looks like in 2026 won't be how it looks in 2040.

 

[Rugbyfan564]

I’ve seen the plans for R360 - there are five issues rugby must address

R360 references Ferrari's F1 team and uses photos of Antoine Dupont and Ilona Maher to talk star power - but will it make people care more?

inews.co.uk

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

I’ve seen the plans for R360 - there are five issues rugby must address

R360 references Ferrari's F1 team and uses photos of Antoine Dupont and Ilona Maher to talk star power - but will it make people care more?

inews.co.uk

Again (not that you listen) no. Rugby is about the teams not the star power. Using golf and F1 as a comparison shows little understanding of the sports.