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<blockquote data-quote="Penne Rara" data-source="post: 863508" data-attributes="member: 74680"><p>What don't you understand? </p><p></p><p>I think it's a pretty cool idea but it won't work on the long run. Ultimately players need to play against other teams during the year, and they've got to stack up matches in order to stay match fit. Obviously not as many as in Top 14, but still... There aren't enough tests in a calendar year for that. </p><p>And how do you pay them with so little money? Clubs are money makers at the end of the day, they're a necessary evil to keep the machine working.</p><p></p><p>BUT, we've got to get rid of the current format. Top 14 needs to disappear for the sake of French rugby. My solution to that would be to divide France into 5 or 6 provinces, SR style, and create a European competition involving provinces from the UK, Ireland, France and other countries if they're good enough. Then cut foreign recruitment, that will allow the provinces to choose their players among the very best from those geographical regions (and they'll have a much bigger sample to pick from compared to now). Financial means will mainly come from TV rights as spectators in Europe are more numerous than in the Southern Hemisphere. The proximity between those countries will mean that away matches won't be as tiresome as in Super Rugby, while it will be the opportunity for fans across Western Europe to share a common interest and banter with each other. </p><p></p><p>Most importantly, there should be a strong agreement between those provinces and the FFR, which means that the interest of les Bleus will prevail at all time: No more binge gaming til the players are so tired they perform badly with the national squad, any player who goes offshore can't be selected to play for France, etc.</p><p></p><p>And last but not least, they'd have to massively invest in youth rugby. Get rid of the age grade limit, let's select kids by weight and insist on skills being learned properly. This is the key to success. We, in France, complain that we don't have enough depth, that's because grassroots rugby is in a poor state. Worse than that, clubs don't nurture talent when they're presented with it. Young geniuses are told to fit to the mould and play a limiting game that I don't want to call Rugby. Until they fix that, French rugby will be playing with both hands attached.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Penne Rara, post: 863508, member: 74680"] What don't you understand? I think it's a pretty cool idea but it won't work on the long run. Ultimately players need to play against other teams during the year, and they've got to stack up matches in order to stay match fit. Obviously not as many as in Top 14, but still... There aren't enough tests in a calendar year for that. And how do you pay them with so little money? Clubs are money makers at the end of the day, they're a necessary evil to keep the machine working. BUT, we've got to get rid of the current format. Top 14 needs to disappear for the sake of French rugby. My solution to that would be to divide France into 5 or 6 provinces, SR style, and create a European competition involving provinces from the UK, Ireland, France and other countries if they're good enough. Then cut foreign recruitment, that will allow the provinces to choose their players among the very best from those geographical regions (and they'll have a much bigger sample to pick from compared to now). Financial means will mainly come from TV rights as spectators in Europe are more numerous than in the Southern Hemisphere. The proximity between those countries will mean that away matches won't be as tiresome as in Super Rugby, while it will be the opportunity for fans across Western Europe to share a common interest and banter with each other. Most importantly, there should be a strong agreement between those provinces and the FFR, which means that the interest of les Bleus will prevail at all time: No more binge gaming til the players are so tired they perform badly with the national squad, any player who goes offshore can't be selected to play for France, etc. And last but not least, they'd have to massively invest in youth rugby. Get rid of the age grade limit, let's select kids by weight and insist on skills being learned properly. This is the key to success. We, in France, complain that we don't have enough depth, that's because grassroots rugby is in a poor state. Worse than that, clubs don't nurture talent when they're presented with it. Young geniuses are told to fit to the mould and play a limiting game that I don't want to call Rugby. Until they fix that, French rugby will be playing with both hands attached. [/QUOTE]
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