Give me one way you would improve rugby union?

[mackerzz]

I think people look back on the last few years of the full super rugby with rose tinted glasses...was far from perfect and was lots of talk about changes, crowds were dwindling fast, uneven game time between NZ and RSA (3-5 pm kick offs in RSA and 730-8pm) kick offs in NZ because the south african broadcaster demanded better times, thats before we talk about the skewed results, the SA african teams being strong at home wasnt even a guarantee anymore, where NZ had 1-2 bad teams every year (often the Highlanders)....SA had 1-2 good ones by the end

current model does have lots of improvements for the fans, better times being the major one, have seen a steady uptick in crowd attendances....so probably a lower ceiling....but more sustainable

I dont think it was sustainable as it was and the only thing i really miss was a effect it appears to have had on the AB (theyve gone a bit soft)

Yeah it did end up a bit ****.

If they keep the aus teams as they are now - Force, Reds, Brumbies, Waratahs
Then new zealand teams - Highlanders, Crusaders, Hurricanes, Cheifs, Blues
The SA Teams - Sharks, Bulls, Lions, Stormers
And the Outliers - 2 Argentinian Teams & Drua

That will make 16 teams,

Have 2 pools of 8 teams, they play each other twice (so 14 games),
top 4 teams from both tables go through, to quarter finals.

To fix the travel issue, make sure that each team is always in that particular country for two week games.

 

[Kiwiwomble]

Yeah it did end up a bit ****.

If they keep the aus teams as they are now - Force, Reds, Brumbies, Waratahs
Then new zealand teams - Highlanders, Crusaders, Hurricanes, Cheifs, Blues
The SA Teams - Sharks, Bulls, Lions, Stormers
And the Outliers - 2 Argentinian Teams & Drua

That will make 16 teams,

Have 2 pools of 8 teams, they play each other twice (so 14 games),
top 4 teams from both tables go through, to quarter finals.

To fix the travel issue, make sure that each team is always in that particular country for two week games.

I was always keen to see a champions league version, either the top NPC or more likely the top super teams after a domestic season play a post season comp, top two from NZ, Aus, SA with the winner of the Japanese and whatever Argentina wanted to do play over a smaller but more elite 6-8 weeks, integrate the domestic with the "super", give aussie a format they could build on domestically...teams travelling to the other side of the world to get thrashed with almost no one watching at home because the game is 2am just doesnt do it for me