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<blockquote data-quote="ratsapprentice" data-source="post: 595881" data-attributes="member: 67273"><p>There are numerous ways you could go about sorting the Prem/Champ clubs into regions.</p><p>There are 9 English regions officially, the trouble is that if you simply assigned each region the club players within it's geographical boundary the regions would be wildly unbalanced as it stands.</p><p>On that basis a South-East/London regional team could be made up of - Wasps, Irish, Saracens, Quins, Welsh, Scottish and Ealing.</p><p>Whereas a North-West team would be made up of - Sale.</p><p></p><p>If you based the regions makeup on the clubs within each region<em>and </em>on where the players are "from" (born/raised/affiliated with) then it could be far more balanced.</p><p>For example a North-West team could look something like this, if it included players "from" the region, regardless of which club they play for:</p><p></p><p>1. <span style="font-size: 10px">Eifion Lewis-Roberts</span></p><p>2. Tommy Taylor</p><p>3. Henry Thomas</p><p>4. Vadim Cobilas</p><p>5. Jonathan Mills</p><p>6. Carl Fearns</p><p>7. Dan Braid</p><p>8. Sam Dickinson</p><p>9. Richard Wigglesworth</p><p>10. Owen Farrell</p><p>11. David Stretle</p><p>12. Kyle Eastmond</p><p>13. Joel Tomkins</p><p>14. Chris Ashton</p><p>15. Ben Foden</p><p></p><p>Based on the Sale team announced to play today and on players from around the country who hail from the North-West (as defined here: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_England" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_England</a>)</p><p>This is just to demonstrate that the regions could be balanced in a logical way.</p><p>I believe that regions could be made to be as competitive as the top clubs are now, if not more so.</p><p></p><p>One of the big issues rugby-wise would be the schedule. The domestic club competition and the regional competition would need to run separately from start to end, without interrupting each other.</p><p>This would go hand in hand with creating a global season.</p><p></p><p>A regional system would hopefully encourage more balance within the domestic club competition too, over time the players would be encouraged to move to clubs within their region.</p><p>This could potentially help with the growth of the sport in the North as a whole.</p><p></p><p>I haven't put weeks of work into any regional planning, but I cannot think of any truly insurmountable obstacles to it.</p><p>It would be a major change, but one that could be <em>extremely </em>beneficial to the Health of the game in England and the England team itself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ratsapprentice, post: 595881, member: 67273"] There are numerous ways you could go about sorting the Prem/Champ clubs into regions. There are 9 English regions officially, the trouble is that if you simply assigned each region the club players within it's geographical boundary the regions would be wildly unbalanced as it stands. On that basis a South-East/London regional team could be made up of - Wasps, Irish, Saracens, Quins, Welsh, Scottish and Ealing. Whereas a North-West team would be made up of - Sale. If you based the regions makeup on the clubs within each region[I]and [/I]on where the players are "from" (born/raised/affiliated with) then it could be far more balanced. For example a North-West team could look something like this, if it included players "from" the region, regardless of which club they play for: 1. [SIZE=2]Eifion Lewis-Roberts[/SIZE] 2. Tommy Taylor 3. Henry Thomas 4. Vadim Cobilas 5. Jonathan Mills 6. Carl Fearns 7. Dan Braid 8. Sam Dickinson 9. Richard Wigglesworth 10. Owen Farrell 11. David Stretle 12. Kyle Eastmond 13. Joel Tomkins 14. Chris Ashton 15. Ben Foden Based on the Sale team announced to play today and on players from around the country who hail from the North-West (as defined here: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_England[/url]) This is just to demonstrate that the regions could be balanced in a logical way. I believe that regions could be made to be as competitive as the top clubs are now, if not more so. One of the big issues rugby-wise would be the schedule. The domestic club competition and the regional competition would need to run separately from start to end, without interrupting each other. This would go hand in hand with creating a global season. A regional system would hopefully encourage more balance within the domestic club competition too, over time the players would be encouraged to move to clubs within their region. This could potentially help with the growth of the sport in the North as a whole. I haven't put weeks of work into any regional planning, but I cannot think of any truly insurmountable obstacles to it. It would be a major change, but one that could be [I]extremely [/I]beneficial to the Health of the game in England and the England team itself. [/QUOTE]
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