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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 575300" data-attributes="member: 13739"><p>I fully agree with this. The quality of rugby in the first couple and final couple of months of the season is so much better than the generally turgid stuff played in mid December. Also do the more casual fans really want to sit in the stands on a night where temperatures are approaching zero in driving wind and rain? Replace that with having a few beers on a glorious summer evening watching more attacking rugby and I don't see any downfalls at all, at least not in the UK. Temperatures in the South of France may be a problem, but as Snoop says, surely a late kick-off would be manageable? Managing freezing temperatures and snow in winter is surely just as difficult?</p><p></p><p>The added bonus of this would be a global season, thus providing the opportunity for cross hemisphere club games (winner of HC v winner of Super rugby for example). The 6 nations could be pushed closer to summer, again resulting in better conditions and more exciting rugby. I also think it would be easier to manage international windows.</p><p></p><p>On top of all of this, a re-structuring of the NH season should imo be done in a way to reduce the crossover of competitions as it is now. For example, the season should start with each individual domestic league (Pro12, Premiership and Top14), each running through to completion; this could be followed by the 6 nations, and then by European competitions (HC and Amlin). The current set-up is a little all over the shop going from domestic to european to international, back to domestic, back to international, back to european and then finally back to domestic (or at least similar to that). This doesn't help the clubs/regions/provinces or the fans, especially new fans we are hoping to draw.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 575300, member: 13739"] I fully agree with this. The quality of rugby in the first couple and final couple of months of the season is so much better than the generally turgid stuff played in mid December. Also do the more casual fans really want to sit in the stands on a night where temperatures are approaching zero in driving wind and rain? Replace that with having a few beers on a glorious summer evening watching more attacking rugby and I don't see any downfalls at all, at least not in the UK. Temperatures in the South of France may be a problem, but as Snoop says, surely a late kick-off would be manageable? Managing freezing temperatures and snow in winter is surely just as difficult? The added bonus of this would be a global season, thus providing the opportunity for cross hemisphere club games (winner of HC v winner of Super rugby for example). The 6 nations could be pushed closer to summer, again resulting in better conditions and more exciting rugby. I also think it would be easier to manage international windows. On top of all of this, a re-structuring of the NH season should imo be done in a way to reduce the crossover of competitions as it is now. For example, the season should start with each individual domestic league (Pro12, Premiership and Top14), each running through to completion; this could be followed by the 6 nations, and then by European competitions (HC and Amlin). The current set-up is a little all over the shop going from domestic to european to international, back to domestic, back to international, back to european and then finally back to domestic (or at least similar to that). This doesn't help the clubs/regions/provinces or the fans, especially new fans we are hoping to draw. [/QUOTE]
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