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<blockquote data-quote="BPM" data-source="post: 871627" data-attributes="member: 59968"><p>Rightly or wrongly will always attract professional sportsmen. I hate referencing football, but look at the Chinese league there - it's a crappy competition but they'll pay top dollar so leading international players (mainly Brazilians) will go and play there, despite the fact that it's a competition that no-one outside China watches or cares about.</p><p></p><p>Match coverage and the interest level is likely to be more of a problem. If it was properly done, it could be a very good opportunity to grow the game and re-invigorate SH rugby. For example, it could be used to incubate younger Australian players who are less likely to be getting the game time in Super Rugby and it could be an ideal opportunity to create a proper PI franchise.</p><p></p><p>I could imagine a Singapore-based franchise being a popular choice for quite a few players. Definitely for ex-internationals looking for a new challenge.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BPM, post: 871627, member: 59968"] Rightly or wrongly will always attract professional sportsmen. I hate referencing football, but look at the Chinese league there - it's a crappy competition but they'll pay top dollar so leading international players (mainly Brazilians) will go and play there, despite the fact that it's a competition that no-one outside China watches or cares about. Match coverage and the interest level is likely to be more of a problem. If it was properly done, it could be a very good opportunity to grow the game and re-invigorate SH rugby. For example, it could be used to incubate younger Australian players who are less likely to be getting the game time in Super Rugby and it could be an ideal opportunity to create a proper PI franchise. I could imagine a Singapore-based franchise being a popular choice for quite a few players. Definitely for ex-internationals looking for a new challenge. [/QUOTE]
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