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<blockquote data-quote="saulan" data-source="post: 1126819" data-attributes="member: 60236"><p>Might be worth looking at what other countries have done on this front.</p><p></p><p>South Africa built up the "Varsity Cup" and "Varsity Shield" quite successfully over the last 15 years - which is mostly televised on a Monday night and helps identify potential talent for the unions that maybe are late bloomers and didn't stand out at Craven Week in High School. We have u19/u21 versions of the Currie Cup, but one thing that I think was really good for the smaller club rugby was the Gold Cup (which Covid seems to have killed for now). Basically the teams that won their local regional league played in a national tournament against other winners the following year. This I think works, doing the local clubs vs your franchises is going to get so many injuries... Let's be honest, it would just be scrum penalty, lineout on 5m, easy maul over vs amateurs, let alone how they'd be able to slice defense.</p><p></p><p>Link to how Gold Cup used to work if anyone is interested:</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Cup_(rugby_union)[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="saulan, post: 1126819, member: 60236"] Might be worth looking at what other countries have done on this front. South Africa built up the "Varsity Cup" and "Varsity Shield" quite successfully over the last 15 years - which is mostly televised on a Monday night and helps identify potential talent for the unions that maybe are late bloomers and didn't stand out at Craven Week in High School. We have u19/u21 versions of the Currie Cup, but one thing that I think was really good for the smaller club rugby was the Gold Cup (which Covid seems to have killed for now). Basically the teams that won their local regional league played in a national tournament against other winners the following year. This I think works, doing the local clubs vs your franchises is going to get so many injuries... Let's be honest, it would just be scrum penalty, lineout on 5m, easy maul over vs amateurs, let alone how they'd be able to slice defense. Link to how Gold Cup used to work if anyone is interested: [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Cup_(rugby_union)[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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