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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneAsylum" data-source="post: 849507" data-attributes="member: 13203"><p>It's a tough one mate, NZ have the benfit of stability, they haven't expanded for 20 years and they have an enviable depth of players.</p><p>If NZ expanded to 6 teams, would you have enough experienced players to cover that team, or would you send a mix of old heads like Stephen Donald, Kaino etc. to help influence</p><p>the new players bought through from NPC?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Also you don't really have to compete with AFL over there which is like Rugby's cancer. That's why we need teams in Melbourne and Perth. Drop either of those and AFL wins.</p><p></p><p></p><p>We have the numbers here in Aus, and the big name internationals who initially played for the Rebels were all gone within one or two years.</p><p>It was a developmental thing rather than an "oh crap, we don't have enough good players". The Rebels and Force don't have the benifit of hitory behind them, so it's going to be a work in progress situation for some time.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Don't forget Christian Leali'ifano and Digby Ioane grew up in Melbourne, they were fortunate enough to move states to follow their dream, imagine the others who slipped through the cracks</p><p>because they couldn't move to a rugby school in order to be identified as a talent.</p><p></p><p></p><p>We have already produced 5 players at the Rebels in our short history, that's a pretty good conversion rate for an AFL obsessed state, don't you think?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneAsylum, post: 849507, member: 13203"] It's a tough one mate, NZ have the benfit of stability, they haven't expanded for 20 years and they have an enviable depth of players. If NZ expanded to 6 teams, would you have enough experienced players to cover that team, or would you send a mix of old heads like Stephen Donald, Kaino etc. to help influence the new players bought through from NPC? Also you don't really have to compete with AFL over there which is like Rugby's cancer. That's why we need teams in Melbourne and Perth. Drop either of those and AFL wins. We have the numbers here in Aus, and the big name internationals who initially played for the Rebels were all gone within one or two years. It was a developmental thing rather than an "oh crap, we don't have enough good players". The Rebels and Force don't have the benifit of hitory behind them, so it's going to be a work in progress situation for some time. Don't forget Christian Leali'ifano and Digby Ioane grew up in Melbourne, they were fortunate enough to move states to follow their dream, imagine the others who slipped through the cracks because they couldn't move to a rugby school in order to be identified as a talent. We have already produced 5 players at the Rebels in our short history, that's a pretty good conversion rate for an AFL obsessed state, don't you think? [/QUOTE]
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