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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 980330" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>If we need to get into detail I agree 8 is the number for us. At least for now. Even then we'll have 4 or 5 stronger teams and 3 or 4 poor cousins. We could serve up 8 quality sides IF the players were centrally contracted, semi-drafted past your core group like in NZ and IF we could get our players playing in SA and then the ECC. All big IFs.</p><p></p><p>But if the contracting can get sorted I feel Europe is a better fit for us long term. We aren't married to SANZAAR. Long term this might be best for Argentina as well. Get more teams even if they aren't all on the Jaguars' level starting off.</p><p></p><p>NZ and Aus have been wanting to go trans-tasman for a while now. At least a large contingent have. I just wonder whether Asia is a market for them. Whether japan wouldn't rather want to go it alone just as us and Europe the geographic considerations are a tad awkward. Maybe Aus finally gets a domestiv league up and NZ/Aus/Jap do a Heineken CUp type setup.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 980330, member: 39190"] If we need to get into detail I agree 8 is the number for us. At least for now. Even then we'll have 4 or 5 stronger teams and 3 or 4 poor cousins. We could serve up 8 quality sides IF the players were centrally contracted, semi-drafted past your core group like in NZ and IF we could get our players playing in SA and then the ECC. All big IFs. But if the contracting can get sorted I feel Europe is a better fit for us long term. We aren't married to SANZAAR. Long term this might be best for Argentina as well. Get more teams even if they aren't all on the Jaguars' level starting off. NZ and Aus have been wanting to go trans-tasman for a while now. At least a large contingent have. I just wonder whether Asia is a market for them. Whether japan wouldn't rather want to go it alone just as us and Europe the geographic considerations are a tad awkward. Maybe Aus finally gets a domestiv league up and NZ/Aus/Jap do a Heineken CUp type setup. [/QUOTE]
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