tirawleybaron
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Professional Club/provincial rugby is currently unsustainable in every country playing serious rugby union today.
New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, South Africa not enough teams - exporting too many players
Scotland, Wales, Fiji, Argentina, Italy - not enough players and money
England, France, Japan - relying on sugar daddies and too many teams/ too much reliance on foreign player's
Ever since rugby went professional each country has lurched from crisis to crisis and it isn't getting any better
The whole system then requires top ups from international rugby, which keeps increasing the number of games, which further disrupts the club game.
What is the solution?
1. A defined calendar for all
(Dec & Jan off season)
2. International rugby
Six Nations/Rugby championship in March & April
3. Cross hemisphere competition in May & Jun (World Cup,.Lions Tour, whatever else your having)
4. Domestic club rugby, (without international players) Feb to August
5. Cross Country club/provincial Rugby from (September to November)
My solution for a Cross Country Club/Provincial competition?
36 Franchises -
Tier 5 - 1xPacific Islanders, USA, Basque, Georgia
Tier 4 - Scotland, Italy,
Tier 3 - 2x Wales, Ireland, Australia, Japan, Argentina
Tier 2 - 4x South Africa, New Zealand
Tier 1 - 6x England and France
4 Conferences based on Geography
Pacific - NZ, South Pacific Islanders, Japan, Australia
Atlantic - South Africa, Ireland, Argentina, USA
Europe - France, Italy, Georgia, Basque
Britian - England, Wales, Scotland
all franchises play 8 matches (4 home & 4 away) v own conference
Top two from each conference play off to enter finals competition
Finals comp played in a single country - Semi finals and finals played in November
Tier 1, 2, 3, 4 Franchises - min 20 domestic players
Tier 5 Franchise - min 15 domestic players right
Hold domestic draft first, then have all international squad players in a cross country draft - max squad size of 40
Best international players will play the following
1. six nations/rugby championship games - 5/6
2. Cross hemisphere internationals - 5-7
3. Local league playoffs - 4-6
4. Cross hemisphere franchise - 8-10
So max of 30 matches in 44 week's
Up an coming players (non international) will have somewhere between 20 and 30 matches
1. Feb - June of league matches (14/15 games),
2. July/August of local play offs - 2-4 matches
3. September/November - 4/5 matches
A common predicable international calender -
New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, South Africa not enough teams - exporting too many players
Scotland, Wales, Fiji, Argentina, Italy - not enough players and money
England, France, Japan - relying on sugar daddies and too many teams/ too much reliance on foreign player's
Ever since rugby went professional each country has lurched from crisis to crisis and it isn't getting any better
The whole system then requires top ups from international rugby, which keeps increasing the number of games, which further disrupts the club game.
What is the solution?
1. A defined calendar for all
(Dec & Jan off season)
2. International rugby
Six Nations/Rugby championship in March & April
3. Cross hemisphere competition in May & Jun (World Cup,.Lions Tour, whatever else your having)
4. Domestic club rugby, (without international players) Feb to August
5. Cross Country club/provincial Rugby from (September to November)
My solution for a Cross Country Club/Provincial competition?
36 Franchises -
Tier 5 - 1xPacific Islanders, USA, Basque, Georgia
Tier 4 - Scotland, Italy,
Tier 3 - 2x Wales, Ireland, Australia, Japan, Argentina
Tier 2 - 4x South Africa, New Zealand
Tier 1 - 6x England and France
4 Conferences based on Geography
Pacific - NZ, South Pacific Islanders, Japan, Australia
Atlantic - South Africa, Ireland, Argentina, USA
Europe - France, Italy, Georgia, Basque
Britian - England, Wales, Scotland
all franchises play 8 matches (4 home & 4 away) v own conference
Top two from each conference play off to enter finals competition
Finals comp played in a single country - Semi finals and finals played in November
Tier 1, 2, 3, 4 Franchises - min 20 domestic players
Tier 5 Franchise - min 15 domestic players right
Hold domestic draft first, then have all international squad players in a cross country draft - max squad size of 40
Best international players will play the following
1. six nations/rugby championship games - 5/6
2. Cross hemisphere internationals - 5-7
3. Local league playoffs - 4-6
4. Cross hemisphere franchise - 8-10
So max of 30 matches in 44 week's
Up an coming players (non international) will have somewhere between 20 and 30 matches
1. Feb - June of league matches (14/15 games),
2. July/August of local play offs - 2-4 matches
3. September/November - 4/5 matches
A common predicable international calender -