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<blockquote data-quote="j&#039;nuh" data-source="post: 767330" data-attributes="member: 55446"><p>Agreed. That being said, the ideal would be to have it all. A competitive Premiership to keep the rivalries, an elite Euro league above it, with internationals playing in it alongside the international game. The added bonus is we can limit the number of games an international plays.</p><p></p><p>e.g. in a 52 week calendar:</p><p></p><p>For "top" non-internationals:</p><p>Weeks 1-22: Premiership main season</p><p>Weeks 23-24: Premiership semi and final</p><p>Weeks 25-35: Rest, Euro league pre-season</p><p>Weeks 36-49: 14 game Euro league (15 teams, all play each other once, one bye)</p><p>Weeks 50-51: Euro league semis and finals (rest for teams not involved)</p><p>Week 52: Rest (they also get rested at the start of the Premiership and phased into teams around 5 weeks in)</p><p></p><p>For internationals:</p><p>Weeks 1-4: AIs</p><p>Weeks 14-20: Six Nations</p><p>Weeks 29-34: Summer tour</p><p>Weeks 36-51: Euro league</p><p></p><p>To facilitate it all, all players have a Premiership club and a Euro region. In week ~48, the EPS is announced. Any international then misses the Premiership and the Premiership teams are given the time to work around missing these players.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="j'nuh, post: 767330, member: 55446"] Agreed. That being said, the ideal would be to have it all. A competitive Premiership to keep the rivalries, an elite Euro league above it, with internationals playing in it alongside the international game. The added bonus is we can limit the number of games an international plays. e.g. in a 52 week calendar: For "top" non-internationals: Weeks 1-22: Premiership main season Weeks 23-24: Premiership semi and final Weeks 25-35: Rest, Euro league pre-season Weeks 36-49: 14 game Euro league (15 teams, all play each other once, one bye) Weeks 50-51: Euro league semis and finals (rest for teams not involved) Week 52: Rest (they also get rested at the start of the Premiership and phased into teams around 5 weeks in) For internationals: Weeks 1-4: AIs Weeks 14-20: Six Nations Weeks 29-34: Summer tour Weeks 36-51: Euro league To facilitate it all, all players have a Premiership club and a Euro region. In week ~48, the EPS is announced. Any international then misses the Premiership and the Premiership teams are given the time to work around missing these players. [/QUOTE]
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