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<blockquote data-quote="BokMagic" data-source="post: 153255"><p>Firstly, yes it would absolutely make sense to expand the tri-nations. When the current Newscorp deal expires in 2009, what I`d love to see is the following:</p><p></p><p>1- A SH 5-nations tournament, fearuring SA, NZ, Aus, Arg and a combined PI team. The reasoning behind the combined PI team? Simple really- the sum of their parts will make for a team that can already realistically challenge for a RWC semi spot. Take the relative strength of the Tongan set-piece, the defensive qualities of the Samoans, and add in some flying Fijian flair, and <em>voila!</em> you have a damn good team right there. The format I`d like to see is each team playing a once-off against the other, with home ground advantage alternating every year.</p><p></p><p>2- Expansion of the S14 to a S16/18/20, which will include Tonga, Fiji and Samoa as separate entities, as well as 2 professional teams from Argentina, featuring maybe a couple of their current stars, and a host of young homegrown talent. If the Argie RU doesn`t like the idea of professional clubs, well so be it. Then a Super 16. </p><p></p><p>This could well work, but only if there is a genuine commitment from the IRB. For the international period, the top NH clubs will have to be forced to give up their Argie and PI players, with substantial fines to the relevant clubs and ineligibility for club duty for those who are refused permission to play. As for the franchise part, the club pro`s should be released to the relevant clubs, allowing for homegrown youngster development for the emerging players.</p><p></p><p>Right, why do I believe that this could work? Well simply, if you look at the Newscorp pie, and that gets divided up, well neither the Argies nor the PI`s will be struggling for business class tickets hey.</p><p></p><p>But, unlike how the majority on here views SANZAR, actually they control right royal f-all in terms of such an agreement. For the record, SANZAR has zero enforcement or decision-making powers. As in zero, zilch, zip, <em>de nada.</em> SANZAR is nothing but a co-marketing agreement between the ARU,NZRU and SARU.</p><p></p><p>No, the <em>real</em> decisions are made by Newscorp, unfortunately. The biggest mistake SARU,NZRU and ARU ever made, was selling out their souls to Newscorp through the SANZAR deal. Hopefully, once the current deal expires, the partners can get together and organise this better. Or at least have more say in the running of the thing. And they DO need the IRB to keep a beady eye on what the NH clubs are doing with the star PI players in particular.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BokMagic, post: 153255"] Firstly, yes it would absolutely make sense to expand the tri-nations. When the current Newscorp deal expires in 2009, what I`d love to see is the following: 1- A SH 5-nations tournament, fearuring SA, NZ, Aus, Arg and a combined PI team. The reasoning behind the combined PI team? Simple really- the sum of their parts will make for a team that can already realistically challenge for a RWC semi spot. Take the relative strength of the Tongan set-piece, the defensive qualities of the Samoans, and add in some flying Fijian flair, and [i]voila![/i] you have a damn good team right there. The format I`d like to see is each team playing a once-off against the other, with home ground advantage alternating every year. 2- Expansion of the S14 to a S16/18/20, which will include Tonga, Fiji and Samoa as separate entities, as well as 2 professional teams from Argentina, featuring maybe a couple of their current stars, and a host of young homegrown talent. If the Argie RU doesn`t like the idea of professional clubs, well so be it. Then a Super 16. This could well work, but only if there is a genuine commitment from the IRB. For the international period, the top NH clubs will have to be forced to give up their Argie and PI players, with substantial fines to the relevant clubs and ineligibility for club duty for those who are refused permission to play. As for the franchise part, the club pro`s should be released to the relevant clubs, allowing for homegrown youngster development for the emerging players. Right, why do I believe that this could work? Well simply, if you look at the Newscorp pie, and that gets divided up, well neither the Argies nor the PI`s will be struggling for business class tickets hey. But, unlike how the majority on here views SANZAR, actually they control right royal f-all in terms of such an agreement. For the record, SANZAR has zero enforcement or decision-making powers. As in zero, zilch, zip, [i]de nada.[/i] SANZAR is nothing but a co-marketing agreement between the ARU,NZRU and SARU. No, the [i]real[/i] decisions are made by Newscorp, unfortunately. The biggest mistake SARU,NZRU and ARU ever made, was selling out their souls to Newscorp through the SANZAR deal. Hopefully, once the current deal expires, the partners can get together and organise this better. Or at least have more say in the running of the thing. And they DO need the IRB to keep a beady eye on what the NH clubs are doing with the star PI players in particular..... [/QUOTE]
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