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Todd Blackadder calls for play-offs to be expanded to Top 6.
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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 904940" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>So less players and worse infrastructure should result in better results like we've seen in the last 10 years at both club and international level? There's no denying Ireland chose the current provincial system because it was more sustainable than making the all Ireland league but equally there's no denying it's a far better system for the current state of professionalism. English international rugby would be best served if they managed to get their best players playing for no more than six clubs and playing less rugby due to rotation. It's obvious that playing more rugby at the pretty consistent level that is the premiership simply isn't nurturing talent. Elliot Daly, Jonathan Joseph and Maro Itoje are not much better than they were in their breakout seasons because they are playing at a similar level week in, week out in the same role give or take. Compare them to Garry Ringrose, Robbie Henshaw and James Ryan who play in games ranging from pro 14 games against the Dragons with an otherwise second team where they're the leaders, to interpros where maturity and composure is usually enough to win, to Heineken Cup finals where they need to play all guns blazing. This has resulted in them improving far more since the world cup and being far more adaptable rugby players and has been a large part of the reason Ireland caught up with and overtook England since March 2017, it was also part of the reason that they were better in the two years leading up to the 2015 RWC. </p><p></p><p>English rugby and English players would be better served running the Prem like the Mitre 10 cup, slightly more competitive because there are less European games, and creating 5 or 6 franchises from the 12 clubs to compete in Europe. This obviously can't happen due to the power of the PRL but it's extremely naive to think the NZ model isn't the one to follow simply due to population sizes, last I checked NZ are producing more pros anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 904940, member: 45598"] So less players and worse infrastructure should result in better results like we've seen in the last 10 years at both club and international level? There's no denying Ireland chose the current provincial system because it was more sustainable than making the all Ireland league but equally there's no denying it's a far better system for the current state of professionalism. English international rugby would be best served if they managed to get their best players playing for no more than six clubs and playing less rugby due to rotation. It's obvious that playing more rugby at the pretty consistent level that is the premiership simply isn't nurturing talent. Elliot Daly, Jonathan Joseph and Maro Itoje are not much better than they were in their breakout seasons because they are playing at a similar level week in, week out in the same role give or take. Compare them to Garry Ringrose, Robbie Henshaw and James Ryan who play in games ranging from pro 14 games against the Dragons with an otherwise second team where they're the leaders, to interpros where maturity and composure is usually enough to win, to Heineken Cup finals where they need to play all guns blazing. This has resulted in them improving far more since the world cup and being far more adaptable rugby players and has been a large part of the reason Ireland caught up with and overtook England since March 2017, it was also part of the reason that they were better in the two years leading up to the 2015 RWC. English rugby and English players would be better served running the Prem like the Mitre 10 cup, slightly more competitive because there are less European games, and creating 5 or 6 franchises from the 12 clubs to compete in Europe. This obviously can't happen due to the power of the PRL but it's extremely naive to think the NZ model isn't the one to follow simply due to population sizes, last I checked NZ are producing more pros anyway. [/QUOTE]
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