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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: 905183" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>I really don't see the evidence. The Champions Cup is yet to sell out a final, the current champions are a club whose supporters care more about international rugby than club rugby almost across the board and the same can be said about the losing semi finalists while the runners up have no fans. The Premiership Final didn't sell out, neither did the Pro 14. </p><p></p><p>The Top 14 is possibly the highest level of rugby you see in France these days, although this year wasn't the best vintage, that's not the case with any other tier 1 country. The club game has always rivalled the international game in France in terms of public interest and the final you had this weekend shows both ends of the spectrum as to why The Billionaire backed Mercs v the relatively budget town side galvanised by the passionate local following. Club over country is something that exists in France that simply doesn't elsewhere apart from a few exceptions that are generally fans who are especially close to their club rather than being disenfranchised with the international side. Rugby is far from popular enough in the Northern Hemisphere to see a shift favouring the club game and all the Southern Hemisphere countries are set up in a way to serve the international game through the club game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 905183, member: 45598"] I really don't see the evidence. The Champions Cup is yet to sell out a final, the current champions are a club whose supporters care more about international rugby than club rugby almost across the board and the same can be said about the losing semi finalists while the runners up have no fans. The Premiership Final didn't sell out, neither did the Pro 14. The Top 14 is possibly the highest level of rugby you see in France these days, although this year wasn't the best vintage, that's not the case with any other tier 1 country. The club game has always rivalled the international game in France in terms of public interest and the final you had this weekend shows both ends of the spectrum as to why The Billionaire backed Mercs v the relatively budget town side galvanised by the passionate local following. Club over country is something that exists in France that simply doesn't elsewhere apart from a few exceptions that are generally fans who are especially close to their club rather than being disenfranchised with the international side. Rugby is far from popular enough in the Northern Hemisphere to see a shift favouring the club game and all the Southern Hemisphere countries are set up in a way to serve the international game through the club game. [/QUOTE]
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