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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 1042317" data-attributes="member: 13739"><p>Overall I'm pretty positive. I like the format a lot, very clear and simple imo. One table will really help after having split conference tables.</p><p></p><p>European qualification is understandable and reasonably fair imo. There should be a strong representative from each pool, even if technically a stronger team might miss out. We're not talking the Italian whipping boys of Heineken Cup of yesteryear, because the Scottish sides should keep them honest.</p><p></p><p>In reality though the league really needs the Welsh regions to stand-up and be consistently competitive. All 4 regions have 'decent' squads now who on paper should compete with everyone (almost), but all too often they fall short, or are hugely inconsistent. There's been some big improvements on the coaching front over the past 2 seasons (Scarlets+Peel tbc), so we now really need to see that translate into good seasons for all 4 (minimum 2). If that happens, and Glasgow, Edinburgh and Benetton do likewise (haven't got too much hope for Zebre), then the league could be hugely interesting.</p><p></p><p>Even if that doesn't transpire, at least the SA should give the Irish provinces some serious competition, something which has been lacking with any real consistency probably since the Ospreys were at their peak!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 1042317, member: 13739"] Overall I'm pretty positive. I like the format a lot, very clear and simple imo. One table will really help after having split conference tables. European qualification is understandable and reasonably fair imo. There should be a strong representative from each pool, even if technically a stronger team might miss out. We're not talking the Italian whipping boys of Heineken Cup of yesteryear, because the Scottish sides should keep them honest. In reality though the league really needs the Welsh regions to stand-up and be consistently competitive. All 4 regions have 'decent' squads now who on paper should compete with everyone (almost), but all too often they fall short, or are hugely inconsistent. There's been some big improvements on the coaching front over the past 2 seasons (Scarlets+Peel tbc), so we now really need to see that translate into good seasons for all 4 (minimum 2). If that happens, and Glasgow, Edinburgh and Benetton do likewise (haven't got too much hope for Zebre), then the league could be hugely interesting. Even if that doesn't transpire, at least the SA should give the Irish provinces some serious competition, something which has been lacking with any real consistency probably since the Ospreys were at their peak! [/QUOTE]
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