I remember the Leeds fans falling over themselves to have a pop at Englands number one prop, James Graham when he mentioned something similar. I expect this thread will rise to 9 pages once the leeds fans get here to have a go at Jamie peacock

Or a 14 team play off at the end of the season?

Big massive "whooooosh" to Dally Messenger who has no understanding of irony whatsoever. You'd make a great limbo dancer Dally.

Thats stupid - why make it easier for Teams from SL dropping down to the lower leagues.

This is a bit of blue sky thinking from Mr Peacock here. He’s raised the flag to see which way the wind blows. When he thinks outside the box like this it’s difficult not to admire his utter genius. He’s taken the problem of his personal circumstances, linked it to England’s woeful international performances, and just puuuushed the envelope. This man should be running the country, never mind playing and trying to run Rugby League!

I await this intellectual colossus’ next brainstorm with eager anticipation.



I wonder if he would be willing to hand out the redundancy notices to the some of the employees, who would inevitably lose their jobs, at the four clubs to be kicked out of Super League?

So, not for the first time, Peacock’s moaning about playing too many matches.

Here’s a suggestion Jamie, when it come to the Internationals, don’t put your hand up to play, have a couple of months off.

Give some of the younger lads a chance, they can’t achieve any less.

Then go and sit in the Sky commentary box with the other halfwits.

16 teams, 30 rounds. Limit players to (say) 24 SL games a season (not including play offs, WCC, CC etc), bans count as playing. Therefore your players aren't playing too much, we have more room for expansion with added teams, would force reserve players into sides, making matches more competitive as teams could be tempted to "rest" some of their best players against "weaker" teams, bringing the standards closer. Reduces burnout.

I'm assuming Jamie Peacock would of course be prepared to take the approximate 27% pay cut due to playing vastly less games? I'm also also assuming Jamie Peacock would be happy to see half the clubs go bust within a couple of seasons and RL get even less media exposure that present? A 10 team league is the most stupid suggestion I have ever heard, it's not viable and the season would be so short it would be difficult to market the game at top level. Funny how the NRL manage just fine with 15 teams?

Where would the extra three rounds go? You can't play mid-week games as players need time to recover in between games. I'd stick to the number we have now (as we clearly need it) but just add a cap to the number of games.

Peacock is probably coming at this from the POV of England test players, who play more games, on average, than any of the big 3 in Rugby League AND the SANZAR nations in Rugby Union AND the Home Nations in Rugby Union.



SL clubs won't rest players from SL games, because it could mean the difference between winning and losing games, and making the SL finals or not. That stance is understandable.



You can reduce the number of SL games, but make up the shortfall by allowing SL clubs to enter an existing competition - the Northern Rail Cup.
SL - 16 teams, 17 rounds (one being the Millennium Magic). A team plays ever other team once, plays two teams a second time.
NRC - English SL clubs join English Championship and C1 teams. 4 pools of 8, 10 regular rounds, where a club could play every other in its pool once, and one from the other 3 pools. If test players are on representative duty for a particular weekend, they would not play NRC that weekend. Welsh and French clubs could form a similar competition with French 1st and 2nd division clubs.

Not including pre season or Challenge Cup, SL clubs get 13 home games, Championship clubs get 15 home games.

If every other team had to rest players then what is the difference? The only difference is one team apparently has a better "manager" than another. Coaches would have to be more strategic about when to play players and when to rest them (i.e. play them in the big games). It would also see teams blooding more youngsters.

I don't think that stance is understandable at all.


That would lose tonnes of money. You wouldn't get a good TV deal on a shorter SL, and you definitely wouldn't make up the windfall with an inferior competition.
And Welsh and French clubs? There's only one pro Welsh club outside SL, and most pro French clubs are tiny.