rather have a usa team than a 3rd french one

i wish! In my Job i am always in the car so even popping out for 20 minutes means coming back to a car and not being able to touch the steering wheel for at least 5 minutes.

So a tip for you if you ever fancy a trip to Dubai avoid Ramadan and june - september, Funny enough plane tickets are half price during those months as well.

Why would the NRL Clubs be interested in ANOTHER nines competition?
They are already locked into the successful one in New Zealand for the immediate future.
Koukash is a year or so too late with this idea.

$$$$$'s

The opportunity to attract global companies and investment to the sport and their club.

The NRL already has national or global companies sponsoring teams in many cases.
They can not pull out of the Auckland nines.
Why would they want to devalue the Nines that they have already committed too by attending another nines in a country no Aussies or Kiwi locals would bother travelling too, Its hardly a tourist destination.

Why don't the English and French clubs hold a Nines series in Dubai and see how it goes first?

oh well they don't even need to bother trying to get more then. Why bother with the Auckland nines then?
Let's just have a nines comp in Leeds and one in Sydney. That'll spread the word.


Why would they need to pull out of the Auckland nines? Why can't the sport work together for its own good and find a way to have both if it's viable?


Because the English and French clubs don't have the money or clout to hold one there on their own. Plus what would be the point of English and French clubs travelling thousands of miles to only play each other. It needs the NRL to be involved to get the interest going.

Same reason Man Utd and Liverpool play A-League clubs. $$$$$$$$$

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Whatever happened to the idea of playing a Euro Nines Tournament instead of the Millennium Magic round? Really seemed like a good idea to me.

Dubai isn't a tourist destination? They'll be upset all the billions spent on tourist attractions aren't to your liking lol.

Most of the tourist are from that region.

You are from Australia JB, do you know any Aussies that go there and if so what do they go there for?

When Liverpool or Man U go to Australia they play one or two exhibition games that can drag enough english expats and football fans to the game to get a big crowd.
Where is that money coming from for a nines in Dubai Locky?