news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sp ... 18du6.html both massive changes. conferences would see sydney teams playing twice and the expansion teams playing twice will boost crowds and tv ratings a kiwi origin would be fantastic making further inroads in nz for RL.

news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sp ... 18du6.html both massive changes. conferences would see sydney teams playing twice and the expansion teams playing twice will boost crowds and tv ratings a kiwi origin would be fantastic making further inroads in nz for RL.

Do you work for the online traffic department at the sydney morning herald?
Every f()cking post is a link to a "maybe" story? Do you get paid per visitor?
When will this all happen? When league is bigger than union in new zealand? Never then......jesus.....do you "work from home".....did you answer an advert posted on a lamp post on how to make millions for 3 hrs work a week......
This belongs on the nrl board.....but you're lonely there now aren't you!

When they say 'to unite all of the sport's management structures under a single body'. Does that mean over here too? I hope so. It would be better if everyone played my the same rules and pulled in the same direction.

'although general interest topics relating to the game in Australia are welcome on the Virtual Terrace, specific discussion of the NRL and the game in Australia should take place on this board.'

I'm interested. Why should it be stuck on the NRL board? Or is this a more personal attack?

nah just in australia

weve got ARL, CRL, QRL,NSWRL and NRL

ARL controls int. rl and nrl clubs for example so overlapping.

it will all be controlled by the IC now

its not the SMH ive linked too.

and since you claim to be interested in Kiwi RL why havent you commented on the idea of a Kiwi origin series.

this is something that has massive marketing potential for the game in nz

intelligent comments on thread please.

Still seems like a good idea, like the idea of a Kiwi SOO. North v South i'm assuming?

maybe

or maoris vs the rest.

i like the sound of the latter, tap into the whole nz maori thing

It sounds more and more like the americanisation of Rugby League. Conferences. etc. etc.

weve been copying the nfl for decades

eg salary cap. gallop always uses american sports as examples

john peard and jack gibson got the bomb from american football in the 70s

our coaches regularly go to NFL clubs for ideas.

they are very similar games in many ways

The early Northern Union had Yorkshire and Lancashire leagues with a play-off to determine the national champion.

Race based teams?

Isn't that just reminiscent of South Africa in the bad old days?

Not quite. There were some years with separate Yorkshire and Lancashire Leagues and some years with play-offs but never a play-off between Yorkshire and Lancashire champions.

Your forgetting VRL, NTRL, WARL and others

Can only think of 2 players from the South Island. So that won't be it.
Be more along the lines of Auckland vs the Rest