Not a bad shout, two games against Aus and NZ would also mean you could put 2 fixtures in the heartlands and two in expansion areas and keep everyone happy.

How did they get 21,009 as the attendance, even if they counted the number twice (once for each match) surely there wasn't that many?

The capacity is 32,000 so 2/3rds full seems about right, and with it being a double header many people will have arrived/left midway through a game.

When we had the tri nations people moaned and said we needed to include development nations to help them improve and when we include them people moan and want the tri nations back.

It's just like what happens with the super league format.

moan change moan change moan change.

How did they get 21,009 as the attendance, even if they counted the number twice (once for each match) surely there wasn't that many?

I can't see fans, players, or TV broadcasters buying into a concept which has 3 teams playing each other twice. You would get two teams end up playing each other 3 times in a short series.

That's kinda an overkill if you ask me.

You mean like last year with the series against NZ

like in SOO when 2 teams play each other 3 times in a short space of time. you're right it would never catch on

Wow. You really are gonna bring up SOO as an example. Hey if we are gonna talk about getting on SOO levels lets go back and look at that concept of England vs the exiles. was you one of them guys who said that can catch on like SOO also.

Just no... It can never get to that level.

Oh and why should Samoa, PNG or Fiji miss out on the 4 nations. Or are you saying that in Australia it should be 4 nations while in England it should be tri nations.

Now let's gets on to the scheduling of a tri nations with teams playing each other twice.

Wouldn't that be a 7 week tournament with just three teams. You really think players, fans and TV will be interested in this.

I'm just waiting for the old ''We're never going to beat the aussies until our players can match the intensity of SOO. Bring back yorkshire vs lancashire''

And of course who can forget ''we're never going to beat the aussies until clubs produce more junior players. To do that we need to do away with relegation so clubs can focus on long term development''

Or if P&r isn't in effect see ''we're never going to beat the aussies until we have less meaningless games, half the teams near the bottom have nothing to play for because theres no P&R. Bring back P&r''.

Round we go.

What about a 6 nations? Eng, Aus, NZ, another European team, and 2 of Samoa/Fiji/Tonga/PNG. Probably not necessary to even have a final, so a 5 week tournament.

What about a new idea, which was actually proposed by Phil Gould to solve the NSW halfback problem.
The RFL set up a kind of halfback academy (like football has in France and Germany), where they take the best emerging halfbacks and improve their skill levels at a younger age, and then work with the super league clubs to move them back into the academy system.

Good idea.

Rather see this over a long 7 week tri nations playing each other twice.