Somebody has suggested an England v NZ rematch at Wembley the same week as Origin. Scrap the Magic weekend and make it happen now, while Saturday is still fresh in people's minds. Far more useful and lucrative than the Exiles games.

Think club v country games are gone forever.

Could still have a full tour. PNG, Fiji, NZ, then 3 tests v Australia would still take 6 weeks. Plus you'd like to be there 10 days/2 weeks before the 1st test so it's gonna be up to 8 weeks away. That's plenty IMO. Plus players are seeing parts of the world you don't normally see such as PNG and Fiji and your also helping the developing nations and increasing awareness of the game in those countries.

If we could get a mid season test in place for 2014 against the Kiwi's and it was marketed correctly I think we could push that 67,000 crowd up to 80,000+. I don't see how any of the crowd in attendance on Saturday wouldn't want to go back because that was pure entertainment and I'm sure there's plenty who watched on tv that wished they'd took the plunge (for 79 minutes and 35 seconds anyway). I had a great day and what was really evident was the massive number of 'non heartlands' supporters in attendance. We need to keep them interested and keep giving them events to go to. I would look to have a main event game of England vs New Zealand with a double headed fixture of the England Knights vs Wales/Scotland or similar beforehand.

I say all that when deep down I know there's no chance it will happen. I doubt we'll see another fixture on these shores now for 3 years which would be a tragedy.

Just drop the 8 team playoff, first plays fourth, second plays third then the final, 2/3 weeks could be saved there.

Problem is with NZ in a mid season test, they don't seem to bother and only come alive at the end of the season when a trophy is up for grabs.

It must be 10 years or more since they won the Anzac Test, but beat the Aussies reasonably regularly at the end of the season.

If the Kiwi's win today, they have won 4 out if the last 8 tournaments the Big 3 have all played. They also lost the the 06 Tri Nations even thought they scored more tries than Australia, they just didn't land a single conversion.

I wouldn't mind a 4 team play off per se (I'd prefer 5) but there needs to be a decent incentive to finish higher up within the 4 which there isn't with either the current system or yours. If it was a 4 I'd go:

Week 1 - Qualifiers
A - 1st v 2nd
B - 3rd v 4th

Week 2 - Final Eliminator
C - Loser A v Winner B

Week 3 - Final
D - Winner A v Winner C

That way you aim for the top 2 rather than just the top 4 so that you can have either a week off or a second chance. Also you always have to beat every team above you to win

Would be fantastic if in next few weeks, the RFL came out and announced an Ashes 2015, 3 tests, Wembley, Old Trafford and Elland Rd. We'd all be buzzing for that.

I think its critical to develop Tonga, Samoa and Fiji and incorporate them into a comp with PNG and perhaps have the opportunity to play one off tests. If they cleared the programme down under for SOO then players from these countries could play for their nations during the season. Perhaps then we can get rid of the prospect of players playing for several different countries and really broadcast the game to these hotbeds. Games between these nations could serve as a curtain raiser to the SOO game, unless of course they play juniors before the main game.