Recent content by Alachino

Agreed. I think more specifically, districts coming together to form self styled provinces. Just like ACT & Southern NSW have. I see that as a great example of a rural province. Warringa, Nth Syd, Gordon and Manly being affiliated with the Rays is a great example of a metro province. If you...

You think it's too hard for the Tahs to connect with 3 teams and 2 will be easier? I guess it's hard for me to understand why people see the competitiveness of the NRC teams as the number 1 priority, where I see the NRC in general as a tool to bridge rugby communities across the country and...

What do you think prevents a flow of talent if there is more than one NRC team in Sydney?

Same again Rebels3. In the current situation, concentrating talent will raise the standard of play, but will engage communities less. It's not possible at the moment, but I think RA should have an end goal of re-instating the Australian Rugby Shield and having a national comp make up that...

This all depends on what you think the goal of a national comp is. If it's to 1) Develop players. Then focus as much Aust talent into one comp and evenly spread it amongst all teams involved. Back the SS as our primo comp in Aust and make it policy that it's the only comp below Super Rugby that can pay...