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Greg Davis (50)
Yeah agreed - even if you adopt something similar to League where teams get a bye either side of the Origin i.e. Teams 1-4 don't play the weekend before while teams 5-8 don't play the weekend after. There isn't enough Australian teams to really make that work AND keep enough games available on the weekend.Pulling Super Rugby players in the 'weeks leading up' could be an overstep, depending on what this means; if it's 2 weeks/1 weekend, then players might miss 2 games; if it's any more than that, then it's an issue.
If that's what they need to make this concept work, it loses it's value.
Perhaps they should lean into the spectacle and make an "Super Rugby All-Stars" match.
Simply taking away multiple matches is not in anyones interest.