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<blockquote data-quote="welshglory" data-source="post: 642197" data-attributes="member: 38673">This is why we need to think about disbanding tournaments like the 6 nations and RC or at least moving them to alternative years. Have a real variety in tests and make these old traditions really special and unique not just a yearly permanent fixture.I&#039;m personally bored of watching the same internationals every year, and there are plenty of others. That&#039;s why i love it when a world class unique club game is played, it&#039;s something different and exciting. These t2 nations can&#039;t even play competitive tests against each other because the international fixture list is so full because of the yearly tournaments. It&#039;s not because of the club fixtures either, even if the NH fixture list was similar to the SH there still wouldn&#039;t be enough time for the yearly events plus competitive tests for t2 against t2 and lower t1&#039;s.Rant Over!!!The only real argument is the financial one. Otherwise there is not incentive to stop these guys playing more against everybody. If they are able to get up to a good level then the market will expand anyway and then it will move on to next tier and so on.Edit:Financial argument meaning that these tournaments are money makers for the top international teams, not that there wouldn&#039;t be financial incentive to play tier 2 timers which would be a disgusting argument. Find other ways to make money, international rugby isn&#039;t supposed to be about making money, or even supporting your whole countries rugby system which i find ridiculous because it effectively leaves the IRB with no choice but to let you keep your money makers or else you would go broke and your rugby system would go broke when you shouldn&#039;t be reliant on these methods in the first place. So think before you criticise the IRB, they have no choice. Find other ways to support your countries rugby selfish a**h**s.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="welshglory, post: 642197, member: 38673"] This is why we need to think about disbanding tournaments like the 6 nations and RC or at least moving them to alternative years. Have a real variety in tests and make these old traditions really special and unique not just a yearly permanent fixture. I'm personally bored of watching the same internationals every year, and there are plenty of others. That's why i love it when a world class unique club game is played, it's something different and exciting. These t2 nations can't even play competitive tests against each other because the international fixture list is so full because of the yearly tournaments. It's not because of the club fixtures either, even if the NH fixture list was similar to the SH there still wouldn't be enough time for the yearly events plus competitive tests for t2 against t2 and lower t1's. Rant Over!!! The only real argument is the financial one. Otherwise there is not incentive to stop these guys playing more against everybody. If they are able to get up to a good level then the market will expand anyway and then it will move on to next tier and so on. Edit: Financial argument meaning that these tournaments are money makers for the top international teams, not that there wouldn't be financial incentive to play tier 2 timers which would be a disgusting argument. Find other ways to make money, international rugby isn't supposed to be about making money, or even supporting your whole countries rugby system which i find ridiculous because it effectively leaves the IRB with no choice but to let you keep your money makers or else you would go broke and your rugby system would go broke when you shouldn't be reliant on these methods in the first place. So think before you criticise the IRB, they have no choice. Find other ways to support your countries rugby selfish a**h**s. [/QUOTE]

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