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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 918892" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>One of the reasons the Heineken Cup works so well is that it has a complimentary second tier (used to be called the Amlin Challenge Cup; not sure what it is now as I haven't followed European Rugby since moneybags McCaffrety stuffed it up). It allows the next ranked lot of teams who did not make the HC, to have meaningful competition on HC weekends, thereby exposing a second tier of players to what is still a high level of competition. It would be an absolute must for us to have something like that as well, but the problem is, who is going to pay for it? There is nowhere near enough money in NZ, Aus or SA to back a second tier cross-borders competition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 918892, member: 20605"] One of the reasons the Heineken Cup works so well is that it has a complimentary second tier (used to be called the Amlin Challenge Cup; not sure what it is now as I haven't followed European Rugby since moneybags McCaffrety stuffed it up). It allows the next ranked lot of teams who did not make the HC, to have meaningful competition on HC weekends, thereby exposing a second tier of players to what is still a high level of competition. It would be an absolute must for us to have something like that as well, but the problem is, who is going to pay for it? There is nowhere near enough money in NZ, Aus or SA to back a second tier cross-borders competition. [/QUOTE]
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