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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 813507" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>2 tiers of competition.</p><p></p><p>12 teams in the top tier, 4 strongest from between SA, NZ and Aus, each union determining its own measure of strength whether nomination or qualification.</p><p>Lets take a sample of this year; </p><p>Lions, Sharks, Stormers, Bulls, Hurricanes, Highlanders, Chiefs, Crusaders, Waratahs, Brumbies, Reds and Rebels. </p><p></p><p>One game against each other home or away. 11 matches (4 on tour) total. 1 return match against the other 3 from your nation (acknowledging the fact that derbies are important to the organizers and we need to get the number of games up to a viable amount) so 14 games total. The top 6 go on to a finals series.</p><p></p><p>12 teams in the bottom tier </p><p>Lets get the North Americas on board as we've broken our Americas duck with the Jaguares and we've broken our NH duck with the Sunwolves. So we have the Blues, Cheetahs, Jaguares, Force, Sunwolves, Kings and then 6 others from between existing nations and then possibly the USA, Canada, Brazil, Uruguay, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Singapore or whichever national union or club entity makes for the 6 best bids. Top 2 join the top 6 from tier 1 for the finals series.</p><p></p><p>Splitting them up keeps things managable and keeps it strength vs relative strength. Having the top teams from the bottom tier join the finals keeps the tier 2 relavant to the competition as a whole and acknowledges that a team can have a break-out year much like the Lions did this year. Again, using this year as a sample we'd have had the Blues and Jaguares contend with our play-off teams. The Blues certainly were hitting their straps at the end there. Might have been interesting t have seen them in the finals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 813507, member: 39190"] 2 tiers of competition. 12 teams in the top tier, 4 strongest from between SA, NZ and Aus, each union determining its own measure of strength whether nomination or qualification. Lets take a sample of this year; Lions, Sharks, Stormers, Bulls, Hurricanes, Highlanders, Chiefs, Crusaders, Waratahs, Brumbies, Reds and Rebels. One game against each other home or away. 11 matches (4 on tour) total. 1 return match against the other 3 from your nation (acknowledging the fact that derbies are important to the organizers and we need to get the number of games up to a viable amount) so 14 games total. The top 6 go on to a finals series. 12 teams in the bottom tier Lets get the North Americas on board as we've broken our Americas duck with the Jaguares and we've broken our NH duck with the Sunwolves. So we have the Blues, Cheetahs, Jaguares, Force, Sunwolves, Kings and then 6 others from between existing nations and then possibly the USA, Canada, Brazil, Uruguay, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Singapore or whichever national union or club entity makes for the 6 best bids. Top 2 join the top 6 from tier 1 for the finals series. Splitting them up keeps things managable and keeps it strength vs relative strength. Having the top teams from the bottom tier join the finals keeps the tier 2 relavant to the competition as a whole and acknowledges that a team can have a break-out year much like the Lions did this year. Again, using this year as a sample we'd have had the Blues and Jaguares contend with our play-off teams. The Blues certainly were hitting their straps at the end there. Might have been interesting t have seen them in the finals. [/QUOTE]
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