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<blockquote data-quote="galumay" data-source="post: 869197" data-attributes="member: 74590"><p>I agree, and have been making the point for some time. To be fair the response from the Kiwis is twofold, "not our problem", which i think is naive, and "what can we do about it?" - and thats not easy to answer. Given that the ARU have shown themselves to be structurally disfunctional and incapable of governing the game in Australia, its highly unlikely they would take advice from the Kiwis about fixing things!. </p><p></p><p>My belief is that cutting one franchise will make next to no difference, we need an intermediate provincial comp like the Mitre 10 cup - and I believe the best solution would be to expand the Mitre 10 cup to include a group of Aussie teams, (and maybe some Pacific Island ones too), this would provide a much stronger feeder comp than the woeful NRC. </p><p>If that were done and at the same time the Brumbies & Tahs were combined, and the Reds & Rebels, while retaining the Force then we would have 3 pretty strong Super teams. </p><p>I would also dump the experiment with the Jaguares and Japan, which would help with the travel. Its all kite flying though, because none of it is ever going to happen.</p><p></p><p>We live in interesting - and challenging- times!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="galumay, post: 869197, member: 74590"] I agree, and have been making the point for some time. To be fair the response from the Kiwis is twofold, "not our problem", which i think is naive, and "what can we do about it?" - and thats not easy to answer. Given that the ARU have shown themselves to be structurally disfunctional and incapable of governing the game in Australia, its highly unlikely they would take advice from the Kiwis about fixing things!. My belief is that cutting one franchise will make next to no difference, we need an intermediate provincial comp like the Mitre 10 cup - and I believe the best solution would be to expand the Mitre 10 cup to include a group of Aussie teams, (and maybe some Pacific Island ones too), this would provide a much stronger feeder comp than the woeful NRC. If that were done and at the same time the Brumbies & Tahs were combined, and the Reds & Rebels, while retaining the Force then we would have 3 pretty strong Super teams. I would also dump the experiment with the Jaguares and Japan, which would help with the travel. Its all kite flying though, because none of it is ever going to happen. We live in interesting - and challenging- times! [/QUOTE]
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