Sixgill
Moderator
This quote was a bit lost in the game day thread so moved it here on behalf of sharks69
The suggestion of this 20/20 style match, look at the HSBC 7s as an indication of how a comp like this can work. Like rugby union or loath it, they have a very popular comp happening here that garners interest from plenty of countries and support is huge and growing. Party atmosphere, short games with massive sponsorship and tv potential.
The prize money is great and in some countries (Fiji obviously) this form of the game is now their number one focus.
An invitational long weekend or two long weekends in neighbouring countries (weekend one in Sydney and two in Auckland a fortnight later or something similar).
If teams have the money to enter, let them. Involvement from each club would be voluntary with players splitting the majority of the prize money ensuring you'd get interest from some decent players. Possibility of injury is obviously present but that happens in trials too, and this style game has much less impact on the body.
Players could play for their NRL team or a new team collated for the competition such as Country RL, Indigenous, Expats, and I'd imagine a slew of countries would hurry to be involved.
The union 7s is now a competition in it's own right with tournaments on the Gold Coast, Las Vegas, Hong Kong, Scotland and London and maybe Dubai?
and does anyone think a eights comp with ten minutes quarters would work in summer with double headers ,a bit like the 20 20 cricket ,,up the sharks
The suggestion of this 20/20 style match, look at the HSBC 7s as an indication of how a comp like this can work. Like rugby union or loath it, they have a very popular comp happening here that garners interest from plenty of countries and support is huge and growing. Party atmosphere, short games with massive sponsorship and tv potential.
The prize money is great and in some countries (Fiji obviously) this form of the game is now their number one focus.
An invitational long weekend or two long weekends in neighbouring countries (weekend one in Sydney and two in Auckland a fortnight later or something similar).
If teams have the money to enter, let them. Involvement from each club would be voluntary with players splitting the majority of the prize money ensuring you'd get interest from some decent players. Possibility of injury is obviously present but that happens in trials too, and this style game has much less impact on the body.
Players could play for their NRL team or a new team collated for the competition such as Country RL, Indigenous, Expats, and I'd imagine a slew of countries would hurry to be involved.
The union 7s is now a competition in it's own right with tournaments on the Gold Coast, Las Vegas, Hong Kong, Scotland and London and maybe Dubai?