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  1. adamkungl

    Random International News

    bro that game happened more than a week ago
  2. adamkungl

    Pacific Championships 2024

    The plan, which we can assume is subject to change, is for NZ to tour England in 2027. Australia was going to tour England in 2028 but with 2025 swapping I'd imagine this could change to England touring Australia instead, or move to 2029.
  3. adamkungl

    Pacific Championships 2024

    Also I said this yesterday but I could come round to an alternative format which is 6 Nations with 4 games and final. 2027 Pools A - Australia, PNG, Fiji B - Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands. Play once each within pool plus one crossover game. Crossover games are A1 v B1, A2 v B2, A3 v B3. It's...
  4. adamkungl

    Pacific Championships 2024

    The bigger downside I think is if you have all the top teams playing each other every year, you are devaluing the world cup. A 6 Nations with all the top teams is just a world cup minus the shit teams. Other international sports either run exclusively tours and friendlies between world cups...
  5. adamkungl

    2025 Ashes Tour

    Could be. Would be a massive disappointment after they hyped it up as a valid replacement for cutting WC teams. Not really a series is it.
  6. adamkungl

    Latest IMG proposals for Super League

    Bringing back War of the roses is closer to bringing back NSW city v country than emulating Origin.
  7. adamkungl

    Pacific Championships 2024

    You've been angling for NRL expansion for the better part of 2 decades but you don't think expansion or international growth is something the RFL should have valued in their made up criteria for what they want the sport to look like. Fascinating.
  8. adamkungl

    Latest IMG proposals for Super League

    You would hope that results in a boost next time... I can only assume that's their gameplan. Having standalone TV slots each week with the better games in prime time like the NRL does could only help too. Currently its a mess, 3 games on at once, different days each week. Yuck.
  9. adamkungl

    Random International News

    Genuinely wild that Argentina are better at Rugby Union than France are at Rugby League right now
  10. adamkungl

    2025 Ashes Tour

    A lot of people hoping for an old style tour with a bunch of mid-week club games is straight delusion. Kangaroos won't pay for a whole second squad to go over, and no clubs will let their players do 2 games in a week on rep duty. So we can scratch that idea. I'd love to see: * Aus v NZ...
  11. adamkungl

    The rebirth and decline and rebirth of International Rugby League

    I think if 2009-2017 you ran an England tour instead of the 'off' years when the Kangaroos were too lazy to play it would have been near perfect.
  12. adamkungl

    Pacific Championships 2024

    I don't think its simplifying anything to say that England have made near-zero, at times negative effort to improve the France situation, regardless of specific numbers. Letting Catalans in was a rare forward thinking move from the RFL and not since repeated, despite its obvious success. There...
  13. adamkungl

    The rebirth and decline and rebirth of International Rugby League

    NSW government lack of interest was definitely a factor in 2017, can't comment on other years/events. But still, felt like cutting off our nose to spit our face.
  14. adamkungl

    Latest IMG proposals for Super League

    Reviving War of the Roses is a fantastically stupid idea only the backwards English league fans could come up with as the way forward. When so much of their league are imports, and a decent number from France or London, it is a regressive move. It is clear that England need competitive NH...
  15. adamkungl

    Pacific Championships 2024

    My biggest problems with the Pacific Cup as things stand are: 1, a team out every year which undermines its ability to have a coherent narrative with the average fans and impacts its viability. Samoa out this year deprives the cup of at least 2 big blockbuster crowds to give England a leg-up...
  16. adamkungl

    The rebirth and decline and rebirth of International Rugby League

    I haven't posted on here in a long while but the current state and direction of test footy has me itching for a ramble and xitters character limit isn't going to cut it. It is of course great news to see improved crowds in the Pacific tournaments, headlined by this weeks reports that the...
  17. adamkungl

    Put a fork in Scotland, they're done

    SCOTLAND BACK IN THE OVEN?
  18. adamkungl

    Put a fork in Scotland, they're done

    Yep, Aberdeen have jumped the gun and are now back this year.
  19. adamkungl

    New North American Competition?

    Side note, for a week to pass without the USARL saying a single word in response to this is more than a bit odd.
  20. adamkungl

    Put a fork in Scotland, they're done

    with Aberdeen proposing a 2022 return, they'll have at least 6 teams next year. Which is a great result. Hopefully this momentum even attracts a couple more.

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