Walter sobchak
First Grade
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Although I’m clearly not a fan of nines both domestically and internationally I can at least accept that the NRL pre-season Auckland nines was both entertaining and quite successful. Maybe it’s just a Southern Hemisphere thing with the great weather and all that but in England nobody gives a toss about 9’s or 7’s. A bit like our version of state of origin. Lancashire v Yorkshire.It’s entertaining, is perfect to create a big weekend event and is actually a good for format to develop the game in new countries. It could als eventually be a commonwealth and Olympic sport if the game took it seriously enough.