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[Wb1234]

Been saying they should’ve done this years ago

The rlpa should be up in arms with injuries like Moses suffered

Stop nrl for four weeks

Wed night mens origin
Thur night women’s origin
Fri / sat / sun

Samoa v Tonga
England v nz
Under 19 origin

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Been saying they should’ve done this years ago

The rlpa should be up in arms with injuries like Moses suffered

Stop nrl for four weeks

Wed night mens origin
Thur night women’s origin
Fri / sat / sun

Samoa v Tonga
England v nz
Under 19 origin

Or NRLW gets some clear air to kick off their season during stand alone Origin meaning the NRL still fills the content slots

 

[BuffaloRules]

Been saying they should’ve done this years ago

The rlpa should be up in arms with injuries like Moses suffered

Stop nrl for four weeks

Wed night mens origin
Thur night women’s origin
Fri / sat / sun

Samoa v Tonga
England v nz
Under 19 origin

I think the whinging is a little overblown , and the media will soon pivot to “the giving the other codes a free kick for a month “ narrative should they change it , but yeah I’m at the stage where they should try it…they could start the NRLW a bit earlier and let them get some games under their belt before Origin which seems a better outcome for them

samoa v Tonga mightn’t be a great spectacle with most of the bro’s likely preferring to play Origin for the money …if they start dumping Origin then the NRL will quickly change that …

Is England gunna disrupt their season every year to come out and play NZ ? Seems we are transferring our problem to them..

 

[Canard]

Is everyone here a rabid drug user?

You know we used to have stand alone Origins, but the media, LU and fans complained so much they changed it back.

And Buzz Rothfield opinion on what broadcasters want is like an arsehole, especially given News don't control Fox anymore.

 

[BuffaloRules]

Is everyone here a rabid drug user?

You know we used to have stand alone Origins, but the media, LU and fans complained so much they changed it back.

And Buzz Rothfield opinion on what broadcasters want is like an arsehole, especially given News don't control Fox anymore.

and now everyone is complaining that it disrupts the season to much, so go back to stand alone games … the grass is always greener.. even though there are pros and cons for both scenarios ..

it’s similar to the arguments about playing home games Week 1 of the finals out of the big stadiums …Ive seen Buzz argue both sides of the street on this one …it’s great if it’s Penrith V Parramatta… not so good when 10k show up at Allianz to watch Manly v Cowboys

 

[Steel Saints]

When NRLW becomes established, it could begin the season when men's Origin kicks off, hence have three weeks off of NRL.

But in the next tv deal, with two extra teams coming in, reduce the amount of games per club from 24 down to 23. Then an origin/NRL schedule could be something like:

Women's Origin I- Thursday night
Round 13- Fri night, Sat night, Sun arvo (3 games)
Origin I Wednesday night

Women's Origin II- Thursday night
Round 14- Fri night, Sat night, Sun arvo (3 games)
Origin II Wednesday night

Women's Origin III- Thursday night
Round 15- Fri night, Sat night, Sun arvo (3 games)
Origin III Wednesday night

*100% Footy special Origin recap edition. Thursday night.*
Round 16- Fri night, Sat arvo/night, Sun arvo/night, Mon night (9 games)

In that schedule, each team only plays one game without Origin players with two byes. There's a ten day lead in to Origin I, then seven days apart to Origins II and III. Origin is all over in 24 days. And it only impacts two games per club. One without Origin players, the other with players backing up.

 

[taste2taste]

When NRLW becomes established, it could begin the season when men's Origin kicks off, hence have three weeks off of NRL.

But in the next tv deal, with two extra teams coming in, reduce the amount of games per club from 24 down to 23. Then an origin/NRL schedule could be something like:

Women's Origin I- Thursday night
Round 13- Fri night, Sat night, Sun arvo (3 games)
Origin I Wednesday night

Women's Origin II- Thursday night
Round 14- Fri night, Sat night, Sun arvo (3 games)
Origin II Wednesday night

Women's Origin III- Thursday night
Round 15- Fri night, Sat night, Sun arvo (3 games)
Origin III Wednesday night

*100% Footy special Origin recap edition. Thursday night.*
Round 16- Fri night, Sat arvo/night, Sun arvo/night, Mon night (9 games)

In that schedule, each team only plays one game without Origin players with two byes. There's a ten day lead in to Origin I, then seven days apart to Origins II and III. Origin is all over in 24 days. And it only impacts two games per club. One without Origin players, the other with players backing up.

I think this is the best solution I’ve seen.

You could also have the u19 SOO series in that schedule. This way there is still NRL content in prime time every week but will have less games without star players. We can’t stop the comp for a month to play SOO it won’t work. And we can’t have internationals either. Tonga and Samoa will be missing all thier best players and there isn’t the demand/interest for a NZ v Eng series every year.

Any suggestions of moving SOO to a Sunday are off the mark. That was tried a few years ago and the ratings were a disaster.

 

[ayatollah_murdoch]

Peter V'landys floats $3 billion change to Origin amid complaint from Karl Stefanovic

The Origin series could have a different look about it after the NRL's next big broadcasting deal. More here.

au.news.yahoo.com

 

[Wb1234]

Can’t see the likes of Netflix doing anything

For this tv deal the key drivers for Fox on top of expansion will be streaming of origin games and maybe Monday night footy

Both will have huge value for Foxtel

This would allow vlandys to get the 450 to 500 million a year he wants from Foxtel plus also reduce the season length by two games

The real achievement will be if he can do standalone origin series but that may have to wait till the next deal

 

[newc18]

I think this is the best solution I’ve seen.

You could also have the u19 SOO series in that schedule. This way there is still NRL content in prime time every week but will have less games without star players. We can’t stop the comp for a month to play SOO it won’t work. And we can’t have internationals either. Tonga and Samoa will be missing all thier best players and there isn’t the demand/interest for a NZ v Eng series every year.

Any suggestions of moving SOO to a Sunday are off the mark. That was tried a few years ago and the ratings were a disaster.

I always hear fans saying you can't stop the competition but why can't we? At the moment it feels like the competition is on pause anyway and I always clock off until its over. A three week all star break sounds like a heap of fun, and so much more exciting than what we are getting now.

Sunday Night before Origin 1 - We have a live show announcing both teams. Make it a big event and stop the journos spoiling it.

Thursday night - Under 19's Origin (Men and Women).
Friday night - Women's State of Origin.
Saturday night - Give the Kiwis and Kiwi Ferns some rep games. No idea how you do it but we need to figure something out and keep putting the pressure on Rugby Union over there.
Sunday night - Men's State of Origin.

An out of the box suggestion but maybe we could turn one of the Saturday nights into a skills competition. Maybe the week the Men's Origin is at a neutral venue so you can have it in the same city. Just make it a huge carnival atmosphere. A few examples you could possibly try?

- Goal kicking contest.
- Field goal contest.
- 100m sprint.
- Passing competition.

Maybe a celebrity game of touch footy? (Yes I'm aware I'm basically stealing ideas from the NBA lol)

I'd rather we just try something different then the stuff we are getting now.

 

[Canard]

I always hear fans saying you can't stop the competition but why can't we? At the moment it feels like the competition is on pause anyway and I always clock off until its over. A three week all star break sounds like a heap of fun, and so much more exciting than what we are getting now.

Sunday Night before Origin 1 - We have a live show announcing both teams. Make it a big event and stop the journos spoiling it.

Thursday night - Under 19's Origin (Men and Women).
Friday night - Women's State of Origin.
Saturday night - Give the Kiwis and Kiwi Ferns some rep games. No idea how you do it but we need to figure something out and keep putting the pressure on Rugby Union over there.
Sunday night - Men's State of Origin.

We had stand alone Origins as recently as 2022, and everyone (mainly the media) cracked the shits about it, Fox actively sabotaged it (Paul Kent for example), and the NRL folded and change back.

 

[Last Week]

When NRLW becomes established, it could begin the season when men's Origin kicks off, hence have three weeks off of NRL.

But in the next tv deal, with two extra teams coming in, reduce the amount of games per club from 24 down to 23. Then an origin/NRL schedule could be something like:

Women's Origin I- Thursday night
Round 13- Fri night, Sat night, Sun arvo (3 games)
Origin I Wednesday night

Women's Origin II- Thursday night
Round 14- Fri night, Sat night, Sun arvo (3 games)
Origin II Wednesday night

Women's Origin III- Thursday night
Round 15- Fri night, Sat night, Sun arvo (3 games)
Origin III Wednesday night

*100% Footy special Origin recap edition. Thursday night.*
Round 16- Fri night, Sat arvo/night, Sun arvo/night, Mon night (9 games)

In that schedule, each team only plays one game without Origin players with two byes. There's a ten day lead in to Origin I, then seven days apart to Origins II and III. Origin is all over in 24 days. And it only impacts two games per club. One without Origin players, the other with players backing up.

This is actually the best idea I've seen. The only issue I can see though is that we'll have 19 teams soon, meaning that one team will miss out on playing a game throughout that entire origin period. With 20 teams we could put an extra game in round 14.

 

[Steel Saints]

This is actually the best idea I've seen. The only issue I can see though is that we'll have 19 teams soon, meaning that one team will miss out on playing a game throughout that entire origin period. With 20 teams we could put an extra game in round 14.

Good point. So in the lead up to Origin III, schedule 4 matches so that every team plays, although one club has to play two games without origin players.

However that team will get a bye straight after Origin and not worry about players backing up. A temporary inconvenience until the comp gets to an even number of 20 teams.

 

[Last Week]

Good point. So in the lead up to Origin III, schedule 4 matches so that every team plays, although one club has to play two games without origin players.

However that team will get a bye straight after Origin and not worry about players backing up. A temporary inconvenience until the comp gets to an even number of 20 teams.

Great thinking. Well done.

I'm on board.

 

[newc18]

We had stand alone Origins as recently as 2022, and everyone (mainly the media) cracked the shits about it, Fox actively sabotaged it (Paul Kent for example), and the NRL folded and change back.

Why are we letting people like Paul Kent decide what's good and what's not? Whilst I don't mind the guy, he can have some shocking opinions.

Regardless I think something will end up happening in the next broadcast deal, especially when the clubs aren't happy with the current system (they must lose quite a bit of money during this period on ticket sales).

 

[Perth Red]

Why are we letting people like Paul Kent decide what's good and what's not? Whilst I don't mind the guy, he can have some shocking opinions.

Regardless I think something will end up happening in the next broadcast deal, especially when the clubs aren't happy with the current system (they must lose quite a bit of money during this period on ticket sales).

He who pays the piper. Kent was just a mouth piece for whatever News Ltd/Fox's agenda was.

After getting rid of Monday night because everyone hated it we now want to bring it back again? Makes sense.