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Punishment for poor nines squads

franklin2323

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The reason for 9's and 7's for me is to see the stars play with more space and have the ball more often to see what they will do.

I remember the first thing they said in 2013 was that the stars wud be playing at the NRL 9's. And I'm sure they had B Slatur showing off the Melbun kit 4 the 9's this yr, so I tuned in to see him, he didn't even show up!

And I want to see some of the NRL stars make a monkey of themselves in the 9's as it doesn't suit them, like Cam Smith. I'm not sure that Thurston wud go 2 well in the 9's either. So, I want to see how the stars wud go.

You do realise RU &'s has no test players either?
 

oikee

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Now that the second year of nines is done and dusted, you can see some developments happening.

Prize money as i mentioned, is a area where creating a big pool of money excites the good players, like the Johnsons, the Reynolds and Mullins.
Reading between the lines, the interest from Melbourne and Brisbane cities to steal this event will allow the prize money to rise.
I gave the best example of how a event can grow by upping the prize money. Our very own Melbourne Cup has grown into a world event with the prize money raised according to the status of the event.

The same should happen with the nines event.

I still think they need to share the event around, either by increasing this event to 3 weekends and get rid of useless trails, and make the world club challenge more of a event. "kill two birds with the one stone",,,or,,, just rotate this one event amounst all the big cities. So Auckland, then Melbourne, then Sydney, then Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.
It will take longer to get around to all the big cities, but at least it will be shared.

There is now no question, this event is huge, and very very successful, as the union sevens event now is struggling as the nines has won the public's attention in New Zealand.

The World Club Challenge is the next major event, which is quickly selling out.

Things are changing in league. Even this blog site is a bit crusty and needs a shake-up. :)
 

Joker's Wild

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Personally I prefer to see what the young blokes and RGraders of my club have to offer, especially the new ones that have signed over the offseason.
 

unforgiven

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I found it funny that people were critising the likes of the Tigers for not sending their big name players while talking up the chances of Manly and the Gold Coast because they sent their big names. The big names didn't even make it out of the group stages.

It's obvious that the 9's are suited to a slightly different style of player which makes some of our big names redundant in that format. Let the 9's produce its own star players.
 

unforgiven

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I think the Tigers would have been a weaker team if they had of chosen their biggest name player. Some people here obviously are not looking for the best football, just names they know. That is a sad reflection on them in my opinion.
 

franklin2323

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Personally I prefer to see what the young blokes and RGraders of my club have to offer, especially the new ones that have signed over the offseason.

I was the same. Given we lost our virtual NSW Cup team over the off-season. I know what Peachey and co can do. Better off them getting right for the season proper then rush back for what is an exhibition weekend.
 

Charlie124

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Personally I prefer to see what the young blokes and RGraders of my club have to offer, especially the new ones that have signed over the offseason.

Exactly.

I already know what JT and Matt Scott are capable of, I see it every week during the season proper, with the 9's I want to see what Javid Bowen and my teams new recruits can do before they play the top grade real stuff.
 

Perth Red

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The star appearance is about marketing the event and selling tickets to the game and putting eyes in front of TV. Its not about if a fan of club A is happy to see rookies or not. If you want an event to generate $'s you need star pulling power. Out of all the pre season games and events the Nines is for me the very best by a country mile. It ticks all the boxes of being a big event, great for TV, potentially opens up new audiences and is a nice earner for all clubs involved. We need to stop seeing it as a pre season event and start seeing it as the start of the season event imo. Maybe moving it to two weeks before NRL club season starts would be a better option.

Having some of the stars that are not playing as event ambassadors, signing autographs, getting fans to become members, doing media interviews etc would be another way of keeping the star pulling power without necessarily being on the field.
 
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Canard

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The star appearance is about marketing the event and selling tickets to the game and putting eyes in front of TV. Its not about if a fan of club A is happy to see rookies or not. If you want an event to generate $'s you need star pulling power. Out of all the pre season games and events the Nines is for me the very best by a country mile. It ticks all the boxes of being a big event, great for TV, potentially opens up new audiences and is a nice earner for all clubs involved. We need to stop seeing it as a pre season event and start seeing it as the start of the season event imo. Maybe moving it to two weeks before NRL club season starts would be a better option.

Having some of the stars that are not playing as event ambassadors, signing autographs, getting fans to become members, doing media interviews etc would be another way of keeping the star pulling power without necessarily being on the field.

Agree with that.
 

unforgiven

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The star appearance is about marketing the event and selling tickets to the game and putting eyes in front of TV. Its not about if a fan of club A is happy to see rookies or not. If you want an event to generate $'s you need star pulling power. Out of all the pre season games and events the Nines is for me the very best by a country mile. It ticks all the boxes of being a big event, great for TV, potentially opens up new audiences and is a nice earner for all clubs involved. We need to stop seeing it as a pre season event and start seeing it as the start of the season event imo. Maybe moving it to two weeks before NRL club season starts would be a better option.

Having some of the stars that are not playing as event ambassadors, signing autographs, getting fans to become members, doing media interviews etc would be another way of keeping the star pulling power without necessarily being on the field.

I think it would be a great idea to use some of the non playing players as event ambassadors.

I actually think that by forcing the star players to play you are downgrading the quality of the football played.
 

franklin2323

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I think it would be a great idea to use some of the non playing players as event ambassadors.

I actually think that by forcing the star players to play you are downgrading the quality of the football played.

Yeah I like the season opener over there. Gets the big name players over there
 

POPEYE

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I don't blame Melbourne, they're well aware if a couple of their stars got injured they'd be a bottom 4 side.

Which two of the Kiwi forward pack or Aust/Qld spine would need to be injured for that to happen . . . two of any other team's best out injured wouldn't make a difference I suppose
 

POPEYE

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Exactly.

I already know what JT and Matt Scott are capable of, I see it every week during the season proper, with the 9's I want to see what Javid Bowen and my teams new recruits can do before they play the top grade real stuff.

Bingo
 

Penrose Warrior

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Which two of the Kiwi forward pack or Aust/Qld spine would need to be injured for that to happen . . . two of any other team's best out injured wouldn't make a difference I suppose

Cronk and Smith. Or Cronk and Bromwich.

No, you're quite right - it would make a huge difference for any other side as well. I'm just telling you why those guys were rested, and where I think they'd finish if those two were injured.
 

alien

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get rid of useless trails

i know right!

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