Rumours and Stuff

[yy_cheng]

Can we still do loans like harry frant to tigers.... Bring api over

 

[gaffer]

Andrew Webster is right. Play Origin over 3 weeks, get it over and done with and no dead rubbers.

yes at the end of the comp

 

[T-Boon]

yes at the end of the comp

My concern with that is it is the wrong time of year. The season seems to go for a decade now so it would be played when fans are gearing up for the croquet season or something else.

 

[strider]

it would go to shit if they moved it to the end of the year and international footy would be affected .... players value their time off in the off season, many would opt out on the basis of, oh i have an injury

if they shrunk the season to everyone playing everyone once, then maybe you can slot in standalone origin.

 

[T-Boon]

Suspend the season for 3 weeks after about 8 rounds.

 

[Tiger5150]

How long do you reckon you keep Bula for? I’d be surprised if he’s there in 2025.

2025 will probably be his last. he is a pretty exceptional human off the field and will stick by his Contract

 

[Chipmunk]

Suspend the season for 3 weeks after about 8 rounds.

I'd suspend the comp for Origin after about 16 rounds, continue to play it on a Wednesday. It would be suspended for 3 weekends. Every NRL team gets 2 Byes in the season, 1 team per week, except for the weekend after Origin 3 where 9 teams get a Bye on one weekend (primarily those heavily impacted by Origin). The NRL would start one week earlier and have 25 rounds. Those players with nigling injuries would really benefit by the 3-4 weeks break after 16 weeks, all the others could get match time in one of the ways below.

Then:
I'd start the womens comp when the men start their break to give the women some real exposure without the men's game.

I'd also suspend both the NSW and Qld Cup comps during the period and create a new knock out "Challenge Cup" style comp with $1 million prize money for all of the NSW and Qld Cup clubs. NRL Clubs can drop NRL players back to play, with some limitations. Some of these matches would be broadcast on Foxtel/Nine in the normal NRL time slots, maybe even every game with matches Thursday to Monday on TV. The Final would be on the Wednesday after the third Origin.

I would then suspend the women's comp and play 3 women's Origin's on the following Wednesdays. There would be 7 weeks in a row of some kind of rugby league on a Wednesday. The Women's comp would recommence after this and their finals would be the same time as the men.

I would play all under age Origins during this time, or maybe even on the Wednesday's after the Women's Origin to continue the "Wednesday rugby league festival". I'd also consider having a standalone Under 21's Origin with NRL players during the 3 week suspension.

I'd also consider asking the UK Super League to suspend their comp and NZ and England play some tests during the period. The Top 4 UK Teams could even be asked to join the knock out comp above to make it neat 32 teams.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

How long do you reckon you keep Bula for? I’d be surprised if he’s there in 2025.

You can keep anyone if you pay them enough. We had Hayne for most if his career. Certainly the only other NRL club he ever played for was also well known for poor management.

 

[TheRam]

Zero chance of the NRL giving up dead rubbers with the amount of money they make.

Yes that's why my solution is better and very easy to implement.

 

[TheRam]

Can we still do loans like harry frant to tigers.... Bring api over

Barring injuries, we win GF.

 

[TheRam]

2025 will probably be his last. he is a pretty exceptional human off the field and will stick by his Contract

Not if Gus and Laundy's pubs/hotels have anything to say about it.

I can almost guarantee that he is going to be a Bulldog or an outside chance that he may be a Rooster if the Bulldogs don't get him before 2025 to take over the spent Teddy.

 

[T-Boon]

I'd suspend the comp for Origin after about 16 rounds, continue to play it on a Wednesday. It would be suspended for 3 weekends. Every NRL team gets 2 Byes in the season, 1 team per week, except for the weekend after Origin 3 where 9 teams get a Bye on one weekend (primarily those heavily impacted by Origin). The NRL would start one week earlier and have 25 rounds. Those players with nigling injuries would really benefit by the 3-4 weeks break after 16 weeks, all the others could get match time in one of the ways below.

Then:
I'd start the womens comp when the men start their break to give the women some real exposure without the men's game.

I'd also suspend both the NSW and Qld Cup comps during the period and create a new knock out "Challenge Cup" style comp with $1 million prize money for all of the NSW and Qld Cup clubs. NRL Clubs can drop NRL players back to play, with some limitations. Some of these matches would be broadcast on Foxtel/Nine in the normal NRL time slots, maybe even every game with matches Thursday to Monday on TV. The Final would be on the Wednesday after the third Origin.

I would then suspend the women's comp and play 3 women's Origin's on the following Wednesdays. There would be 7 weeks in a row of some kind of rugby league on a Wednesday. The Women's comp would recommence after this and their finals would be the same time as the men.

I would play all under age Origins during this time, or maybe even on the Wednesday's after the Women's Origin to continue the "Wednesday rugby league festival". I'd also consider having a standalone Under 21's Origin with NRL players during the 3 week suspension.

I'd also consider asking the UK Super League to suspend their comp and NZ and England play some tests during the period. The Top 4 UK Teams could even be asked to join the knock out comp above to make it neat 32 teams.

Great post. It would be a good time to get exposure to the other levels of the game besides NRL and NRL clubs. There is definitely NRL rash after 16 rounds.

 

[Noise]

You can keep anyone if you pay them enough.

Tigers can’t

 

[JokerEel]

I'd suspend the comp for Origin after about 16 rounds, continue to play it on a Wednesday. It would be suspended for 3 weekends. Every NRL team gets 2 Byes in the season, 1 team per week, except for the weekend after Origin 3 where 9 teams get a Bye on one weekend (primarily those heavily impacted by Origin). The NRL would start one week earlier and have 25 rounds. Those players with nigling injuries would really benefit by the 3-4 weeks break after 16 weeks, all the others could get match time in one of the ways below.

Then:
I'd start the womens comp when the men start their break to give the women some real exposure without the men's game.

I'd also suspend both the NSW and Qld Cup comps during the period and create a new knock out "Challenge Cup" style comp with $1 million prize money for all of the NSW and Qld Cup clubs. NRL Clubs can drop NRL players back to play, with some limitations. Some of these matches would be broadcast on Foxtel/Nine in the normal NRL time slots, maybe even every game with matches Thursday to Monday on TV. The Final would be on the Wednesday after the third Origin.

I would then suspend the women's comp and play 3 women's Origin's on the following Wednesdays. There would be 7 weeks in a row of some kind of rugby league on a Wednesday. The Women's comp would recommence after this and their finals would be the same time as the men.

I would play all under age Origins during this time, or maybe even on the Wednesday's after the Women's Origin to continue the "Wednesday rugby league festival". I'd also consider having a standalone Under 21's Origin with NRL players during the 3 week suspension.

I'd also consider asking the UK Super League to suspend their comp and NZ and England play some tests during the period. The Top 4 UK Teams could even be asked to join the knock out comp above to make it neat 32 teams.

Some great ideas in here.

The NRL should consider a rep Month make June or July that month play all the rep games

Origin
Tests in New Zealand against Tonga Samoa Cook Islands.

 

[Pazza]

Tigers can’t

Or if the Roosters come knocking

 

[84 Baby]

I'd suspend the comp for Origin after about 16 rounds, continue to play it on a Wednesday. It would be suspended for 3 weekends. Every NRL team gets 2 Byes in the season, 1 team per week, except for the weekend after Origin 3 where 9 teams get a Bye on one weekend (primarily those heavily impacted by Origin). The NRL would start one week earlier and have 25 rounds. Those players with nigling injuries would really benefit by the 3-4 weeks break after 16 weeks, all the others could get match time in one of the ways below.

Then:
I'd start the womens comp when the men start their break to give the women some real exposure without the men's game.

I'd also suspend both the NSW and Qld Cup comps during the period and create a new knock out "Challenge Cup" style comp with $1 million prize money for all of the NSW and Qld Cup clubs. NRL Clubs can drop NRL players back to play, with some limitations. Some of these matches would be broadcast on Foxtel/Nine in the normal NRL time slots, maybe even every game with matches Thursday to Monday on TV. The Final would be on the Wednesday after the third Origin.

I would then suspend the women's comp and play 3 women's Origin's on the following Wednesdays. There would be 7 weeks in a row of some kind of rugby league on a Wednesday. The Women's comp would recommence after this and their finals would be the same time as the men.

I would play all under age Origins during this time, or maybe even on the Wednesday's after the Women's Origin to continue the "Wednesday rugby league festival". I'd also consider having a standalone Under 21's Origin with NRL players during the 3 week suspension.

I'd also consider asking the UK Super League to suspend their comp and NZ and England play some tests during the period. The Top 4 UK Teams could even be asked to join the knock out comp above to make it neat 32 teams.

Or just go simpler, start comp 1 week earlier, every team plays 24 games plus 1 bye and then weekend before each Origin no one plays. Fill those weekends with other rep games and WNRL.
Effectively 4 byes for every team each year. If rep players are adequately compensated I’m sure they’ll be ok. The only problem is spacing of the Origin games

 

[emjaycee]

it would go to shit if they moved it to the end of the year and international footy would be affected .... players value their time off in the off season, many would opt out on the basis of, oh i have an injury

if they shrunk the season to everyone playing everyone once, then maybe you can slot in standalone origin.

Add 1 more team, create 2 x 9 team conferences, play teams in your conference twice and other conference once = 25 rounds, add 3 stand alone bye rounds for origin and other rep games in the middle.

 

[TheRam]

Or just go simpler, start comp 1 week earlier, every team plays 24 games plus 1 bye and then weekend before each Origin no one plays. Fill those weekends with other rep games and WNRL.
Effectively 4 byes for every team each year. If rep players are adequately compensated I’m sure they’ll be ok. The only problem is spacing of the Origin games

And of course the major injuries that will invariably happen and ruin the season for so many teams over time.

You don't think so, what if we lost quality players for the season playing in these other rep games and I'm not even talking about Origin?

 

[Soren Lorenson]

Freddy on ABC radio just now. He needs to hit up our mental health thread, never heard a coach so defensive.

 

[84 Baby]

And of course the major injuries that will invariably happen and ruin the season for so many teams over time.

You don't think so, what if we lost quality players for the season playing in these other rep games and I'm not even talking about Origin?

What the f**k are you talking about?