Valheru
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So the NRL's normal club games > both Origin and International tournaments in quality, popularity, exposure, ranking and prestige? Laughable.
The club competition is definitely greater then tests on at least 3 of those criteria you mentioned. It is arguable that the club game matches or betters origin on some of those criteria as well.
For the record it is rare for any professional sport to have representative matches as its true pinnacle. Soccer is debatable but rugby and cricket are the ones that come to mind where the international game definitely is the pinnacle with cricket being a rare example of players mostly competing for their country year round.