brooksy19
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I would probably suggest groups of 4 for conferences. The top team in each conference could then qualify for the finals, and the next best 4 ranked teams by record.
Each conference could play home and away internally (6 games), and also all the other conferences once (12 games), with a rotating system that sees them play one of the other twice in a season (for 4 more games). Which means clubs will have 22 matches a season.
If more clubs are added, you could probably just make 2 groups have 5 teams (for 8 games), and then play everybody else twice (13 games), and also similar to the other scheme, rotating around the conferences to play them a second time (4 games, the conference with 5 teams you would only play 4 of the teams, that could alternate which team you missed each year).
I think it could really build rivalries in a much bigger manner than we already have, as that Parra vs Dogs match has so much more riding on it.
As far as conferences go, I would suggest something like this.
Northen Conf
Nth Qld
Broncos
Titans
Manly
Western Conf
West Tigers
Penrith
Parramatta
Bulldogs
Southern Conf
Canberra
St George
Melbourne
Sharks
Eastern Conf
Roosters
Knights
Souths
Warriors
I could imagine the conference matches would get huge crowds. If Perth and another QLD team were to join the comp. You could just add Perth to the Western Conf, and QLD team to the Northern Conf. Also it is possible that they could realign the conferences if further teams were added to maximise local rivarlies.
As far as the finals would go, I see something like this.
Week 1
Game A : Best Record conf winner vs Worst Record Conf winner (winner gets week off)
Game B : 2nd Best Record conf winner vs 3rd Best record Conf winner (winner gets week off)
Game C : Best wildcard team vs Worst wildcard team (Loser eliminated)
Game D : 2nd Best record wildcard team vs 3rd Best record wildcard team (Loser eliminated)
Week 2
Game E: Loser Game A vs Winner Game C (Loser eliminated)
Game F : Loser Game B vs Winner Game D (Loser eliminated)
Week 3
Game G: Winner Game A vs Winner Game E (Loser eliminated)
Game H : Winner Game B vs Winner Game F (Loser eliminated)
Week 4
Grand Final : Winner Game G vs Winner Game H
Winner.
Love this idea.