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| Quote JB Down Under="JB Down Under"Bit of a shame, 9's can go either way:
A) Be taken seriously, used as a growth opportunity for pacific island teams to get involved in, used as a vehicle to start up league in new countries such as Singapore, Thailand etc, work towards international 9's around the world, get included in C'Wealth and Olympic games
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B) Be a fun weekend, bit of a circus, have a laugh and a drink and just use it as a bit of a pre season run out with some novelty factors thrown in
Sadly it seems like it is more likely to have a short lived life as B) rather than a strategically important long term development goal of the game in the Sthern hemi.'"
This is the first year. Maybe next year if it is successful they can experiment with more teams. For example the top 6 Super League teams, plus PNG and France Elite selection. That would make 24 teams. (Thailand and Singapore cannot compete at this level so introducing them to a serious 9s contest would be a disaster). |
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| Quote JB Down Under="JB Down Under"Bit of a shame, 9's can go either way:
A) Be taken seriously, used as a growth opportunity for pacific island teams to get involved in, used as a vehicle to start up league in new countries such as Singapore, Thailand etc, work towards international 9's around the world, get included in C'Wealth and Olympic games
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B) Be a fun weekend, bit of a circus, have a laugh and a drink and just use it as a bit of a pre season run out with some novelty factors thrown in
Sadly it seems like it is more likely to have a short lived life as B) rather than a strategically important long term development goal of the game in the Sthern hemi.'"
I paid for my tickets, flights and hotel in the full knowledge that the NRL clubs had signed up to send at least 2 headline/top tier stars each. I fully expected the remainder of the squads to be made up of U20's and fringe players and have no doubt it will be a fun weekend.
The Proof of the pudding is in the eating and the promoters have managed to secure council backing for at least another year, SKY are televising it and sales are heading towards 2 days of 45k+.
IMHO, The longevity of the event will depend on fan behaviour....in wellington, the ground is on the edge of the CBD on top of the main railway station and drunks etc can be funnelled straight onto trains and they have areas sectioned off for people to have a "lie down" during the day...Eden Park is a horrible ground to get to by comparison and the walk to and from it will need to be heavily policed. |
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Will Gus be lining up for the Panthers along with Stevo?
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| Quote gutterfax="gutterfax"
The Proof of the pudding is in the eating and the promoters have managed to secure council backing for at least another year, SKY are televising it and sales are heading towards 2 days of 45k+..'"
...and good to know the RFL can fill the Eithad Stadium on both MW days.....lol |
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The rule changes for this tournament have been given to clubs. A couple are:
There will be only FIVE tackles.
Knock ons are instant turnovers. Double knock ons will have scrums.
Score a try under the posts will be five points. Drop kicks for conversions.
Made for telly stuff.
Not all clubs are taking this seriously I'm afraid. You'll see some stars of the future with clubs being allowed to take 16 players to the tournament.
Only issue I have is why would you put a tournament with different rules in between the weeks of NRL Club trial games?
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| Quote Buggo="Buggo"Why would it?
Fittler was a great player but had his share of controversy and he was not embraced by all NRL fans by any means unlike Darren Lockyer or perhaps Cam Smith.
Working class outer suburbs lad from Penrith that stayed with the ARL to his credit but moved to the toffs at the Roosters.
Many could not give a Rats ass about him and the Roosters will not pull anything like 45k on their own to see their team tear Wigan a new one.
Unless their are a lot of Wigan expats in Sydney it will be more like 20k-25k the Wigan name is not that big with Australian fans as many in the UK think.
This is 2014 not back in the eighties in Wigans heyday where they had a team stacked with well known Oz and Kiwi stars playing their off season in the UK.'"
Stacked with off season Oz and Kiwi stars? I can think of a couple but not many more. Who did you have in mind? |
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| Quote TheElectricGlidingWarrior="TheElectricGlidingWarrior"Stacked with off season Oz and Kiwi stars? I can think of a couple but not many more. Who did you have in mind?'"
Brett Kenny
Steve Ella
Chicka Ferguson
Are the ones I am thinking of.
Beyond that into the nineties.
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| Quote Rooster Booster="Rooster Booster"The rule changes for this tournament have been given to clubs. A couple are:
There will be only FIVE tackles.
Knock ons are instant turnovers. Double knock ons will have scrums.
Score a try under the posts will be five points. Drop kicks for conversions.
Made for telly stuff.
Not all clubs are taking this seriously I'm afraid. You'll see some stars of the future with clubs being allowed to take 16 players to the tournament.
Only issue I have is why would you put a tournament with different rules in between the weeks of NRL Club trial games?'"
The different rule will speed it up, i actually like the instant turn over one!
The 5 tackles will be hard, youve played the game for 15 - 20 years counting to 6 and suddenly you count to 5, i expect alot of players caught with the ball on that one! |
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| Quote Buggo="Buggo"Brett Kenny
Steve Ella
Chicka Ferguson
Are the ones I am thinking of.'"
Yeah me too. Only two of those three played together so I was trying to think of a time when we were stacked with them.
Quote BuggoBeyond that into the nineties.
Frano Botica
Dean Bell
Kevin Iro
Henry Paul'"
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If the RLIF/RL had any sense of organisation and structure there would be standard rules for RL nines games and any nines tournament would have to stick to them unless ratified changes. Then again it would be the same for the 13 side RL game and we know rules differ in the same competition sometimes let alone across competitions.
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| Quote JB Down Under="JB Down Under"If the RLIF/RL had any sense of organisation and structure there would be standard rules for RL nines games and any nines tournament would have to stick to them unless ratified changes. Then again it would be the same for the 13 side RL game and we know rules differ in the same competition sometimes let alone across competitions.'"
The beauty of this tournament is the 2 guys promoting it are taking all the risks. If it is a success then the NZRL can take it over and standardise the rules and set up. This year it is 100% gimmick.......really looking forward to it! |
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