In fact if we let all of the other teams play one another other than Crusaders and Catalans on the Wales v France week it would only need one week extra than what we have now for a meaningful tournament. If not now then in the future.

I'd rather see this tbf



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This would be my team if it includes English players not selected in the England squad.



FB Webb

WG Roberts

C Gidley

C King

WG Richards

SO Kearney

SH Dobbo

P O'Meley

H Buderus

P Coley

S Fa'alogo

S Fitzgibbon

LF D.Johnson



Lynch

Monghan

Crabtree

Eastwood

Sounds a fantastic idea and I'm sure would be well-supported, but almost makes far too much sense for it to be implemented, especially as the clubs currently rule the roost in this sort of situation.

But do clubs really rule the roost? South Sydney tried to stop Burgess playing this weekend but they couldnt because a club cannot stop a player playing in an international.

If France and Wales were competitive then it would work, indeed if they were competitive then the RFL would have already done it. However the big flaw is that they are not, France cant compete with England and Wales are even worse. As a result they would both suffer huge losses and the fans wouldnt bother attending in great numbers because everyone knows what is going to happen. If France and Wales can progress, expand their player base and get better then I would be all for it but at the moment it would be a waste of time.

Dobson over Orford?

ok how about and England A or u21 team? Wouldn't affect the main sl body as much would give the youngsters a chance to play in the White shirt and boost their prospects and would beore competitive all round. As for popularity if the welsh could beat an England team regardless of grade that would make them happy!

What does this achieve, nothing. Crucru's idea is far, far better, I really like the idea.

No, lengthening the season one week is a stretch. 3 weeks is just a no. Can't have it at the ned of the season because it would put the international season out of whack, and we're already playing games in January as it is.



I don't think the Magic Weekend is dead and buried. The format used in Edinburgh was shocking and the reason why it shrunk the crowds. Next year hopefully things will improve.



As for the Euro Tri-Nations, I think it may have been lifted from something I mentioned on TotalRL. I've been saying it for years. If the season can't be extended, then just schedule a Cru vs Catalans game in the WCC weekend (or the brought forward weekend, although I think that it's ridiculous that they do that and don't have everyone start the season at the same time!) which will leave free one weekend in summer for a France vs Wales game. The rest, just do as they do now, postpone the scheduled Catalans or Crusaders game for that weekend and reschedule it either on a cup weekend or mid-week. Not ideal, but international RL should always take priority over domestic games. And postponements and maoving matches happens all the time in football and they do just fine..

Spot on

id like Ireland in their too, which whilst an extra game, wouldnt be an extra week.



Play it the friday night before the 4th, 5th, and QF for the Cup, give it free to the BBC,

ok here is an out there idea. there is no longer really any need for the league other than to select the playoff teams. so why the need to do both home and away fixtures for every team? move to an NFL system where by there is 18 or so games (maybe more maybe around 22) where by you play every team once and around half twice (keeping rivlary games and big clashes etc) alternating which teams you play twice annually.



you keep the big games. cut the season so the players have more recovery time and less likelyhood of injury and make plenty of space for a decent round of international fixtures.



Cider logic concluded