dont cut the number of games, cut the number the players play. If the season goes to 29 + play-offs, plus WCC, plus Challenge cup. Just limit the players to playing a maximum of say 25 games per year each.

then it would become all about strategy and I'm not sure how the players would receive a rest if they miss one game a month for 4 months.

have a 4 nations or tri-nations 1 year and no challenge cup that season and switch alternate years with a break in the middle of the season. Players would be able to rest niggling injuries clubs with small squads would benefit massively and playing standards shouldn't deteriorate as they do because they get adequate rest every year. Also we wouldn't get bored of the same system challenge cup would become more popular as you could only win it every 2 years.

But that would be part of it wouldn’t it, Some may choose to rest a player one game a month for 4 months, some might choose to rest all their big names for a week or two or a month in succession, some alternate. It would become another facet of the game. Another tactic of the season. If you were a lesser squad that season do you rest your players against the bigger sides and go all out against the other lower sides, or would you play your best squad against the bigger sides who may rest theirs against you.

....or they preferred PG Tips to Ty-Phoo?

LOL



Great Britain Vs Australia does.

According to Sky Sports News, the 2x12, 3x8 restructuring has been agreed upon and is to be ratified next week.

Indeed, I was being sarcastic.

No word about any England V Exiles game in 2014.

Let's hope it remains that way.

Oh, and bring back GB!!!

Apparently went through 7 - 6.

I only suggest it as a way of increasing Performance and not just another hurdle for coaches to think around. and its a structure that would allow fans not to be bored for 3 months in the off season and structure that wouldn't be the same season in season out.

Can see a split coming very soon if they just allowed it with majority decision.

i have no idea how the format is going to work but it just seems very over complicated and some that has come across as rash decision to some how entice new fans when it wont.

There's a vote missing there.

Who spat the dummy and walked out?

Only according to really stupid people.

Wigan had enough and moving to the NRL.

explain how the top 8 teams playing the top 8 championship teams helps anybody? its just another challenge cup.

Excellent news.

At least Parramatta no longer need to worry about winning the wooden spoon.

I am told Catalans where not there and abstained.

Great decision to go with 2x12 - 3x8

Exciting times for Rugby league

I said "it's only complicated according to really stupid people" and that is a correct statement. There is nothing complicated about it at all.

The pros and cons are an entirely different issue of course.

Feel free to uncomplicate yourself.

Quote ="dubairl"Can see a split coming very soon if they just allowed it with majority decision. i have no idea how the format is going to work but it just seems very over complicated and some that has come across as rash decision to some how entice new fans when it wont.'" media.therfl.co.uk/docs/Policy%2 ... 202013.pdf its all explained there. Its pretty simple really, SL drops to 12 teams, play each other home and away once plus magic weekend. Top 8 playoff as now. The rest of the championship and bottom of superleague are also left with something to play for after the regular season ends

Quote ="dubairl"Can see a split coming very soon if they just allowed it with majority decision. i have no idea how the format is going to work but it just seems very over complicated and some that has come across as rash decision to some how entice new fans when it wont.'" media.therfl.co.uk/docs/Policy%2 ... 202013.pdf its all explained there. Its pretty simple really, SL drops to 12 teams, play each other home and away once plus magic weekend. Top 8 playoff as now. The rest of the championship and bottom of superleague are also left with something to play for after the regular season ends

I think when people are using the word complicated, they are using at as a synonym for convoluted. They aren’t really saying they are too stupid to understand it, its just too convoluted for them to bother with.

I never bothered to read the details of how it is going to work because the general concept of its completely stupid, I just read the mechanics of it on sky sports. like i said its over complicated.

this new format is no more complicated than some of the silly playoff systems SL has used over the years to determined the winners

You know how people moaned and moaned and moaned that RL wasn’t exciting before when the team in 5th could win it. They argued it made the rest of the league ‘pointless’ we were told, 27 friendlies apparently.

Im looking forward to seeing what they have to say when the team that finished 9th gets relegated to the championship despite earning more points throughout the 29 game season than at least 3 other sides. That will be a funny one.

Given that several clubs reliant on RFL advances voted for the 3x8 model and these clubs are odds on to be relegated in 2014 we could then move to a SL with 6 against and 5 for the new arrangement.

Top eight playoff isn't as it is now. Top eight play each other once, with points from first 23 games carried over too. At end of that series of games 1st plays 4th, 2nd v 3rd with winners of those games playing in grand final.