NRL NRL Calendar Proposal

[Shogun]

Some people feel the NRL season is too long and so I ask



27 week NRL calendar
WCC + Indigenous v Maori in Vegas
NRL Secondary Competition. 4 Groups. Round robin. Takes up 5 weeks
Semi Finals
Final
NRL Rounds 1-16. 3 origins worked in
NRL Finals (3 weeks)
Week 1 1v8 4v5 3v6 2v7
Week 2 winner v winner, winner v winner
Week 3 Grand Final

19-26 games depending on you and your team

 

[jonesy101]

They haven't had a decent league calendar since ET retired.

 

[Worried2Death]

Some people feel the NRL season is too long and so I ask

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Cam McInnes was a cute baby according to his mum

 

[mrblonde]

Some people feel the NRL season is too long and so I ask

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27 week NRL calendar
WCC + Indigenous v Maori in Vegas
NRL Secondary Competition. 4 Groups. Round robin. Takes up 5 weeks
Semi Finals
Final
NRL Rounds 1-16. 3 origins worked in
NRL Finals (3 weeks)
Week 1 1v8 4v5 3v6 2v7
Week 2 winner v winner, winner v winner
Week 3 Grand Final

19-26 games depending on you and your team

Need to decide how the Week 2 match-ups are going to work - I'd go Winner of 1v8 v Winner of 2v7, Winner of 4v5 v Winner of 3v6.
How do you decide who goes into the NRL Secondary competition? Or do you mean every team who's in the NRL. That seems the most logical, but the only way to make that work - because clubs will do it anyway so you may as well formalise it in the rules - is that because it's a Secondary Competition ie not as good as winning the Grand Final of the main NRL Competition, teams can't play anyone ranked higher than say 20 in their Top 30 List. This might piss off the QRL and NSWRL in terms of short-changing the fans of the NSW/QLD Cup competitions but meh...
Frankly - and showing my English Division 1/Premier League background, I'd make the competition even:
NRL:
1. Round Robin that alternates every season. So as it stands, 16 games per team.
2. Finals 6 teams. Week 1: Minor Premier and Runner Up week off, 3 v 6, 4 v 5. Week 2: Minor Premier v Winner 4 v 5, Runner Up v Winner 3 v 4. Week 3: Grand Final.

State of Origin:
1. Has it's own window but still played Wednesday due to clear media air.
2. Make the second game the Nuetral game.

International:
In the first 2 Weekends of Origin Period, hold a 2 Test Series between New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, PNG (I'd add France and Great Britain if it was workable in terms of logistics and time) during that window to quell any Aussie whinging about "during Origin, all those bloody English/Pasifika/Kiwi players get a damn break!"
Match-ups based on IRLF Rankings going into the Mid-Season Cup and logic is Highest v Lowest, Second Highest v Second Lowest, Third Highest v Third Lowest (assuming the Northern Hemisphere teams are in). All teams are ranked on a table and the two teams with the least number of points - 2 for Win, 1 for Draw, obviously PD - after the first 2 weeks period play a relegation game on Friday of Week 3 and the loser gets replaced by a team not already already safe for next season's Mid-Season Cup that has the best IRLF ranking ie if Samoa and PNG play the relegation game and Samoa get beaten, they get replaced by Italy say who are ranked closest to the six teams (New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, PNG, Great Britain, France) who contested this season's Mid-Season Cup.

One immediate attitude that this kind of system would immediately show-up in terms of TV viewership, ticket sales etc is that it really would make fans decide if they're more NRL fans than, say, Tonga fans. Would you rather watch JT go up against New Zealand during June-July and accept any injury he suffers because of those games will affect his work with the Cowboys going forward, or are you happy not watching any Tonga games until end of season because the Cowboys are the priority and you like the idea of JT getting a bit of a break not going up against Walsh/Cleary/whoever during Origin Period?

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Make the season longer; increase the squad size and then restrict players to a certain amount of games per year.

Builds depth within the game, fans win with more content, tv rights go up, meanwhile the superstars just get long breaks throughout the year for R&R and play the same or less than now (say 26 game playing limit?).

Stagger the players breaks so there’s always a mix of youth and experience.

 

[Shogun]

Need to decide how the Week 2 match-ups are going to work - I'd go Winner of 1v8 v Winner of 2v7, Winner of 4v5 v Winner of 3v6.
How do you decide who goes into the NRL Secondary competition? Or do you mean every team who's in the NRL. That seems the most logical, but the only way to make that work - because clubs will do it anyway so you may as well formalise it in the rules - is that because it's a Secondary Competition ie not as good as winning the Grand Final of the main NRL Competition, teams can't play anyone ranked higher than say 20 in their Top 30 List. This might piss off the QRL and NSWRL in terms of short-changing the fans of the NSW/QLD Cup competitions but meh...

Week 2 in the semi finals so can't have winner of 1v8 vs winner of 2v7

Every team plays secondary comp. 1 group has 5 teams with 4 games and a bye so it spans 5 weeks and I'm thinking using 20 players in a team.

 

[Shogun]

I'd bring back City v Country, we can play it pre season and give the non natives a game they can represent in.