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Raider999
World Cup Winner Joined: 18 Jan 2013 Location: Crawley Status: Offline Points: 4434 |
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I have no issue at all with the championship, apart from the fact it should have made a decision about next seasons format before this season started. Teams in N1 and N2 are well into their season not knowing how many teams will be promoted at the end of the season. Even the RFU are not that incompetent! |
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The Blues
World Cup Winner Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Status: Offline Points: 4801 |
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14 teams otherwise you create more leagues within the leagues with 16. There used to be 3 to 4 leagues within the league. Currently it’s all pretty competitive.
I have said this many times before when we were 16, Blues would have youngsters from the academy mixed up with some 1st and 2nd choice and still win with 60 odd points. These games were not as well supported as everyone knew the result and it was a question of how many. If we go to 14 it should be either 2 down or 1 down and play off for 13th v 2nd.
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corporalcarrot
World Cup Winner Joined: 22 Sep 2013 Location: St Brelade Status: Offline Points: 4724 |
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Dont kick it. Pick it up and GO FORWARD.
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kempstonblue
World Cup Winner Joined: 20 Jun 2020 Location: Kempston Status: Offline Points: 507 |
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Going back to cup formats.
Our local BBC station covers five football teams from Prem League to League Two. Last week international break allowed for commentary of Ampthill v Bedford, and the non league football as they call it, Boreham Wood. Today Boreham Wood travel 5 miles to local rivals Barnet in the FA Cup. Knockout football. Rugby League has Challenge Cup. Yet the best team sport…looks second rate regards cup competitions in England. A knockout format is always my preference, upsets in rugby are rare. The only question, would a cup mean a 14 team Championship. I also have not worked out how to reduce 70 clubs, if we include National 1, and three National 2 leagues into a competition. But I have the weekend and some A4 paper…laughs.
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The older I get, the more the RFU leave me confused.
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Greg
First XV regular Joined: 30 Jan 2020 Location: Norfolk Status: Offline Points: 110 |
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I like the idea of a cup competition including the Championship clubs and French D2 clubs but it is quite impractical - the travel/accommodation costs alone mean that it is a non starter.
Create a Championship league of 14 clubs and include promotion and relegation (1 or 2 up and down each season). Easy-peasy!
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Member728
World Cup Winner Joined: 13 Aug 2009 Location: RAG Status: Offline Points: 2714 |
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I like the idea of a cup competition including the Championship clubs and French D2 clubs but it is quite impractical - the travel/accommodation costs alone mean that it is a non starter.
not for Jersey
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dropout22
World Cup Winner Joined: 03 Jul 2017 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 516 |
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Do like an idea of some form of British & Irish Cup format - just as it adds something difference to the usual domestic games we play.
I would support a ProD2 vs Champ competition as i would a Prem A vs Champ set-up - think it would benefit alot of clubs as i'd imagine gates for this would be at least on par with league attendances. In the future i'd like to see a sort of RFU Cup competition throughout the levels like football - RFU Cup (Levels 1 & 2) - RFU Trophy (Level 3 & 4) - RFU Shield (Level 5) - RFU Bowl (Level 6) Would probably add abit of excitment/financial benefit to the clubs partaking also. |
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Camquin
World Cup Winner Joined: 01 Jun 2007 Location: Cambridge Status: Offline Points: 11156 |
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The whole point of the current restructure was to decrease the number of games - and that meant the 14 team leagues did not have a cup. The lower level league, with 12 sides, do have cups - even though that means more games and travel than before - but let's not mention that. Cups, unless only within one level, also mean mismatches.
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Mark W-J
Coaching staff Joined: 22 May 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 3649 |
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Yet that's what lots of people want - the opportunity to test themselves against teams from a higher level and a good day out, regardless of the outcome.
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