That’s why I think the 2 conferences work . You play your conference twice , and then the other conference, whether it be 24 games that you play 6 of the ten 1 season then the other 4 plus 2 the next , then the other 6. So every 3 years you play each team in the opposite conference twice .
Siro says it’s a shit idea , but if you think about it’s not really .
You could have a conference of 2xNZ teams , Melbourne , st merge , Canberra , Cronulla, souths , roosters ,manly , .
And another of Wests, Eels, panthers , dogs,Perth/ norths ,Brisbane, dolphins , titans , cowboys , chiefs .
It’s stops NZ and Perth having to travel to each other twice a year , some yewrs not even playing each other . It’s a very long way .
Teams can do the far north qld travel away , so PNG , and NQ in b2b weeks and be smart with logistics . Because that’s ultimately what sank the reds .
Also by keeping the wests Sydney teams together you maintain their rivalries because let’s face it , as much as the traditionalists want to talk about the roosters and souths … we don’t really have much of a rivalry with them . The 4 east Sydney and manly all have real rivalries with each other, and so does Newcastle with manly .
I think you could swap Newcastle and Perth to make it fair for travel or not . But yea .
I genuinely think that’s the future of the game . Logistics are a huge issue as we expand .
Perth and PNG running costs will be astronomical compared to Sydney teams .
