"LIV Rugby"?

Trig

Have also heard Kalyn Ponga and Ryan Papenhuyzen both interested

antipodean

If RTS is a big signing then it's already dead in the water.

I'll be more convinced once they sign big name forwards and competent coaches.

Bones

If RTS is a big signing then it's already dead in the water.

I'll be more convinced once they sign big name forwards and competent coaches.

Yeah that's what I said in a discussion, but it was raised that might not be a relatively big contract if it's silly money floating about.

SBW1

$550,000 is not exactly top end money, he could easily get that in Japan or France.

Bones

@SBW1 said in "LIV Rugby"?:

$550,000 is not exactly top end money, he could easily get that in Japan or France.

Who?

gt12

I think it's a fantastic idea.

However, they'll need to associate the teams with destinations, so given the likely locations, what would be a good name for the English team? Maybe the Red Roses? For an Australian team, hmm, what fits, maybe Wallabies? In NZ, I dunno, maybe All Blacks.

Then of course, they'll need to figure out how to contract in and out of those, so maybe they'll need domestic competitions to further tie fans to those teams and help bring talent through. Of course, you can just poach players but to reduce that, maybe a five year stand down when switching? Should be easy enough.

Then of course they'll need to figure out what to do to make more money. Probably they'll need a tournament, but it can't be held too often, maybe every four years? And, of course, because it's American they can just dub the winning team the world champions.