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[@danielvenzke2023]

Gus is 100% right about trying to shorten the year, the conference idea is a great idea, the nfl only runs for 5 months a year and it's box office, if the nrl runs for 7 months a year with state of origin mixed in it'll be perfect

[@gengarpokemon7731]

won't work. look at nfl played in 50 states with a bigger playing pool which makes sense logistaclly. NRL has no idea what they want to do or where they want the game to go. can't even organise a decent draw.

[@SlaintheMhath]

@@gengarpokemon7731 2 x 10 team conferences fix the draw, home and away games like the old Sydney comp and the top 4 from each play finals. You are right though, the current draw is a shambles.

[@patcummins6036]

Gus is one ex footballer with some idea of how the game should be run!

[@NoEvidenceForGod]

Love how Gus talks to Gallen like he's a child lmao

[@minibeast21]

Because Gallen is an idiot lol

[@putjaglovesup5284]

Should be 3 weekends. Samoa vs Tonga QLD vs NSW PNG vs Fiji City vs country (NZ) Lebanon vs Cook Islands. More players get to play. More games on

[@rossstars4518]

Your 100% right , stand alone rep weekends not 3-4 weeks straight these guys are stupid Gallon especially is useless.

[@johngolder2216]

A New Zealand vs. England test series would be great for players who aren't eligible for origin. Samoa and Tonga won't work because too many players play origin. Fiji vs. png would work, too.

[@B-tr9kz]

Can always leave Samoa vs Tonga till the end of the season. But NZ and England should be able to play more tests during the season if they cant play Origin.

[@johngolder2216]

@B-tr9kz Yeah, that would work

[@IronMan-raho]

If they made Tonga vs Samoa a 3 test series some boys will be wanting to rep the Islands especially the 1s on big coin already. Then also so many that missed out on selection Fafita Staggs AFB plenty enough for it to work.

[@johngolder2216]

@IronMan-raho it would conflict with origin too much. It would need to happen at a different time of year.

[@IronMan-raho]

@johngolder2216 that's a bit of a cop out.Conflict?😆 How about give it more exposure and play it as a curtain raiser to Origin.

[@camhart5591]

More Nz vs aussie tests are needed.

[@jasonpeisley6031]

Ikr!? There used to be Australia vs New Zealand every April at Suncorp Stadium. I have no idea why that's suddenly been dropped??

[@sx-mt-fd]

Cut the comp down to 18 rounds and inject an international tournament for 4 weeks

[@seanprice2990]

Melburnian here, so I get it, I don't understand Origin football like Qlders and NSWelshman. But hear my suggestion: Why doesn't the NRL have a two-week window for Origin in the middle of the season? Teams have a 2-week bye, players who are playing Origin go into camp on the Monday, first game is Friday night, second is the following Wednesday and the third game is Sunday night, hopefully being the decider

[@Brofreshonal]

This is a great idea but these origin tragics love talking about it for half the season so don't think they want change.

[@B-tr9kz]

I still love the idea of just scheduling three weeks in the middle of the year and you can play the Origin games whilst everyone else gets to play their version of rep footy. What are we going to do in 10-20 years when we have a heap of Victorians/WA players in the competition. They will feel disadvantaged as NSW, QLD get to play rep footy but they don't. I mean NZ feels like that atm. We need to stop living in the NSW and QLD bubble and give people outside these areas access to rep footy. Eventually as the pressure mounts, the NRL will have to change it.

[@bensantowski467]

That's three very high intensity games in a very short period of time. Injuries would be through the roof I reckon. I agree with Gus if it ain't broke don't fix it.

[@varunrao1704]

Origin is the highest level of footy period. Yes Australia vs NZ and other nations is up there but you can't reduce origin to a smaller period cos it's hard tough footy for the full 80 mins. Even club footy shortest turnaround is 4 days but the intensity is nowhere near an origin game.

[@JustNate365]

Saturday Origin would be nice.

[@kinchegayowie6167]

Can the NRL start chucking some money at the service providers, as i have been waiting since Feb for payment on field markings

[@sleeptank444]

Gus knows wassup

[@broofiu1666]

In season knockout competition would be crazy 🤔

[@LauFiu]

I reckon Origin should be shifted to post NRL Finals

[@DavidMitchison-hp2jq]

In such a close comp favourable matchups in the origin periods make a big difference.

[@troystaunton254]

I’ve long held the belief that they should do origin in 3 consecutive weeks. As a part of a rep period. Have Tonga and Samoa play each other, have a joint Fiji and png team face New Zealand. Have the women’s origin. Have the under 15s and 18s state teams play on tv. You can get a solid 4-5 games a week for 3 weeks out of rep games and then go back to the season.

[@kinchegayowie6167]

that would be a massive spectacle, 15's,'18's Women's and the Men all on the same day , what a great day of rugby league

[@KukizNKreamz]

The other problem is the clubs are afraid to lose players they have banked on to get injured outside the Nrl games. It's a tough one as I know it would be good to draw in the crowds of all the nations. I'm a Cook Islander it's hard to watch and support all the players in different teams but under 1 team against other nations at then end of year, would make me tune in.

[@dizzystj]

The only thing I hate about origin is I can’t get to the game mid week as I live in the country.

[@michelledavidson8190]

20 teams is too much, but I agree with Gus regarding reducing the number of rounds in club footy. Not a fan of conferences as I think it would be too confusing for the fans.

[@WTC-1990]

Ideally, what we want is this Split into 2 conferences & draft system 5 NSW Inner-City Teams - Eastern City Sea Eagles - North Sydney Eels - Sydney City Roosters - West Sydney Bulldogs - South Sydney Rabbitohs 4 NSW Outter-City Teams - North NSW Knights - West NSW Panthers - East Coast Sharks - South NSW Dragons 5 QLD Inner-City Teams - Northern City Dolphins - North Brisbane Tigers - West Brisbane Seagulls - Brisbane City Broncos - South Brisbane Jets 4 QLD Outter-City Teams - North Coast Hunters (Partner 🇵🇬) - Gold Coast Titans (Partner 🇨🇰) - North QLD Cowboys - South QLD Magpies 4 NZ Teams - Auckland Warriors - Christchurch Braves (Partner 🇹🇴) - Wellington Vikings (Partner 🇫🇯) - Hamilton Crushers (Partner 🇼🇸) 2 Vic Teams - North Melbourne Storm - South Melbourne Cyclones (Partner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) 2 SA Teams - Southern City Rams - South Coast Lions (Partner 🇮🇪) 2 WA Teams - Western City Reds - West Coast Bears (Partner 🇫🇷) 1 ACT Team - Canberra Raiders (Partner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

[@Diffy87]

Don't stop it for a 6 week period, just have a bye round the week it is on

[@robbiebalboa]

Exactly, like the soccer in international breaks and WC qualifiers. This is a domestic setting, so you could have. NRL every Fortnight for that period.

[@shanerorko8076]

They need to make an inter conference system, so every 6 weeks the top 4 teams meet the top 4 of the other conference, and you just get 2 points a win.

[@shanerorko8076]

Magic round could be two cities this way, one city has the top teams the other the bottom teams, and who ever wins the SOO get to host magic top teams.

[@88-V-..-A-..-N-88]

Gus is right here, shorten the clubs rounds to 20 games and allow for more international games at the end of the year. Nz thumped Oz at the end of last year, we regularly need a two division series. Tier 1 Oz,NZ, Eng, Samoa, Tier2 Tonga, PNG, France ? Lebanon ? Whoever finishes fourth in tier 1 gets relegated down and whoever finishes first in tier 2 moves up.

[@Calvin-ks9cr]

If they concerned about injuries, Keep as is but maybe slow the games down, no more 6 again restarts, get rid of golden pont during regular season.

[@gengarpokemon7731]

the origin period they done during covid that was 3 weeks in a row end of season was perfect. if you're not selected after finals you go on holiday. they are hypocrites on this because when that happened they talked about how good it was, better quality of regular footy which is the pinnacle of the game and the players focus because the premiership is the main focus over origin,

[@WahsUpTV]

20 teams - 19 rounds with 1 rivals round - 20 games 23 weeks of footy that’s probably the right amount of games and time frames. The total time for the footy season from pre season games to internationals shouldn’t be longer than 32 weeks barring a World Cup year. Currently with pre season regular season, finals and internationals it’s 37 weeks. 3 week pre season - 20 regular season over 21 weeks - 4 weeks finals - 4 weeks internationals - 32weeks total. Cutout 5 weeks of the calendar

[@pacey006]

I like the idea of conferences, but I think understanding how it would work might be challenging. Would it be divided into Sydney/NSW teams in one conference and teams from other states in another? Assuming teams only compete within their conference, one benefit would be more games with rivalries. However, this setup would mean that teams from other conferences would have to do all the traveling. If the conferences were to change each year, it could add an interesting dynamic because teams would be seeded based on their performance in the previous year. However, this could result in situations where teams don't get to play against their biggest rivals, which could negatively impact club revenue. For instance, if the Dragons and Roosters aren't in the same conference, does that mean there would be no ANZAC game? For me, I would just like everyone to play each other once so that's 19 games with 20 teams in the comp. You get 9 home games, 9 away games with 1 magic round. If that's not enough games, have a mid season knockout tournament, that spans 5 weekends (can be spread across the season).

[@seanyuke3249]

Can't know if it would work seasonwise, but it would work for the clubs.

[@Rip_in_son]

Why doesn’t the nrl just get gus to run it the comp would be even better

[@jimwatkins3134]

no gus no fus! Gus is nsw not fair on Qlders!

[@brisbanerealestatemedia2201]

Gus is 100% right. Multiple conferences is where it needs to go

[@IronMan-raho]

Surely they could make a weekend of it and have a magic round style Origin/International weekend. Could do Queensland,Sydney and alternate the 3rd location Melbourne,Auckland😂,Perth. Tonga vs Samoa curtain raiser and Indigenous boys NZ vs Aus before them thats 3 games for Sunday. Then have the Womens origin game on Saturday as a curtain raiser to Great Britain vs The Kiwi. Shut the comp down for 3 weeks and break the comp down into 2 halfs.

[@ryan-jonnoble6793]

Do it similar to international football in Europe / Premier league. One weekend off

[@PaulShandWalker]

There's no 1 perfect solution, but it doesn't make sense to me that Gus says keep the Origin at the 6 weeks length, but wants a shorter season? Well if we went to a 3 week origin period and perhaps found a way to reduce 2 rounds of the comp in this period, then doens't that make sense? I don't origin at the end of the year is good, because teams are too focused and reliant on having everyone available for Finals, so I like origin in the mid year, but 6 weeks stretched out, and diulted other teams, and half rounds etc is boring. So I've got a crazy idea - but if Gus says the NRL makes 40% of its yearly revenue in the origin period, then why not go for broke and try this: June is Rep month. Last sund of May the origin teams get picked, but they pick a 25 man squad to cover 3 weeks of origin. Every team gets the first 10 days off, Wed you start with main origina game in either Qld or NSW, then for the Thurs-Sun, every team still plays but its magic round in whatever that first origin game is in (so game 1 = Suncorp, then it's magic round from Thurs-sun with girls S.O.O on the friday night, then Game 2 is the neutral city (Melb, Perth Adelaide), same thing, Wed night Game 2 origin, then thurs- Sun magic round but now where in a new city where all the teams get to play to showcase our game and womens origin game 2, then game 3 is in the other Qld or NSW (obviously this gets swaped each year), same thing again and now its a 3rd magic round in a different state/city and we've made our game cover all the corners of Aust in a 3 week period, is a rolling Sporting festival just like the old Big Day Out festivals that toured the country for 3 weeks. The initial 10 days give origin players time to train, the other clubs have a 10 day mini rest/slash prepare new/young talent to fill in, and once the final Sunday has finished in week 4 of June, then we roll straight back into normal comp, therefore only 1 team each week is haveing a bye (until we get to 18 teams), everyt teams plays, players stay match fit, unless already injured, and we get a huge powerful month of games, rep footy and showcasing and building new fans and injecting massive revenue into 3 major cities, we reduce the season by 2-3 weeks because every team is still playing and training during this month, we do 6-8 weeks post origin and into 4 week final series. Anyway just and idea :)

[@Kadaitchi]

20 teams 20 rounds of regular season. Top 10 have it out in a three round eliminator. Top 4 moving onto the Semi finals.

[@TheJuanvegas]

This. Or just 20 teams, each plays once, and keep everything else the same, top 8. Gives time for a proper international period and a break for players. I don't know why they complicate such a simple thing. Giving two points for a bye, I wonder who comes up with these daft ideas 😂

[@OGEETOMO]

We don't want to end up like the NBA where players are falling to bits with injuries before the finals happen and then the finals ends up being terrible.

[@nibskewon]

Why cant it be after the season is over ?

[@LauFiu]

more time = more money win win

[@Brofreshonal]

State of Origin takes over the NRL for 8 weeks it's ridiculous no1 outside of Queensland and NSW could care less anymore they should scrap it entirely!

[@brentlambert4150]

Origin becomes a one off game every year

[@darrengifford7442]

Every origin week should be a bye for all teams. Origin Wednesday, pacific teams play Friday, Saturday, Sunday . The NRL is full of players from the Pacific islands.

[@politenessman3901]

As a club member, what is in it for me to have players from my club in SoO? the myth is that they come back better, no evidence supports this - they were picked because they are the best, but they can demand more pay at the next negotiation on the basis of having played. So the best case scenario is my clubs best players miss 3 or 4 club games and can ask for higher pay next negotiation. The worst case is my clubs best players get injured, to no benefit to my club and my club gets no compensation for losing them for weeks, months or the season. I don't care in the slightest about SoO, but even if I did, what is in it for the dues paying club member, or for that matter, the club?

[@rikvah9817]

27 rounds is too many! You get footy fatigue!!

[@DuncanMurdoch]

Watch ice hockey NHL in the USA and Canada... feeder teams.. same as Gus says investment in future

[@kainoizking]

This is why the game will never expand outside of the east coast of Australia. All focus is on club footy and no focus at all on an international season.

[@kjack19991]

Could club football start to play mid week games as more teams join the comp? Also, wouldn’t we have to start having more games kicking off at the same time?

[@darrengifford7442]

Not everyone plays eleven months a year. Representative players might but only the best Players play eleven months. That's why they get paid the most.

[@darrengifford7442]

I'm waiting for the year no Sydney team makes the Finals. It will fantastic for rugby league and the NRL.

[@Barry_Matthews]

You'll be waiting a while

[@darrengifford7442]

@@Barry_Matthews 👍if they make conferences it will never happen

[@BigOmes1]

Don't copy the NFL (two conferences). With the NFL's two conferences, a lot of teams dont play each other for a few years. 20 Teams is way too much also.

[@Mdsmith747]

Cut the comp by 5 weeks and have Origin/Rep footy after the end of the season. If you going to keep it mid weeks, then have the dam game kick off at 7 pm not 8.

[@darrengifford7442]

If there was not one big name player injured there's no discussion about it. Because this year big name players are injured you want to change the system. Contact Sport people get injured.

[@zoef234]

At the end of the day… it’s night time

[@jasonlogie3863]

Hey Gus have Queensland really scared of Teddy in the last 2 Origin’s wins. Pull ya head Gal

[@darrengifford7442]

So they wanna change the system to protect the best 36 Australian players.

[@godemperorofmankind3.091]

My rep strategy would be leave Origin as it is. But end of year, there'd be a Test schedule of NZ vs England, Samoa vs Tonga, Fiji vs PNG, and follow that with a final Tri-series of Australia vs NZ. too much and players won't want to do it. too little and it loses its importance and spark.

[@TheJuanvegas]

This is the right kind of thinking. Gal completely misses the point when he says "will PNG vs Samoa or Tonga get big audiences?" ... well it will in PNG and Samoa lol. Thr arrogance of that statement is why the game doesn't grow like it could, almost like a fear of making a team stronger or as strong as Australia. That would not be a bad thing, it would be a good thing long term

[@evertog]

Gus is so right

[@russell3436]

So each team plays eachother once Good, now they can stop talking about certain teams having “soft draws”

[@davidfife-nm7uy]

Please can we just let it be. We are a unique sport and origin happens in no other sport. If people aren’t happy, then just scrap it. Be careful what you wish for

[@SlaintheMhath]

Northern and southern conferences with proper home and away comps, the top 4 from each go to the finals playoffs. TV might like origin but I lost interest a long time ago. Do whatever you like but the current comp is a farce. We need home and away games.

[@AmyMurphy-s2k]

Make state of origin kick off at 7.30

[@scottchynoweth6603]

By Gus's logic, pausing the season would lose less money

[@troystaunton254]

How to get more talent in the game? Thats easy stop expanding in New South Wales and Queensland. Tasmania currently doesn’t have a professional winter sport team. Kids there can become nrl players with a Hobart team. Norther territory doesn’t have a team in anything. Plenty of kids there could be nrl talent. Perth and Adelaide could function well too. If you keep putting teams in New South Wales and Queensland you’re dividing 1000 maximum nrl standard players between nearly 20 teams who have to have 30 players each. It simply doesn’t work, and there is a massive difference in talent between the top 50 nrl standard player and the remainder

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

Tasmania 😂

[@Thisdracoundefeated]

Don’t remember how the Adelaide team went when it was last in the nrl???

[@B-tr9kz]

Tasmania is a bad example lol. The whole state is smaller than Newcastle.

[@Barry_Matthews]

​@@Thisdracoundefeated hey Michael McGuire was the first Adelaide ram, Wikipedia it

[@DarrylSteele69]

Why not 2nd and 3rd tere rep games of qld v nsw, or a 3wk mid wk style comp [no nrl pts during this period.]

[@mikeocsmall6766]

A int rnd during origin wouldn't work because you got 90percent of samoa playing in origin lol

[@robbiebalboa]

6:25 just bide your time.

[@johnvandenheuvel-cw1vj]

Have to say that Gal has always been a Cow lifter. I'll explain. He can lift a cow but has trouble spelling it .

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

Every year its the same dribble, its so predictable and boring

[@internetcommenter6145]

Nothing needs to change. Stop talking about it.

[@CraigHopwood]

2024 you talk about it should have been done in 2oo4

[@darrengifford7442]

There's enough good players in the Queensland cup. The player scouts aren't doing their jobs. We all know Thurston story. Cody Walker was found later, dolphins little fullback there's talent everywhere. Ya head don't fit ya don't get a start, like history of the NSW TEAM ,

[@gungi4764]

Nice vid

[@dizzystj]

Very good points brought up in this segment

[@thecomander466]

Gal for PM

[@keithdevine8281]

Gould and Gannon are a waste of space,and glad they have nothing to do with Rugby.

[@DjDmt]

Leave it as it is

[@rickshempoilaustralia6574]

it has worked for close to 50 years

[@lkuc06]

I can answer and i dont need 9 minutes....NO!

[@Cody-f5k]

I say get rid of the 9 that's a start

[@Stargazersbiz]

Gal is the perfect definition of ' an empty drum makes alot of noise'...he should start learning to listen alot and talk less..he is not a smart footballer and now is not a smart commentator/analyst.

[@Cody-f5k]

Ples don't play les club rounds

[@1362pc]

100% NSW show...

[@SlaintheMhath]

They have a show in Qld that is 100% Qld .......

[@jimgenuine009]

Stop having the same boring conversation every year

[@carpetsnake83]

With 20 teams Shorten the season to 20 rounds each team plays each other twice Teams Perth pirates or convicts black and white North Sydney bears Can be any of these 3rd team Adelaide ravens dark blue red yellow Hobart blue tongue maroon blue South Brisbane lions yellow brown (east tigers) Darwin crocs blue and orange Christchurch paladins white gold black trim With the 7 weeks left at the end of the year extra you could run a pacific cup and and every 4 years World Cup Pacific cup 2 pools each team plays each once top two play a final and the winners play pacific cup final You could get it done in two to three weeks Australia New Zealand PNG Tonga Samoa Fiji Cook island USA

[@slave_eagle]

It's all good with expansion and how we schedule games but if we don't control the rule changes and bunker intervention we won't have a game at all.

[@sekovebula6803]

Rep Week Blues vs Maroons Aborigines All Stars vs Maori All Stars Polynesian All Stars vs Melanesian All Stars World All Stars vs Mix Nationalities All Stars

[@BornBarto95]

You had 5 upsets and lets change the whole league? You just made it more competitive for the lesser sides

[@pennyAustralia1]

Shorten the season, condence origin, bye round for origin. Weight division for juniors. Stop pricing out smaller alnglo kids with imports who mature quicker. Penalties for taking dives.

[@TheJuanvegas]

20 teams, every team plays each other once, then finals. No bye rounds, no weird draws, top 8 playoffs. Gives time for a dedicated international period and gives players a break. Why do they complicate it so much?

[@floodwaters8887]

Once they get the 18th team it'll be easy... weekend following R12, R15 and R18 every side can have there byes then there are no favourable matchups over origin and every side has the opportunity to field a full strength side.