World club nines : Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:27 am
Wonder where it would fit in the calendar. May need SL to kick off a week later? Be good if they included a couple of French clubs and the png and future Fiji clubs.
The man whose net worth is estimated at $3 billion revealed he is in negotiations to stage a nines tournament, featuring NRL and Super League clubs, in Dubai. However, his priority is to take a stake of an Australian franchise, preferably as a sole owner. Koukash said he is using his business connections to expand rugby league internationally. "I've started talking to people about the possibility of having a nines competition here in Dubai," he said. "This is a sporting country. When they had the sevens here over three days there were 180,000 people. "We're talking something similar to the Auckland nines here. You could keep that one in Auckland and one here with Super League and NRL clubs. That's more international. I see the nines as a way of globalising the sport. "We used to have five-day Test cricket and then we had the 50-over game and the shorter form to help popularise the sport overall. I see this similarly, The nines can help globalise the sport." http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/l...719-zuti0.html |
Wonder where it would fit in the calendar. May need SL to kick off a week later? Be good if they included a couple of French clubs and the png and future Fiji clubs.
The man whose net worth is estimated at $3 billion revealed he is in negotiations to stage a nines tournament, featuring NRL and Super League clubs, in Dubai. However, his priority is to take a stake of an Australian franchise, preferably as a sole owner. Koukash said he is using his business connections to expand rugby league internationally. "I've started talking to people about the possibility of having a nines competition here in Dubai," he said. "This is a sporting country. When they had the sevens here over three days there were 180,000 people. "We're talking something similar to the Auckland nines here. You could keep that one in Auckland and one here with Super League and NRL clubs. That's more international. I see the nines as a way of globalising the sport. "We used to have five-day Test cricket and then we had the 50-over game and the shorter form to help popularise the sport overall. I see this similarly, The nines can help globalise the sport." http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/l...719-zuti0.html |
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