Toughest & Easiest Fixtures 2015

[Wedgie]

English Rugby League have a cracker of a system with a super 8s set up before finals

[bennymacca]

English Rugby League have a cracker of a system with a super 8s set up before finals

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_League_Super_8s

so if im reading it correctly they have two divisions of 12 that then get split into 3 divisions of 8 for the last part of the season?

it sounds really cool to be honest

I think the AFL could really benefit from something like that.

You would lose out a little bit commercially by not being able to play two showdowns every year for instance, but the last part of the season would be really amplified.

would also be a great chance for the smaller clubs to be able to play on the bigger stage, i.e the bulldogs this year might get some friday night games in that period.

[bennymacca]

for the afl you could potentially do this with two 9 club divisions too, making a 25 game regular season.

As there would then be 8 games each, it would alleviate the home-away scenario mentioned by LM.

You could then have some sort of minor premiership for the bottom 9 clubs too if you wanted.