Quote ="Sheldon"This is to promote the NRL, do you think they give a poop about uk clubs on this?'"
The Auckland 9's is to promote the NRL in NZ. There's nothing stopping the RFL from hosting a a Nines comp in the UK/France/etc...
Quote ="Mystic Yed"I doubt they do care, it's my main gripe with Australia, they have so much power to change this sport for the better and they simply couldn't give a fk, maintaining the status quo keeps them as the top team/league and I think that's how they want to keep it.'"
The NRL's outright aim is to be the NBA of rugby (it already is for most people but...). Aside from spreading premiership matches to every state&territory in Australia they're playing exhibition tournaments to grow the game in NZ, funding internationals for the pacific nations, talking about playing State of Origin in London and yet some poms are ed because they didn't invite some cash-strapped SL clubs to the other side of the world to compete in a 9's comp.
Is there something in the water in the UK that makes you such miserable people?
