Quote JEAN CAPDOUZE="JEAN CAPDOUZE"Obviously Koukash thinks that there can be a return on money invested in the project.
But a World 9s that was the 16 NRL clubs, plus the 12 SL clubs that will be playing in 2015 would be inadequate.
You would have to have at least one more French club (Toulouse obviously) plus a PNG club (the Hunters obviously). Those two additions would bring it up to 30 clubs. You would still need two more to make it a manageable 32 clubs.
So I would propose to add the Fijian club that will join the NSW Cup in 2016 (a parallel to the PNG Hunters in the Queensland Cup), plus a third French club (from the French Elite competition). That would make 15 Australian clubs, 11 English clubs, 3 French clubs, one New Zealand club, one PNG club, and one Fijian club. Definitely international, though skewed towards two nations.
The number 32 is important so you can have it divided into 8 pools of 4, with the top 2 in each pool going into the round of 16, followed by quarter finals, semi-finals and a final.
I don't know if such a competition could be squeezed into 2 days. If not then have it over three days.
As for the weather, I understand that February in Dubai is not so hot. But I will stand to be corrected on that matter.'"
rather have a usa team than a 3rd french one
