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Neasham View Drop Down
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Originally posted by @boatyjames @boatyjames wrote:

I think there is a strong strain of groupthink here and taking the wrong conclusions from the situation we are in.
Why are clubs above level 7 not interested in cup rugby 🤔 could it be that 12 team leagues stop at level 7 and 14 team leagues start at level 6. 4 more rest weekends, fewer injuries, time to enjoy another competition.
Cup rugby been squeezed out by too many league games, it’s as simple as that. It could be as exciting as it ever was and provide variety from the grind of the league.
But I can see from this thread that most aren’t willing to raise their eyes and scan the field!

Sorry. The proof is in the pudding. Clubs enter cup competitions, players don’t want play them so games are called off. It’s not just the “first choice” first XV who are t interested the fringe players aren’t bothered either 
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Points: 4309 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Halliford Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Nov 2021 at 20:48
Happy to raise my eyes and scan the field. In fact I did that 3 years ago with the Esher players - 1st and 2nd teams. Zero interest in a Cup competition, either with sides above them or below. Then I asked the Committee - they would much prefer certainty around fixtures and to avoid games being called off, either because we had been knocked out or because the opposition won’t turn up. Cups have gone, they don’t suit the modern world of semi-professionalism, they belong in the old days of amateurism when standards and fitness were much closer than they are now.

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