Former Wallabies prop Ben Darwin has some advice for New Zealand Rugby as it ponders its next step. "If you want to quote me I'd say that as an Australian I'd highly recommend they jump to a provincial rugby system." Now, he is an interested observer as New Zealand Rugby reviews Super Rugby just as a Stuff poll of more than 1000 respondents called for a return of a full-blown 'NPC' competition. It would disrupt the current system of five Super Rugby franchises that has given the All Blacks such an edge. "What Super Rugby has done has helped to take those guys [young Kiwi players] and make them into very good players.

Source: Stuff April 30, 2020 04:52 UTC