Dont joke....
SYDNEY TEAMS ON NRC CHOPPING BLOCK
The struggles of the NSW teams in the NRC has prompted NSW Rugby to begin seriously contemplating ramping up involvement and cutting back to two teams for 2018, we understand.
Owned and run by clubs, NSW started with four teams in NRC’s first year but the Sydney Stars were dropped after a single season. There are now three teams — the Rays, the Greater Sydney Rams and the NSW Country Eagles — but the connections and alliances to grade clubs have chopped and changed with each season, for owners and particularly for players.
The Reds squad is divided up and around 50% of both squads are uncontracted club players.
NSW are contemplating the same split: NSW Country and a Sydney team. But with keeping a presence in western Sydney important — physically and symbolically — what look the Sydney team takes could be politically tricky.
Watch this space.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/spo...bb7b927f304626