Granty
08-12-2005, 10:56 AM
and they sound good too :thumbright:
from the story here
http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,17496952-23214,00.html
The NRL also introduced a proposal to create more flexibility in venues during the finals.
This would allow matches to be swapped if interstate teams were scheduled to meet in Sydney.
The move comes about after the preliminary finals this year when two hugely supported teams Wests Tigers and St George-Illawarra played on Saturday night at Aussie Stadium and Parramatta and North Queensland Cowboys played on Sunday at Telstra Stadium.
"It's likely that venues in weeks two and three won't be confirmed until the Monday before the game and we hope to be able to take some matches interstate where necessary," Gallop said.
"New agreements from 2007 will be based on a ranking system that gives clubs in weeks two and three either a home state or home city final.
"There are a number of details to be worked out but in principle clubs have supported this."
Another key initiative will be providing season ticket holders with a ticket allocation in grand final week after thousands of Wests Tigers season ticket holders missed out this year.
"We're please they talked about this, the past the opportunity for the season ticket holders the corporates who have supported your club narrows as the finals go on," Noyce said.
"It's a great chance to reward those who have supported the club through the year."
and this story
http://www.smh.com.au/news/league/finals-days-are-numbered-as-nights-get-nod/2005/12/07/1133829661224.html
DAY finals are set to become a thing of the past as NRL clubs favour Friday- and Saturday-night fixtures in a revamped play-off series for next season.
While the 2006 grand final will remain on a Sunday night, club chief executives attending the first day of the NRL's annual conference supported a recommendation to abandon Saturday and Sunday afternoon finals, and also agreed to have matches outside Sydney in the second and third weeks of the play-offs if two non-NSW teams were playing.
The change follows problems in the past two seasons, when North Queensland had been drawn to play Brisbane and Melbourne in Sydney.
NRL chief executive David Gallop said there would also be flexibility to switch a blockbuster finals clash, such as this season's Wests Tigers-St George Illawarra match, from Aussie Stadium to Telstra Stadium if ticket sales indicated demand for a bigger venue.
"We've obviously had some hiccups along the way during 2005, and indeed 2004, and we want to make sure that we maximise the opportunities that having teams from outside of Sydney brings to our competition," Gallops said.
"There were certainly some lessons learned in 2005 in relation to ticketing and venues. We are working closely with our current stadiums at Telstra and Aussie during the final year of our current contracts. It's about flexibility, and we're going to look at a system where tickets are on sale but we perhaps can't tell people which venue we will be playing at until the weekend before is over."
After next season, the play-offs will be based on a ranking system that gives clubs in weeks two and three either a home state or home city final.
Unfortunately it looks like it is for 2007 onwards so next season will run with the current finals system. (my guess is that's when current contracts with a Sydny staduim for finals games can be re-negotiated ;-)
Still, the possibility for interstate teams to host games in Weeks 2 and 3 of the Finals plus the very good idea of holding back tickets for the Grand Final for the season ticket holders of the 2 team.
I like :santa:.
from the story here
http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,17496952-23214,00.html
The NRL also introduced a proposal to create more flexibility in venues during the finals.
This would allow matches to be swapped if interstate teams were scheduled to meet in Sydney.
The move comes about after the preliminary finals this year when two hugely supported teams Wests Tigers and St George-Illawarra played on Saturday night at Aussie Stadium and Parramatta and North Queensland Cowboys played on Sunday at Telstra Stadium.
"It's likely that venues in weeks two and three won't be confirmed until the Monday before the game and we hope to be able to take some matches interstate where necessary," Gallop said.
"New agreements from 2007 will be based on a ranking system that gives clubs in weeks two and three either a home state or home city final.
"There are a number of details to be worked out but in principle clubs have supported this."
Another key initiative will be providing season ticket holders with a ticket allocation in grand final week after thousands of Wests Tigers season ticket holders missed out this year.
"We're please they talked about this, the past the opportunity for the season ticket holders the corporates who have supported your club narrows as the finals go on," Noyce said.
"It's a great chance to reward those who have supported the club through the year."
and this story
http://www.smh.com.au/news/league/finals-days-are-numbered-as-nights-get-nod/2005/12/07/1133829661224.html
DAY finals are set to become a thing of the past as NRL clubs favour Friday- and Saturday-night fixtures in a revamped play-off series for next season.
While the 2006 grand final will remain on a Sunday night, club chief executives attending the first day of the NRL's annual conference supported a recommendation to abandon Saturday and Sunday afternoon finals, and also agreed to have matches outside Sydney in the second and third weeks of the play-offs if two non-NSW teams were playing.
The change follows problems in the past two seasons, when North Queensland had been drawn to play Brisbane and Melbourne in Sydney.
NRL chief executive David Gallop said there would also be flexibility to switch a blockbuster finals clash, such as this season's Wests Tigers-St George Illawarra match, from Aussie Stadium to Telstra Stadium if ticket sales indicated demand for a bigger venue.
"We've obviously had some hiccups along the way during 2005, and indeed 2004, and we want to make sure that we maximise the opportunities that having teams from outside of Sydney brings to our competition," Gallops said.
"There were certainly some lessons learned in 2005 in relation to ticketing and venues. We are working closely with our current stadiums at Telstra and Aussie during the final year of our current contracts. It's about flexibility, and we're going to look at a system where tickets are on sale but we perhaps can't tell people which venue we will be playing at until the weekend before is over."
After next season, the play-offs will be based on a ranking system that gives clubs in weeks two and three either a home state or home city final.
Unfortunately it looks like it is for 2007 onwards so next season will run with the current finals system. (my guess is that's when current contracts with a Sydny staduim for finals games can be re-negotiated ;-)
Still, the possibility for interstate teams to host games in Weeks 2 and 3 of the Finals plus the very good idea of holding back tickets for the Grand Final for the season ticket holders of the 2 team.
I like :santa:.