Fuck off the trials. Each teams plays each other (15 rounds) Have a week off for the test match, pacific nations cup. Then play the other 15 games. Have a Top 6 with a 3 week final series. Slot in origin whenever you want.
Exactly. 3 trials and all that crap.
Stuff the world club challenge. Forget about the trials. Have the round 1 game Souths vs dragons (as the charity shield) maybe on a Wednesday (to launch the season).
Have a full home and away schedule. If they think they will have player burnout make the squads larger. I think I read somewhere smith played 37 games one year. At the end of the day even with 30 rounds most of the nrl won't get close to that.
Stop having byes. If you have origin reps bad luck you play without them. So if you have origin reps they'll only play 27 nrl games max if they aren't picked they can play 30 plus the finals (maximum 4 more games).
At the end of the day the cap will go up. The tv right will go up (seeing as there will be maybe 40 more Games from the 6 extra rounds). And you have a fair home and away season.