as been able to do.I dont think you completely stop a guy like Bontempelli, we just have to make sure we nullify him when we have to but also hurt him when

Richard Cockerill believes rugbys top stars could be best placed to end the battle of wills over a long-mooted global season.The Leicester boss has challenged the worlds leading players to drive a change towards fewer fixtures, by accepting incrementally lowered wages to safeguard the sports long-term health.The Test match fixture card remains blank post the 2019 World Cup, with New Zealand already making veiled threats to go it alone and arrange their own international schedule after the tournament in Japan.Unions and governing bodies are already polarised in opinion on how to cram as many fixtures into 12 months as possible while also considering player welfare -- but Cockerill feels a radical solution may be required.I hear about player welfare all the time but we seem to play more and more rugby, so at some point theres got to be a scope of how many games the guys play and the intensity of those, said Leicester rugby director Cockerill.But the reality is that players want to play rugby, clubs dont make money, owners dont make money.The people that actually make the most money out of the game are the players, they do get paid very well and rightly so for what they do.I have suggested we play 25 percent less games and they get paid 25 percent less but theyre not so keen on that. And thats just the nature of it.Players want to play, they want to earn money and I dont blame them.But they have to understand that from a financial point of view they are the ones who do gain a lot from the game, dont they.It is what it is, until someone decides different. I dont know a solution around it.Its all about money isnt it?Englands Test stars endured 13 months unbroken preparation in the long build-up to World Cup 2015, and the home nations top players are already gearing up for another marathon campaign.Next summers British and Irish Lions trip to New Zealand has already come under fire for the scheduling of 10 matches, with anyone selected also featuring in the Aviva Premiership final facing a delayed arrival for the tour.Leicester coach Cockerill explained the full extent of summer tours means cramming the ideal scenario of an eight-week preseason into just three weeks.The Tigers had six players on Lions duty four years ago, and Cockerill believes any clubs similarly represented next summer will suffer a natural fallout for the following campaign.The Lions tour is going to finish on July 8, so if you give them five weeks off that means theyll come back to you in the middle of August -- and the season starts three weeks later, said Cockerill.That probably means missing the start of the season doesnt it.We gave our international players six weeks holiday, and theyll have been back four weeks by the time we start the Premiership season on Friday night.Youd probably want eight weeks for a preseason really, in an ideal world.But some of that is not the preseason but the downtime when the players get to rest and recuperate. 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Greater Western Sydney coach Leon Cameron knows it will be near-impossible for his AFL side to keep Marcus Bontempelli quiet for the entirety of Saturday nights preliminary final.Bontempelli, who earned All-Australian honours this year and continues to show experience beyond his years, looms as one of Western Bulldogs most potent threats at Spotless Stadium.The 20-year-old tallied 32 disposals and six clearances when the two sides met in round nine this year, with Stephen Coniglio matching up on him for most of the game.Well probably start (ruckman) Rory Lobb on him. Weve got to fight fire with fire in terms of height, Cameron joked on Friday.Hes just so unique. Hes a 193cm inside mid, theyre very hard to stop those sort of players.Hes Nat Fyfe-like and weve seen what Fyfe has been able to do.I dont think you completely stop a guy like Bontempelli, we just have to make sure we nullify him when we have to but also hurt him when its our turn and we have the footy.ddddddddddddameron indicated he was unlikely to employ a hard tag on Bontempelli.Theres no doubt (Ryan) Griffen, Coniglio and (Callan) Ward are going to have opportunities to try to stop him in the midfield, he said.But in saying that they do bat really deep. (Tom) Liberatore is at the peak of his powers.Cameron also heaped praise on Bulldogs Jack Macrae and Luke Dahlhaus, acknowledging the midfield showdown will be crucial in deciding which club advances to the grand final.Theyve got a really good midfield. We feel as those weve got a really good midfield as well, he said.The battle will be won in the midfield. If its going our way more than their way, were going to be more of a chance to win the game. ' ' '