Two defaults in the first round and some lopsided scores in the second round have got people talking about the format, in which all teams play each other once before the competition splits into a top six/bottom six for the second round.
In week one, both Upper Clutha B and Cromwell B defaulted for various reasons, and with a draw the likes of which Cromwell B has been handed, it's no wonder.
Last Saturday, against Arrowtown, without a practice under its belt, Cromwell B surrendered 107 points to the visiting side.
Cromwell B's first four matches of the 2014 season look like this: Maniototo, Arrowtown, Clyde-Earnscleugh, Wakatipu.
Maniototo is the defending champion and will be hard to beat this year, Arrowtown has been a regular top four contender for the better part of a decade, and Wakatipu was the beaten finalist in 2013 and holds the White Horse Cup.
The second-tier sides already struggling in this format, so who wants a draw like that?
The other talking point is the new Speight's Jug, which is supposed to give teams extra incentive to win on any given Saturday, the holder having to put it on the line each week.
But with the way it worked out, Maniototo won it by default from Cromwell B in the first round, so other teams will be lucky to see it at all, this season.
There might be a positive out of all of this, however.
Roxburgh, a team which voted for the format, has come on in leaps and bounds in just one season and looks like it will push seriously hard for a spot in the top six this year.
Roxburgh made a good fist of its round one match against Arrowtown, leading for the majority of the first half, and then beat Matakanui Combined 23-5 last weekend with a four-try bonus point.
Playing matches at Easter also has not gone down well, with most sides having to play earlier in the week, or players sacrificing time with their families for rugby.
There is no easy solution, but common sense must prevail.
