There's really no need for that response simply because you don't like what I have to say. I'm a rugby league fan first and foremost but I'm not blind to the inherent problems the sport appears unable to solve... embarrassing lack of bums on seats being one of them... comparatively speaking.


That's called sticking your head in the sand.


I've been to Sydney and Melbourne on countless occasions and they both offer a multitude of cultural and social attractions which compete for people's engagement and disposable incomes. Dismissing Melbourne as a social and cultural desert which has nothing else to offer apart from AFL is an ignorant, lazy and desperate effort to explain away Sydney's relatively poor NRL attendances.


I've no idea whether those stats are true or not but if they are then it's safe to conclude that NRL attendances in Sydney won't be competing with attendances like those in Melbourne anytime soon.


Correct, but they aren't translating to bums on seats in Sydney in anything like significant numbers. A semi-decent attendance of 30K at an NRL game in Sydney at ANZ looks embarrassing with all those empty seats and is not a good look on TV. I've read other excuses for poor attendances in Sydney like... oh, the weather was terrible, it was raining... well, the weather in Melbourne is more changeable than Sydney and it doesn't affect AFL supporters ability to turn up to games.

You know there's a problem with the sport when the focus and agenda becomes obsessed with TV ratings and how allegedly wonderful and positive they are. This is an argument which has crept into the thinking of insecure acolytes of Super League in recent years too.


The number of league players switching codes is insignificant and yet another insecure knee-jerk of the highest order.


Yes they do have rows and rows of empty seats along with sply occupied grassy knolls, unless it's the NRL equivalent of a local derby fixture.


It might not be realistic in Sydney but it's realistic in Melbourne at the MCG or Etihad. Those stadiums get filled for regular season AFL games.

I bet you've had more TV dinners in front of the TV watching NRL games than the number of NRL games and grounds I've been to. Gotta keep up those TV ratings, eh?
You are full of Shixt
Where were you born and where do you live?

Relevance?

I could be from the Valley, Ebbw Vale, Sherwood, Cleveland, Ipswich, Windsor, Indooroopilly, Yeerongpilly, Burpengary, Glasshouse Mountains, Wacol Prison, Tittybong, Burrumbuttock, Chinaman's Knob, Mount Buggery, Mount Coot-tha or Rum Jungle... it's irrelevant.

This is turning interesting.

WelL, that turned into a bitchfest. Reminds me. Of the times I had to step in and issue multiple bans on the NRL boards. There's a simple rule to poting on these boards: play nicely or don't play at all. Two posters will now be taking a break to think about that.