Quote JonB95="JonB95"Can always trust gutterfax to derail a thread on international rugby league.'"
what? by pointing out where these international players actually come from? There are more South African born players at RLWC 2013 than Irish born.....the thread was designed to show how global the sport has become,........I am simply showing you the emperors new clothes
Quote JonB95="JB Down Under"Generally if your going to choose a role model you don't pick one with major problems. Sure learn how to grow the int game but union would not be my pick of codes to model myself on generally. In fact the rfl need to look closer to home and work closer with the NRL now the game in Oz is getting its act together.'"
off your rocker buddy...off it totally!!!
Australia is a rock with 2 main winter sports....and luckily for the NRL and the AFL, wendyball is a summer sport, otherwise, it would simply be a matter of time before both of these Aussie staples would be playing second fiddle to the global giant.
As for Union.....I have shown elsewhere that the Irish RFU, a 3rd tier sport at best, generates more revenue from a few internationals and 4 provincial sides than the RFL....Pipe dreams about parity, let alone overtaking Union anywhere other than in NSW and Qlnd are the stuff that delivers the men in white coats.
Exhibit C: The BBC pay AU$67,000,000 cash a year for 15 games of Union each year.....the NRL gets AU$ 200,000,000 in cash and contra for 400+ games a year including SoO.
Tell me again how the RFL need to learn from an organisation that is more insular than the AFL?
