There was one player from Ireland actually, but I agree there were too many heritage players in the tournament. Countries like the USA and Italy could have picked more locals, were it not for stupid bans on certain players and I disagree with the common belief that if you're Australian, you must be good at RL. My beef is that the heritage aspect only comes up with RL, but you see Cricket teams (like England for example) with several heritage players, yet no one says a thing, but RL is continuously mocked over it.

Next they'll be telling us the soccer World Cup and Olympics also had bigger audiences than a SL game avg!

Now you're just making things up, what's your agenda?

Not so much your figures but I will debunk your geography? Which beach in Kazakhstan would you be making reference to, please do inform.