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[quote="dally messenger":1gysl9ow]was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have[/quote:1gysl9ow] [quote="eels fan":1gysl9ow]You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.[/quote:1gysl9ow]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6679.png



Quote: JB Down Under "Lol the bledisloe cup has dropped from an audience of 1.5mill to 625k, less than your avg NRL game. The super 15 final featuring nsw attracted 325k, less than your avg pay for view NRL game. Bloody slow used to be the only relevant union event in Australia but even that has diminished to levels that will soon be eclipsed by the socceroos pushing union to 4th place In the Australian sporting landscape.

Steve Allen, managing director of media firm Fusion Strategy, is not so sure.

“It’ll be a great effort if they get [a national TV audience] of 800,000 on Saturday night.

“It just isn’t one of the top-tier sports on TV any more.”
Im not sure where anyone said union in aussie wasnt a basket case. As for globally, bot games are minnows but compared to each other internationally, union is absolutely huge by comparison.
Pulling random bad news stats out of a hat proves nothing........rwc2015 will already have sold more tickets than 2013 rlwc.....cold hard facts on the glo ba stage is where it matters

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Why would I care how popular RU is in argentina or japan? I have as much interest as how popular basjpketball is in Greece or archery in butan. I care about how RL is travelling in every country And especially in Australia where I live. I love how you spout on about the superiority of union yet when I bring up about it in my country you go off all global lol like I care. I have little interest in how big the RUWC will be, I am just really pleased the RLWC was a great success for our game. When I get chance to lol at union I will enjoy it given the sht they have tried to heap on RL over the years.

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[quote="dally messenger":1gysl9ow]was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have[/quote:1gysl9ow] [quote="eels fan":1gysl9ow]You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.[/quote:1gysl9ow]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6679.png



Quote: JB Down Under "Why would I care how popular RU is in argentina or japan? I have as much interest as how popular basjpketball is in Greece or archery in butan. I care about how RL is travelling in every country And especially in Australia where I live. I love how you spout on about the superiority of union yet when I bring up about it in my country you go off all global lol like I care. I have little interest in how big the RUWC will be, I am just really pleased the RLWC was a great success for our game. When I get chance to lol at union I will enjoy it given the sht they have tried to heap on RL over the years.'"

LOL away at union......meanwhile the facts never change in regards which sport is better or which sport is bigger. Your supposed aloofness does little to hide your insecurities about how local league is.......maybe if they give you the western nrl team you crave you can at least say its a national game

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Quote: gutterfax "Im not sure where anyone said union in aussie wasnt a basket case. As for globally, bot games are minnows but compared to each other internationally, union is absolutely huge by comparison.
Pulling random bad news stats out of a hat proves nothing........rwc2015 will already have sold more tickets than 2013 rlwc.....cold hard facts on the glo ba stage is where it matters'"


But with all that wealth, theystill have to poach league players and let's be honest, union in the north is slightly more popular as league in the south.

If the RFL had the money the RFU did, and we had to rely on poaching other talent, and not really made any gains on the non-heartlands, they would be uproar on here.

Of course the union WC will dwarf leagues WC in terms of attendances and profit, but te 2013 WC made further gains on the international stage. Shame we lost Sally Bolton which is typical of RL.

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[quote="dally messenger":1gysl9ow]was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have[/quote:1gysl9ow] [quote="eels fan":1gysl9ow]You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.[/quote:1gysl9ow]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6679.png



Quote: JB Down Under "Why would I care how popular RU is in argentina or japan? I have as much interest as how popular basjpketball is in Greece or archery in butan. I care about how RL is travelling in every country And especially in Australia where I live. I love how you spout on about the superiority of union yet when I bring up about it in my country you go off all global lol like I care. I have little interest in how big the RUWC will be, I am just really pleased the RLWC was a great success for our game. When I get chance to lol at union I will enjoy it given the sht they have tried to heap on RL over the years.'"

LOL away at union......meanwhile the facts never change in regards which sport is better or which sport is bigger. Your supposed aloofness does little to hide your insecurities about how local league is.......maybe if they give you the western nrl team you crave you can at least say its a national game

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