Quote: downo "I'm not trying to spin it, we have the pinnacle of Rugby League, its mid season, its over three games & its called State of Origin, it sells out & generates unparalleled interest, & then we have this inferior product & its pretty hard to sell a second rate game, no matter how you want to spin it, like i said, the seasons over, peoples minds have entered summer time, theres a few factors, but the main one is you can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear, fact'"
That is the single biggest issue with international RL. You say SOO is the pinnacle of the sport, to be fair it probably is but it shouldn’t be. Until the sport as a whole sorts out International rugby and introduces a proper calendar and prioritises it over domestic rugby then that won’t happen. From what I’ve read the insular attitude of the NRL is largely responsible for this.