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'"
Interesting that the NRL GF attendance was under 80k for the first time in over a decade and down around 3/4K on the usual figure. Can't blame that on the English.