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All that rugby puts hairs on your chest,
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That is actually hilarious.
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RU is a dying game in Australia, hopefully the South Africans will pull out of the S14 and really destroy it!
If we can get Wellington and Perth in the NRL and continue to build up the Warriors support then RL will be truly No1 in Oceania!
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| Quote: JB Down Under "RU is a dying game in Australia, hopefully the South Africans will pull out of the S14 and really destroy it!
If we can get Wellington and Perth in the NRL and continue to build up the Warriors support then RL will be truly No1 in Oceania!'"
agree with that
2012 when the TV rights go up a lot and we expand to central coast and perth will be that time i think
soccer has taken unions 3rd spot and the good thing about them is they help us get our grounds improved. its win win
becuase of soccer we have the following ground improvements :
1. melbourne - brand new 32,000 seat ground
2. newcastle - $30 million plus ground improvements and probably eventual 40,000 capacity
with a nth queensland team i hope DFS now gets upgraded to 35,000 - 40,000. |
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Sadly our ground upgrade will due to the succes of RU, soccer is still a basket case but a sleeping giant in Perth.
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[quote="Saddened":15kig0eg]Pat Richards is poop. A typical, average, run of the mill NRL outside back. Nothing special at all. Like Barrett he is a myth. He is solid enough, he can catch, he can kick goals.[/quote:15kig0eg]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_7958.jpg |
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Well it doesnt say much for a sport that takes 3 major nations to form one league with less teams than the NRL.......
Such a boring sport and i will never understand why its so much more popular worldwide.......
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Don't regret the rules I broke, when I die...
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| Quote: Bondi_Warrior "Such a boring sport and i will never understand why its so much more popular worldwide.......'"
Because it's played in the private schools of the ruling classes. |
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"As you travel through life don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things" - George Carlin
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| Quote: The Curtism "Because it's played in the private schools of the ruling classes.'"
What a load of class warfare b*llocks. |
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| Quote: Andy Gilder "What a load of class warfare b*llocks.'"
hes right
more or less union is mostly a game for the middle / upper class whilst RL has its roots in working class areas. |
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"As you travel through life don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things" - George Carlin
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| Quote: dally messenger "hes right
more or less union is mostly a game for the middle / upper class whilst RL has its roots in working class areas.'"
And that's what has prevented league from spreading to a wider global audience is it, which was the crux of his point? If you apply that logic you would conclude that most Aussies are working class but most Kiwis are middle class given the respective interest in the two codes in those countries.  |
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| Quote: Andy Gilder "And that's what has prevented league from spreading to a wider global audience is it, which was the crux of his point? If you apply that logic you would conclude that most Aussies are working class but most Kiwis are middle class given the respective interest in the two codes in those countries. ![]()
hes right on that too.
union has friends in high places to make up for a lack of a proper fan base (except nz and SA)
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| Quote: I haven't seen the Fox Sports numbers yet, but the number I do know is that last weekend's game almost 33,000 people voted with their feet to see the Waratahs in action in western Sydney at ANZ Stadium. "However, NSW Rugby chief executive Jim L'Estrange said while he was unaware of the pay-TV ratings, he was quick to dismiss suggestions his code was inferior to league.
"I haven't seen the Fox Sports numbers yet, but the number I do know is that last weekend's game almost 33,000 people voted with their feet to see the Waratahs in action in western Sydney at ANZ Stadium."'"
BS to the first paragraph.
And to the 2nd... Yeah, because that is where the money is next time the contract negotiations come around
Anyway I just took a quick count and in all 4 Sydney games friday - sunday, 74,221 people attended. If the 'tahs were that popular they would fill Homebush |
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How can the ARU even be thinking about expanding to a 5th team after seeing these figures. When the NRL expands and probably with even more AFL expansion they're in a heap of trouble.
Wallabies have 4 Pro teams yet are third in the world? suppose a brave bit of league poaching goes on!
Hopefully the under 20s well overtake s14 figures. Decline decline
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The Under 20s TV figures were better than union's Super 14 last year as well...
It is not a case of "catching up" for the Toyota Cup.
More, a case of caught up, gone past and never to be seen again by the ARU.
Union is heading for 6th footballing spot in Australia behind gaelic and gridiron at this rate.
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Don't regret the rules I broke, when I die...
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| Quote: Andy Gilder "What a load of class warfare b*llocks.'"
My friend I used to play union and most of the guys on my team were from private schools. |
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