Quote: Horatio Yed "But it's a concept created by Rugby for rugby, not for the fans, it would seem selling tickets and merchandise is just an added bonus.
How is playing a team of over the hill, has-been antipodeans that muster almost zero fans going to excite fans? there is little to no atmosphere and the players even give the impression of being half-d.
It might have worked years ago when we attracted very good southern hemisphere players but the quality has dropped considerably.
I can be positive about rugby, i even shared the links on facebook about this game having little to no interest.
This game is a nothing game, we have players openly admitting they won't be in the WC squad, we have half the team out playing in Oz.
It's a garbage game, that serves little purpose and i reserve my right to moan about something i don't agree with.'"
The Barbarians, and 'Rest of the world' games in RU don't seem to have trouble selling tickets, and drawing a crowd. We had a mid season game against France before this and a lot of the posters on here moaning about the Exiles game wanted rid of that as well. It seems to me unless its a England/GB vs Aus game RL fans in this country simply don't care about international RL.
