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| sorry . i will make this clearer for the ones who are pretending to be numbty muppets. SOO state of origin,nsw vs queensland. we played one on the west coast of the usa in the 1980s remember,we got a crowd of over 3,000 in california,we could take another there....  |
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| Quote: Viva La Vikings!! "There goes our franchise spot in 2012'"
thats the first time a widnes fan has made me laugh out loud. |
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| Quote: manly4ever "Coming from a troll what do you expect? ![]()
they have tried for over 50 years to get the yanks playing league.
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Tomahawks' critics can't see the big picture: ![]()
"Soccer never used to be a big sport in the US, but then they got the money in and it became a professional sport and now they go to the World Cup.
"There's no reason their league team can't get to the World Cup if they keep improving."
In the game in Philadelphia the week before last, the Australians trailed 24-6 at half-time before lifting enough to win 36-24.
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Tomahawks' critics can't see the big picture: ![]()
"Soccer never used to be a big sport in the US, but then they got the money in and it became a professional sport and now they go to the World Cup.
"There's no reason their league team can't get to the World Cup if they keep improving."
In the game in Philadelphia the week before last, the Australians trailed 24-6 at half-time before lifting enough to win 36-24.
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| Quote: erich hartmann "they have tried for over 50 years to get the yanks playing league.'"
i thought theyd spent 50 years trying to get you to say something positive about RL. |
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anytime an american sees State Of Origin for the first time they freak out and say where has this sport been all my life?
they cant believe the physicality of it, with the players not wearing pads or helmets, or the skills shown.
if you want RL to grow all you have to do is use these games to promote the sport.
its little wonder the event gets 10 million TV viewers a year, and crowds of 150,000 - 200,000 depending on which grounds are used
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www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/s ... 8403.shtml Q: Can rugby be popular in America?
What you've seen in America is that there is room in this very, very big market for niche sports to have a following, for people to develop a fan base around niche sports. Jacksonville has its own rugby team, they played in the American league final, and Jacksonville can have a little place in the world of rugby. Sports is really changing, the internationalization of sports. The NFL has played a game in London, and on Jan. 26 - Australia Day - we're going to bring the best rugby team from England against the team that wants to be the best in Australia.
garry.smits@jacksonville.com, (904) 359-4362
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www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/s ... 8403.shtml Q: Can rugby be popular in America?
What you've seen in America is that there is room in this very, very big market for niche sports to have a following, for people to develop a fan base around niche sports. Jacksonville has its own rugby team, they played in the American league final, and Jacksonville can have a little place in the world of rugby. Sports is really changing, the internationalization of sports. The NFL has played a game in London, and on Jan. 26 - Australia Day - we're going to bring the best rugby team from England against the team that wants to be the best in Australia.
garry.smits@jacksonville.com, (904) 359-4362
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| Quote: dally messenger "anytime an american sees State Of Origin for the first time they freak out and say where has this sport been all my life?
they cant believe the physicality of it, with the players not wearing pads or helmets, or the skills shown.
if you want RL to grow all you have to do is use these games to promote the sport.
its little wonder the event gets 10 million TV viewers a year, and crowds of 150,000 - 200,000 depending on which grounds are used'" You mean in OZ? |
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The former international centre and New York City public-works big shot said Matt Cooper had a step "like Fred Astaire", wondered at the strength of prop "Peteero Civonisensia", and hyped up the crowd about "Will Mason", "Shane Timmons" and "The Truck" O'Meley.
Those who were there seemed to love it - despite the rain in the final quarter - and, while it looked like a 5000 crowd, NRL chief operating officer Graham Annesley said the figure was more like 8000.
"The amount of publicity we got for the game over the past week ... was really satisfying given the profile of the game in this country," said Annesley, who said before the match it could have attracted 20,000.
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The former international centre and New York City public-works big shot said Matt Cooper had a step "like Fred Astaire", wondered at the strength of prop "Peteero Civonisensia", and hyped up the crowd about "Will Mason", "Shane Timmons" and "The Truck" O'Meley.
Those who were there seemed to love it - despite the rain in the final quarter - and, while it looked like a 5000 crowd, NRL chief operating officer Graham Annesley said the figure was more like 8000.
"The amount of publicity we got for the game over the past week ... was really satisfying given the profile of the game in this country," said Annesley, who said before the match it could have attracted 20,000.
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fair dinkum, you chappies are dreamers.
you need to develop a sport from the grass roots before it can succeed... that means getting the schools to play and developing a fan base.
you cant just plonk a pro sport team into alien territory and expect it to work.
stop dreaming about world domination you little napoleons and concentrate on saving the existing league clubs about to go broke.
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| Quote: erich hartmann "fair dinkum, you chappies are dreamers.
you need to develop a sport from the grass roots before it can succeed... that means getting the schools to play and developing a fan base.
you cant just plonk a pro sport team into alien territory and expect it to work.
stop dreaming about world domination you little napoleons and concentrate on saving the existing league clubs about to go broke.'" Just like 100 years ago when RL was started here in this beautiful country of ours .I suppose back then they were dreaming aswell eh? 
By the way I was in homebush on on saturday, and before the manly and dogs game went to the pub to watch the warriors and parra game,they had one TV for yawnion and the other for League .The whole crowd was watching league, the union nada. |
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| Quote: erich hartmann "fair dinkum, you chappies are dreamers.
you need to develop a sport from the grass roots before it can succeed... that means getting the schools to play and developing a fan base.
you cant just plonk a pro sport team into alien territory and expect it to work.
stop dreaming about world domination you little napoleons and concentrate on saving the existing league clubs about to go broke.'"
this coming from a union fan. |
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Was reading somewhere that someone who grew up liking American football could relate to rugby league more than rugby union. I don’t think rugby league will ever be as big as American football over there but I do think in the next ten years we can see crowds of around 10k flocking to the stadiums which is a start.
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| Quote: erich hartmann "they have tried for over 50 years to get the yanks playing league.'"
they already do petal. rlhttps://www.amnrl.comrl  |
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| Quote: Hollywood Harrigan "How crap is that logo ![]()
They are most likely to call it the WRL:
WORLD RUGBY LEAGUE.
Cause the world revolves around America, right?
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