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I have been living in Brisbane for 9 months now and the amount of league coverage is great although when i visited Melbourne there wasn't half as much coverage with AFL being the page filler there. Soccer in Australia doesn't normally get much coverage i think the average crowd the Brisbane Roar got before the playoffs and final was only around 7,000.
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TBF those are not national papers they are State papers. The only national paper we have is The Australian and the RL coverage is no better than the other main sports. In NSW and Q'land the papers are full of RL but try to find a RL story in a WA or Victoria paper.
It's like comparing the Yorkshire post or Hull Daily Mail to the Sun or Times.
Soccer is a joke sport in this country as is RU.
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At least we are all reaping the awards of the picket of the Telegraph offices, Rugby League is barely out of the paper these days.
Oh wait...
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[quote="dally messenger":1gysl9ow]was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have[/quote:1gysl9ow]
[quote="eels fan":1gysl9ow]You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.[/quote:1gysl9ow]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6679.png |
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| Quote: Dave Lister "At least we are all reaping the awards of the picket of the Telegraph offices, Rugby League is barely out of the paper these days.
Oh wait...'"
Careful listy..I was branded a Union troll for pointing out what a total and utter waste of time that "campaign" was ![]() rl 4th on the list
Southern Australia rlhttps://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sportrl 4th
Northern Territories rlhttps://www.ntnews.com.au/rl3rd
Tasmania rlhttps://www.themercury.com.au/rl not there  |
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So is there no biggest sport that is massive in Australia?
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Fat blokes in the mud, flat caps, bogs that drain pi55 directly onto your boots - Now it's all 'Big Ask', 'Arm Wrestle', 'Collision' 'Contact' 'Facials' 'Upper Body Strength' 'Big Units' 'Scooting from Dummy Half' 'Energy Levels' 'Laying the Platform' ‘Middles’ and 'T-R-Y'. Let’s not forget resilience.:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_32137.jpg |
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| Quote: j.c "So is there no biggest sport that is massive in Australia?'"
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[quote="Tarquin Fuego":3e09qe5x] I love Jamie and have done since he was 10 years old. [/quote:3e09qe5x]
[quote="The Reason":3e09qe5x]Hi Andy
The Rugby Football League are in the process of reviewing the video that you are referring to. We do not condone behaviour of this nature and have contacted the player’s employer, Hull F.C., who have confirmed that they are dealing with the incident under their club rules.
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Camel shooting.
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[quote="dally messenger":1gysl9ow]was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have[/quote:1gysl9ow]
[quote="eels fan":1gysl9ow]You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.[/quote:1gysl9ow]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6679.png |
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| Quote: gutterfax "Careful listy..I was branded a Union troll for pointing out what a total and utter waste of time that "campaign" was ![]() rl 4th on the list
Southern Australia rlhttps://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sportrl 4th
Northern Territories rlhttps://www.ntnews.com.au/rl3rd
Tasmania rlhttps://www.themercury.com.au/rl not there ![]()
Auckland is part of Australia now apparently.
C'mon Gutters, get your act together champ. Over half the population live in RL states.
What would you prefer, we split QLD and NSW up into tiny states like WA, SA and Tas just so we can say it's played in more states...
Not to mention that the AFL pays News Ltd to run stories in the newspapers around the country (It came out in the C9 court hearings), makes it look like there is more support for it than there actually is.
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Following up:
Ten of the largest 15 cities in the country are RL through and through, and one of the remaining five (Albury) is 50/50 RL and AFL.
Interestingly none of them have RU as the top sport...
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Following up:
Ten of the largest 15 cities in the country are RL through and through, and one of the remaining five (Albury) is 50/50 RL and AFL.
Interestingly none of them have RU as the top sport...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ci ... population | |
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Do they still play RU here?
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[quote="dally messenger":1gysl9ow]was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have[/quote:1gysl9ow]
[quote="eels fan":1gysl9ow]You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.[/quote:1gysl9ow]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6679.png |
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| I know where Auckland is Loks....I was just highlighting that outside Sydney and Brisbane, RL isn't the massive game some paint it to be on here.
As for Union....don't believE all the bad press I get...I have no love of the game, but I do admire the way it is administrated and run........whilst the NRL and some of the more rabid elements who support it, will tell you that the new Billion dollar TV deal will be a game changer, you should temper it with exactly wht is beng sold here.....
201 live NRL games a season
60+ Toyota Cup games a season
3 SoO Games a season
2 Internationals (minimum) a season, All stars game & country city...
1,340 games $750,000 a game..........
Union will collect $2,100,000 per game for the 2015 RWC.......before TV Rights, Sponsorship and merchandise sales. Union currently ploughs about ₤150,000,000 over 4 years into development of the game around the world......the NRL will add 2 more australian teams to its competition.........
As I say, I am no fan of Union, but you have to admire what the IRB have done with "a pigs ear"  |
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| lol S15 is the only comp in this hemisphere that is REDUCING its salary cap. Yeh they are going great guns |
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[quote="Tarquin Fuego":3e09qe5x] I love Jamie and have done since he was 10 years old. [/quote:3e09qe5x]
[quote="The Reason":3e09qe5x]Hi Andy
The Rugby Football League are in the process of reviewing the video that you are referring to. We do not condone behaviour of this nature and have contacted the player’s employer, Hull F.C., who have confirmed that they are dealing with the incident under their club rules.
Regards,
Matthew[/quote:3e09qe5x]:23521.jpg |
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| Quote: JB Down Under "lol S15 is the only comp in this hemisphere that is REDUCING its salary cap. Yeh they are going great guns ![]()
Are they, By how much?
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[quote="dally messenger":1gysl9ow]was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have[/quote:1gysl9ow]
[quote="eels fan":1gysl9ow]You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.[/quote:1gysl9ow]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6679.png |
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| Quote: JB Down Under "lol S15 is the only comp in this hemisphere that is REDUCING its salary cap. Yeh they are going great guns ![]()
Yep.....they are having to cut their cloth accoringly.
What will the NRL do with it's new 1 billion TV deal? Will it invest in the future, or will it throw cash at the 16 teams, 14 of which are running at a loss, then add another 2 teams, and hope the TV money continues to rise in 2017 
We get it JB, Club League is bigger than Club Union in Australia......good job they have 7 home tests this year (they made $21 million in 2008 from gate receipts at 6 tests) and a 4 match European tour in the Autumn.....and then the B&I Lions in 2013.......they made a loss in the last RWC year in 2007.....they whinged...they've made a loss last year...they're whinging....they'll make a profit in 2012.
By the way, the IRB will invest 150,000,000 GBP into the development of their game over 4 years.....how much are the RLIF going to invest in League around the world in the same period? How much did the RFL pay for the rights to host the RLWC 2013? Was it a figure close to the 100 million the RFU are coughing up for the 2015 Tournament? Maybe it was closer to the 115,000,000 the Japanese are paying for the one in 2019?
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