Rubbish.

Gutterfax,

Blah blah blah something about union blah blah

Add the word "again" to the thread title and you are getting some way to understanding the history of the game in NZ...

Rugby union is the fourth of the football codes in Australia. That is an acknowledged fact in this country.

Rugby league towers above it.

Enough evidence, Sherlock?

This would count if Australia was the only country in the world. Other than Australia, Union owns League in every other corner of the globe unless you want to start getting obscure by pointing me towards PNG and other places where league beats Union. The other big rugby playing nations of the world in England, France, South Africa and New Zealand - Union is more popular than league.

I don't have the time or desire to re-argue most of the rubbish in your OP (almost all of which I have dealt with in other threads previously).

This comment "Rugby Union’s Super 14 attracts more fans than rugby leagues NRL down under..." is flat out wrong as but one example early in your "piece".

Your argument in the OP is incoherent and rambling.

I think you’ll find that your wrong and this ‘time and desire’ that you claim to not have is just a smoke screen to stop you from fooling yourself any further.

At the end of the day the Super 14 is based in three nations and its only Australia where it performs badly. Your failure to acknowledge the bigger picture is there for everyone to see.

spot on.

australia is the biggest market of the 3. its like saying RL does really well in the north of england but only fails in london

think about this for a second :

the next nrl contract will go close to DOUBLE the S15 (incuding all test matches)

each week close to 5 million cumulative viewers watch the nrl. the same figure for S14 in australia is around 500,000.

the S15 is a failed competition.

RU is built on minor positions in every single nations its played bar nz.

its a tiny sport worldwide.

at least in australia where its big, it has a fair population to work with.

and its still growing

so you dont know any kiwis players whove jumped ship for origin


and an nrl team in south africa over PNG, wellington, ipswich, central queensland, perth, adelaide?

damo you are from leeds

you still keep calling them the tykes when theyve changed their name to carnegie

this shows how much you know about union in your own city, let alone anywhere else.

it will all come down to market forces.

the sport with the most money will get the most players to it

where the elite players go so will many of the fans

if our next TV contract is around 800 million or above, the S15 will be facing a drain of players into RL from then on

NRL clubs will be cashed up and hungry for talent.

An excellent post CM and if the NRL salary cap did rise significantly it would be good for the game of RL.
The only problem with this though is that the best talent would leave the British game and it would effect the quality of the Superleague.
But in saying that if it means the top talent of RL going to Australia instead of union them I am all for it.