Jeez, stop getting so defensive! He's compared RL to, um, RL! Wheres the crime in that? Embrace and congratulate them on the record crowds. It's been a great effort this weekend, especially by the Warriors.

I think my respnse was better
Off to bed now.......OD'd on League this weekend, won the attendance charity bet on the NRL boards........and Quins RL doing Saints at Widnes was the jam in my doughnut

Manly could've done without the condescending thread title though. It grates me as a massive NRL fan.

Yes,and more to come this weekend...
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Then what is?

Alot things have been said on here about me in the past that grates me.But you don't hear me crying about it...

Maybe because RL is pretty much the top sport in Australia....how about we compare the attendance figures for the Aussie soccer comp...Hyandi A league or whatever it's called and compare that to the English Premier League?!!

Agree that Australia have done wonders in getting the sport and NRL up there with media and viewing figures....maybe now they should concentrate on getting the whole country to know about it...not just 2 States.

You mean like us? Oh, wait..

Hey, I agree that the RFL isn't doing national exposure very much good...but then again, what sports NGB does!?!

Why the hate towards the NRL? The product from Australia is top quality and a higher standard than the SL. I can see why people think they should do more to grow the game but u cant knock what they have done to RL in OZ. The NRL is widely regarded as the best rugby competition (from either code) in the world and while its live attendence numbers are below the AFL its tv ratings are not. The NRL draws great numbers and I expect this season they will be great again putting the NRL in a v strong position for the next tv deal.

We should be asking how they turned things around and made there product box office? They have had the AFL and Rugby Union as competitors and have come out smiling.

My friend has won a 2 week all expenses paid holiday to Melbourne. I told him to go and watch the storm and his response was "Australian RL is not very good and the teams in SL are better". I did try and stress to him he really needs to go and watch a NRL game!!

NRL is slightly better than SL........but it is better. It seems to played at a faster rate and with more intensity.....but SL has got better over the last couple of years IMO.
Dogs v Tigers or Roosters v Bunnies this week better than anything I have seen of SL this year so far.....and the Warriors after the first 20 minutes looked really good too....but I repeat, SL isn't as far off as some would have you think.
Just watched highlights of Saints v Quins......when teams are prepared to stop f*(king around at the PTB Rugby League is lightyears ahead of anything else.

what I dont get is why more young british guys are not prepared to have a go at NRL... they will find it hard, and the media scrutiny is intrusive.. but the rewards are great!

find it hard I've been to Sydney and I've been to Wigan. If I were a 20 something year old RL prospect and as nice as wigan is, I'd be off like a shot!

That is as much an Australian ego thing as a British taking the opportunity thing. Most Aussies still see British RL as far inferior so they are unlikely to chase English players, especially when NZ is so much closer!