Leeds played Salford for 2 reasons

A pre season warm up and to raise awareness of the sport in a country that doesn't play the sport to any great degree

Do we need a SoO game over here to raise awareness of the sport ? No

Would it fill Wembley ? No

Would it fill the JJB or Galpharm ? possibly

Will it happen ? considering how much moaning you lot do about travelling over here , No chance

Would I go to watch it ? No

1- would help ''yes'' , 2-might, 3-possibly?? what a joke . it would sell out fool. , 4-we went too the usa . played a 4th origin in LA. SO U CAN NEVER TELL , 5- most would say ''yes .

I have no interest in watching Origin games over here. Smackdown is on Sky and they have Divas too, and the moves are better.

OK, so the jist of it is you want 2 sides mainly made up of players from a team who failed in the WC to come and play a showcase game in front of a big crowd?

Er, our last 2 GF's have been just that, and they weren't 5-drives-and-a-kick fests either.

So, if you don't mind the ego blow, we'll pass thanks.

no mate its not the SL grand final.

a whole generation of bitter an twisted sour pots here . talk about hate

Correct I dont watch any aussie RL , I dont watch live SL rugby ,so I wouldn't pay to watch SoO

same reason why soccer fans of division 2 clubs would go for example to watch Champions League

because its the best RL youll ever watch

They might well watch it in the pub on the TV but doubt they would pay to watch it live

This is what we have all been telling you , british sports fans are very club loyal and tend to have little interest in watching as a neutral

Yes the Challenge Cup is well supported by neutral fans but more so as a weekend away rather than just the game

Had to check my facts - oops I overstated the crowd by 1100 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian ... on_matches 8/10/2005 London, England The Oval AFL post season exhibition West Coast Eagles v. Fremantle 18,884

Had to check my facts - oops I overstated the crowd by 1100 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian ... on_matches 8/10/2005 London, England The Oval AFL post season exhibition West Coast Eagles v. Fremantle 18,884

AFL doesnt have an origin series, theirs died out

so the comparison is between zero origin crowds for AFL vs and average of 65,000 for RL.

ill leave further comparisons to you

In Australia

Not in Britain

You might get a fair few ex pats going but they are not the people we are looking to target , you would be preaching to the converted

the comment was about australian AFL crowds.

and your comment re people only having club loyalties doesnt explain how AFL can get 20,000 there.

i can imagine mal meninga getting a hell of a lot of publicity if the game were played there.

plus theyd get other high profile aussies like wally lewis as well, imagine all that publicity for RL.

melbourne had a similar nonchalance to RL and yet they sold out their recent origin and the one this year, the ticket sales are going well.

because of it the storms crowds rose by around 50%

the publicity of origin could do a lot of good for RL in england