Arguments that one sport is superior to all or any others can never be resolved and serve little or no purpose. All sports have a place, but many also have the capacity to adapt and evolve in response to changing trends in society.

i think they serve a useful purpose, especially when some sports just lie about their popularity

union as a sport hasnt changed in 100 years

its destined to following test match cricket into irrelevancy

too slow, boring and error strewn

RL will simply corner the market

you well may be right......and Union will vanish, but if you compare the [sizeGLOBAL[/size viewing figures for the RUWC as say...against the [sizeGLOBAL[/size viewing figures for the 4 Nations, RLWC and Origin combined, I think you'll find that the "liars" are targeting the right people.
The RUWC is now officially (according to the [sizeGLOBAL[/size media) the third largest sporting event in the WORLD after FIFA WC and the Olympics and before the TROLL HUNTERS COME OUT IN FORCE....I am not backing Union............just pointing out a fact as against an opinion from Dally M.
You will notice that I "bolded" the word GLOBAL so as to ensure that the troll hunters were sure I wasn't talking about their little beice of the [sizeGLOBE[/size that they seem to think is [sizeTHE GLOBE[/size

because the aussie trolls get a hard on when you mention viewing figures, the rugby world cup is only third behind the fifa world cup and the olympics. Im not sure if the rugby league world cup made the top 50

union is a decling sport

in terms of lies i remember a claim of 1 billion viewers watching the union world cup




rl doesnt need to lie, its got the product and the players, thats all that matters.

anyway there is more action in samoa vs tonga in RL than the union WC final

you just can match the skill of our players

not quite, we need the management as well!

we do.
people like searle, greenberg, gallop and richard lewis

google their names

succesful sports dont need to lie.

we dont, union does

Regards

Andrew Johns and Shane Webcke

Correct. A bunch of old codgers sat in an office on a back street in Dublin have managed to take a minority sport and turn it into the 3rd most watched sport on the planet in 15 years. Regardless of the "shamateur" status of the game before 1995, the advent of professionalism in Union has seen the game become a money spinner.....maybe not at grass roots or club level, where league excells, but on a global stage. Add to that, the introduction of sevens to the olympics and the popularity of the IRB Sevens tour and you have a sport with global reach.
Rugby League has a much better club set up and Super 14/15 and ther GP are in real trouble, but when you can command revenues from TV for the 3rd most watched sporting event on the planet, you can afford to be as useless as the individual RU boards are.
League could learn a lot from the Business side of Union on an international stage.....

why is the GP in trouble?

lots of money, massive media and the home of the game

conclusion - you cant flog a dead horse

I only added the GP to keep the flies off my post

3rd my .

I can name 3 soccer tournaments which outrank it to start with...

JON has caught a few more rah rah trolls.