Quote: ali "That's a bit different Neil, the A League is probably about the 50th strongest football league in the world, where as the Super League is the second best Rugby League competition in the world. But to answer your question, the poms probably would go and watch because they love soccer. Remember the old Northern Spirit team, half their supporters were English! Perth Glory used to be like that too, and it's probably still the same now.
I think you've bought the Gus Gould line too much regarding Super League being a rubbish competition. It's pretty obvious that Gus watches the Super League with Aussie blinkers on (if he in fact even watches it????)
The fact is it's a decent standard if Rugby League, and the top half a dozen teams would more than hold their own in the NRL. Times have changed since 1997 when the English Super League was a rubbish standard, the southern hemisphere teams destroyed them in the World Club Challenge. If you repeated that event now, the Super League teams would win 30-40% of games in my opinion, though Quins would undoubtedly struggle on current form.
I've been here for a two and a half years and been to about every second Quins game. The fact is if you are a Rugby League fan you'll get down there and enjoy it, because after all it is Rugby League.'"
Are you an Aussie? where are you living now?
It's right what you say about Gussie, but you have to admit he does know his footy. I'll be honest I don't really know enough about the game over here to comment, it seldom gets a mention back home and it's not that popular here in London from what I've seen.
Im not trying to put shiit on the British game but you have to agree it's still the place where the likes of Craig Fitzgibbon come for a pension!
and yet they rant and rave about it here.
