You can pay on the door,it's always been like that from day 1.

To have to play another game to attract a crowd isn't good marketing. Good marketing is attracting people to the advertised event. To change the event means the marketing was so poor they couldn't get enough people to the original event.

It's like moving the England/Cumbria game to Old Trafford with the Grand Final because they couldn't get a crowd. Is that good marketing?

Sydney shouldn't get tests next time around until they can prove they are going to put the effort in. This game would have probably got more in Perth.

Where's Jonesy when you need him?

it was always the intention to play the tonga game as a warm up

so you think having 2 games played at once is a bad thing to offer paying customers?

It's not bad for the paying customer, no. It's bad for business and the image of the game that we need to have a curtain raiser to attract a crowd to see the best team in the world play at home.

Why don't they play it in PNG? There would be a capacity crowd at the ground and another 15,000 in trees around the ground to see it.

They really dont have any ambition do they.

hey you thought they moved samoa vs tonga because there were poor ticket sales initially

so its good for the customer huh?

then its good marketing

Just because something is good for the customer doesn't mean it is marketed well. They aren't even nearly the same thing.

I could have the best product in the world. But if it's not marketed well, no-one will buy it. If I make it better, the only people it will benefit are the few that it were marketed too before.

ahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa

It's funny because it's true

Just shows international RL is seen as a joke, in the northern and southern hemispheres.

Money, saddened. Money.

This is what really annoys me about the International Board.
Why oh why can't RL market the game properly,I mean FFS the product is there and I know it's only Aus v PNG but it is the 4 Nations.
This is supposed to be the pinnacle of RL in the only International tournament of the year,for God's sake I wish they could promote the game properly for a change,when will they ever learn.

Never!

Field of Dreams marketing from the Australians. Simply put, they though all they had to do was announce a venue and KO time and the rest would look after itself........something my club have been doing for years



Australia, whilst pretty immune from the global recession, is still a place where there are lots of other things to do on a sunny Sunday.......especially when the result of the game is pretty much bolted on. The people responsible for marketing this game should have used it as an opportunity for RL fans who go to their club games and MAJOR internationals to maybe introduce their sons/daughters to international footie. 1 adult ticket should have come with the option of getting 2 free kids tickets.......local schools should have received info on this offer (pester power works wonders) and special offers should have been made available every amateur club in the region. None of the above would have cost a lot of money....but now they've left it late....last minute TV/Radio/Press will be used.....costing money and impacting on any profit made.

We're 5 days away from what will be a cracking 4 Nations tournament and you post this

I really do wonder if Rugby League fans actually want the sport to fail sometimes

They have no clue.

And why DM is defending them I have no idea...

Colin Love and Co. your tickets out the door are waiting for collection at gate 12.

There is some truth to this....though I doubt the merits of the post.

Certainly in Australia, where the analysis rates with mackenzie's.

The fact it isn't a joke, but is often labelled as such by the ignorant and biased, is the sad issue for those of us that truly love the international game.

Time mends all wounds however and we are heading slowly in the right direction.

so offering the customer more product for the same price is a bad thing ?

lol

well get 1 million people watching the game on TV.

sorry but thats a dumb post

origin is the pinnacle of RL.

It shouldn't be nor was it designed to be.

I've just received a email from souths telling me I can discounted tickets for the game as a souths member.

Same with the Roosters. Possibly all NRL clubs then?

if england or nz could give the roos a similar type of competition as you get in origin then international RL could be the pinnacle

An origin game gets 3.3 million people watching
the best RL test matches will get 1 - 1.5 million people watching

pretty clear to me.

the only RL event which gets close to origin is the grand final.

I do agree it is dally I'm just saying it shouldn't be.

It just shows what a great game RL is .............it's survived 115 years of mismanagement by kn**head administrators

I genuinely don't know how you have the inclination never mind the balls to type that with New Zealand being world champions