the comments below the article were more intelligent than the author

so much for oxford or cambridge i guess

its just a gee up dont take him seriously...

I know union fans are thick as pig 5h1t but this is unbelievable.

This has got to be a p155 take surely.

Of course it is.....he baited his hook and low and behold, not only did he get a few nibbles on the Spactator site, he's caugh a few here too





Huddersfield1895........As for ARU bankrupting the IRB.....



The IRB have more money than God. If ever you wanted to find a more corrupt, back-handed and self serving governing body you'd have a long search on your hands.......they make Goldman Sachs look both ethical and poor at the same time



Example> NZRU with the substantial backing of the Kiwi tax payer are underwritting the cost of the coming RUWC. The benefit to NZRU and the Kiwi tax payer for this $50,000,000 risk, is the potential residual revenue gained through a percentage of the ticket sales, merchandise and the associated tourism.......but everything else goes to Dublin. Now......like it or not, most Public Schoolboys do well in industry and the TV industry is loaded with these fops.

Here is another example of why the IRB will never run out of cash:

US$207 Million is what the RFU have to pay for the 2015 RUWC.....US$248 Million is the asking price for the 2019 one that the Japanese RFU met. This tournament fee comes on top of the host nation having to bear all the costs of the tournament, while the IRB, through Rugby World Cup Limited, will continue receiving from the tournament all commercial revenue, including broadcasting rights, sponsorship, corporate hospitality and travel packages.

So...just to do the maths on this....over 4 tournaments (192 games) the IRB will net in excess of AU$1 Billion dollars just from the nations wanting to host the competition. Add to that at least another AU$1 Billion in residual revenue and you'll see whey the ARU will never bankrupt them.

Like 'em or not....they now how to milk a cash cow.

From the article

[size=200"For my money, the Wallabies are Australia’s most entertaining national team in any sport right now, while the All Blacks are the most talent-packed outfit on the planet, again in any discipline."[/size


Can't really argue with that no matter how blinkered your views are

Who cares, why are you trolling on a RL forum?


The union forums must be boring eh?just like the stupid game.

It's not trolling. You should look a little closer to home for that.


The journo who wrote that article has got that part spot on.

But,who cares what some dork journo has written?


RL in Australia sh 1ts all over union in every direction.Who are the all blacks anyway?

Thanks for confirming everything I have ever thought might be the case.

When the ARU can attract over 200k fans for a single weekend of footy, then come back and confirm anything you like.

M4E just put him on ignore

when you ignore them they go away

it works really well.

I can't agree more.



as I said, the article is a pi55 take....



well said...the first 8 games of Super Rugby played in Australia attracted a paltry 146,000 an average of 18,250 or only 73% of the crowds attracted to RL...terrible....absolutely terrible



That said, thank god for the South Africans eh.......178,000 for the 7 games of the opening weekend of S15......an average of 25,428 per game . But at least that dropped to 24,300 for the next round a whole 5%.....shows how unpopular Union really is eh

Only if the NRL had one state teams like union has,then we would be averaging far more then what union would ever average.


Say for instance NRL version of S15 or is it 16? that's how much I know of union.


NSWS vs QUEENSLAND either in Sydney or in Brisbane both of them would be definate sell outs..


Then Melbourne vs Perth sell outs in both states..



Then Adelaide vs NZ both definate big pullers.


Then we have Canberra vs Newcastle both would be big pullers also...



So that's just a example,


The ARL has 100 years of tradition..


Love to see 8 teams from S15 or 16 cramped up in one state and survive.Like hope in hell.

the same sad trolls living their unhappy existence, keep bumping this thread

you almost have to feel sorry for them dont you

Over 22,000 fans at the Suncorp to see the Queensland Reds flog the Melbourne Rebels in the S15 Manly earlier.

You would think a big club like Manly would get that every week in the NRL wouldn't you seeing as Sydney is such a hotbed of RL





Mind you when 2 big named Sydney teams couldn't even break the 20,000 fans barrier for the charity shield at ANZ (played in the same city BOTH teams come from) you have to wonder if NRL really is as popular as the trolls are telling us....

Huge difference,that's one state vs other state.And plus it's a poor turnout.


Love to see the S15 have 8 teams in one state and survive....It ain't going to happen....


Plus 16,000 is not so bad for the eels and panthers game,especially in that rain.

Thanks for confirming what I said.

16,000 fans for Parra v Penrith (each teams nearest geographic rivals) is not good at all.


It seems RL in Sydney is on the decline.

That worries me.

Just out of interest what was the Brisbane Broncos attendance last week in the NRL in the same stadium?

Oh, yeah... double that

2 Queensland clubs.

Massive rivals

First fixture of the season.

Queensland Reds having the bye


Yup, you would expect there to be a big crowd.

OK, since they moved to the Suncorp, how many times have Brisbane had a crowd as low as 22k?

None...

So once you reach 4600 posts are you going to leave us again?



If so,can't wait....

lol at anyone talking about S15 crowds against NRL clubs

how dumb

S15 are state sides.

so you need to compare them with our states sides

ie Maroons - 52,500 sellout in hrs
Blues - Average 70,000

lol at the trolls

so to compare crowds :

NSW Blues 70,000 vs NSW Waratahs 22,000
Queensland Maroons - 52,000 vs Queensland Reds 18,000


or TV Ratings :

NSW Blues - 1.5 million in nsw vs NSW Waratahs - 80,000
Queensland Maroons - 1.1 million in qld vs Qld Reds - 50,000

2 state sided for league.....5 for union.......hmmmmm, I wonder which sport would claim ti have a wider appeal?

sorry for multiple posts guys but i forgot to add, indeed more people in queensland watch 1 game of origin than the entire Queensland Reds season

same for NSW too.

another way to compare is to take the aggregates :

ie Total Crowds for Pro RU in NSW - 22,000
Total for RL 200,000

Total crowds for Pro RU in queenlsand - 18,000
Total crowds for Pro RL in queensland - 80,000

cant be bothered doing TV ratings, but you guys get the idea