The Las Vegas Thread

[Canard]

Very likely to be an Australian who used to play for Souths playing in the Super Bowl, That is better promotion then any lame ad

Unfortunately the American commentators will no doubt say "former Australian Rugby player"

 

[Iamback]

Unfortunately the American commentators will no doubt say "former Australian Rugby player"

The lord Mayor of Melbourne did the same announcing the Origin.

That comes with the territory

 

[Wizardman]

I thought your post was made on Friday....lol

 

[Wizardman]

The lord Mayor of Melbourne did the same announcing the Origin.

That comes with the territory

Honestly, I would not be opposed to a name change for our sport. It is a massive hinderance for our game to be lumped together with that bore of a sport.

 

[Wb1234]

Honestly, I would not be opposed to a name change for our sport. It is a massive hinderance for our game to be lumped together with that bore of a sport.

No

 

[Wizardman]

No

The vast majority of the planet confuse us with union. To me, that is a massive marketing problem. It would be nice if it was the other way around.

 

[Wb1234]

The vast majority of the planet confuse us with union. It would be nice if it was the other way around.

The vast majority don’t even know what union is

retaining the word rugby is important for rugby league

the oldest surviving rugby clubs in the world play rugby league

 

[soc123_au]

Honestly, I would not be opposed to a name change for our sport. It is a massive hinderance for our game to be lumped together with that bore of a sport.

Top ball?

 

[Wizardman]

It is a tough one, but I'll guarantee you this.....the name IS an issue in regard to recognition of what our sport looks like. I come from a non-English background. The vast majority of people I have known would think of union rather than our game when they hear the "rugby" name.

Maybe brand the NRL name heavily.....kinda like what the UFC has done with mixed martial arts.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

Top ball?

I think it was @MugaB who suggested we get the media and stakeholders to refer to our game as NRL wherever possible as it ties in nicely with NFL and we’re not giving the other game a free pass. We really do need to wean ourselves off rugby. In the meantime I’ve been working on a title.

Sexy league. Eh? Eh?

Give it some time.

 

[Fangs]

The vast majority of the planet confuse us with union. To me, that is a massive marketing problem. It would be nice if it was the other way around.

It will fix itself.

RU is dwindling into irrelevance. And when it's gone RL will fill the void.

 

[Canard]

The vast majority don’t even know what union is

It will fix itself.

RU is dwindling into irrelevance. And when it's gone RL will fill the void.

Unfortunately, this is not even remotely true for any country not named Australia.

And it does irk me that Union is going to catch some shine off the Vegas games

 

[Wizardman]

It will fix itself.

RU is dwindling into irrelevance. And when it's gone RL will fill the void.

In this country.....yes. Everywhere else on the planet, no.....and that is a major problem with promoting our game elsewhere.

 

[Wizardman]

Unfortunately, this is not even remotely true for any country not named Australia.

Spot on

 

[Fangs]

If you say so boys.

It's a uniquely boring sport and the rest of the world will figure it out eventually.

 

[Wizardman]

If you say so boys.

It's a uniquely boring sport and the rest of the world will figure it out eventually.

You have the forward thinking and vision of an NRL club boss.

 

[Wb1234]

In this country.....yes. Everywhere else on the planet, no.....and that is a major problem with promoting our game elsewhere.

Nrl dwarfs any other rugby club competition and is growing rapidly

the first goal will be domination of the South Pacific before they worry about being big globally

You’ve got English club union which is a basketcase. France is semi decent but it’s tv deal is less than one third ours it’s tiny

 

[mozza91]

Pretty sure Union has declined a lot in New Zealand over the last few years. Warriors are the biggest club side in the country.

 

[ash the bash]

Anyone going ? If you are look for the guy in the Souths Jumper at the Mandalay Bay

Can't wait going for 9 days with the game in the middle.

 

[Iamback]

Honestly, I would not be opposed to a name change for our sport. It is a massive hinderance for our game to be lumped together with that bore of a sport.

That should be on the list.

For NRL expansion. Can just refer to it as NRL, Doesn't solve trying to expand the International game