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Warrimoo3 said:
Apparently was something like 75/25 for the 1st match at the Gabba which prompted the idea. Apparently they were going to buy a Wallabies jersey for every Aus supporter but the cost was prohibitive so they settled on scarves and hats. Apparently a defining moment in the history of Australian rugby. From then on supporters were more willing to wear their Wallabies jerseys to matches, not just when cleaning their pool filters or walking their dogs along Balmoral beach.
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Walking their dogs along balmoral beach lmao
 
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Shows many of the games elite juniors go to private schools

League schools like palm beach Currumbin and keebra park high (titans catchment) also do well
 
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I’ve got some ideas on how to improve union as a spectacle. Take 2 players away from each team. Get rid of lineouts , rucks and mauls. Give each team say 6 tackles each. A bit left field I know but just might work.
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They would do that tomorrow if they could get away with it, but that's the ultimate Surrender in a War they started and have been raging for over a Century now. All that was asked for was broken time payments to cover losing out on working days for the working classes, but No, they didn't want the common man getting a penny, the irony been, most of that time RL players continued to work and just get by, bar the odd top elite players, and the RU Hierarchy paid people hidden in boots and behind closed doors and away from the Tax man, all the while banging on about the Amateur ethos.
 
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Danny Wielder reported on 100% footy that Papenhozen has been approached by R360

Will be interesting if R360 happens, it’ll be like Super League x 10. It’ll destroy domestic rugby comps around the world and country’s that don’t select overseas players ( France, Eng, NZ and Aus ) will be playing thier C teams.

The NRL will also be losing some players by the sounds of it.
 
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Mother Nature's Son said:
Not happy with not being selected for Origin ? Wasn`t even second in line.
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Article says bc aob is getting punted but I suspect you are right

Hes behind hammer and probably Walsh at origin. Qld were heaps better without him

Can’t see the nzru offering more than 500k. Best all blacks don’t make 1.4 million

Even France would struggle to pay those kind of dollars but their tax rates are favourable
 
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Danny Wielder reported on 100% footy that Papenhozen has been approached by R360

Will be interesting if R360 happens, it’ll be like Super League x 10. It’ll destroy domestic rugby comps around the world and country’s that don’t select overseas players ( France, Eng, NZ and Aus ) will be playing thier C teams.

The NRL will also be losing some players by the sounds of it.
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A super league war globally for union would be great news for rugby league even if it loses a dozen players

They don’t have the money to challenge the oil money and if they ban players there will be nobody left for their World Cup

Union for lucky last time they nipped packers proposed super league in the bud by going pro

Interesting times
 
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shadowformz said:
Does anyone have the text for this article
www.dailymail.co.uk

Ben Te'o: Rugby union and league must merge - and this is how

Ben Te'o has the unique distinction of playing both as a Lion and in the State of Origin. Having reached those twin peaks, he has been left with an ambitious vision - the codes reunited.
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Since his time in the 15-man game ended abruptly during the Covid pandemic in 2020, Te’o has carved out a new niche in the high-profile National Rugby League here and gained even greater conviction about a future merger.
Context is important here. When the Lions played the Brumbies in Canberra, there were thousands of empty seats and the local view was that many ticket-holders stayed away to watch the Origin decider between Queensland and New South Wales instead.
Those series are a thunderous highlight of the sporting calendar Down Under - in Australia, the Lions tour operates in the shadow of Origin and the glitzy NRL, not to mention Aussie Rules.
In this part of the world, league reigns supreme, with a broadcast deal worth seven times more than union’s. Te’o witnesses the fervour up close, as the Broncos – the Manchester United of the NRL – routinely attract crowds of 40,000-45,000 to home games at Suncorp Stadium. What the code lacks is a vibrant international landscape, which is why Origin is widely acknowledged as the ultimate level, ranking above anything in even the Test game.
With all this in mind, Te’o presented his argument for a merger – unprompted by an interviewer who made the very same case at the start of last season.
‘I think that one day, rugby league and rugby union are going to have to come together,’ he said. ‘I’ve thought about this for a long time. ‘It’s all rugby. Simplify it. Make it one game. I can see it happening.
 
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'We have strong presence in Europe, in Australia and New Zealand. Make some calls on numbers on the field and laws. Put it together and globalise it, as something that can challenge soccer and basketball.
‘You have to look at which parts of rugby union aren’t that entertaining. It might be the lineout that they get rid of. And there are too many players on the bench in union. You need some smaller guys.
‘If you look at league now, they’re all in shape – lean and really fit. That’s because they cut the number of changes and took away all the stoppages, so it creates fatigue. You just can’t be out of shape. You have to be fitter and faster. Players are a bit smaller than they were 10 years ago.’
According to Te’o, the athletic profile of league these days makes it more in tune with the genetics of a greater range of countries than union. That opens the door to expansion.
‘If you want to go into new markets, they’re smaller people,’ he said. ‘If Japan played league, they would be better at that than they are at rugby union, because they’re fast and fit, and work hard.
‘Argentinians would be better at league than they are at union. Around the world, there are more countries with a size profile that suits league than union. Spanish people, Russians. They’re fast, hard and fit. Rugby union is too big and slow. If you merged the codes, it’s got to be a faster, fitter game of endurance, speed and skill.’
Te’o is open about an ambition to coach in union one day, perhaps back in Europe. But first, he will have to learn to love it – at a professional level – again.
‘I haven’t watched a game of union since I retired,’ he said. ‘I really enjoy the grass-roots game, but when you get pressure for results and the box-kick starts coming in, I don’t really enjoy that part.’
When the Lions played the Reds at Suncorp Stadium, Te’o agreed to do a pre-match Q&A, then left before kick-off to drive home and avoid the traffic. For now, he is happily immersed in league again.
Maybe, before he considers re-crossing the divide, influential figures might have made his vision a reality by bringing the codes back together again.
 
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Since his time in the 15-man game ended abruptly during the Covid pandemic in 2020, Te’o has carved out a new niche in the high-profile National Rugby League here and gained even greater conviction about a future merger.
Context is important here. When the Lions played the Brumbies in Canberra, there were thousands of empty seats and the local view was that many ticket-holders stayed away to watch the Origin decider between Queensland and New South Wales instead.
Those series are a thunderous highlight of the sporting calendar Down Under - in Australia, the Lions tour operates in the shadow of Origin and the glitzy NRL, not to mention Aussie Rules.
In this part of the world, league reigns supreme, with a broadcast deal worth seven times more than union’s. Te’o witnesses the fervour up close, as the Broncos – the Manchester United of the NRL – routinely attract crowds of 40,000-45,000 to home games at Suncorp Stadium. What the code lacks is a vibrant international landscape, which is why Origin is widely acknowledged as the ultimate level, ranking above anything in even the Test game.
With all this in mind, Te’o presented his argument for a merger – unprompted by an interviewer who made the very same case at the start of last season.
‘I think that one day, rugby league and rugby union are going to have to come together,’ he said. ‘I’ve thought about this for a long time. ‘It’s all rugby. Simplify it. Make it one game. I can see it happening.
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Rfu approached Maurice Lindsay when they were about to go pro in 1995 about a merger and he rebuffed them

No apology for hating rugby league for 100 years for paying players openly rather than in the boot
 
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A merger isn't going to happen. If there was an attempt to do so, you'd just have a third form of Rugby further splitting the game.

Let's not forget that NFL origins are in Rugby too which would need to be brought in to any Rugby reunification in order to challenge soccer... So yeah, definitely not happening
 
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