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    Why didn't the AFL experience a super league war?

    i think youll find Ruperts ulterior motive would have something to do with his new sports betting arm.
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    Why didn't the AFL experience a super league war?

    I don't know how old you are. RL had virtually ZERO presence in Melbourne and was looked at as a thugs game. So to go from that and have people seeing it's positive side, buying jerseys watching games live into Melbourne etc pushed the game forward in very hostile territory. RL started to...
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    Why didn't the AFL experience a super league war?

    We probably will get it back and be back where we were in 1995. When we should be way ahead. We are just gaining ground we lost sadly.
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    Why didn't the AFL experience a super league war?

    The Tina Turner campaign was a huge success and cracked the market that league has lost today. It sent the image of the game to another level which we have lost today after years of the media trashing it. I lived in Melbourne and in the early 90s you would go to the cinema and there it was this...
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    Why didn't the AFL experience a super league war?

    I dont think so it was purely about selling pay tv subscriptions and league had the bigger reach. League was also growing each year under quayle and arko from its nadir in 1983 until 1994/95.
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    Why didn't the AFL experience a super league war?

    Not back in 94-95. League was the pace setter.
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    Why didn't the AFL experience a super league war?

    The question related to Pay Tv in the mid 90s...AFL wasnt the no1. However over the next 20yrs they took our game plan and became the clear top dog whilst we went backwards andthe game was trashed.
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    Why didn't the AFL experience a super league war?

    RL was the number one in Australia for corporate and TV at the time. AFL had virtually zero reach in Sydney and Brisbane. League was huge on the back of the Tina Turner ad campaign. The game had most areas covered. It was a no brainer for Murdoch to go after league to drive his pay TV.
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    Making of Toa Samoa: History of Samoan Rugby League

    Great series on the history of the Samoan RL: https://talamua.com/2022/12/27/the-making-of-toa-samoa-part-1-starting-a-movement-for-samoan-players-to-represent-their-families-and-heritage/ Part 2...
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    Next TV deal discussion 2028 -

    Western sydney is what they want, its what Packer coveted and cricket and league gave him reach into this area.
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    Divided rugby league fell 25 years ago – but united has it conquered? by Steve Mascord.

    Exactly, the game should have let these rich pricks fight it out and our game wins, they needed us.
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    Divided rugby league fell 25 years ago – but united has it conquered? by Steve Mascord.

    I see what you are getting at, what I was saying is pre war we had an opportunity to work with them and maintain the continuity of growth under Arko and Quayle. However the war broke out costing millions the game came second for years as they recouped their money under the leadership of their...
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    Divided rugby league fell 25 years ago – but united has it conquered? by Steve Mascord.

    RL broke out of its working class stereotype pre super league when thegame was attracting women, people who werent rusted on supporters etc. Had the ARL gone with Murdoch and continued their strategy to grow the game without the war, which put it back 20years, it may be a diferent story today...
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    2023 International calendar

    A kangaroo tour to England plus one off tests v Tonga and Fiji. Each country would also play one off games v Wales and France as would England earlier in the season. Wales could also play the French. Gives England 7 tests, Australia, Wales and France 5, Tonga and Fiji 3 Tests.
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    New Zealand 2 will deal a massive blow to NZ rugby

    Exactly....does it work when union people say league wil die....no it doesnt. Union is miles ahead in terms of size world wide to us.
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    Reflections on WC and the future

    He is protecting Ch9s interest ie origin. Everything he does is for the "Partners"
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    Samoa v Tonga, Battle of the Pacific series (my proposal)

    First thing I'd be doing is parading the team through the streets of Apia. I wouldnt like to see 3 Test series...one off events or tournament style games.
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    Fox Coverage

    Agreed he should stop trying to be the entertainment.
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    Keeping it in the family....ie. The group of companies who get everything without any sort of competition. We know the usual culprits.
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    And our broadcasting partners News Corp have gone down this path with Betr. They have also started in the USA hence the NRL's interest in expanding in the US. We can see how eveything is aligning now with News Corp clearing out the old management who were taking the game in a different direction.

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