2016 Crowd Watch

[Pommy]

The fact all our games are on week nights for months at a time isn't helping. I think st George at the SCC was our last Sydney weekend game.

 

[hutch]

Standalone weekends is just a free kick to other sports.

Reduce the gap between Origin matches from 3 weeks to 2 weeks. Then the whole thing is over in 6-7 weeks instead of 9-10.

It used to be a 2 week gap.

There are no such things as a 'free kick to other sports'. All of the attention will be on state of origin, people aren't going to stop following rugby league and take up another sport, it's a made up saying by the daily telegraph.

There are more than enough other rep and international games to fill in over the weekend which will benefit other countries and grow the sport.

 

[CC_Roosters]

I would love to see a 3 week rep window mid season. Have origin 3 weeks in a row and have other fixtures like NZ v england and pacific nations matches to fill up the period.

 

[Pommy]

There are no such things as a 'free kick to other sports'. All of the attention will be on state of origin, people aren't going to stop following rugby league and take up another sport, it's a made up saying by the daily telegraph.

There are more than enough other rep and international games to fill in over the weekend which will benefit other countries and grow the sport.

It doesn't seem to do the premier league any harm when they stop for international games.

 

[Timmah]

Spot on.

 

[Danish]

I would love to see a 3 week rep window mid season. Have origin 3 weeks in a row and have other fixtures like NZ v england and pacific nations matches to fill up the period.

Better yet make it 3 Wednesday's in a row so we only have to miss 2 weeks of NRL, filled in with South Pacific internationals

 

[Raiderdave]

Standalone Sunday evenings with a 7pm kickoff played over 4 weeks.
With other rep games played on the Friday & Saturday nights.
It's simple
Do it...

 

[Warriors Fever]

Standalone Sunday evenings with a 7pm kickoff played over 4 weeks.
With other rep games played on the Friday & Saturday nights.
It's simple
Do it...

I could get around that, at the very least no more than one week between Origin matches.

 

[Raiderdave]

I could get around that, at the very least no more than one week between Origin matches.

3 origins in 2 weeks would be pretty tough on the players

Suspending the NRL for a month could be harmful.
But no more then the present problems we're having.
To boost content for TV , All rep games bar the trans Tasman test could be played in this month with the test an annual event in October.

The Pacific tests
The city country
The residents
16 origin
18 origin
20 origin
The women's tests

Plus the 3 origins
This will give those who aren't part of the origin series some footy in this month to play as well

It's far from perfect , but wot we have now is too

 

[Warriors Fever]

3 origins in 2 weeks would be pretty tough on the players

Suspending the NRL for a month could be harmful.
But no more then the present problems we're having.
To boost content for TV , All rep games bar the trans Tasman test could be played in this month with the test an annual event in October.

The Pacific tests
The city country
The residents
16 origin
18 origin
20 origin
The women's tests

Plus the 3 origins
This will give those who aren't part of the origin series some footy in this month to play as well

It's far from perfect , but wot we have now is too

Again I'm on board, the longevity of the Origin season is draining on everyone, you concentrate all that press, hype into one month and we are good. maybe at most every team has one game in this period, hosting a match each. A good opportunity to take those games away if you're a sydney club. Make sure any traditional match ups aren't scheduled at this time.

 

[Brutus]

Origin must remain on Wednesday nights. Start the series early may and have the f**ker finished mid-june.

 

[BuffaloRules]

From 2018 they are moving origin to Wed/ Sun/Wed with two weeks in between each game.,

Means that there will be only 2 rounds with players missing, or each team only having one game without their stars, and the whole series will be over in 5 weeks..

How about we wait and see how that works...

 

[Warriors Fever]

From 2018 they are moving origin to Wed/ Sun/Wed with two weeks in between each game.,

Means that there will be only 2 rounds with players missing, or each team only having one game without their stars, and the whole series will be over in 5 weeks..

How about we wait and see how that works...

Well that's a step forward...I didn't know that

 

[BunniesMan]

The month of June should be rep month. Pause the season. Play the 3 origins. Have all the 2nd tier countries play a best of 3 series against a rival. It would make both rep footy and club footy stronger. And it would improve crowds.

 

[Warriors Fever]

I think it was late 14k or early 15k in Auckland.

 

[hutch]

From 2018 they are moving origin to Wed/ Sun/Wed with two weeks in between each game.,

Means that there will be only 2 rounds with players missing, or each team only having one game without their stars, and the whole series will be over in 5 weeks..

How about we wait and see how that works...

Why shouldn't other nations also have the opportunity to play 3 rep games mid season?

 

[Marlins]

Mid season stop the NRL for origin
- play the 3 origins in a row on Sunday afternoon/nights
- during this period have a pacific nation tournament
Between PNG, Soma, Tonga & Fiji all play each other once
- broadcast games from the QRL cup & Nsw Cup on Friday Saturday
& as a warm up match before the Origin game.
- this would improve the game in every way examples
- pacific nation sides would improve at a much faster pace &
Would bring in a lot more intrest for them countries. It also might be able to increase
Top players from the pacific income and convince them to play for there own country's
&I not leave the NRL. Example Sami
- would help top flight player fatigue by not backing up for club match
- the origin match quality would improve with both teams staying together training more for more then
A three week period straight.
- would bring more attention, sponsorships and awareness to two quality
2nd tier leagues.
- being on a Sunday the NRL can still maximise TV ratings like the GF.

 

[BuffaloRules]

Why shouldn't other nations also have the opportunity to play 3 rep games mid season?

I'm just telling you what has been agreed until the next TV deal ends in 2022...

 

[El Diablo]

How does sths v Parra get 11k ??

I thought it would be shit but was thinking 17k

and you weren't there

just like you've never been to one Rugby League game

 

[hutch]

I'm just telling you what has been agreed until the next TV deal ends in 2022...

Yeah I know, and I know this discussion will have no bearing on what actually happens. I guess we can only hope the origin on Sunday night paired with a rep weekend in the next deal is a massive success and is expanded.
Progress is extremely slow in this sport, we have been calling for stand alone rep nations for over a decade on these forums, they have only just begun and have been incredibly successful. We will eventually have rep weekends for all nations with Australia playing origin, I'm just sick of waiting.