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That's just a myth really that the Union-loving newspapers want you to believe. In terms of attendances at club games and television audiences for clubs games, league is 2nd biggest by some margin. Union and cricket are bigger during international season, and tennis is bigger during Wimbledon. I maintain that RL would be easily the 2nd most popular sport overall if it had a proper international scene. It goes back to the old problem though, that Southern-based newspaper editors are biased against RL. Almost all of them went to posh schools where they played Union and were taught to turn their noses up at anything north of Leicester. The media coverage we get in no way reflects the popularity of the sport. Equally, Union gets a lot more coverage than it deserves.
Seriously? :lol:
