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Big crowd Wallabies v Samoa..why cant RL do that?

dubby

Bench
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Bigger crowd than most of our test matches, why do the rah rahs get such massive audiences and we don't???
 

CULLUS.ONLINE

Juniors
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Because there is a section of this city that only goes to wallaby games... and since they happen once, twice.. maybe three times a year, they all go to them.
 

DIEHARD

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Call it Union, Rah Rah, Yawnion, Yawnyawn or Smugby. Not rugby.

Everytime you call them rugby you might as well drive to the ARU office in Sydney and give their CEO Gary Flowers a kiss on the cheek.

You make them seem like a blue blooded pure bred form of rugby and relegate us to being a poor mongrel cousin.

Try and not flatter em.
 

littleduck

Juniors
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Because the Rugby calendar in Australia extends to about 25 games per year - Super 12 and Test Matches. Anytime the Wallabies play, there is bound to be a huge crowd.

Compare this the Rugby League calendar which extends to nearly 200 games per year. This means Rugby League fans can be more discerning in their attendance of matches. Many religiously go to State of Origin or a Test Match.

On the other hand, AFL fans have no choice. Many religiously attend their public holiday blockbusters because its the biggest game of the year. Never mind that its a suburban Melbourne rivalry, its still the biggest AFL match of the year.
 

Bomber

Bench
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Compare today's crowd to Wednesday's night crowd, then come back and tell me which is the better sport
 

dimitri

First Grade
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believe me there were a HEAP of free tickets floating around

I also work for a marketing company which owns an entertainment seating company

a couple of days ago we were offered ridiculously cheap tickets


of course i didnt take any
 

pcpp

Juniors
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Crowd was 38,000+.

Hardly a "massive" crowd but Rugby Leagues tri-nations match this year hopefully will exceed that.
 

LeagueXIII

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Because the media make out like these are important games whereas if league had results like 74-7 and 91-0 (Uruaguay will be lucky to stop 100 pts against SA) they would be called a joke, a farce or a waste of time whilst in union they are called good warm up games. It's a clear double standard but suits the agenda of keeping league down to NRL and origin level whilst union is the international game. It's all about perception.
 

Graf Vynda-k

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littleduck said:
Crowds dont determine which is the "better" sport.

of course they do.

if a sport is dull and boring most people wont go, they find something else to do.

over the decades rleague has always had relatively small crowds compared to other footy codes and the only conclusion to be drawn is that rleague is the most inferior type of footy invented.

look at all the other codes;

afl.....tremendous crowds over the years
union.....huge crowds for tests and now S14
soccer.....what can i say
gridiron.....they get 94,000 just to a college game
gaelic....huge

our sport has consistently been the worst attended code over it's liftime, in fact it's crowds have been attrocious at times......except for a brief period in the 50's in england when there was nothing else to do and everyone was still broke after the war.

we must not keep our heads in the sand, it's time to face facts......rleague is a crap spectator sport......and that's all that really matters.

let's not forget this sport was invented by knuckle heads from the north of england which has never been accused of being a breeding ground for rocket scientists.......those dummies got it oh so wrong 110 years ago when they modified union......they got rid of all the interesting bits, the variety and the skill and all were left with is a monotonous, repetitive, low skill sport.

rleague just doesn't cut the mustard in the sophisticated 21st century world.:cry:
 

LRC

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Ive got 2 tix sitting on my dining room table and I never get free tix to anything...that says something.
I would go to a big rugby union game though...doesnt mean Im a fan...just go for the atmosphere like a lot of others..
Its good marketing the union people use ... its like the aspirational class...if we follow this then we must be moning up in society...
 

Razor

Coach
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union.....huge crowds for tests and now S14

Union is lucky to get 200 to club Rugby Union matches.

Club League gets significantly more. Heck even QLD Cup matches get significantly more than Club Union. Even the local Brisbane competition (and at times even 2nd, 3rd, 4th division Brisbane comp) matches get bigger crowds than Club Union

State Rep Union get crowds significantly lower than State League, and even gets much lower crowds than Club League(NRL), especially on aggregate.

International is the only form that gets higher crowds than League.

afl.....tremendous crowds over the years

Yet the Brisbane Bears went broke, and the Lions have lost more than $800k every single year except the last 2 years when they made a profit (the first 2 years they won the premiership they still lost a tonne - the reason? Despite having big crowds everyone was getting free tickets. They don't give many free tickets anymore)
 

Razor

Coach
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Ive got 2 tix sitting on my dining room table and I never get free tix to anything...that says something.

The only things I've gotten free tickets to are

- A lot of Lions matches
- Several Union internationals
- A lot of Reds matches
- Every Super League Broncos match in 1997
- Super League Grand Final
- Super League Tri-series matches

So apart from 1997, League doesn't give close to as many free tickets as other football codes in Brisbane
 
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