Eels in the media

[Poupou Escobar]

every private school in the country would have their flags at half mast this morning.

Euphemism?

 

[JokerEel]

Can't wait to see how much they are offered for TV rights next time.
Union is going downhill fast in this country.

People are not going to care about them until they start winning again.
They won't start winning until they get some decent juniors into the system (and keep them).
They won't get those juniors until they start winning.

Vicious cycle.

I knew when RU Aus signed with Stan that they were going downhill fast..

No one is going to pay money to watch that shit sport..

They needed to take a bit and get on free to air TV build the interest in the game.

Now they are basically dead.. Suallii will stick around collect his 5 million than go do what SBW did follow the cash overseas..

 

[the phantom menace]

I was actually awake around 6.30am with time to kill, and thought I'd flick around fre-to-air to try and find the Wallabies-Wales match... nada.

Union has disappeared (further) up its own arse, and RA's failure to even get past the group games will send it further back to the try hard elite niche sport that it is.

 

[Twizzle]

 

[Gronk]

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Great news. Both had great years and will only get better.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

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Interesting to see a young Damien Cook back when he was a ballboy. Obviously before he was a beach sprinter.

 

[Gary Gutful]

I thought it was Brett Finch.

 

[the phantom menace]

It's not Eels in the media, but continuing the Bureta Faraimo-inspired convo from before.

"In 2001, 13.76% of Rugby Australia expenditure (A$7.06 million) related to community rugby. By 2015, this had hit a record low of 2.65% ($2.37 million).
And while Rugby Australia spent $4.3 million (3.59%) on community rugby in 2019, this paled in comparison to how much the AFL spent on game development ($58.8 million, or 13.7% of its overall expenditure), as well as the NRL ($43.3 million, or 8.2% of its overall expenditure)."

Australian rugby has reached its lowest point. How did it get here?

Pundits had suggested a strong World Cup performance was vital for the health of the game. The horror result in France will put even more pressure on the sport to reform to stay relevant.

theconversation.com

 

[Poupou Escobar]

You're thinking of his brother Robert

 

[Avenger]

Rugby is a shit sport. Can’t stand it and I’m indifferent to it dying.

 

[Soto]

Rugby Yawnion...nuff said

 

[T.S Quint]

Rugby is a shit sport. Can’t stand it and I’m indifferent to it dying.

When Union dies, the AFL gains more supporters.
There's no way in hell those private school toffs will ever switch to League.

 

[Gronk]

Nathan Brown (angry one) is without a club again.

Forward's exit from Roosters confirmed with career in balance

He was confirmed as a departure from the Roosters last week.

www.zerotackle.com

 

[T.S Quint]

Nathan Brown (angry one)

 

[lucablight]

We are the most supported Sydney club again in 2023

Melbourne Storm is again the most widely supported club in the NRL in 2023 while Parramatta is on top in Sydney - Roy Morgan Research

www.roymorgan.com

 

[T.S Quint]

We are the most supported Sydney club again in 2023

Melbourne Storm is again the most widely supported club in the NRL in 2023 while Parramatta is on top in Sydney - Roy Morgan Research

www.roymorgan.com

It doesn't actually say how they got those numbers, apart from mentioning the data came from interviewing 60k people.

It doesn't mention the questions asked. What defines a 'supporter'? Someone who takes a passing interest? Someone who regularly pays money to see their club? Someone who was once given a team hat for free and so now says they follow that team despite never watching any games?

My mother-in-law for instance, if you were to ask her which team she follows she would say Manly. She grew up in the area. She never watches a game. Even if she is in the same house as me and I'm watching the footy, she might duck her head in occasionally and ask "who's winning" before leaving the room, but that's more her just trying to take an interest in what I'm doing. I'm guessing a lot of those Melbourne 'fans' are just like that. They couldn't even sell out their stadium for a home final against the Roosters a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

And what is the benefit of having hardcore fans anyway? Merkins who hate the club every time they lose and take their frustrations out on anyone seen to be supporting the club, including the sponsors.

 

[hineyrulz]

And what is the benefit of having hardcore fans anyway? Merkins who hate the club every time they lose and take their frustrations out on anyone seen to be supporting the club, including the sponsors.

 

[lucablight]

Did anyone listen to the grand final edition of the 6 tackles with Gus podcast? I’d always wondered what made Lenriths defence so impenetrable and he talked about it today. He mentioned how Dylan Edwards is the key behind organising their defence and telling the forwards which way to go. He also talked about how their middles are super fit and don’t have to expend as much energy because they get their backs to do a lot of the grunt work. Finally he pointed out how they don’t make any errors or give away penalties and end up wearing the other teams down through weight of possession. I think their total amount of possession for the year if you added up all their games is a whopping 56%. It was really interesting to listen to.