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How many NRL games do you watch per week

How many NRL games do you watch per week?

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tom of poland

tom of poland

Bench
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I normally watch the Sharks game plus any others that seem likely to be close or exciting. I will watch Channel 9 but with the sound off, with music as background.
 
tom of poland

tom of poland

Bench
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2,931
I normally watch the Sharks game plus any others that seem likely to be close or exciting. I will watch Channel 9 but with the sound off, with music as background.
 
tom of poland

tom of poland

Bench
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2,931
I normally watch the Sharks game plus any others that seem likely to be close or exciting. I will watch Channel 9 but with the sound off, with music as background.
 
BatteredFlake

BatteredFlake

Bench
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. Not watching much. Turning it off lately. League was only sport I ever could sit down and watch for the full 70, But interest not there much anymore . To be honest Papenhuysen or Tommy turbo are pretty mesmerizing ,in spite of the flog teams they play for , but otherwise .... lost interest.
 
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Chimp

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snout said:
I failed to add l watch every sharks game.
Never miss one.
And wont listen to the result if l cant see it live and watch the replay

Go into every game believing we're a chance.
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I’m exactly the same as this - watch every sharks game live if possible, if not, have to switch the phone off, avoid the internet, email, podcasts etc until I’ve managed to watch the game.

I’ve always been a bit of a tragic, and watch every minute of every game, however this last couple of years, I find myself watching just a couple of other games and then catching the highlights of the rest. People will think I’m a bit of a dinosaur, but the stuff that used to keep me interested when watching as a neutral were the battles, the prospect of a massive hit or fight at any time, the chance that any game could erupt into a blood thirsty battle with some real spice and angst between the 2 teams. Banning the shoulder charge and punching, whilst understandable, has massively reduced the fun of things in my opinion, and I have absolutely no doubt this is why Origin viewing is down recently - people love the battle, love the atmosphere that real hatred and the subsequent possibility of violence creates.
 
shadowboxer

shadowboxer

First Grade
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Tragic till 2016, now semi retired and loving it.
The game now is bollocks - score a try, get the points, but hang on we have seen something, let’s that the points of them.
Inconsistency in decisions, overblown suspensions...I could go on.....
Thank god for Newtown
 
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Chimp

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Cheese sandwich said:
It's like a completely different sport the last few years. And not for the better.
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Absolutely.... too much pandering to the doctors and lawyers, and trying to appeal to Mums of kids who’re never going to take up rugby league.
UFC/MMA is the fastest growing sport on the planet - their audience is getting bigger and bigger - like it or not, there’s a thirst for brutality, yet we’re moving further and further away from it - yet every highlight reel shown on either 9 or fox inevitably has footage of the biggest hits, shoulder charges and biff... when people reminisce about great games of old, they don’t talk about the amazing handling and rarely even talk about the superb tries, they talk about the battles on the pitch, the rivalries and even god forbid the fights.
When people look back on old duals they loved, rarely is it halfback vs halfback in a battle of skill they talk about, it’s the big boys going at it, or it’s Tommy walloping every more skilful half in the game.

Our game has a much better chance of not only surviving, but growing if we embrace the beautiful brutality of our sport. Tighten up our contracts and playing agreements to nullify the doctors and lawyers (player disclaimers etc), let those who are tough enough to play the sport crack on with it, and market the sport as we did with Origin in the 90’s on the rivalries, the hatred, the bad blood - build stories that people buy into and can’t wait to see what happens. Going the way we are, we’re trying to attract an audience that is never going to convert - UFC/MMA has shown the audience is there for combat, let’s embrace it!
 
Russell Crowe's Band

Russell Crowe's Band

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week to week for me
like, last week i watched Thursday....Then the FNF game on nine but not ours. was busy with the kids.
Saturday i watched all of super saturday on kayo

Sunday i watched the manly game but not nines

the week before

went to TNF at bruce
missed our game, was busy with the kids, watched FNF
and that was it

being a parent of 2 little kids it really depends on what time things are on whats doing etc

however the game i watch on telly regularly is thursday night
 
coolumsharkie

coolumsharkie

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Chimp said:
Absolutely.... too much pandering to the doctors and lawyers, and trying to appeal to Mums of kids who’re never going to take up rugby league.
UFC/MMA is the fastest growing sport on the planet - their audience is getting bigger and bigger - like it or not, there’s a thirst for brutality, yet we’re moving further and further away from it - yet every highlight reel shown on either 9 or fox inevitably has footage of the biggest hits, shoulder charges and biff... when people reminisce about great games of old, they don’t talk about the amazing handling and rarely even talk about the superb tries, they talk about the battles on the pitch, the rivalries and even god forbid the fights.
When people look back on old duals they loved, rarely is it halfback vs halfback in a battle of skill they talk about, it’s the big boys going at it, or it’s Tommy walloping every more skilful half in the game.

Our game has a much better chance of not only surviving, but growing if we embrace the beautiful brutality of our sport. Tighten up our contracts and playing agreements to nullify the doctors and lawyers (player disclaimers etc), let those who are tough enough to play the sport crack on with it, and market the sport as we did with Origin in the 90’s on the rivalries, the hatred, the bad blood - build stories that people buy into and can’t wait to see what happens. Going the way we are, we’re trying to attract an audience that is never going to convert - UFC/MMA has shown the audience is there for combat, let’s embrace it!
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Pipe dream now unfortunately. I agree 100% though.
 
Frank Discussion

Frank Discussion

Juniors
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I tried to stop watching altogether but its too hard. It's everywhere.
Given change of any kind ramps up the anxiety and black dog I realised I actually find a bit of comfort in Thursday and Friday night football- even on 9. Yeah the coverage is shit but I like it for some reason.
In saying that I watch about 20 minutes and get awfully sleepy.
I didn't expect the Sharks to do well this year but the unravelling has been alarming. I feel for my mates who work down there. Some of the players, fair dinkum.
The stories I can tell ya face to face............
 
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