Is it any wonder the Kangaroos don't have a major sponsor?

[Burns]

Rant time/

Following the official announcement of the Trans Tasman Test to be played Saturday 13 October at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand - I was wondering when the Kangaroos Facebook & Twitter pages would begin sharing information of the forthcoming Test with Australian supporters.

Neither the offical verified Facebook or Twitter pages for the Kangaroos have posted any content since 15 May 2018, which was for Cameron Smith announcing his representative retirement. The Twitter page did a single recent retweet of JT's final NRL game.

As the current World Champions of Rugby League, you would have thought the social media pages would be building interest and excitement towards the first match to be played by our national team since last year's successful victory over England in the Final.

So, you wonder why they Kangaroos can't:

a) Get a major sponsor,
b) Sell out any match they play in their own country,
c) play on average one Test per year

If Mal Meninga wants to recreate prestige in the 'brand' - then why not take it seriously? Social media isn't something you just laugh off.

Bonus round: Is there even an offical page for the Kangaroos? I know they've been absorbed in the NRL.com website - but I can't see anything. The only way of contacting the Kangaroos by the way, is a generic email to 'recpetion@nrl.com.au'. Compare this to the New Zealand Kiwis, where you can direct message them over Facebook. Crazy stuff.

End rant/

 

[taipan]

You get a major sponsor with continuity of exposure.Meaning playing regularly and ofte,n and draw crowds in all Australian capitals.
ATM we don't know one date to the next ,if they're playing or who they are playing.

The only way this is going to happens when the NRL finally accumulates decent amounts of loot(this year around $50m),the RLIF has some money behind it, to ensure Internationals happen regularly.Then you can go to a major company(except around Mad Monday thanks Dogs) and try to secure sponsorship they would want to be associated with.
Even the Wallabies who get beaten by the ABS( which is like having breakfast)s, have Qantas sponsoring them for quite some time.There is a regular schedule so everyone is on board.

 

[Springs09]

It's a shame as we seemed to be building alright before 2017. We had pretty good crowds for the 4 Nations in 2014, particularly in Brisbane, then sellouts in Newcastle and Perth in 2016. Since then it's been all downhill.

 

[Burns]

Lo and behold, the Kangaroos Twitter and Facebook have two shared posts about the New Zealand Test. Coincidence? Hmm.

 

[StadiumXIII]

Isn't VB sponsoring the Kangaroos?