On the back of a drop of 10% in attendances amongst Sydney teams in 2006 and what can only be described as very mediocre attendances during the final series, Sydney has once again confirmed it's growing apathy towards rugby league.
Tomorrow night's attendance will be disappointing at best, especially when you consider that last year's final will probably have attracted more, played in a neutral country.
Nonetheless, results on the television were great this year and it seems like there's still a very healthy following in the codes' world headquarters.
With the limelight given to the soccuh, the ashes, the growing Swans' profile and the ever present scandals surrounding our sport, RL is not a very fashionable item to have hanging in your wardrobe at the moment. It's ok to indulge from the privacy of your own home as a guilty pleasure but less and less people want to associate themselves with the implied thuggery of Rugby League. This stereotype is re-inforced by the media on almost a daily basis, particularly in the gossip columns.
Does League have to re-claim this city or just like all pieces of fashion, can it just hang tight until the cycle makes it chic once more?
Tomorrow night's attendance will be disappointing at best, especially when you consider that last year's final will probably have attracted more, played in a neutral country.
Nonetheless, results on the television were great this year and it seems like there's still a very healthy following in the codes' world headquarters.
With the limelight given to the soccuh, the ashes, the growing Swans' profile and the ever present scandals surrounding our sport, RL is not a very fashionable item to have hanging in your wardrobe at the moment. It's ok to indulge from the privacy of your own home as a guilty pleasure but less and less people want to associate themselves with the implied thuggery of Rugby League. This stereotype is re-inforced by the media on almost a daily basis, particularly in the gossip columns.
Does League have to re-claim this city or just like all pieces of fashion, can it just hang tight until the cycle makes it chic once more?