It's a cricket ground, how would the rahrahs be able to do anything? :?
Wouldn't happen in a million years, Rugby has a stranglehold on Eden Park, hell they even have a rugby academy based there. Cricket and League don't really go hand in hand in NZ, Auckland leaguies summer sport of choice is softball or tag although everyone keeps and eye on the international cricket anyway.
You Aussie fans have no idea how much league is under seige here. While you enjoy the number one spot in profile and participation levels on the Eastern Seaboard, league here is probably in fourth spot for winter sports behind soccer, rugby and basketball in that order. We supposedly have 20,000 league participants as opposed to Australia's 400,000 estimated participants and in Auckland there would probably be 5000 registered players at most. Our National sporting body is broke due to mismanagement and rugby's covert efforts to keep our sport down. We also have our media trying to constantly denigrate league at every opportunity. League is almost a non-event in schools here because despite the good work done by Auckland league, the rugby old boys network puts too much pressure on school funding to allow league to get a foothold at schoolboy level.
This win is hugely important to local league in NZ.
