New Zealand 2 will deal a massive blow to NZ rugby

[Wb1234]

yes if only! The game wouldnt still be stuck largely in two states

So you acknowledge having the storm in the nrl has done little for the game in Victoria

and you forgot about New Zealand and png

 

[Perth Red]

So you acknowledge having the storm in the nrl has done little for the game in Victoria

and you forgot about New Zealand and png

I acknowledge the ARLC's lack of investment in grassroots in Vic along with their poor influence in fta tv covering the game there has done little to grow the game in Vic.

I didnt say it was confined to two states, I said it was stuck largely in two states. it remains niche at best everywhere else in Aus and NZ.

 

[Matua]

And sometimes they deliver like the stadium in Christchurch

No they didn't, they had an earthquake that levelled the city and the main rugby ground, and it's taken them over a decade to build a new ground. Without the earthquake the new stadium wouldn't even be on the cards.

 

[Wb1234]

I acknowledge the ARLC's lack of investment in grassroots in Vic along with their poor influence in fta tv covering the game there has done little to grow the game in Vic.

I didnt say it was confined to two states, I said it was stuck largely in two states. it remains niche at best everywhere else in Aus and NZ.

Ignoring nz png and Victoria

 

[flippikat]

No they didn't, they had an earthquake that levelled the city and the main rugby ground, and it's taken them over a decade to build a new ground. Without the earthquake the new stadium wouldn't even be on the cards.

Precisely.

Without the earthquake, Christchurch would probably be continually upgrading the existing Lancaster Park in a bit-by-bit manner akin to what we've seen at Eden Park.

 

[Wb1234]

Precisely.

Without the earthquake, Christchurch would probably be continually upgrading the existing Lancaster Park in a bit-by-bit manner akin to what we've seen at Eden Park.

Dunedin managed it without an earthquake

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

I acknowledge the ARLC's lack of investment in grassroots in Vic along with their poor influence in fta tv covering the game there has done little to grow the game in Vic.

I didnt say it was confined to two states, I said it was stuck largely in two states. it remains niche at best everywhere else in Aus and NZ.

It will always be niche outside of Queensland and NSW you dickhead. Most people from the fumbleball states just don't care about RL.

 

[Wb1234]

No they didn't, they had an earthquake that levelled the city and the main rugby ground, and it's taken them over a decade to build a new ground. Without the earthquake the new stadium wouldn't even be on the cards.

Which are you pretending - Gold Coast or Sydney

It will always be niche outside of Queensland and NSW you dickhead. Most people from the fumbleball states just don't care about RL.

Afl has spent billions in Sydney and studies show it ranks last in western Sydney participation figures

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Which are you pretending - Gold Coast or Sydney

Afl has spent billions in Sydney and studies show it ranks last in western Sydney participation figures

Swans and Lions games have been broadcast into their home markets on FTA for two decades. It hasn't done much for their ratings and support.

Yet Perth Rat thinks things will be different for RL in Melbourne if all of their games are given the same treatment?

I would like to hear the old dickhead try to explain the poor participation rate for fumbleball in western Sydney. There's been a team there for over a decade. Money has been spent on marketing and junior development. It disproves his bullshit claim that more money in grassroots funding means more juniors.

 

[Wb1234]

Swans and Lions games have been broadcast into their home markets on FTA for two decades. It hasn't done much for their ratings and support.

Yet Perth Rat thinks things will be different for RL in Melbourne if all of their games are given the same treatment?

I would like to hear the old dickhead try to explain the poor participation rate for fumbleball in western Sydney. There's been a team there for over a decade. Money has been spent on marketing and junior development. It disproves his bullshit claim that more money in grassroots funding means more juniors.

Israel Folau was supposed to usher in a flood of Polynesian juniors into the afl

 

[Perth Red]

Which are you pretending - Gold Coast or Sydney

Afl has spent billions in Sydney and studies show it ranks last in western Sydney participation figures

only ten years in, these things take decades. Its taken Storm 25 years to get 20k fans attending and doubling the participation level. These are arguably the two most difficut markets fdor each dcode to break through in.
One thing is for sure with no GWS or Storm the respective codes would be even more insignificant in those important markets.

 

[Wb1234]

only ten years in, these things take decades. Its taken Storm 25 years to get 20k fans attending and doubling the participation level. These are arguably the two most difficut markets fdor each dcode to break through in.
One thing is for sure with no GWS or Storm the respective codes would be even more insignificant in those important markets.

Yeh all those Indian and Polynesians will eventually take to afl

 

[flippikat]

Dunedin managed it without an earthquake

Ahh but the difference is that Christchurch was ALREADY on the path of upgrading stands before the earthquake struck in early 2011.

That's the lousy timing of it - Christchurch had determined to upgrade Lancaster Park with their 2011 Rugby World Cup games in mind, but having earthquakes just a few months before that tournament ruined the stadium & meant that money was basically wasted.

Without the quake there's NO WAY they would they have abandoned a facility that just had shedloads of money spent on it - whereas Dunedin (when faced with the prospect of shoveling money into Carisbrook) chose a fresh start with Forsythe Barr - approved in early 2008, opened just before the 2011 Rugby World Cup for Dunedin's games.

TL : DR version, the big 2 South Island cities had ALREADY chosen different stadium strategies before 2011, and without the quakes, they'd still both be on those distinct paths.

 

[Matua]

Which are you pretending - Gold Coast or Sydney

Afl has spent billions in Sydney and studies show it ranks last in western Sydney participation figures

Why are you mistaking me for your mate Gob? I've never pretended to live anywhere.

Also how's the link to that 74% that @Matiunz asked about coming along?

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Israel Folau was supposed to usher in a flood of Polynesian juniors into the afl

The Israel Folau and Karmichael Hunt experiment backfired on AwFuL. Neither player were Abe to adapt to the game due to their somatotype. It created bad will in Brisbane because both players were poached from the Broncos.

 

[Matiunz]

Dunedin managed it without an earthquake

Dunedin took the same route as Wellington when Athletic park aged out and decided to start fresh - worked out pretty well for them to have a venue better suited to concerts and other non sporting events.
Eden Park, FMG along with AMI went the refurbishment/Upgrade route in anticipation of the RWC. Would have been a hard sell to build Te Kaha after upgrading AMI fairly recently (had the earthquake not happened)

 

[Wb1234]

The Israel Folau and Karmichael Hunt experiment backfired on AwFuL. Neither player were Abe to adapt to the game due to their somatotype. It created bad will in Brisbane because both players were poached from the Broncos.

Hunt wasn’t too bad he was there for ages

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Hunt wasn’t too bad he was there for ages

He used to cramp up a lot.

 

[Wb1234]

Why are you mistaking me for your mate Gob? I've never pretended to live anywhere.

Also how's the link to that 74% that @Matiunz asked about coming along?

I don’t get paid to repost stuff for people to stupid to read it the first time

 

[MugaB]

I acknowledge the ARLC's lack of investment in grassroots in Vic along with their poor influence in fta tv covering the game there has done little to grow the game in Vic.

I didnt say it was confined to two states, I said it was stuck largely in two states. it remains niche at best everywhere else in Aus and NZ.

So how your favourite sport AFL is only stuck largely in 3 states Wa, SA, Vic... ffs, it's niche everywhere else, could even break into nz