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New Zealand 2 will deal a massive blow to NZ rugby

AlwaysGreen

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Define Pacific. If it means every region the Pacific ocean touches soccer is by far the biggest sport.

I'd assume for the pendants, Mascord is referring to the Pacific Islands.
 

jim_57

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“Biggest sport in the Pacific” is probably right if you’re just counting Australia, Polynesia & Melanesia. I doubt they were thinking of Mexico or Phillipines when they made the statement.

Union is bigger in more countries but League is bigger in the biggest/wealthiest market by some way and has the 2nd most populated country. Union is ahead NZ and the rest pretty much but that probably wouldn’t even combine to the population of NSW.
 

Gobsmacked

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You can def lay claim to the Warriors being the biggest sports club in the pacific.
The biggest sport? Hmm thats a stretch if you look at playing numbers, general interest, media covg and revenue generation in the pacfic.
I cant find stats on playing numbers for union v league in Fiji, Samoa, Tonga etc but I suspect Union has the bigger number?? We know it does by a long way in NZ.
Pretty simple equation:
How many viewers across the entire pacific?
Rugby league wins hands down but I wouldn’t need to tell a Rugby league fan that.
 

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