New Zealand 2 will deal a massive blow to NZ rugby

[Perth Red]

Australia is in the pacific

The western side isnt lol

 

[Wb1234]

The western side isnt lol

When they are talking about being a dominant sport I don’t think they are talking about that bit

 

[Pippen94]

When they are talking about being a dominant sport I don’t think they are talking about that bit

He's more focused on indian ocean

 

[AlwaysGreen]

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]

“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.

 

[Maximus]

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.

Given how much of the pacific touches China, f**king table tennis is bigger than any of the rugby codes.

 

[Gobsmacked]

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.

 

[bad boy bubby]

Anyone else get the feeling they should have said "Oceania", not "Pacific" ?

 

[Matiunz]

“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.

Pretty much by default whatever is biggest in Australia can be “biggest in the pacific/oceania” due to large majority of population.
Curious to see what it looks like if you exclude Australia what the numbers in the pacific look like.
Hell I’m sure even AFL can make similar claims despite having close to zero presence outside of Australia

 

[Canard]

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.

Problem is we lose to Aussie Rules with claims like that.

Especially if attendance is included.

We really need to aim to increase that dramatically