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

 

[Wb1234]

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

Just in Australia

Nrl combined crowds and ratings 191 million
Afl 152 million

Nz nrl 13.7 million
Afl zero

PNG ???

 

[Gobsmacked]

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

No we actually don't. Ratings and attendance combined still surpassed AFL and that's on in Australia.
It would be good to increase crowds but different sports are enjoyable in different ways . The AFL gets bigger attendances than the NFL.. and it says it that the AFL is a sport best appreciated in person.

 

[Wb1234]

No we actually don't. Ratings and attendance combined still surpassed AFL and that's on in Australia.
It would be good to increase crowds but different sports are enjoyable in different ways . The AFL gets bigger attendances than the NFL.. and it says it that the AFL is a sport best appreciated in person.

Exactly

Nrl has been setting crowd records anyway

And unlike afl which has games set up to maximise crowds we have many crowd unfriendly time slots to maximise ratings

 

[Gobsmacked]

Exactly

Nrl has been setting crowd records anyway

And unlike afl which has games set up to maximise crowds we have many crowd unfriendly time slots to maximise ratings

It's always a frustrating argument. I'm glad the AFL get massive crowds at one particular stadium because that's literally all they'll ever have.. a niche.
We'll just have the settle for the odd 50k at Vegas, Wembley, Eden Park, Sydney, Brisbane, old Trafford ect opps almost forgot about the 90k in Melbourne lol

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Gobjob and wbswannies are the afl experts, so I'll take their word for it.

 

[Wb1234]

It's always a frustrating argument. I'm glad the AFL get massive crowds at one particular stadium because that's literally all they'll ever have.. a niche.
We'll just have the settle for the odd 50k at Vegas, Wembley, Eden Park, Sydney, Brisbane, old Trafford ect opps almost forgot about the 90k in Melbourne lol

I was talking to an afl fan on twitter and he just couldn’t understand why nrl would add a team in nz

Good for rugby league they are so insular

 

[Gobsmacked]

Gobjob and wbswannies are the afl experts, so I'll take their word for it.

You forgot to call us peanuts.. are you OK mate?