Peter V must be happy with the state of rugby union at the moment. It’s certainly gone down the gurgler. I watched the afl/union centric show the Offsiders on the weekend and rugby got a whole 10 secs . Specifically the Waratahs getting lapped in NZ in front of a very sparse crowd. You’d struggle to find any “Super” rugby results anywhere on commercial TV networks.
Crowds are down too. A quick check showed the Western Force averaging 6711 over 6 matches at HBF Park in WA, which has a capacity of 20,500 . At GIO stadium in Canberra the Brumbies averaged 9,500 over 3 matches. Capacity is 25,000. Crowds are down to in NZ with the top teams averaging around 10k to 11k.
Had to laugh when the only publicity union could get was when Tim Horan publicly told Nathan Cleary to come to union to spread his wings. Yeah right. From 50k in SOO to 7k at HBF Park. I suppose you could get to see the cherry blossoms in full bloom in Japan while sipping Pimm’s or get carjacked in South Africa . Sounds tempting.