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Tonight's nine viewing schedule (Broncos/Dragons and Wallabies/Ireland) made it very obvious as to which code is the superior product.
First up, we saw a clash of the defending premiers vs a team on the rise. Both teams were very much up for the occasion and were skilful, gritty and brave. The passion and skills players like Brett Morris and Darren Lockyer possess make our game the product it is. Both teams were ultra fit and should be proud of their performances. The score may not have been huge, but both sides had a go and threw the ball around for skilful attacking plays.
Compare that spectacle to the crap dished up on the other side of the ditch. Knock-on's galore, no team dared to throw the ball around, no team had great structure in attack....the list goes on. While those Irish players looked like total amatuers fitness-wise, they were still superior to our so-called world cup contenders. Sadd thing to say, but the games I've enjoyed the most have been the minnow v minnow games. They actually throw the ball around like a rugby league game. The Tonga v Canada game was by far the best game (only good game) I've seen this cup. But, players from both teams were still pretty crap with heaps of errors.
How this product gets so much more attention than rugby league defies belief. Our product is so much better in every way than union. At least, I can understand why afl is a popular product. Their game has end-to-end activity with great skills in traffic plus the atheltes have to be extremely fit. But, I just don't get why union get more attention in every other country in the world.
That is leagues main problem. I think too many foreigners confuse our product with that slow kick and clap crap. That just puts people off as it gets more airtime than league worldwide.
Our promotion of league simply needs to get better. We are so meek compared to the afl and union promotion machines who try to shove their products down our throats. We somehow need to get much more aggressive in promoting our game.
First up, we saw a clash of the defending premiers vs a team on the rise. Both teams were very much up for the occasion and were skilful, gritty and brave. The passion and skills players like Brett Morris and Darren Lockyer possess make our game the product it is. Both teams were ultra fit and should be proud of their performances. The score may not have been huge, but both sides had a go and threw the ball around for skilful attacking plays.
Compare that spectacle to the crap dished up on the other side of the ditch. Knock-on's galore, no team dared to throw the ball around, no team had great structure in attack....the list goes on. While those Irish players looked like total amatuers fitness-wise, they were still superior to our so-called world cup contenders. Sadd thing to say, but the games I've enjoyed the most have been the minnow v minnow games. They actually throw the ball around like a rugby league game. The Tonga v Canada game was by far the best game (only good game) I've seen this cup. But, players from both teams were still pretty crap with heaps of errors.
How this product gets so much more attention than rugby league defies belief. Our product is so much better in every way than union. At least, I can understand why afl is a popular product. Their game has end-to-end activity with great skills in traffic plus the atheltes have to be extremely fit. But, I just don't get why union get more attention in every other country in the world.
That is leagues main problem. I think too many foreigners confuse our product with that slow kick and clap crap. That just puts people off as it gets more airtime than league worldwide.
Our promotion of league simply needs to get better. We are so meek compared to the afl and union promotion machines who try to shove their products down our throats. We somehow need to get much more aggressive in promoting our game.
