The Las Vegas Thread

[Harry O]

But what about amateur rugby league players in Utah?

They're all heading to the double header,hence why it's sold out

 

[RedVee_8]

On the Utah promotion, it is poor that the NRL went to a junior Rugby Union club versus a junior Rugby League club, but in fairness to the NRL it is pretty easy to see how this could have happened.

Firstly, if you go to the USARL site or USA listing on the IRL site, there is zero mention of anything Utah. The USARL (https://www.usarl.org/development/locate-a-club/) promotes the likes of Chicago and Boston over anything as far west as Utah. So even if they looked up a list of clubs on the national body, they wouldn't have found anything.

Secondly, Utah Junior Rugby League didn't exist before mid-November and isn't an official affiliate of either the PCRL or USARL yet. The NRL started planning this week months ago, it's not unrealistic that if the NRL asked the question to the USARL 'do you have any junior clubs in Utah?', the answer at the time would have been no.

Thirdly, the NRL is using a US based sporting agency, The Offense (https://www.the-offense.com/), to help build these activations. The Offense has the likes of the NFL, NBA, MLS, Activision, HBO, Nike, Adidas etc as clients, so definitely valuable from a major sports perspective, but doesn't seem to do anything with grassroots sports. The comments that they potentially got confused is not unrealistic, especially when you look at Spencer Leniu's interview where he refers to it as a Rugby League club.

Now none of that may have happened and honestly, I wouldn't have been surprised if the brief from the NRL to The Offense was to find a media opp in Utah, near the Delta Centre in Salt Lake City (where the Utah Jazz were playing) at a school with a solid pasifika representation. Lazy and poor yes, but if that's the worse f*** up the NRL did whilst in Vegas, it was a pretty successful launch.

They should check the International section on LeagueUnlimited…

 

[Foreign Legion]

Just to piss the doubters even more, Vegas has officially sold out

Take that AFL china!

 

[Foreign Legion]

 

[yakstorm]

Vegas Combine is now accepting registrations.
URL: https://www.playrugbyleague.com/vegascombine
Venue: Resort World, Las Vegas
Dates: March 1 & 2

Limited to 25 female and 25 male athletes.

 

[Wb1234]

 

[Wb1234]

NRL opener set for 65,000 sell-out in Vegas - Serious About Rugby League

It was confirmed last week that the NRL season opener in Las Vegas would be broadcast to over 90 million Americans, and now the game is set for a 65,000 sell-out attendance. That’s what former NFL running-back Todd Gurley believes with the former Los Angeles Rams star hailing America, but...

www.seriousaboutrl.com

 

[titoelcolombiano]

To engage with the local RL association? And ignore Union.

Surely that's not to hard to comprehend??

Our comp is called the National Rugby League. The NRL's best strategy for promotion is to use the name and get American's longer term to associate it with the NRL... the biggest Rugby Comp in the world.

Not sure what you'd hope to achieve by engaging with the unknown USARL instead of the UFC or NFL

 

[titoelcolombiano]

So should we just start promoting the NRL as Rugby in Australia to?

Absolutely, we have just as much right to the name as they do. We should never have set back and let them own it in the forst place.

 

[Titanic]

Woodsy certainly spoke well but why we didn't roll out some Malaita clones to back him up is beyond me ... Billy Walters? Honestly.

 

[Canard]

Just to piss the doubters even more, Vegas has officially sold out

No it's not. Not even close. Good troll though

Under gullible in the dictionary is @Fangs and @Foreign Legion

 

[Canard]

Our comp is called the National Rugby League. The NRL's best strategy for promotion is to use the name and get American's longer term to associate it with the NRL... the biggest Rugby Comp in the world.

Not sure what you'd hope to achieve by engaging with the unknown USARL instead of the UFC or NFL

The "link" with UFC and NFL etc is just corporate buzzwords.

It doesn't mean much to the NRL, but even then I have no real issue with that.

I have a huge issue with us promoting Union though.

On the Utah promotion, it is poor that the NRL went to a junior Rugby Union club versus a junior Rugby League club, but in fairness to the NRL it is pretty easy to see how this could have happened.

Firstly, if you go to the USARL site or USA listing on the IRL site, there is zero mention of anything Utah. The USARL (https://www.usarl.org/development/locate-a-club/) promotes the likes of Chicago and Boston over anything as far west as Utah. So even if they looked up a list of clubs on the national body, they wouldn't have found anything.

Secondly, Utah Junior Rugby League didn't exist before mid-November and isn't an official affiliate of either the PCRL or USARL yet. The NRL started planning this week months ago, it's not unrealistic that if the NRL asked the question to the USARL 'do you have any junior clubs in Utah?', the answer at the time would have been no.

Thirdly, the NRL is using a US based sporting agency, The Offense (https://www.the-offense.com/), to help build these activations. The Offense has the likes of the NFL, NBA, MLS, Activision, HBO, Nike, Adidas etc as clients, so definitely valuable from a major sports perspective, but doesn't seem to do anything with grassroots sports. The comments that they potentially got confused is not unrealistic, especially when you look at Spencer Leniu's interview where he refers to it as a Rugby League club.

Now none of that may have happened and honestly, I wouldn't have been surprised if the brief from the NRL to The Offense was to find a media opp in Utah, near the Delta Centre in Salt Lake City (where the Utah Jazz were playing) at a school with a solid pasifika representation. Lazy and poor yes, but if that's the worse f*** up the NRL did whilst in Vegas, it was a pretty successful launch.

Well, find a RL club somewhere else, surely that's not that hard?

 

[Harry O]

No it's not. Not even close. Good troll though

Under gullible in the dictionary is @Fangs and @Foreign Legion

Oh shuuuuuurup y don't yu
They just put extra seats since its sold out, to accommodate another 65k

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Oh shuuuuuurup y don't yu
They just put extra seats since its sold out, to accommodate another 65k

Settle down Barry

 

[Harry O]

Settle down Barry

K

 

[Chins get the wins]

The "link" with UFC and NFL etc is just corporate buzzwords.

It doesn't mean much to the NRL, but even then I have no real issue with that.

I have a huge issue with us promoting Union though.

Well, find a RL club somewhere else, surely that's not that hard?

I've asked before but is everything ok in your life? You are such a bitter sad merkin

 

[Canard]

I've asked before but is everything ok in your life? You are such a bitter sad merkin

Ad Hominen is the only response you have.

You seem to struggle to have a mature discussion about any given topic.

 

[Chins get the wins]

Ad Hominen is the only response you have.

You seem to struggle to have a mature discussion about any given topic.

Yes I am fun and enjoy life

 

[mave]

I care about the opinions of amatuer RL players in Utah, about as much as I care about the opinions of amatuer RL players in Perth.

Not much.

 

[Fangs]

No it's not. Not even close. Good troll though

Under gullible in the dictionary is @Fangs and @Foreign Legion

I can think of 65,000 reasons to be pretty happy with this Las Vegas venture.