WA BEARS

[i0Nic]

A Perth team makes sense for the NRL, for whatever reason you might see fit:
- it’s just cool
- it helps our tv deal and tv ratings
- drive sponsorships and advertisers
- dots on a map / general perception about being a national game
- be present in the fourth biggest city in the country
- historically they’ve had more interest and participation than other fumble markets
- it’s a way to get north’s a foundation club back in the nrl and that will drive goodwill/interest/tv viewers

it’s true the nrl is more focused towards the pacific and a more international footprint which is great. But Perth does make sense for the competition.

 

[i0Nic]

Speaking of afl poorly copying nrl concepts, I’m looking forward to when they reintroduce their state of origin as a preseason Mickey Mouse exhibition competition which will absolutely pale in comparison. It will also highlight how Victoria dominant the afl is.

 

[Gobsmacked]

Yep and NSW is bigger than Victoria and QLD is bigger than SA, WA and TAS combined. Then we have a good following in NZ and a religious following in PNG on top of that. Our footprint shits on theirs.

Imagine the footprint we could boast about if we purchased SL ...o but not Perth team lol

 

[Perth Red]

Imagine the footprint we could boast about if we purchased SL ...o but not Perth team lol

Imagine if you could comprehend the discussion about Australian public perception of what is and isnt a national comp.

 

[Gobsmacked]

Again none of what you have listed, as positive as they are for the game, is changing the publics perception of NRL as a national game in Australia.
Adding Perth and eventually Adelaide and having them be well supported and successful will do that. But it will take a long time, the public perception that NRL is a 2 state game is well ingrained and will take some shifting.

Does it matter? Well NRL is waking up to the fact that maybe it does, or so it seems.

What the f**k are you clapping on about now? The NRL is played in 4 states and 2 countries, soon to be 3.

It's almost as if you live in an AFL dominated state isolated from the rest of the country... o.
Tell your Dockers mates that this reality only lives in their far flung little minds.

 

[Gobsmacked]

Imagine if you could comprehend the discussion about Australian public perception of what is and isnt a national comp.

Your a pom living in the most isolated city of the planet. What in the actual f**k would you know about the public perception?

 

[BuffaloRules]

You a pom living in the most isolated city of the planet. What in the actual f**k would you know about the public perception?

He is a critic of NRL expansion … yet where he is from they can’t even expand 250kms down the highway to London in 130 years ..

 

[wb2027]

How the club is perceived in Perth by the media (which is what we are talking about)will be the reality. Not what the NRL are pushing.

The Perth media still call it "rugby" most days.

 

[Perth Red]

What the f**k are you clapping on about now? The NRL is played in 4 states and 2 countries, soon to be 3.

It's almost as if you live in an AFL dominated state isolated from the rest of the country... o.
Tell your Dockers mates that this reality only lives in their far flung little minds.

Calm down champ, you'll do yourself an injury.

 

[Perth Red]

The Perth media still call it "rugby" most days.

Because it is 'rugby'.
Rugby League.
Why you on the east coast call it football when the sport doesnt even have football in its name is a mystery lol. Its nice you use part of the name of the English controlling body I suppose but doesn't really make any sense.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Because it is 'rugby'.
Rugby League.
Why you on the east coast call it football when the sport doesnt even have football in its name is a mystery lol. Its nice you use part of the name of the English controlling body I suppose but doesn't really make any sense.

Rugby Football League

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Again none of what you have listed, as positive as they are for the game, is changing the publics perception of NRL as a national game in Australia.
Adding Perth and eventually Adelaide and having them be well supported and successful will do that. But it will take a long time, the public perception that NRL is a 2 state game is well ingrained and will take some shifting.

Does it matter? Well NRL is waking up to the fact that maybe it does, or so it seems.

Australia's most viewed sport is a pretty convincing narrative when it comes to perception.

 

[Perth Red]

Rugby Football League

Hasnt been called that in a century lol

NRL, SL, NSWRL, QRL, RLIF, RLEF, PNGRL, NZRL and so it goes on. No mention of football.

 

[Wb1234]

Again none of what you have listed, as positive as they are for the game, is changing the publics perception of NRL as a national game in Australia.
Adding Perth and eventually Adelaide and having them be well supported and successful will do that. But it will take a long time, the public perception that NRL is a 2 state game is well ingrained and will take some shifting.

Does it matter? Well NRL is waking up to the fact that maybe it does, or so it seems.

So adding a Perth nrl team that the wa media either hate or ignore is going to change the perception of the code in afl markets ?

 

[i0Nic]

Hasnt been called that in a century lol

NRL, SL, NSWRL, QRL, RLIF, RLEF, PNGRL, NZRL and so it goes on. No mention of football.

What are you arguing here, that people don't or shouldn't called rugby league footy? It certainly is called footy in all parts of nsw, qld and ACT. When someone in the office says did you watch the footy, 99% of the time they are referring to the nrl.

 

[wb2027]

Because it is 'rugby'.
Rugby League.
Why you on the east coast call it football when the sport doesnt even have football in its name is a mystery lol. Its nice you use part of the name of the English controlling body I suppose but doesn't really make any sense.

Colloquially, on the East Coast I suppose, it's "Rugby" = Rugby Union, "League" = Rugby League.

 

[Gobsmacked]

He is a critic of NRL expansion … yet where he is from they can’t even expand 250kms down the highway to London in 130 years ..

You could invent a bigger hypocrite.
The stuff of science fiction.

 

[Perth Red]

So adding a Perth nrl team that the wa media either hate or ignore is going to change the perception of the code in afl markets ?

Its not 'The Media'. Its just The West. If NRL has any smarts it will be building relationships with the rest of the media in WA.

 

[Perth Red]

What are you arguing here, that people don't or shouldn't called rugby league footy? It certainly is called footy in all parts of nsw, qld and ACT. When someone in the office says did you watch the footy, 99% of the time they are referring to the nrl.

Im arguing that people calling rugby league 'rugby' isnt an issue lol It makes far more sense than calling it 'footy'.

 

[Gobsmacked]

What are you arguing here, that people don't or shouldn't called rugby league footy? It certainly is called footy in all parts of nsw, qld and ACT. When someone in the office says did you watch the footy, 99% of the time they are referring to the nrl.

He's in Perth... he's on here to report the public perception..dur !

I remember I was in a bar in Melbourne last year listening in on a chat where they were talking about how RL is a dying code. AFL people live in an alternate reality. They've taken over Brisbane, haven't you heard? Western Sydney next..