Who gets rugby league?

[glockers]

A couple of years ago after a bad Origin NSW was informed it didn't get State of Origin.

Queensland has now had 50 put on them and people are saying they just don't get Origin.

Clearly no one gets Origin, but just maybe the bigger issue is do they get Rugby League?

In fact does anyone out there at all in the universe get rugby league?

I think Tommy Raudonikis did. But he has passed.

Please nominate people or states or countries that still get rugby league.

 

[Rugged Rigid Robust Roy]

It depends who has the best side. talent dictates. And 95% of the time, the most talented side wins. At the moment NSW have one of the most talented sides in history.

 

[jim_57]

Yes.

 

[Loose Cannon]

Everybody but Mary McGregor.

 

[Coastbloke]

I get rugby league..

I get that it's the only sport that continuously and deliberately undermines it's internationals so fans, commentators and fair weather followers can jizz over 3 games a year and talk about from right at the beginning on the 1st minute of Rnd 1..

I get that it's a game when the last club match of the year and the aforementioned 3 games are more important to a player than say playing a WC final in front of 70,000 at a world famous stadium like Old Trafford or Wembley..

I get that it's a game where we find a country that could join the current 3 Tier one nations, but we f*** up it's chance to play regular Internationals for 2 years but Origin is OK and other sports are hosting Internationals.

Pretty much sums it up...

 

[Rugged Rigid Robust Roy]

State of Origin only works when Queensland beats NSW. If David beats Goliath.

if Goliath destroys David, like last night, it is boring as batshite.

the NSW dominance will be the end of State of Origin.

 

[Perth Red]

PNG get it. People of Newcastle get it. The good folk of Kingston-Upon-Hull get it. The rest, mostly meh.

Fully agree having SOO as the pinnacle of the game just shows how myopic a sport we are in this country.

 

[Rugged Rigid Robust Roy]

State of Origin is as over-rated as anything. International Rugby League should be No 1 pinnacle of the sport.

 

[Perth Red]

Ch9 def dont get it, SOO game 1 has lost over 25% metro audience in last 5 years.

 

[YoHadrian]

State of Origin is as over-rated as anything. International Rugby League should be No 1 pinnacle of the sport.

Bollocks. Australian club rugby league is the pinnacle of the sport & should be prioritised as such & no one rightly gives a toss about internationals any more. State of Orgy is where it's at now. Thankfully.

 

[Coastbloke]

Bollocks. Australian club rugby league is the pinnacle of the sport & should be prioritised as such & no one rightly gives a toss about internationals any more. State of Orgy is where it's at now. Thankfully.

Ever been to a Ophthalmologist and they get you to look into a lens no bigger than a pin prick? So the view is literally tunnel vision?

That's your view of the game and that's OK. You wouldn't be the only one. Real fans want it to expand Internationally and take it's rightful place in world sport..

 

[Rugged Rigid Robust Roy]

It isnt the 1980s any more. State of Origin had its time. now it is schmuck.

 

[TheRam]

Well that tears it, the Maroons can't win the premiership now.

 

[Rugged Rigid Robust Roy]

if the NSW Blues win the 2nd state of origin at Suncorp, will anyone watch the 3rd game. Probably not.

 

[JamesRustle]

I get rugby league on Fox, except I have to get rugby league on Ch 9 four times a year, but I get it.

 

[Rugged Rigid Robust Roy]

Channel 9 is a horrid broadcaster. Jobs for the boys who would rather talk about their own careers rather than what is currently taking place on the field.

 

[glockers]

I get rugby league on Fox, except I have to get rugby league on Ch 9 four times a year, but I get it.

See finally someone who gets the post

 

[glockers]

PNG get it. People of Newcastle get it. The good folk of Kingston-Upon-Hull get it. The rest, mostly meh.

Fully agree having SOO as the pinnacle of the game just shows how myopic a sport we are in this country.

I will consider this answer as well

 

[Angry_eel]

Channel 9 is a horrid broadcaster. Jobs for the boys who would rather talk about their own careers rather than what is currently taking place on the field.

For the record, I am liking Cam Smith as a commentator. Sounds smarter than Fittler and Johns at least.

 

[Jim Rockford]

Sounds smarter than Fittler and Johns at least.

That's a pretty low bar to clear.