World Champions’ Sydney Roosters appear on billboards in Super Bowl 53 host city Atlanta

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I bet they dont know anyway, the few people who drove past wouldnt have a clue and the rest of America even less so, the aussie and English media however could have a field day pointing out how arrogant and stupid the NRl look in putting Rossters up as wold champions when they then went and lost. No pressure roosters lol.

In the immortal words of Josh Dugan, “end yourself!”

 

[Canard]

Tigers would have won about three comps a few years back if the refs rewarded attack over defence!!!!

Maybe we should just get a hybrid game going that is a mix of rugby sevens and touch. Souths won a comp by using their defence as basically a attacking weapon, by actually belting teams into the ground than overrunning them in attack. Also the Chooks last year for all their attacking skill it was the defence that was their key weapon.

Yes a wrestlethon between two unskillful teams is like a session of root canal therapy, but please god, don’t give the refs more opportunities to influence the results of games as I can see it now every second ref blunder will be labeled...giving the team the attacking benefit

They've already got one Clayton's premiership, why not give them another couple...

 

[Timmah]

Like I said, it was never about Americans, it’s about exploiting the once a year popularity in Australia for the super bowl to market the NRL season.

If only the merkins whingeing about it understood this.

 

[kdalymc]

Americans see the sign
Google rugby
See the allblacks

Fail

 

[kdalymc]

The NRL has released the following street talk video from Atlanta:


Now the billboard has more context, I've warmed a little more to it.

Exactly what we thought before we watched the video ?

 

[Chook Norris]

Exactly what we thought before we watched the video ?

Given all the NRL's failings over the past two decades in terms of governance and actual operations, you actually had 100% confidence that the NRL had some semblance of a credible marketing plan to round out the billboard?

 

[adamkungl]

Americans see the sign
Google rugby
See the allblacks

Fail

But it doesn't say Rugby on the sign. It says

Sydney Roosters
Football
NRL

Fail

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Helsinki Roosters is an American football team based in Helsinki, Finland.

Dumb Americans will misspell Sydney in google and link themselves to superior Finland.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

But it doesn't say Rugby on the sign. It says

Sydney Roosters
Football
NRL

Fail

K

 

[kdalymc]

Given all the NRL's failings over the past two decades in terms of governance and actual operations, you actually had 100% confidence that the NRL had some semblance of a credible marketing plan to round out the billboard?

The sign was a troll, guy on street was a troll

 

[Perth Red]

Did he know that Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't from Australia?

 

[Chook Norris]

The sign was a troll, guy on street was a troll

That was clear enough but doesn't answer my question.

 

[no name]

I thought the signs were pretty clever.
The follow up of comparing Cameron Smith to Tom Brady and having NFL audio over NRL vision was f**king cringeworthy.

 

[Mr Spock!]

The usuals were there...

 

[GongPanther]

Melbourne are the current World Champions.

Wigan and the Roosters play in a few weeks to decide the new World Champion.

This isn’t that hard. Lol NRL.

1st thing I observed.

 

[unforgiven]

1st thing I observed.

But that is not the joke the NRL is going for!

 

[kdalymc]

(If we still have a league) an ice hockey one would be a funny

 

[unforgiven]

What I did find interesting was Eddie McGuire was talking about it and praising the NRL for the idea on the radio yesterday.

 

[OzDragon]

(If we still have a league) an ice hockey one would be a funny

We do. AIHL (Aus ice hockey league). It's still very much amateur hour though.