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2014 Super Rugby: Crusaders vs Sharks (Round 14)
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<blockquote data-quote="nzlizard" data-source="post: 643880" data-attributes="member: 70865"><p>Rugby has plenty of competition from Cricket, Soccer, League, hell even things like snooker and darts draws massive crowds, England is full of sports that have a huge draw car but they have a bigger fan base, international neighbors that compete at the same level and years of tradition with Rugby, Soccer and Cricket, SA would be the one I believe has less competition and they certainly have rugby right up there as a national sport. </p><p></p><p>Rugby is in a unique position in Aus, it competes of a small fan base against sports that have always been massive in Aus, I certainly remember watching more league games, NRL, State of Origin, as a kid then I did rugby - talking at a national level between soley Aus teams, not international level, not because I don't like rugby or the way Aus plays it but league has been so much more prevalent with more teams, a well organized machine and marketed better. You only have 5 super franchises and a couple are really new, then you compare to league where they have had a 16+ team comp for 30+ years.</p><p></p><p>Aussie cricket has always been strong and draws big crowds.</p><p></p><p>AFL has the strangle hold for territories that never had a rugby team.</p><p></p><p>It will take Aus teams years to get rugby back to where it was perceived to be after they won 2 world cups, what will help is results, winning the Super 15 ***le, winning more test matches, I don't give a **** how the AB's play so long as they win, sure I like watching them play running attacking rugby, but I like watching them win more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nzlizard, post: 643880, member: 70865"] Rugby has plenty of competition from Cricket, Soccer, League, hell even things like snooker and darts draws massive crowds, England is full of sports that have a huge draw car but they have a bigger fan base, international neighbors that compete at the same level and years of tradition with Rugby, Soccer and Cricket, SA would be the one I believe has less competition and they certainly have rugby right up there as a national sport. Rugby is in a unique position in Aus, it competes of a small fan base against sports that have always been massive in Aus, I certainly remember watching more league games, NRL, State of Origin, as a kid then I did rugby - talking at a national level between soley Aus teams, not international level, not because I don't like rugby or the way Aus plays it but league has been so much more prevalent with more teams, a well organized machine and marketed better. You only have 5 super franchises and a couple are really new, then you compare to league where they have had a 16+ team comp for 30+ years. Aussie cricket has always been strong and draws big crowds. AFL has the strangle hold for territories that never had a rugby team. It will take Aus teams years to get rugby back to where it was perceived to be after they won 2 world cups, what will help is results, winning the Super 15 ***le, winning more test matches, I don't give a **** how the AB's play so long as they win, sure I like watching them play running attacking rugby, but I like watching them win more. [/QUOTE]
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