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The Rugby Championship 2023
22 October 2016 v Australia, Eden Park, Auckland
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<blockquote data-quote="RoosTah" data-source="post: 820873" data-attributes="member: 12207"><p>I'm not sure what your deal is mate and how you ended up on this board, but it's a bit rich to come on and whine and complain about bias and then launch into a series of ad hominem character attacks on the Wallabies whilst never actually address the issue we were discussing. </p><p></p><p></p><p>As for the NRL, you might not like it, but your predictable snobbery aside the game is vastly more well run, richer and well organised than Rugby in this country. I grew up playing both codes, but the fact is Rugby has descended into a joke in this country, to the point where it is light years behind the NRL and AFL, and now even is behind soccer. It's telling for instance that more people watched the Kangaroos v Kiwis test than people tuned into the Wallabies - something that reflects how little of Australia outside of Sydney's north shore now care about Rugby. Indeed, even in those old enclaves the game has haemorrhaged support to the bloody Swans in the AFL of all things.</p><p></p><p>So yes, it's little wonder the Wallabies are mess, because the game is in terminal decline in this country and shows little sign of recovery.</p><p></p><p>This is largely a function of the snobbery and born to rule attitude of the people who administer the game here - people like you who arrogantly turn their noses up at other codes of football with a born to rule attitude. That might work in a one code country like NZ, but in a brutally competitive football market like Australia it's a failing strategy.</p><p></p><p>But all your anti-rugby league snobbery aside there's a reason that the NRL is modelling themselves on the NFL - a football code that in terms of sheer size is vastly bigger and richer than either code (you can count countries all you like, but the fact is the Union world is pretty bloody tiny compared to the USA). </p><p></p><p>Do you have any actual thoughts on the proposition at hand, or did you just come here to whine and name call the Wallabies and Cheika.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoosTah, post: 820873, member: 12207"] I'm not sure what your deal is mate and how you ended up on this board, but it's a bit rich to come on and whine and complain about bias and then launch into a series of ad hominem character attacks on the Wallabies whilst never actually address the issue we were discussing. As for the NRL, you might not like it, but your predictable snobbery aside the game is vastly more well run, richer and well organised than Rugby in this country. I grew up playing both codes, but the fact is Rugby has descended into a joke in this country, to the point where it is light years behind the NRL and AFL, and now even is behind soccer. It's telling for instance that more people watched the Kangaroos v Kiwis test than people tuned into the Wallabies - something that reflects how little of Australia outside of Sydney's north shore now care about Rugby. Indeed, even in those old enclaves the game has haemorrhaged support to the bloody Swans in the AFL of all things. So yes, it's little wonder the Wallabies are mess, because the game is in terminal decline in this country and shows little sign of recovery. This is largely a function of the snobbery and born to rule attitude of the people who administer the game here - people like you who arrogantly turn their noses up at other codes of football with a born to rule attitude. That might work in a one code country like NZ, but in a brutally competitive football market like Australia it's a failing strategy. But all your anti-rugby league snobbery aside there's a reason that the NRL is modelling themselves on the NFL - a football code that in terms of sheer size is vastly bigger and richer than either code (you can count countries all you like, but the fact is the Union world is pretty bloody tiny compared to the USA). Do you have any actual thoughts on the proposition at hand, or did you just come here to whine and name call the Wallabies and Cheika. [/QUOTE]
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