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<blockquote data-quote="RoosTah" data-source="post: 643030" data-attributes="member: 12207"><p>Australia has Super Rugby Franchises in WA and Victoria, but almost all their players come from the NSW and Qld club comps, so the "national" footprint of Rugby is almost entirely superficial. In reality and in terms of sheer numbers, the game is closer to League in the UK than a lot of people think. As for the Wallabies being the "leading story", having spent a lot of time in Melbourne, I can tell you that even a rare victory over the All Blacks at the MCG (which was about half full and mostly AB fans) that I attended back in 2007 failed to push the AFL as the leading sports story the next day and was no where near the front page.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoosTah, post: 643030, member: 12207"] Australia has Super Rugby Franchises in WA and Victoria, but almost all their players come from the NSW and Qld club comps, so the "national" footprint of Rugby is almost entirely superficial. In reality and in terms of sheer numbers, the game is closer to League in the UK than a lot of people think. As for the Wallabies being the "leading story", having spent a lot of time in Melbourne, I can tell you that even a rare victory over the All Blacks at the MCG (which was about half full and mostly AB fans) that I attended back in 2007 failed to push the AFL as the leading sports story the next day and was no where near the front page. [/QUOTE]
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