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[November Tests 2017 EOYT] Scotland vs. Australia (25/11/2017)
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<blockquote data-quote="RoosTah" data-source="post: 881217" data-attributes="member: 12207"><p>Mate you're kidding yourself if you think the game doesn't want wider appeal in Australia. That was the whole point of their League poaching raids! As for international audiences - they're comforting and all, but they don't really pay the bills. Just ask soccer in Aus. More people in the region know who the socceroos are over the Wallabies or Kangaroos, but that doesn't translate into much money wise for the FFA. </p><p></p><p>There's also just the optics of constantly empty stadia at big international matches. The fact the Wallabies can't sell out Springbok or AB matches anymore is embarrassing as heck and I can assure you that Rugby Australia aren't exactly taking comfort from that level of public disinterest when 15-20 years ago they were playing to packed houses and getting strong viewing numbers and juniors growth.</p><p></p><p>The myopic private school boy focus of the game and its limited reach are no way to develop a talent pool and that's shown in th Wallabies results over the last decade. It's no secret that in NZ the game is embraced by all levels of society, meaning they get players beyond the products of a few heavily pampered private schools and so tend to have greater diversity of backgrounds in their makeup. </p><p></p><p>If you think the sport's limited and posh look are doing it some sort of benefit in Australia, then you're kidding yourself and you need to look at our results. Sure, we punched above our weight in the 90s when the game was grappling with professionalism and we adapted quicker than most, but those days are long gone and the competition from our other contact codes is far fiercer and vastly better resources than it was back then too</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoosTah, post: 881217, member: 12207"] Mate you’re kidding yourself if you think the game doesn’t want wider appeal in Australia. That was the whole point of their League poaching raids! As for international audiences - they’re comforting and all, but they don’t really pay the bills. Just ask soccer in Aus. More people in the region know who the socceroos are over the Wallabies or Kangaroos, but that doesn’t translate into much money wise for the FFA. There’s also just the optics of constantly empty stadia at big international matches. The fact the Wallabies can’t sell out Springbok or AB matches anymore is embarrassing as heck and I can assure you that Rugby Australia aren’t exactly taking comfort from that level of public disinterest when 15-20 years ago they were playing to packed houses and getting strong viewing numbers and juniors growth. The myopic private school boy focus of the game and its limited reach are no way to develop a talent pool and that’s shown in th Wallabies results over the last decade. It’s no secret that in NZ the game is embraced by all levels of society, meaning they get players beyond the products of a few heavily pampered private schools and so tend to have greater diversity of backgrounds in their makeup. If you think the sport’s limited and posh look are doing it some sort of benefit in Australia, then you’re kidding yourself and you need to look at our results. Sure, we punched above our weight in the 90s when the game was grappling with professionalism and we adapted quicker than most, but those days are long gone and the competition from our other contact codes is far fiercer and vastly better resources than it was back then too [/QUOTE]
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