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<blockquote data-quote="Jaguares" data-source="post: 807804" data-attributes="member: 63264"><p>NZ has the best grassroots rugby in the world, the best local competition (ITM Cup) and the best elite athletes. Also they have the luck that the larger economy in Oceania is not interested in Rugby Union.</p><p></p><p>I have no doubts that if the NRL structure was for Rugby Union, Australia would be the best rugby nation. They are consistently at the top 3 nations with their current "weak" structure, with 500k more registered players they would be unstopable. Just look at the difference between the NRL structure and the ARU structure. The State of Origin is the game between QLD and NSW in RL, meanwhile in Rugby Union that game is Waratahs vs Reds, both are the teams of their states like Blues and Maroons. The State of Origin is 50 times bigger than Tahs vs Reds. The SOO is bigger than the Bledisloe Cup and also is bigger than the ABs vs Boks tests.</p><p></p><p>It's a pity for our code that we can't see super athletes like Johnathan Thurston, Cameron Smith or Greg Inglis playing test rugby. These guys are pure gold, I'm a HUGE Rugby Union supporter but I have a big respect for the NRL players, especially the Origin players, they are fantastic. I bet that Semi Radradra could make the ABs XV easily, he's a beast and they have so many wonderful athletes that could play at test rugby like Israel Folau or SBW.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaguares, post: 807804, member: 63264"] NZ has the best grassroots rugby in the world, the best local competition (ITM Cup) and the best elite athletes. Also they have the luck that the larger economy in Oceania is not interested in Rugby Union. I have no doubts that if the NRL structure was for Rugby Union, Australia would be the best rugby nation. They are consistently at the top 3 nations with their current "weak" structure, with 500k more registered players they would be unstopable. Just look at the difference between the NRL structure and the ARU structure. The State of Origin is the game between QLD and NSW in RL, meanwhile in Rugby Union that game is Waratahs vs Reds, both are the teams of their states like Blues and Maroons. The State of Origin is 50 times bigger than Tahs vs Reds. The SOO is bigger than the Bledisloe Cup and also is bigger than the ABs vs Boks tests. It's a pity for our code that we can't see super athletes like Johnathan Thurston, Cameron Smith or Greg Inglis playing test rugby. These guys are pure gold, I'm a HUGE Rugby Union supporter but I have a big respect for the NRL players, especially the Origin players, they are fantastic. I bet that Semi Radradra could make the ABs XV easily, he's a beast and they have so many wonderful athletes that could play at test rugby like Israel Folau or SBW. [/QUOTE]
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