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<blockquote data-quote="Jaguares" data-source="post: 807681" data-attributes="member: 63264"><p>You can't compare NZ and OZ in Rugby Union at the same level. Union is a religion in NZ meanwhile in OZ is the 4th footy code, our code is trying to survive there.</p><p></p><p>Australia has 600k registered Aussie Rules players, 500k registered Rugby League players and less than 90k Rugby Union players, and the numbers are decreasing every day. Even soccer is more popular than our code there. The ARU is broke, they have less supporters and less money that their rivals codes meanwhile in NZ, Union is the king by far.</p><p></p><p>In OZ, Israel Folau is the most famous Wallaby, because he's a former NRL, Origin and Kangaroos player. Probably the kind of structure, training and competitive enviroment that a top class NZ player has, is the kind of structure that an Origin player like Johnathan Thurston or an AFL superstar has. JT is the best between 500k registered players in their country, he's obviously a better athlete than Bernard Foley or Quade Cooper.</p><p></p><p>The ARU has 90k players for 5 franchises and they aren't the best athletes of their country and has amateur competitions behind them. The NZRU has almost 150k registered players for 5 franchises, they are the best of the best athletes in their country and have the support of a professional competition like the ITM Cup.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaguares, post: 807681, member: 63264"] You can't compare NZ and OZ in Rugby Union at the same level. Union is a religion in NZ meanwhile in OZ is the 4th footy code, our code is trying to survive there. Australia has 600k registered Aussie Rules players, 500k registered Rugby League players and less than 90k Rugby Union players, and the numbers are decreasing every day. Even soccer is more popular than our code there. The ARU is broke, they have less supporters and less money that their rivals codes meanwhile in NZ, Union is the king by far. In OZ, Israel Folau is the most famous Wallaby, because he's a former NRL, Origin and Kangaroos player. Probably the kind of structure, training and competitive enviroment that a top class NZ player has, is the kind of structure that an Origin player like Johnathan Thurston or an AFL superstar has. JT is the best between 500k registered players in their country, he's obviously a better athlete than Bernard Foley or Quade Cooper. The ARU has 90k players for 5 franchises and they aren't the best athletes of their country and has amateur competitions behind them. The NZRU has almost 150k registered players for 5 franchises, they are the best of the best athletes in their country and have the support of a professional competition like the ITM Cup. [/QUOTE]
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