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<blockquote data-quote="GoTheNaki" data-source="post: 999259" data-attributes="member: 70789"><p>I find it hard to believe that Australian Rugby will survive by itself. It's a fairly weakly followed sport in the grand scheme of things in Australia... They've really only just introduced an ITM Cup like format, I don't know how successful this has been for them since it has been established. But they are losing a lot of talent to NRL, and AFL mostly. Those sports have huge cult-like followings, much like the Premier League Football in the UK, where multiple generations support a certain team. and that is always passed down. I don't feel like it is the same in Australia for Rugby, it feels like the new sport in town trying to get a foothold. Even with New Zealand, typically, you support your region, then you support the Super Rugby team that the region feeds. I say typically, because our region changed hands a few years ago from a Hurricanes region, to a Chiefs region. I am still a Hurricanes supporter through and through. I don't even think that rugby is the number one sport in schools in Australia, but I could be wrong. They will struggle, and their national team will struggle when it comes to playing better talent because they just won't see it regularly enough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoTheNaki, post: 999259, member: 70789"] I find it hard to believe that Australian Rugby will survive by itself. It's a fairly weakly followed sport in the grand scheme of things in Australia... They've really only just introduced an ITM Cup like format, I don't know how successful this has been for them since it has been established. But they are losing a lot of talent to NRL, and AFL mostly. Those sports have huge cult-like followings, much like the Premier League Football in the UK, where multiple generations support a certain team. and that is always passed down. I don't feel like it is the same in Australia for Rugby, it feels like the new sport in town trying to get a foothold. Even with New Zealand, typically, you support your region, then you support the Super Rugby team that the region feeds. I say typically, because our region changed hands a few years ago from a Hurricanes region, to a Chiefs region. I am still a Hurricanes supporter through and through. I don't even think that rugby is the number one sport in schools in Australia, but I could be wrong. They will struggle, and their national team will struggle when it comes to playing better talent because they just won't see it regularly enough. [/QUOTE]
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