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which Australian Superside will/should get dropped?
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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 867916" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>I think you'll find its the Force gunning for the ARU. They seem to be the ones that have dragged the ARU to arbitration.</p><p></p><p>I hope the Force doesn't get cut. They are definitely a better prospect for marketing their game in WA than the Rebels are in Victoria.</p><p></p><p>In Pro football codes in WA, there are only two AFL clubs (the Freemantle Dockers and the West Coast Eagles), and one Football club (Perth Glory). RL is only played at amateur level. This makes Rugby Union the third biggest football code in WA.</p><p></p><p>Compare that with Victoria, where they have to compete for the punter's entertainment dollar with one NRL club (Melbourne Storm), two A-League Football Clubs (Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City) and ten AFL Clubs (Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Hawthorn, North Melbourne, Melbourne, Richmond, St Kilda, Western Bulldogs and Geelong. And that doesn't take into account the VFL (the second tier competition) which has teams such as Footscray, Port Melbourne and Sandringham, all of which have big followings. In Victoria, Super Rugby is a distant fifth behind AFl, VFL, A-League and NRL. Just to give you and idea of what Union is up against with AFL, the opening round of nine games in the AFL this season drew a total attendance of over 400,000 (average about 44,500 per game) Rebels would be lucky to draw that number over their first five games of the season.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 867916, member: 20605"] I think you'll find its the Force gunning for the ARU. They seem to be the ones that have dragged the ARU to arbitration. I hope the Force doesn't get cut. They are definitely a better prospect for marketing their game in WA than the Rebels are in Victoria. In Pro football codes in WA, there are only two AFL clubs (the Freemantle Dockers and the West Coast Eagles), and one Football club (Perth Glory). RL is only played at amateur level. This makes Rugby Union the third biggest football code in WA. Compare that with Victoria, where they have to compete for the punter's entertainment dollar with one NRL club (Melbourne Storm), two A-League Football Clubs (Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City) and ten AFL Clubs (Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Hawthorn, North Melbourne, Melbourne, Richmond, St Kilda, Western Bulldogs and Geelong. And that doesn't take into account the VFL (the second tier competition) which has teams such as Footscray, Port Melbourne and Sandringham, all of which have big followings. In Victoria, Super Rugby is a distant fifth behind AFl, VFL, A-League and NRL. Just to give you and idea of what Union is up against with AFL, the opening round of nine games in the AFL this season drew a total attendance of over 400,000 (average about 44,500 per game) Rebels would be lucky to draw that number over their first five games of the season. [/QUOTE]
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