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A veil of distortion pervades English rugby media’s treatment of rugby league. It creates a false picture as to the state of play and on our attitude and assessment of Australian provincial rugby and our own NRL clubs.
Not including the final series for either code in which English super league do very well, the league averages 9,926 people to each game, rising to 10,338 after finals (2008), whilst Guinness rugby averages 10,880.
The match up of the average crowds per clubs rugby league to rugby union is Leeds 17,043 to Leicester 17,206; Wigan 14,505 to Gloucester 15,555; Hull 13,432 to Harlequins 13,496; St Helens 10,642 to Wasps 12,459; Bradford 10,287 to Bath 10,459; Warrington 9,501 to Irish 9,949; Hull KR 8,554 to Worcester 9,658, and so on.
On this site and in the English rugby media we have been reminded of London Harlequins rugby league having the lowest home crowd in 2008 of only 3,176 against Wakefield. Yet, in the same round in the Guinness Premiership, Bath played Leeds in Leeds and got only 4,800.
I am starting to learn about English rugby media class ridden biased and bluntly purveyors of falsehoods.
Wasps had a loss of $6.4 million in 2007; and, in 2008, a loss of $4.6 million.
Newcastle sold their ground to pay off debt and Bristol owes $2.3 million in unpaid player wages. Bristol home crowds have dropped to a 7,776 crowd average and Newcastle to 5,298.
I am told the English super league is restricted to a few towns along the northern English motorways, yet it paradoxically holds up pretty well against the Guinness rugby premiership.
To make informed decisions about the state and future dierection of rugby both here and overseas, I would in the future prefer realistic appraisals instead of unadulterated bias that is characteristic of the English rugby media.
One should take care in mindlessly repeating their propaganda.
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