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You need to include what the TV deals are too – it makes a big differnce to how ‘valuable’ a sport is.
A lot of the TV viewer data is mixed up with regionals, double counts and guesses for kayo etc.
5 city viewing gives a more accurate picture as that is what advertisers base their spending on.
What is Australia's most popular sport?
Get an Australian at Wimbledon or especially the Australian Open final and you get enormous interst. The Hewitt – Saffin game in 2005 was the most watched event for many a year – don’t think anything has surpassed it since, but I think the Football world cup would have more sustained interest.
The Socceroos have proved yet again that only one sport can truly unite Australia
It’s interesting that AFL in Sydney is a middle class game – hence why little success with GWS, but a lot of success in eroding the Rugby base in the east and north. However, as you state, AFL outside of Sydney is an all class game (like Football, but unlike league, which is lower class in every country it’s played)
The Socceroos have proved yet again that only one sport can truly unite Australia
It was very evident in the league ‘world up’ which couldn’t even muster enough interest to be shown on FTA and featured Australians of Samoan descent and Australians of non Samoan descent playing each other in the final!
The Socceroos have proved yet again that only one sport can truly unite Australia
Punter – the population is 200k, but that’s irrelevant as they were all Australian based players, so it was the same country playing each other, but one side had people of Samoan descent, which does make it quite farcical.
What a dive: why this league fan just cannot commit full-time to soccer
beat the mighty Australian A team comprised of Samoans
What a dive: why this league fan just cannot commit full-time to soccer
C.Reid, not only has RL not grown, but it has gone backwards after it’s peak in the ’50’s. One has to remember that the population has tripled since 1950. Not even the most die herd league fan could argue that league is 3 times the size it was in the 50’s
The world in motion: Predicting the future of the Rugby League World Cup
Just don’t mention the TV deal, Rowdy – that will really get them going.
What is the future of International Rugby League?
The problem is, due to Rugby’s expansion, Australia is a small fish in a big pond, where it was used to being a big fish in a small pond. The talent hasn’t been growing. It’s not as tough we’re about the only real country playing and we play against other nations made up of our former players.
I'm not giving up on the Wallabies, but I have no idea where they're going now
Thank you for your reasoned reply.
I would like Sheek to confirm those points, as I have not seen them, especially that the country you are born in is the country you must play in. That would seem very unjust and I would disagree wholeheartedly – especially if you were forced to leave.
From my understanding his POV is that the country you grew up in, that gave you training and support and the country that you live in is the country you should play for. As I said above, happy to be proven wrong. I look forward to his reply.
Crichton repeats Grand Final magic as Samoa complete insane 55-point turnaround to reach first World Cup Final
Jack Dempsey moved to Scotland in 2021 and played for Glasgow Warriors. He did not play for Australia ‘a couple of years’ ago – it was 2019, 3 years and now qualified, plays for Scotland.
Please name the players in Rugby and Cricket who do not live in the country they play for – this is the whole point. All the players in the Japanese team live there – they do not live in Australia and just jet in when there is a test on.
Crichton repeats Grand Final magic as Samoa complete insane 55-point turnaround to reach first World Cup Final
You need to get your facts straight HR, as you’re not using hypocrisy correcty.
David Pocock did not abandon Zimbabwe – his parents were more or less forced to leave as Mugabee had introduced compulsory land acquisition and took over their livelihood. He played Rugby and was educated in Australia for many years before the Wallabies.
George Greegan left when he was 2 – I think that’s long enough to be considered Australian.
Sheek never complained about people having dual passports, only that they should play for the country that has nutured them and where they have lived for most, if not all of their lives.
The examples you give are completely different to that scenario.
Crichton repeats Grand Final magic as Samoa complete insane 55-point turnaround to reach first World Cup Final
Easy to find on Google, goes down to 23. Australia of course is miles ahead (like in league) PNG, NZ and Ireland make up the next three. I think if any team played Australia the odds would be 1.002, just like they are with Aust. playing Lebanon in the quarters.
Stripping the Rugby League World Cup down to eight teams is admitting defeat
Aust. and NZ ‘should’ win – don’t think there has been anything more certain. The oods on Aust are 1.002 – which means you would have to put $1000 on just to win $2. NZ is 1.01, which isn’t much better and England is $1.05. Unless the bookies have become a charity, they are all shoe ins.
And then there were eight: Teams locked in for Rugby League World Cup quarter-finals
Latvia are 48/48, Hungary are 35/48, but 36/211 for football – huge difference
Stripping the Rugby League World Cup down to eight teams is admitting defeat
No, that is why they don’t pass on Rugby or AFL, but they would like it better if it was a national spread
Kangaroos winning World Cup does nothing for rugby league, but who'll stop them?
It does sound like that was a suggestion by Aloiai and his ilk, not an official request by the club to have a ‘Christian’ jersey, whatever that would entail.
It is a different situation though – the pride jersey was to be worn to highlight tolerance and the plight of homophobia – Christians haven’t been discriminated against in this country and everyone is free to practice their religion, even if people don’t approve. If the jersey was to promote religious tolerance, I can’t see why ‘atheists’ would bault at wearing it – surely it would be a good thing.
Aloiai: I won't wear pride jersey in 2023
The point is a broadcaster would prefer to have access to viewers in all the states, just not two – you will be able to charge higher advertising rates.
Kangaroos winning World Cup does nothing for rugby league, but who'll stop them?
When Brazil, Germany etc win 80% of the world cups played, then you will have a point. No country has won more than 25% and although one country may be dominant for awhile, they have not been dominant for all the time the world cup has been played.
Kangaroos winning World Cup does nothing for rugby league, but who'll stop them?
Thank you for you comment, it does inspire me , but I can’t really understand if you agree with me or not.
Kangaroos winning World Cup does nothing for rugby league, but who'll stop them?
Cricket is a national game, league is not
Kangaroos winning World Cup does nothing for rugby league, but who'll stop them?
Sorry, don’t recognise the moniker – although I probably would know the one before.
Well, it’s not identical on floggings – there are fewer as a percentage, as there are more teams in the RWC for a start and as I’ve noted before there were no flogging in the RWC from the QF, but a some in the RLWC
Sorry, I don’t know who Ewic is – is it a new poster?
Never mind the blowouts: Why Australia must do more to make future World Cups better
No the records are not nearly identical.
One country (Australia) has won almost 80% of the titles
2 countries have won 33.3% of the Rugby WC, so there is no real dominant team.
1 country has won 25% and 2 have won 20% of the Football world cup.
Never mind the blowouts: Why Australia must do more to make future World Cups better
Surely that would go for any country that first competes in a world cup, whether it be boot throwing or the AFL version – it’s an honour to play for your country, no matter how humiliated you are – just look at Eddie the eel etc.
How can we improve the standard of international rugby league?
Although, to be fair, the size of the population is not an indication of the quality. NZ has 4.5 but is much better at Rugby than nations with many times the population.
It should aslo be noted that most of those countries in the final 16 would have Football as their No. 1 sport – only PNG would have league as their no. 1 sport and some it wouldn’t even be in the top 20.
What is Australia's most popular sport?