State of the Union – 2011 Survey

Moses November 23, 2011 13

I’ve put together a short survey to gain a better understanding of G&GR’s readers.

I’m planning to ask the same questions at the end of each year to gain insight into how the public opinion of rugby fans changes over time.

The survey is open from tonight until the end of November. Please suggest any changes to the format for next year’s survey in the comments below.

If you’re interested in completing the survey, click here to begin.

Note: All questions are optional, and there is no personally identifiable data collected.

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Moses spends far too long on G&GR, dealing with the totality of the strength and conditioning, the medical, the rugby side of things, strategy, the review, preview of the internet itself and also the individuals. A Waratahs apologist and rib-eye steak enthusiast, he is often found working behind the scenes keeping the G&GR juggernaut afloat.

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http://landoftheunit.wordpress.com/ Sully

does it count if I did it the other day?
Alice

Watching rugby online is a major form of watching games, now I’m living in the UK i.e. not all games are watched via a tv, you might want to capture this.
suckerforred

Not sure if “Player Recruitment” is the right phrase for the Wallabies. “Player Selection” might be more appropiate.

Also some distinction between home a away games with the atmosphere etc question might be good, i.e. the atmosphere and everything in Brisbane at the Bledisole game was excellent. Not so at some of the RWC game in Auckland.

Otherwise will be interested to see the results.
justBackFromParis

good idea. a couple of thoughts:

I said that I didn’t attend ANY games this year, but there’s no chance for me to say why. I’d be interested why people don’t. For me, it’s mainly because I’ve only just returned to Australia from living OS, but even so, i rarely go up to Suncorp (live on the GC) because I’m just not willing to pay $50-odd for non-guaranteed entertainment. In Europe I would because the crowd is much more into it, are more entertaining and the general atmosphere is better. This holds at big games at Stade de France, and at small Top14 games with a crowd of 5000. I believe this crowd involvement is lacking from Australian rugby (so i’ve joined the rally you guys have posted).

I’d be interested to hear peoples’ “satisfaction” from their team. For the Reds, i would pick “very” (obviously… good on ya boys!). For the Wallabies, i would pick “not very” (not just because they lost a few, but the style that they lost – they’ve become very uninspiring, I’m sorry to say).

this is my first post, so figure I should give you guys some props too – good work, much appreciated, keep it up!
Guy

I think you can go into detail. I want to tell you why I voted poor for food and drink at the match. Why i didn’t get to many games etc… I know text fields make gathering this info impossible, so just add as many reasons as you can think of as check boxes

As you are presenting this to a captive audience, you could probably rest assured that most of us are willing to participate. Therefore, if the survey took me 3 times as long to provide detailed reasoning, i would still be happy to do it.

For the record… the match tickets should be much cheaper. Fill the stands. Grow the supporter base… it seems so simple
Bob

Hey, how about a “North America – Other” so that us fellow Commonwealth types (Canadians), can actually say where we hail from. Nice to have United States up there….but we do play more and better rugby than the Armericans do. And just like you, we too have a Kiwi coach!

Love the site, keep up the good work!
RuggaTim

Off topic but does anyone know who is showing the Baabaas game on saturday night/sunday morning???
- suckerforred
  
  Fox Sports 2, 1:30 am EDT in Oz
Reds Fan 2012

It will be Interesting to see the difference between how the Reds surveyed compared to the Wallabies. The Wallabies have 1 game plan and the players must obide by whether it works or not…wrong there should always be game plan 2 or even 3.
RuggaTim

suckerforred- Cheers
Sydney Smith

Just completed the survey and would like to point out that your question on age does not includes those of us over 59
WithaRebelYell

It will be interesting to see how the Rebels fans rated their attendance. I went to every game I could and farquing loved it – even though we got pumped.

Hopefully it continues – Looking forward to next year.
Moz

Need a category for those of us living in Asia.