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I understand the logic here but I think it also puts them at risk long term of Ten going for a juggular and trying to poach AFL/NRL which would put us in a lot of trouble. Particularly with CBS coming in with a content acquisition strategy! But for short term, good news.

Globalisation and gentrification has killed the communities and clubs that used to love rugby, or significantly weakened them. Broader social trends - civic engagement is in decline, community engagement is in decline, are all reflective. . Essentially people my age would rather live in new...

I started the first crowds and tv thread back in 2014, and thought it was bad enough then. The ratings here show that we've had a major recession in Rugby I can remember when the Friday Night NZ games would regularly hit 90k and the Sat night Tahs/Reds games would hit 180... In 2011 the Reds...

http://theprovince.com/sports/rugby/rugby-world-cup-qualifying-continues-to-be-bizarre-but-helps-canada Obscure Rugby fans might have been following the rugby europe qualifiers. SPain upset Romania, and appeared set to qualify for their first WC since 2007, requiring a win against lowly...

Absolutely, but does totally gagging any extemporaneous comments also make players dull, and likewise detract from their public profile and the revenue gathering potential? I would also like to bring in Pocock, who has been known to make somewhat political/environmental comments. I happen to...

I've been following the Karmichael Hunt saga of late, as well as the Barnaby Joyce saga, and it's really got me thinking, what's the right level to be involved in players private lives? Starting with Hunt, suppose the charges are now dropped. Legally, the Reds may still be able to sack hunt...

Elephant in the room is how the war criminal, Nigel Owens (who belongs in front of Nuremberg, not a rugby game) refereed us but seemed to be coaching the all blacks... the penalty count was extremely lop sided again.

Scotlan getting away with war crimes at the breakdown, extradite to hague and hang on sight

Reds should send aircraft carriers to Sydney harbour until the ARU gives us some decent refs... if they fail to comply within 48 hours then go to defcon 1 imminent nuclear war and standbye to nuke the north shore; it is obvious that Kim Jung Waratah is a threat to super rugby peace

A hunt around for super rugby ratings in japan has been elusive, but found this snippet Tournament organisers World Rugby revealed that Japan's historic upset win over two-time Cup champions South Africa has had a significant impact. More than 25 million people in Japan tuned in for the Brave...

barbar, pulver was saying the sunwolves where included due to being economically lucrative, which I believe is code for even though they don't get that strong attendances, the market in Japan is ^3 whatever Australia is, so only a small percentage of people have to watch for them to get really...

You make a very valid point barbarian, I guess it's just frustrating that we are getting jammed so hard

Another side note: it's easily feasible that a trans tasman comp could have 5 teams from Aus and be rated and attended well enough to support this. One man alone stands in the way: Steve Tew! Trans tasman or #AUSEXIT

RE: barbarian, I see some of your point, but I think the reality is just different. Some NZ fans will argue they value the SA rivalry more; the reality is that it is not valued more than the Aus game. The Wallabies game consistently rates higher than the Boks game in NZ, and the attendances...

It'll be easily made up for by increased ratings I believe: this year the ratings have utterly capitulated.

Also, the ARU has a bad hand (it has also played that hand badly), but they are only 30% to blame here. THe biggest player is the evil South African government that told the SARU they'd lose their heads if there was no team in port elizabeth. They are an evil, evil government that belong in the...

Why does the NZRU not want a trans tasman competition? ARU and Super Rugby are going to die long term without a trans tasman comp. The only thing that prevented it happening was the NZRU. The SARU is run by the toxic South African government, which was behind the crazy push for the kings...

The event is looking good, there's been some great aggressive marketing and some blokes at the top are obviously switched on and know how to get a brand for the event, but I just can't agree with this ticket pricing setup. platinum 242.20 gold 201.50 Silver 140 Bronze 100 White 70 I know...

Not offended at all by the picking of some classic players. In a launch year for an event like this you need big names to create a bit of hype. the ticket sales have unfortunately been slow judging by a couple of ticketek samples i took, where all of the tickets available are still in tier 1...

Feel free to message Nigel Owens on his Facebook page about his racist views towards Australia. The holocaust denier has gotten away with it for too long