PhilClinton
Geoff Shaw (53)
At least they know where they stand in the pecking order of sports tiers here in Australia and don't make direct threats to their competitors about stealing players with money they don't have.
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At least they know where they stand in the pecking order of sports tiers here in Australia and don't make direct threats to their competitors about stealing players with money they don't have.
Derpus
George Gregan (70)
Quite.
Rob42
John Solomon (38)
Are you kidding? The FFA and A-leagues (and even more so their media acolytes) have an insufferable superiority complex and continually assume they're going to be the number 1 sport in Australia in the next couple of years - that's why it's OK to burn millions of PE money.
I guess they did technically have the $30m that they wasted on trying to build a digital content platform.
Dan54
Tim Horan (67)
Yep , but that's not super rugby who is doing that.
dru
Tim Horan (67)
Have we met a bar that is close to untarnished and adequate?
Derpus
George Gregan (70)
Yeah but we lose them lots though
Jimmy_Crouch
Ken Catchpole (46)
At the Super W final. Great atmosphere and some great tries. Lafai for the tahs has been dominate. Fijiana fullback has been real good both sides of the ball.
Drua have similar discipline issues to the men.
Drua have similar discipline issues to the men.
Jimmy_Crouch
Ken Catchpole (46)
Lafai was awarded player of the match.
waiopehu oldboy
Stirling Mortlock (74)
SKY, who are usually super-secretive about these things, are reporting an 11% increase in viewer numbers this season on their subscription & recently-acquired FTA channels.
Biggest audience so far was Tribe v CruSadists followed by Tribe v 'canes, both well over 400K.
No breakdown viz sub v FTA but their subscriber base is fairly static so I'd guess that a lot of the growth is due to the FTA delayed "match of the week"?
Also reporting unspecified growth on their streaming platforms.
Edit: article on a different site describes the increase in digital views as "modest".
www.nzherald.co.nz
Biggest audience so far was Tribe v CruSadists followed by Tribe v 'canes, both well over 400K.
No breakdown viz sub v FTA but their subscriber base is fairly static so I'd guess that a lot of the growth is due to the FTA delayed "match of the week"?
Also reporting unspecified growth on their streaming platforms.
Edit: article on a different site describes the increase in digital views as "modest".
Super Rugby Pacific sees year-on-year viewership bump
Which game has attracted the most rugby lovers so far this season?
www.nzherald.co.nz
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Derpus
George Gregan (70)
And here we are. After a vaguely promising start to the year im firmly back in the 'throw this garbage in the bin' camp. Absolutely unwatchable tripe from the Aussies.
Loige has 3-4 games going to the wire every weekend for half a year and all we can squirt out is 5-10 close games A YEAR
Loige has 3-4 games going to the wire every weekend for half a year and all we can squirt out is 5-10 close games A YEAR
Dan54
Tim Horan (67)
Interesting Derpus, don't follow league, but on another forum where a similar discussion was had this was one reply.
"Not to forget from the copyrighted "greatest sporting comp in the world" that we must always compare NZ rugby with (the NRL for anyone who didn't get the reference
As I say, don't follow that game, but I find in almost any sport I have followed , close results are the exception rather than the rule.