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Post by England 3 Lions on Sept 7, 2009 22:17:04 GMT 10
A couple of months ago I saw David Campese on ESPN. He claimed that rugby league's inability to match rugby union's international game is affecting its ability to lure in players. I think Mr Campese's comment was stupid because his nephew, Terry Campese, plays rugby league for the Raiders and has represented the Blues in SOO.
If rugbyleague is so unappealling to the masses then why on Earth did David Campese's nephew choose rugby league over rugby union? Surely the nephew of a former Wallaby would choose rugby union over rugby league if it was truly the "better" sport.
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Post by Druzik on Sept 8, 2009 9:10:25 GMT 10
A couple of months ago I saw David Campese on ESPN. He claimed that rugby league's inability to match rugby union's international game is affecting its ability to lure in players. I think Mr Campese's comment was stupid because his nephew, Terry Campese, plays rugby league for the Raiders and has represented the Blues in SOO. This may have been partially true in the past, its certainly not going that way now... I think that Union see that once RL gerts their act together how unstopable as a sport it will be... they are trying to do early damage control, they know they are screwed in the southern hemisphere. Look DC is known for his stupid comments... even union fans dont have much time for him, he is the Stephen Jones of Australia. He was smart... I think DC is just bitter he was never snapped up by RL in his playing days... he may have been a great winger in Union, but never would have made it in League.... her knows it and we know it and he's bitter about it.  |
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Post by England 3 Lions on Sept 18, 2009 0:13:43 GMT 10
A couple of months ago I saw David Campese on ESPN. He claimed that rugby league's inability to match rugby union's international game is affecting its ability to lure in players. I think Mr Campese's comment was stupid because his nephew, Terry Campese, plays rugby league for the Raiders and has represented the Blues in SOO. This may have been partially true in the past, its certainly not going that way now... I think that Union see that once RL gerts their act together how unstopable as a sport it will be... they are trying to do early damage control, they know they are screwed in the southern hemisphere. Look DC is known for his stupid comments... even union fans dont have much time for him, he is the Stephen Jones of Australia. He was smart... I think DC is just bitter he was never snapped up by RL in his playing days... he may have been a great winger in Union, but never would have made it in League.... her knows it and we know it and he's bitter about it. Rugby league is definitely making inroads in New Zealand. The poor attendances for NZ-based Super 14 games and Air NZ Cup games is proof of it. |
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Post by muffdiver on Sept 18, 2009 2:13:22 GMT 10
How poor are the poor attendances?
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Post by arh21980 on Sept 19, 2009 16:31:35 GMT 10
The fact that Campo has brought up league over and over again I think shows he has genuine concern for Rah Rah.
I'm led to believe that if the IRB doesn't embrace these new rules we could see a massive split between those that run the game not seen since the 'Super League' War here in Australia.
Another thing is that former greats are labeling the current game boring, and the South African captain came out in press conference expressing his concerns about NRL teams raiding Union Schools.
What Campo has failed to see is that we leaguies embrace change and union don't i.e
number of players, limited tackles, reward's for a try, dropgoal points going down, interchange in its varies disguses, ability to negotiate between clubs, salary cap, video ref's etc, etc.
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Post by England 3 Lions on Sept 20, 2009 0:15:42 GMT 10
How poor are the poor attendances? The New Zealand-based Super 14 teams no longer play their home matches in front of sell-out crowds. The few glimpses I've seen of the Air New Zealand Cup have been even more alarming. Even the semi-final matches that I caught a few minutes of were played in front of half-packed stadiums. |
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