Joined: Mar 05 2002 Posts: 48326 Location: Londinium
JB Down Under wrote:There's so much money in the union game that their players may be targeted in the future.
I stopped reading after that!
Don't blame you – so much money in the game that they can't support more than four professional teams: hence Celtic Warriors being disbanded by WRU, and Samuels' desire to form a professinal RL team. rofl
Joined: Dec 22 2001 Posts: 9721 Location: Cougarville
Eurob0y wrote:Whilst it is a bitter pill to swallow for chip on shoulder rugby league fans, Rugby Union HAS surpassed rugby league as a professional sport.
I'm all ears.
Please do explain!
We could be in Titan territory here.
The floor is all yours.
regards
and ENJOY your sport
Leaguefan
"The Public wants what the Public gets" - Paul Weller
I didn't realise that Lee Byrne ran out for the Blue Bullls in the RLC.
Now there's a Welsh player of Superleague quality. Pity he's running out as the best international fullback in World RU.
That's ironic for the Victor Meldrew brigade.
Joined: Aug 06 2003 Posts: 5952 Location: Edinburgh
Leaguefan wrote:I'm all ears.
Please do explain!
We could be in Titan territory here.
The floor is all yours.
Actually I would agree with his statement too.
Look at the amount of professional RU clubs around the world. There are far more clubs around.
They have professional clubs based in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France, Italy, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and so on.
We have pro clubs in England, Wales, France, Australia and NZ.
They are capable of pulling huge crowds in for Internationals, and are now starting to do the same for some club games (see Quins 50k crowd at Twickenham, and Leicester taking a game to Walkers Stadium).
Their revenue streams also far exceed anything we have in league.
Joined: Jan 28 2006 Posts: 18736 Location: Baix Empordà, Catalunya
Dave T wrote:Actually I would agree with his statement too.
Look at the amount of professional RU clubs around the world. There are far more clubs around.
They have professional clubs based in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France, Italy, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and so on.
We have pro clubs in England, Wales, France, Australia and NZ.
They are capable of pulling huge crowds in for Internationals, and are now starting to do the same for some club games (see Quins 50k crowd at Twickenham, and Leicester taking a game to Walkers Stadium).
Their revenue streams also far exceed anything we have in league.
Just a pity that they have a dire sport!
you cant compare a 'national' 'global' sport with a minority sport played in small pockets in a select few countries
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