dally messenger wrote:they should take a real origin game to auckland

Catalancs wrote:can't think of one positive that would come out of that

Lockyer4President! wrote:Much weaker dollar, traditionally smaller crowds, timezone differences for tv viewers, playing a state of origin match in another country. I can't think of a single reason why they should get one.

If that SPARC report is to believed the NZRL prefer to play Kiwi games in Aiustralia because the revenue is much larger. I can't see the ARL willing to lose money, which is what they'd do if they played a game in NZ.

dally messenger wrote:origin is the best RL on the planet.

why not showcase the best the game can offer to fans that arent converted, with a flow on to the local RL team?

we played an origin in melbourne and because of that the storms crowds rose straight after by 3000 fans and have stayed loyal.

its a way of promoting RL by using your best games to do it

Catalancs wrote:taking a game to another australian state and taking it to another country are 2 very different things dally.
as for the island of origin, are there enough players from the south island to raise a good team?

dally messenger wrote:union is getting crowds of 4000 - 6000 for some games

the warriors got close to 18,000 last night

how would you define that?

Maximus Decimus wrote:So by this reckoning you would agree that RL is dying in Sydney too?

NSW Waratahs get crowds comfortably better than any Sydney RL team.

dally messenger wrote:union is getting crowds of 4000 - 6000 for some games

the warriors got close to 18,000 last night

how would you define that?