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The RU is a far worse product to watch and the club games get similar attendances to us, but the international game is huge. If rugby league had a 5 nations (england, ireland, scotland, wales and france) instead of the tri nations I think it would gain more interest. Our product is a miles better game for the spectator, but without a decent international setup it has no national profile.
It may be radical to drop the trinations, but i think if we want to move forward and not stagnate, an annual 5 nations would help expand the game in ireland, wales, scotland and france.
i know if only we had something at the end of the season?
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Saint Simon wrote:The RU is a far worse product to watch and the club games get similar attendances to us, but the international game is huge. If rugby league had a 5 nations (england, ireland, scotland, wales and france) instead of the tri nations I think it would gain more interest. Our product is a miles better game for the spectator, but without a decent international setup it has no national profile. It may be radical to drop the trinations, but i think if we want to move forward and not stagnate, an annual 5 nations would help expand the game in ireland, wales, scotland and france.
Not really, given that there's no such competition planned for the foreseeable future.
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Saint Simon wrote:The RU is a far worse product to watch and the club games get similar attendances to us, but the international game is huge. If rugby league had a 5 nations (england, ireland, scotland, wales and france) instead of the tri nations I think it would gain more interest. Our product is a miles better game for the spectator, but without a decent international setup it has no national profile. It may be radical to drop the trinations, but i think if we want to move forward and not stagnate, an annual 5 nations would help expand the game in ireland, wales, scotland and france.
I'm sure we would instantly have tens of thousands of fans travelling from France,Ireland,Scotland and Wales to watch the matches like they have in union
Lets face it we struggle to motivate ourselves to travel more than 50 miles to watch an international against the aussies
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Starbug wrote:I'm sure we would instantly have tens of thousands of fans travelling from France,Ireland,Scotland and Wales to watch the matches like they have in union
Lets face it we struggle to motivate ourselves to travel more than 50 miles to watch an international against the aussies
Please try engaging the brain before pushing the buttons
Bit harsh starbug but your essentially right.
The reason we don't have a 5 nations is because we wouldn't have a viable 5 nations. England would win it every year and the other teams would be filled with players from England and Australia. Last time we did anything similar we had England A and they had no troubles winning it.
The 4 nations is the best solution we have at present.
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Maximus Decimus wrote:Bit harsh starbug but your essentially right. The reason we don't have a 5 nations is because we wouldn't have a viable 5 nations. England would win it every year and the other teams would be filled with players from England and Australia. Last time we did anything similar we had England A and they had no troubles winning it.
The 4 nations is the best solution we have at present.
How many hair brained idea's can people actually keep coming up with though
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Starbug wrote:How many hair brained idea's can people actually keep coming up with though
Its just because of jealousy from the 6 nations. In an ideal world we would have a viable competition like that but we don't and we can't vanish one from thin air.
Nobody would bother watching it, nobody cares about international league.
When Australia played their World Cup semi final in Sydney, they only got a crowd of 15000 odd, and Sydney is supposed to be the number one city for RL in the world.
As if the Irish or Welsh would give two hoots about watching their band of English/Aussies playing against another band of English/Aussies players in another 'home nations' team.
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Maximus Decimus wrote:Its just because of jealousy from the 6 nations. In an ideal world we would have a viable competition like that but we don't and we can't vanish one from thin air.
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