CARN THE TIGERS!!!

[Cap'n Wannabe]

What's NRL?

[Graeme H]

What's NRL?

well at least there is a Rugby League World Cup competition going on in Australia this year, when was the last AFL World Cup competition, and who were the other nations?

Only 19 Nations competing In RLWC

[Ansett A330]

, and who were the other nations?

August Bank Holiday Islands?



















(... homage to "The Goodies")

[DesTROYer]

What's NRL?

well at least there is a Rugby League World Cup competition going on in Australia this year, when was the last AFL World Cup competition, and who were the other nations?

Only 19 Nations competing In RLWC

Last month in Melbourne.
http://www.afl.com.au/internationalcup

I only know because i heard about it on the radio though.

New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Usa
Ireland
Great Britain
Nauru
Fiji
Canada
South Africa
France
China
Croatia
Indonesia
Sri Lanka

[Adam the Akrodude]

No NRL fans in here then?

NRL looks to be slowly dying in my opinion - given equivalent crowd numbers.

Crowd numbers don't mean a lot in the end, and it's mostly in Melbourne that big crowd numbers happen, the big one to show that was the recent GWS v WCE that had under 15k compared to the Matildas who got a record crowd at Penrith of about 17k, go Matildas!!
Was the lowest crowd for an AFL final since 1916

and if NRL is supposedly dying what about the Sate of Origin, the biggest TV event in the country

Crowd number don't mean a lot - ORLY?

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/opinion/the-confronting-truth-putting-nrl-fans-to-shame-as-afl-thrashes-our-crowd-numbers/news-story/a74dac30cdf58eb03e6baf82ae18d01f

http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/03/26/massive-afl-crowd-numbers-embarrass-the-struggling-nrl_a_22012832/

http://thenewdaily.com.au/sport/rugby-league/2017/08/03/nrl-crowds/

Need I go on? This goes a LOT deeper than just how many turn up to watch a game. It's the whole membership thing, advertising, etc, etc. This is lost income to the relevant teams. I'm not saying NRL is dead, but it's plainly obvious there are some major concerns over crowd numbers at games - hence all these articles on the subject. Every time I watch a report on some NRL game, there seem to be few people in the stands - lots of empty seats - just sayin' Graeme. AFL gets 3-4 times the number of bums on seats at a game. Crowd numbers do mean a lot.

Edit: Apol's Graeme for initially using that "other" Graeme by mistake.

[Ansett A330]

... - just sayin' Graham. ...

Who is "Graham"?

[RayS]

I'll just leave this here....

[Adam the Akrodude]

... - just sayin' Graham. ...

Who is "Graham"?

Thanks for the heads up and now corrected with apologies to Graeme for incorrect use of that "other" Graeme.

[scotty100368]

Just making another airline connection to the tiger theme:



P.S. I knew there wasn't something quite right about you Seppala!

P.P.S. Ironically, I hail from Wagga Wagga, which in the local Aboriginal dialect, means Crows or "Place of many crows".

[Tony P]

Victorians Glad I only live here.