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[2016 Rugby Championship] New Zealand v South Africa (17/09/2016)
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<blockquote data-quote="RoosTah" data-source="post: 817132" data-attributes="member: 12207"><p>The race issue in SA Rugby is a huge problem, but on Aussie Rugby I definitely feel your pain mate... 10-15 years ago the Waratahs and Reds had crowd averages 25+ and they'd sell games out whenever they played each other, whilst the Wallabies sold matches out against all the big teams.</p><p></p><p>But in that time the game has been so poorly run, with access limited to the 30% of the population who have cable TV unless it's a test and the NRL and AFL dominating the free to air stations. Add to that, the game spent no time investing in growing the grass roots beyond the private school regions after its 2003 RWC cash windfall, instead opting for high profile NRL signings etc.</p><p></p><p>TBH I've been watching more and more NRL lately. I've always liked both sports, but rugby is just too much up its own arse in this country and for a game run by blokes who are all part of an ultra-expensive private school alumni they have just zero business acumen and a level of insularity that is just mind-boggling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoosTah, post: 817132, member: 12207"] The race issue in SA Rugby is a huge problem, but on Aussie Rugby I definitely feel your pain mate... 10-15 years ago the Waratahs and Reds had crowd averages 25+ and they'd sell games out whenever they played each other, whilst the Wallabies sold matches out against all the big teams. But in that time the game has been so poorly run, with access limited to the 30% of the population who have cable TV unless it's a test and the NRL and AFL dominating the free to air stations. Add to that, the game spent no time investing in growing the grass roots beyond the private school regions after its 2003 RWC cash windfall, instead opting for high profile NRL signings etc. TBH I've been watching more and more NRL lately. I've always liked both sports, but rugby is just too much up its own arse in this country and for a game run by blokes who are all part of an ultra-expensive private school alumni they have just zero business acumen and a level of insularity that is just mind-boggling. [/QUOTE]
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