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[2018 Rugby Championship] Round 2: New Zealand v Australia (25/08/2018)
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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 913719" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>You've only mentioned individuals, this doesn't translate to team sports. The Bundesliga was far more popular when Dortmund were challenging Bayern, Ligue 1 has always struggled for viewers due to Lyon's and then PSG's dominance, no one watches international rugby league, the NBA finals this year had terrible viewing figures due to the Warriors dominance. Fans do lose interest. </p><p></p><p>Fortunately I think NZ's dominance is only going to affect Australia in rugby, rugby isn't big there and they're very good at plenty of sports. South Africa wont rest until they're worthy adversaries again and Argentina know they're still behind the 8 ball in terms of everything related to building a successful national side. The argument doesn't apply to Europe, we have our own tournament and rivalries.</p><p></p><p>I'd also say of this NZ side that, while I think league formats make them unbeatable regardless of the competition, I do think they'll be more vulnerable to a loss in the knock outs of the RWC than the last two iterations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 913719, member: 45598"] You've only mentioned individuals, this doesn't translate to team sports. The Bundesliga was far more popular when Dortmund were challenging Bayern, Ligue 1 has always struggled for viewers due to Lyon's and then PSG's dominance, no one watches international rugby league, the NBA finals this year had terrible viewing figures due to the Warriors dominance. Fans do lose interest. Fortunately I think NZ's dominance is only going to affect Australia in rugby, rugby isn't big there and they're very good at plenty of sports. South Africa wont rest until they're worthy adversaries again and Argentina know they're still behind the 8 ball in terms of everything related to building a successful national side. The argument doesn't apply to Europe, we have our own tournament and rivalries. I'd also say of this NZ side that, while I think league formats make them unbeatable regardless of the competition, I do think they'll be more vulnerable to a loss in the knock outs of the RWC than the last two iterations. [/QUOTE]
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