Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Help Support The Rugby Forum :
Forums
Rugby Union
Tier Two & Three Rugby
German Rugby
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="SimonG" data-source="post: 637155" data-attributes="member: 71048"><p>Well aware of the Mori poll (it was me who referenced it) but no way are the percentages anywhere near accurate in terms of media profile and viewing audiences. Routinely buy papers (Mail, Mirror, Express) and on a normal day the first eight pages out of ten at the back would be football...then Union, League (and the others) would take up the remaining two. A one hour Sky Sports News program would follow a similar percentage. Also the Super League routinely has higher weekly viewing figures (300,000) than Union club games. Also the Mori poll takes in all of the UK (Wales and Scotland...where only Union is followed) so you'd need to remove both figures to be left with the England figure. As i said, at club level in England there is very little in it between League and Union.</p><p></p><p>Sanzar a number of insiders have stated the AFL has long had a steroid culture, to naively think that "one of two clubs" were at it is clutching at straws. When the governing body of a sport covers it up then you know the game is riddled in it. This alone precludes any discussion of these folks as top athletes..never mind the stop start nature of the game, constant breaks, constant substitutions, and the fact it's just 60 minutes play (and broken up into three).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SimonG, post: 637155, member: 71048"] Well aware of the Mori poll (it was me who referenced it) but no way are the percentages anywhere near accurate in terms of media profile and viewing audiences. Routinely buy papers (Mail, Mirror, Express) and on a normal day the first eight pages out of ten at the back would be football...then Union, League (and the others) would take up the remaining two. A one hour Sky Sports News program would follow a similar percentage. Also the Super League routinely has higher weekly viewing figures (300,000) than Union club games. Also the Mori poll takes in all of the UK (Wales and Scotland...where only Union is followed) so you'd need to remove both figures to be left with the England figure. As i said, at club level in England there is very little in it between League and Union. Sanzar a number of insiders have stated the AFL has long had a steroid culture, to naively think that "one of two clubs" were at it is clutching at straws. When the governing body of a sport covers it up then you know the game is riddled in it. This alone precludes any discussion of these folks as top athletes..never mind the stop start nature of the game, constant breaks, constant substitutions, and the fact it's just 60 minutes play (and broken up into three). [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Rugby Union
Tier Two & Three Rugby
German Rugby
Top