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RLWC Final 2013 - Australia vs. New Zealand
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<blockquote data-quote="nickdnz" data-source="post: 610593" data-attributes="member: 38640"><p>Well, yeah. It's not entirely suprising. In the NRL there are 16 professional teams, one of which is a New Zealand team - their only professional team. There are New Zealander's that play for other clubs of course but the interest, infrastructure and support really aren't comparable. Yes we won in 2008, but you'll be hard pressed to find a New Zealander that didn't feel like we stole a RWC off Australia as opposed to winning it via being the best in the world. No country is as invested in League as Australia.</p><p></p><p>England have the set up to be second - but there always seems to be a certain flair or creativity missing. Not to sound obnoxious but I feel it's similar in Union. Produce some great athletes who are happy as pigs in sh*t to bash it up, but don't often produce the guys to put people in spaces.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickdnz, post: 610593, member: 38640"] Well, yeah. It's not entirely suprising. In the NRL there are 16 professional teams, one of which is a New Zealand team - their only professional team. There are New Zealander's that play for other clubs of course but the interest, infrastructure and support really aren't comparable. Yes we won in 2008, but you'll be hard pressed to find a New Zealander that didn't feel like we stole a RWC off Australia as opposed to winning it via being the best in the world. No country is as invested in League as Australia. England have the set up to be second - but there always seems to be a certain flair or creativity missing. Not to sound obnoxious but I feel it's similar in Union. Produce some great athletes who are happy as pigs in sh*t to bash it up, but don't often produce the guys to put people in spaces. [/QUOTE]
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