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<blockquote data-quote="Jaguares" data-source="post: 848412" data-attributes="member: 63264"><p>You don't understand the point</p><p></p><p>Australian sporting market is something like this:</p><p></p><p>Victoria: AFL</p><p>Western Australia: AFL</p><p>South Australia: AFL</p><p>Tasmania: AFL</p><p>Queensland: Rugby League</p><p>New South Wales: Rugby League</p><p>ACT: Rugby Union/Rugby League</p><p></p><p>Probably ACT is the only state where rugby union is at the top, the smallest state, where the Brumbies just have to compete against the Raiders. The most succesful Aussie Super Rugby franchise against an average NRL club, and the fight is almost a draw, they have the same fan base. Canberra doesnt have any soccer team or AFL team. In QLD and NSW, Rugby Union is the younger brother of Rugby League. The Broncos are probably the most popular NRL club and they have more supporters than the Wallabies. They play their average games at Suncorp stadium in front of 30k/40k people, meanwhile the Wallabies are struggling to get 40k for a Bledisloe test match every 2 years there.</p><p></p><p>NSW have ten NRL clubs and most of them are the same size as Waratahs, the only Super Rugby franchise there. Sydney Roosters have the same amount of supporters but then you have Rabbitohs, Panthers, Sharks, Bulldog, Dragons, Manly, West Tigers and others 4. And the difference in elite talent is big between both codes.</p><p></p><p>An easy example. For the WC 2015 two of the best backs in both codes competed for the Wallabies fullback spot. One of the best backs in recent years of Aussie Rugby Union (Kurtley Beale) against one of the best NRL backs in recent years (Israel Folau). And eveybody knows that Izzy won that battle, that's the difference between League and Union in OZ. I mean, Union is good there but League is even better.</p><p></p><p>An State of Origin team with Rugby Union knowledge would smash the All Blacks. Top NRL players like Andrew Johns, Johnathan Thurston and Cameron Smith playing Rugby Union for years could have been better than Richie McCaw or Dan Carter. But NZ only has 5 Super Rugby franchises, the NRL has 15 franchises/clubs, plus the traditional Super Rugby franchises like Brumbies, Reds, Tahs and you have something like 18 professional sides with the same size of any NZ franchise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaguares, post: 848412, member: 63264"] You don't understand the point Australian sporting market is something like this: Victoria: AFL Western Australia: AFL South Australia: AFL Tasmania: AFL Queensland: Rugby League New South Wales: Rugby League ACT: Rugby Union/Rugby League Probably ACT is the only state where rugby union is at the top, the smallest state, where the Brumbies just have to compete against the Raiders. The most succesful Aussie Super Rugby franchise against an average NRL club, and the fight is almost a draw, they have the same fan base. Canberra doesnt have any soccer team or AFL team. In QLD and NSW, Rugby Union is the younger brother of Rugby League. The Broncos are probably the most popular NRL club and they have more supporters than the Wallabies. They play their average games at Suncorp stadium in front of 30k/40k people, meanwhile the Wallabies are struggling to get 40k for a Bledisloe test match every 2 years there. NSW have ten NRL clubs and most of them are the same size as Waratahs, the only Super Rugby franchise there. Sydney Roosters have the same amount of supporters but then you have Rabbitohs, Panthers, Sharks, Bulldog, Dragons, Manly, West Tigers and others 4. And the difference in elite talent is big between both codes. An easy example. For the WC 2015 two of the best backs in both codes competed for the Wallabies fullback spot. One of the best backs in recent years of Aussie Rugby Union (Kurtley Beale) against one of the best NRL backs in recent years (Israel Folau). And eveybody knows that Izzy won that battle, that's the difference between League and Union in OZ. I mean, Union is good there but League is even better. An State of Origin team with Rugby Union knowledge would smash the All Blacks. Top NRL players like Andrew Johns, Johnathan Thurston and Cameron Smith playing Rugby Union for years could have been better than Richie McCaw or Dan Carter. But NZ only has 5 Super Rugby franchises, the NRL has 15 franchises/clubs, plus the traditional Super Rugby franchises like Brumbies, Reds, Tahs and you have something like 18 professional sides with the same size of any NZ franchise. [/QUOTE]
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