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  1. It’s an interesting question John. It could be down to who the question is delivered to. In terms of growing the game outside of the heartlands then internationals are the only way. I’ve been vaguely aware of the dark side over the weekend, cricketers lost to Afghanistan - but still it’s quite a good story. And a few weeks ago I actually watched a netball match because England were in the final. In terms of NRL in Vegas it’s their party and they will invite who they like and that ain’t us.
  2. Obviously people have different lives. The point is that there are family tickets available for people in your situation, it just seems crazy to discount all under 30‘s IMO.
  3. I wouldn’t have thought so. Even now people sharing a house with their mates should have more money then people with massive food/clothes/childcare costs that come with kids and have to rent/buy their own property. It’s why you have family tickets.
  4. Agreed. In my 20‘s I had a lot more disposable cash before kids, mortgage etc. so it seems bizarre.
  5. I’m not sure why I’ve been tagged in to this thread. But anyway recent Union results suggest island nations are now considered a credible threat to general ‘rugby’ fans. In cricket Sri Lanka pop 20 million have won T20 world finals against India 20 % of World population. In football China and India suck and England’s most successful WC campaign for 30 years got ended to a nation with the same population as Yorkshire. It’s all about the narrative of what you are seeing and making an event out of it.
  6. But you’re not if the ‘general sports fan‘s opinion’ is changed by recent results.
  7. Without wanting to drag this cross code, a Union loving acquaintance had a very negative, patronising view of our last World Cup to the effect of : those Islander chaps are plucky but they shouldn’t beat your top teams. I have absolutely loved Fiji RU beating England at home and the Wallabies.
  8. Let’s face it though there is no country in Europe that is going to go from a really tiny amateur base to a professional league in this century. Every time a country is suggested as a good place for rugby league it’s pointed out that Basketball/ Ice hockey/ Handball is a big pro sport there. On top of that American Football, Baseball and indigenous games that you’ve never heard of are popular amateur sports in a lot of countries. The only crazily rapid growth I can think of recently is Cricket due to the mass immigration of the mid 2010’s. Germany went from next to nothing to 370 teams and 6,000+ players. The crucial thing is though - teams- no local players, no youth, no women. When those guys reach middle age and their children are acclimatised to other sports it could collapse to nothing.
  9. I’m not sure they would care. The AFL likes to make a big deal of it’s Australian origin and portray other codes as imports. They claim it’s evolved from an Aboriginal game, rather then the more likely that it emerged from primitive football codes brought by British and Irish settlers. In recent years the only interest they’ve had in overseas is trying to get more coin by playing a couple of AFL matches in Shanghai.
  10. Just as a guess it may have been joint or majority funded by a certain betting company …. The most stand out and sensibly localised tube advertising was the Sam burgess on one side of the barriers, Jonathon Thurston on the other, for everyone leaving Stratford in the week before 2016 Eng v Aus 4N. The crowd was still disappointing though. Probably because you were either rifling through your pockets for your Oyster card or there wasn’t time to stop and read what event it was.
  11. The initial rebrand thread (RIP) was one of the funniest in the 20 years I’ve been on this forum. That said even the people who were properly ripping the (myself included) were slaughtering the Jaguar on the front, anus on the back, social media/website mess and seemingly hourly tinkering with the logo- rather then the idea of rebranding to Leopards. They rolled with it, owned it and won in it, so long live the Leopardskin.
  12. Average 60,000+ for challenge cup finals in London so give up and move somewhere up north in front of fewer people. Average 35,000+ for internationals in London so give up and move somewhere up north in front of fewer people. Is it any wonder the English game seems trapped in ever decreasing circles?
  13. The Cricket World Cup always drove me mad! Constant switching formats and the number of teams. It went from 9 to 12 to 14 to 16 back to 14 then to 10 and just when I’d got fed up with the whole thing England won and it didn’t matter anymore! I think I’ve found a solution
  14. Because I can remember the kerfuffle on here in the build up to that same match with many not wishing to attend. This was despite myself and a few others that lived locally saying you’ll be fine, get off at the station over the bridge and you’re there. Also many locals who attend London games are generic sports fans with an allegiance to other teams. It won’t be fairly neutral like Brentford, Charlton or Fulham or have an event factor like the big stadiums.
  15. I think that’s a bit harsh on the New Den, it’s of a similar standard to the DW stadium. I can however fully understand not playing there because the reputation of Millwall fans would put people off travelling. It’s a shame really as it’s only a few minutes from a very well connected station in London Bridge. Charlton is ok, but disjointed as some parts date from the 70’s, and to be brutally honest the area around it has got a lot worse since Broncos left.
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