Young Blood

What the Grand Final was over in 15 minutes.

Soccer will always be most participated as it's easiest to play for younger kids and parents rather them play that then risk injury in contact sport. Majority of those players have no intention of choosing it as a pathway, my nephew plays soccer as his parents put him there he tells all they talk about during training is nrl, he wears his Souths jersey to soccer training!

I think NRL can really work in Perth it wont dethrone AFL but no reason it cant be a success, 17 team comp wont last long the 18th team should be Perth.

Melbourne have most members

I get that phenomenon in all sports but most people I speak like the 6 again rule while the afl fans I speak seem unhappy about the game saying it was better 5 years ago

Just curious has the level of play diminished in terms or new tactics employed by coaches make it less entertaining, what in particular has made many afl fans upset?

The article took into account attendance and membership with that plus TV viewership all combined NRL had over a 10m lead over AFL. You offer some good points but they don't move the needle that much to push it into the AFL favour. I go to Melbourne for work once a month and talking to the fellas there alot of them a fed up with afl new rules and are not watching it any more instead they more into the Storm this small sample size but may be a reason for these figures in favour on nrl.

That super Saturday is from 3-9:30pm I don't think many people are going to watch 6.5 hours straight they just tune it to Their team. Even Friday 6-10pm most people I know are so busy to see Evry game. Swans made a net profit of 50k while Eels made over 3m so not sure about swans being biggest. NSW and QLD hold 55% Australia population so it's not surprising rugby league is Australia's most popular sport

Swans do not make more money then Parramatta or Penrith or Souths. My friend your missing the point the example you gave will indicate afl had more viewers however that is not reality as nrl had more viewers total with less games. How can you defend that millions of. More. Viewers with less games. Btw how u watch 9 afl games as you said they overlap each other according to you ?

Hey mate, Can you give us a snapshot of the progress of Rugby League in Turkey how many players you guys have playing, whats the response from the locals on thr sports, is their any media coverage? How many years you say before Turkey can qualigy RLWC or produce Super League calibre talent. What are the biggest obstacles for you guys.

How many players are registered in Toronto and Canada. How is the Cccrl going? Is there potential in Canada to become a nation which can produce NRL/ESL players.

Swans are biggest in terms of members but not tv viewers or money generated also goes to point afl better seen live , NRL better on tv. its insane . Article talks about popularity not passion or makes most money the difference of 23m is overwhelming

Mainly soccer and afl fans as many soccer fans believe best soccer talent goes to afl.

I was at bar in cogee with 5 swans players in it and no one knew who they were, while Will Kennedy a solid nrl players had 4-5 people ask for a photo. Attending games is expensive when all costs taken into account plus is you live an hour away your less likely to visit games but your still a fan so TV is best indication. Rugby League had 23m eyeballs for then those points you brought up may indicate gap is closer but not enough

https://www.theroar.com.au/2022/12/06/what-is-australias-most-popular-sport/ Interesting read.

Poland also have a solid nrl base

Difference is RL World Cup held every 4 years while NRL every year.

0 chance any African team beating Cook Islands if they have a close to full team. Love to see 20 teams I know it will be one sided games but goal is for nations who make world cup get recongtion and more funding

We were playing touch not tackle it was concrete

To be fair all you need is a ball to play Rugby League I used to play with s tennis ball at school on cement lol.

Soccer biggest impediment it's so predictable same 3-4 teams are only going to win the league ever. What fun is it your team isn't the elite? Look at NFL Bengals has the worst record in NFL two years later they made the SuperBowl. In NRL only 1 team hasn't made a Grand Final last 12 years.

Look at 5 biggest leagues Seria A Juventus won 10 times in a row only ended 2 years ago La Liga 2 teams have won 15/17 to titles PSG won Ligue 1 8/11 times Bundesliga is a so one sided Bayern Munich have won 10 times in a row While most competive league Epl Man City won 4 from 5 and favourites in to win it this season. How is it fun when 75% of the league has 0 chance ever of winning unless they get bought by rich owners.

Didn't cherry pick Spain v Germany was best group game, Argentina v Mexico two great soccer nations. It's unfair to compare Rlwc to Fifa as one has much more talent. That's why I used NRL as better comparison. Greece Jamaica Lebanon were not even playing RL 25 years ago so it's unfair to compare it to Soccer world cup. NFL is biggest league in the world yet its most complex game so simple isn't everything. While Cycling and Running are more simple then soccer and not as popular.

With no RL I have started watching the Fifa World Cup for my sporting fix and to say I found it under whelming would be an understatement. Watching the Spain v Germany amount of passing at the back put me to sleep among other FIFA World Cup games and I honestly do not understand how it is the most popular sport in the world. England v USA a snoozefest even Mexico v Argentina was dull until Messi scored, the Brazil game again not was nothing amazing until Richarson bicyle kick. I get the games are closer in general and more chance of upsets but even the mentality of weaker teams is stay back defend and hope from an error from the opposition rather then trying to take the game to the opposition, the diving is just a joke yes in RL players dive to get an obstruction penalty but soccer is to another level , legit there are dives when players have not even being touched. I want to enjoy it as its the world game, and huge sporting event it crazy how much more popular soccer compared to rugby league even though rugby league is the superior sport. If we were to get 100 people from some remote island with no contact with world and made them watch both sports side to side I am certain majority will pick RL as superior sport. I know is a small sample size but RL just lacks exposure, I took world colleagues one from Portugal the other from Colombia to an NRL match and they loved it and now are fans unfortunately for the Sharks. Look at the big 5 European Leagues and its the same teams winning it essentially, unless for a Leicester City miracle a supporter of West Ham, Torino or Hertha Berlin will never win the title unless they are bought out by a rich owner how depressing knowing you know your team can never win.

As I was saying when is mattered cream risen to the top. Samoa better then England.