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The giveaway from the article, that tells me this is a fantasy proposition, was where the 7's coach is referenced "Ryan believes a new Super Rugby franchise in Fiji, could lead to a second one in Tonga". Come on, making Fiji work with a population of 900K would be near impossible, Tonga with a...

TOCC raises a good comparison, and whilst your points regarding Olympics etc are true, PNG has a population of 7-8million as opposed to less than a million in Fiji, although not without significant social and financial issues, PNG's economy is much larger and are resource rich. Where they are...

I'm with you Half. The reality is that few of the existing Super Rugby franchises are making money and that's in first world economies with much larger populations. Don't get me wrong, I believe the Fiji team would be one of the more supported teams, particularly in Australia. They'd be...

BLK have found themselves in this position due to the Fiji cyclone, their manufacturing plant was significantly damaged, stock destroyed etc. The company were then faced with significant delays and ultimately the killer blow of repaying deposits when they were unable to deliver, forcing...

You're right, but it's not just the ARU that should be worried. There is no one addressing the core problem, at the moment the answer is continually to say we need to expand, we need more countries... All the while Super Rugby loses market share in existing markets. At what stage do they say...

Cheers Strewth, that was the article I was looking for... NRL's FTA declined by 5million NRL's FOX increased by 19million Cumulative increase of 14million regular season. 15% increase on 2015. FOX are anticipating significant growth with the launch of the dedicated NRL station in 2017...

Agreed WCR. The ultimate answer for the ARU, is not short term and lies in a restructured model with characteristics of FFA, NRL and AFL. I tend to think it involves a strategy around recapturing rugby audiences and capturing casual audiences of our competitors as a secondary fans. I...

The reality is that SOO game 1 was the highest rating NRL game of all time, anything below that in game 2, was going to be a decline. It takes a record to break a record...

Really ? I think you might find that SOO ratings are holding, there has been drop off in certain markets, particularly when there is a dead rubber, but NRL events have had 4 of the top 5 TV events each of the last couple of years...