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I don’t think people of extreme wealth would truly care if they lose money. The money a potential rugby team could make is pittance so they would never invest for any financial reasons, infact I think most would expect to lose considerable amounts on it. Reason why someone might be interested is...

Not just that. The way Olympic funding works, you could literally save millions through good performance as the government will supply decent funding. If we flop funding could drop to almost 0.

I work for a company here in Aus and NZ that collects data on so much stuff. Here is what I found when looking at it. (I can’t give direct numbers as would potentially be in breach). Nationally All ages - roughly 1.5x the amount of league players than rugby Juniors - more than twice the amount...

Never seen it in my local area. I grew up playing the same comp and we never had to combine with the age grade above or below to have sufficient numbers. My kids also play basketball and cricket and definitely isn’t happening in those sports and isn’t happening this year in league. So fairly...

x10 is ridiculous whoever said that. But personally would be shocked if it wasn’t x2

Outside the premier clubs in Brisbane and Sydney there isn’t many rugby clubs that would remotely come close to what junior rugby league clubs are offering in terms of juniors. My local rugby competition in qld has had to combine 2 years worth of players to have sufficient numbers to put a team...

Have you ever been to a local junior rugby league game? Junior numbers are massive.

I question a lot of the data coming out. If things were going as well as they say they wouldn't be struggling to find a broadcaster for a test match in 2 weeks time for their test against Japan. It just makes no sense. Not just Australia but I think things aren’t overly rosy overall and only...

The thing is he wouldn’t be the average person. His club would cater for him living in a pristine part of town etc.

The chance of a second NRL team in Melbourne in the foreseeable future is extremely unlikely, you’d have better chance of winning the lotto. I think the indicators point to Perth, PNG and a 2nd NZ team. Central Coast, Adelaide and another QLD possible but highly unlikely.

Budget means nothing. Half the Top 14 is only viable because of a benefactor and not genuine revenue streams. I will admit Toulouse are one of the few rugby brands that commands wider appeal. The TV deal (which is combined T14 and PD2) is only about 2/3rds of the NRL. Hence the benefactors are...

Need to stop the language about tiny team with NRL. The NRL is the largest rugby competition in the world and it’s not even close. The Top 14 is on the rise but still not comparable. The Titans revenue streams would beat 95% of rugby clubs around the world. He’s about to have more publicity in...

Stats say otherwise for predicting results Top 4 win percentage for Prem League 74% 74% 63% 53% top 4 win percentage for Super Rugby 86% 86% 86% 64%

Interested that Mark Evans on the Eggonomics podcast (very very good for those interested in business of rugby) said that any organising that doesn’t know their roster 18months in advance is destined for failure. I immediately thought of all the Aus Super Rugby sides.

I think it’s more RA trying to push some good news knowing this was coming.

Hearing the money for the change in sport isn’t much different. So basically gone for a change. Also the super is paid whoever keeps saying that. Players contracts are guaranteed by RA through the RUPA agreement. Think it was more payments haven’t gone through on time but every player will...

Been reading the hearing different things to me. The line Australia hasn’t got enough depth and reducing a team will improve competition for places in squads and improve depth, has been used countless times. Horan saying it every time he’s on tv

Gordon’s comments “I’m excited with the direction that rugby league is taking and the positive feeling around the game” Ouch.

Anyone thinking the majority of good players from the Rebels will fall into the other franchises needs their head rung. It’s 2024 and not 2004

The issue with smaller finals format is literally this season would have been over after round 7-8, with knowing which teams are the top 4. Without any competition wide levers to pull to make the weaker teams stronger and the stronger teams weaker, we would basically see the same 4-5 teams in...