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Was not true in the case of the 'Reds golden 2010-12 period' though. After the 2011 Super Rugby win and big regular crowds at Suncorp, the 2012 follow-through Reds' home crowds were, by and large, sustained through much of 2012. 2012's first Reds' home game crowd was 33,600. Second home game was...

Interesting isn't it. One side becomes very dominant over a long period and ratings start to fall even for 'iconic' events. There are other SOO factors, but that's clearly one. Our relative and consistent decline vs the ABs and, for every-day vs rusted-on rugby fans, the rationally lowered...

I am guilty here Tip as this thread is meant to deal with TV ratings. I posted the scary Suncorp crowd figure trends (in one of our two rugby heartlands) as I think they will roughly correlate with media-viewed trends and crowd figures are certainly watched by new or existing sponsors in terms...

- I try to be careful with facts. The official figure released by Suncorp was 30, 327. It was not 32,000, even on the screens at the game. See: http://www.austadiums.com/sport/crowds.php - The 2006 Suncorp crowd of 47,000 vs RSA came off the back of the failed 2005 end of the EJ (Eddie Jones) era when the...

Same Test, RSA v Wallabies, same venue, Suncorp Crowds 2006 47,000 2013 42,000 2015 37,000 2016 30,000 Note these figures are not rebased for substantial greater Brisbane population growth since 2006, which has been at least 10% over the last decade, so the relative population-share...

The ARU clearly studied the results of the two very comprehensive 'world wide searches' recently conducted by the QRU and became convinced this modality - aimed at finding the world's greatest rugby coaches, and fast - had true merit. The NZ Super teams will be quaking in their boots tonight...

Better than that! The Clint saw you working the poles on the Goldie and this is what resulted: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sully_(film)

^^^ Sully we all know you're just getting cocky as there's a movie coming out about you.

I lived there for 19 years. Please do study at your leisure recent England RU formal reports. Compare them, financially and commercially, to, say, the last 2 or 3 ARU reports. Also, have a look at the mainstream sports media attention devoted to rugby in the UK compared to here. Then finally...

No, you merely understated if anything the severity of it. It's a total myth -still perpetrated by some here - that 'oh, so sorry, RG was a really good bloke (as we saw him on TV)'. He was NOT a good bloke for and to the vast majority of Reds players. He was arrogant, authoritarian...

haha - I did say 'overall'! ;). Yes, there are many imperfections and issues in UK rugby that I could list but I am quite happy still with my knowingly generalised summary above. A btw: I actually think Scotland rugby does pretty damn well for a country of 5.2m people and with a massive...

Mate! In 2014 the senior Reds players went to J Carmichael and to a man told him RG was a total dud as HC and should go forthwith. The then (and later) leaks to the rugby media re players not wanting RG was just the tip of a toxified iceberg.

100% AD. Just as happened with the Reds in 2010-12. That wonderful 'beautiful winning' Reds period - coupled with good QRU management (at that time) right up and down the whole code in QLD - began to revitalise the code here yielding major growth in participation at all levels, really positive...

This somewhat defeatist theory - though containing elements of useful truths - fails to explain via broad analogue to Australia why rugby has succeeded to remain a very successful code in the UK when, historically, it has had to endure competition from league (indeed we all know the split first...

No one at the ARU has ever been or appears now accountable for anything that happens to or from Australian rugby. When in the annals of the ARU has a single 'we accept responsibility' type statement been made or apology or equivalent offered that directly relates to the conduct of the ARU or...

That's precisely what I heard from many credible sources - and Cordingley btw was in on and either actively propagated or supported many of these idiotic decisions and reckless RG recruitment and selection policies. Cordingley is teflon-ed at Ballymore. He should have been cleaned out with RG...

I'm a long-standing admirer of the NZRU, it will now totally redesign and rebuild the NZ 7s program. Additionally it will not be too proud to look at the genesis of and reasons for the success of the Aussie women's 7s and learn from that too. Unlike our ARU, a long-term characteristic of the...

It will be interesting to say the least to see how Smith goes in 2017 when he'll be c. 37, especially vs say the back rows of the Kiwi Super teams. He was pulled back from overseas by Deans in 2013 for the BIL series, it was deemed a 'masterstroke' by many at the time, but it didn't quite work...

Couldn't agree more Scrubber. I would go further: every time the Reds/QRU have gone for a 'prestige/media-boosting' player it's been a total waste of $ or a playing failure or both, with the additional decrement that these mad recruiting calls have limited or forestalled the development...