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No likes a smart arse, mate.:)

First of all. Try hitting the reply button. It makes things easier. Second, did you only read the top two sentences of a much longer post? Seriously buddy. Read it. Particularly the bit where I said streaming is notoriously difficult to monetise.

The MyFootball App provides access to the Telstra streaming of the games. Which means it would in all likelihood be counted in the 6k. I'm not anti-streaming. Not at all. I've been a fan of diversifying our broadcasting platforms for some time but you have to be very careful not to over...

From memory the majority of the higher rating games have been derbies. Which I think speaks volumes.

If that's RA's legitimate position then they have shat the bed royally for close to decades now.

Here's the thing. I still think Super Rugby can turn the corner. It's not too late just yet. It's not far from being so but not yet. But what concerns me is that the necessary leadership and vision to actually achieve this isn't present at any level of the alliance. Again far too many interests groups...

- Yep. Too many moving pieces independent of one another. Too many conflicting interests all blind to the real issues. Recipe for disaster. Divisions may work for huge companies spanning several industries largely detached from one another but not in our case. Put simply the business isn't...

Mate, as much as I agree on the continued atrophy of the game in this country. Money is a very large factor that needs to be taken into consideration. The real issue is what and where that money goes and is used for. For too long it has gone to over bloated levels of administration and to...

Mate, I work in the industry.

You could also read that in a way that suggests they know the figures but aren't willing to say anything right now hoping that they'll see an uptick in viewership as the season builds. Because Telstra would know the figures and I find it unlikely that the FFA aren't aware of them as well.

Okay. Just looked up the app. Says it has 100k downloads which certainly seems encouraging but I'm interested in the retention side of it because for most apps that figure is generally below 5% and the reviews for it are not great. I'd be inclined to believe the 6k figure as this is part of the...

Strewth's post pretty much blows your position completely out of the water. Most certainly the 52% of the viewership that they've witnessed on the PayTv/FTA platform haven't migrated to streaming.

Their crowds were down last season. It's also very early in the 18/19 season so its a little too early to gauge crowd averages just yet. The drop off in viewership should be a concern for the FFA. Yes, they can argue that a % are now viewing it via Telstra streaming but more than 50% of their...

If he has then it hasn't been made public yet. Going from the teams that are signing larger numbers of new players for season 2 there's a reasonable chance it could be New Orleans.

My biggest issue with the likes of Papworth and Co. is that when they talk about supporting the grassroots they are conveniently understating that in their opinion the grassroots begins and ends with their elite little groupings. Nothing they have ever said makes me think that given greater...

Hopefully part of that review will be on how to drive more interest from right across the Rugby playing community in NSW. Not just from those within the Shute structures but subbies and juniors alike. Reaching out to the clubs and working with them to get as many people as possible to the games...

Drua are deserving 2018 NRC Champions. That was a really good game played in tough conditions.

Really physical game so far.

There's a surprisingly vibrant and growing scene there. Not saying it's a stronghold but that doesn't mean its a wasteland either. More and more Hawaiians are beginning to make their way into the upper echelons of USA Rugby these days.

Our 5 plus the Drua added to a number of the Mitre 10 provinces (again 14 would be a bit too many in my opinion. More like 10). I think that would work.