The difference with NRL and AFL is that you have to add the international competition. The Wallabies play in average 12 games per season. At least 6 of those games are at home. So you have to add 6 games, it's a 20 games season for the average rugby supporter.
@Tomikin here you have a positive comment
Not really positive, just a statement, with no real purpose, was it part of a conversation? Anyway, couldn't care what AFL / NRL are doing, I use to have some interest in NRL, but it is completely disappeared I didn't even know state of origin was on till half way through the first game.
I did, though, recently go to an SA vs Wallabies at Suncorp, which had lots of banter on trains at the game and had 50-odd thousand people. Yes, it sucked we lost, but most teams lose to SA. It was a fun night; I even got myself a Wallabies bucket cap.