Channel 9 continues the tradition of absymal free to air rugby coverage...

[Ash]

I wrote a reply to Dean Ritche's blog explaining the ratings from the 2003 RWC (4m), how it dominated the capital cities, and how they eclipsed both the NRL final of that year (that was at 1.2M in Sydney, compared to the RWC final over 2M in Sydney) and SOO from this year (3.4M viewers).

I took the effort simply because Ritchie's lazy reply to someone who accurately said that rugby has both FTA and Foxtel sports viewership records over league was simply "You just don't know the facts do you?!". Obviously Ritchie doesn't.

I bet it won't be published.

 

[meatsack]

I bet it won't be published.

That, or he'll dig up 2007 numbers as 'proof', completely ignoring most of the games were on around midnight.

 

[Richo]

In-fact the only world games would be soccer and tennis, but even they would be questionable under his rules.

Basketball. Big right across Europe, Asia (China, at least) and the Americas.

 

[Set piece magic]

Jesus Christ, Dean Ritchie, what an arsehole.

It would be an insult to every league fan who watches on a friday

what about it would be a national insult to every Australian who waits for years for a world cup.

Time to make sure that everyone hears us, vote ireland on the couriermails link.

Will be great news if they shuffle it back, I can see nine making a Big mistake and putting the group stage match on delay, if so get ready for Gav's signal to attack their facebook page with all hell of complaints and be on standbye to ring the fuck out of channel 9.

 

[Swat]

I also think that people are forgetting it's not always appropriate to take children to the pub, granted I have no kids myself but it would also make it difficult to take someone else's child who I am secretly grooming to be Pocock Mach 2

 

[grievous]

How could anyone be surprised, they have decades of history with this type of stuff. The WC will be abyssmal

 

[DPK]

Here's that link for the courier mail poll: POLL

Bombs away, chaps. Gav, have you got on to this?

 

[Army_Gav]

Here's that link for the courier mail poll: POLL

Bombs away, chaps. Gav, have you got on to this?

Posted it on the Army, dropped a comment on their page.

We're preparing several measures including a demonstration at Nine HQ in Melbourne.

 

[vidiot]

Hilarious : segment on the League footy show tonight on rugby.

"Each of the two rugby codes here in Australia has their own skill set."

"Playing League, players have to be"

League

Strong and Fit
Agile and Fast
Flexible
Smart-ish
​

(pause for effect)

Union

Rich Parents​

Fatty Vautin did promote their crapulent programming for Sunday, including mentioning the Australia v Samoa game at 13:45, and the "great man" George Gregan.

 

[RugbyReg]

they're starting to feel threatened again aren't they?

 

[vidiot]

Its all a bit strident.

 

[cyclopath]

If the powers that be at 9 had any balls, they'd slate Vautin for talking down their investment. I expect nothing to happen.
Then again, the Footy Show still does "poof" jokes.

 

[vidiot]

It was only a fluke I saw it, turned it on after training and tv was on 9. Surely no one watches that crap who doesn't pray at the altar of the 5th tackle option.

Anyhow, Tombstone has started and I'm looking forward to Val Kilmer taking down Johnny Ringo despite his consumption.

 

[DPK]

Then again, the Footy Show still does "poof" jokes.

Magic tricks?

 

[TOCC]

Magic tricks?

Do they still have 'crack the fat'?
I don't think I need to elaborate on the intellectual ineptitude of this segment..

 

[Slim 293]

You would've thought that ch9 learned their lesson after their poor coverage of the FIFA world cup back in 2002...

Something tells me they're going to regret this as well...

They've only just made another sport blunder giving up Wimbledon which channel 7 got great ratings playing most matches on 7two...

 

[waratahjesus]

apparantly nine is going to bump the RWC match to its digital channel GO, show the NRL semi on 9 live then replay the RWC match directly after the NRL game finishes.

fantastic. i love how angry the league media got at this, first of all, the match isnt even confirmed, if an out of state side are hosting it will go to there town, so there is a chance there will be no conflict.

then there is the fact that there going on about week two of the nrl finals that will include two teams tht no one will give a shit about as the best two teams will have the week off.

 

[Elfster]

I don't want to disparage the Daily Telegraph nor its readers, but surely the editorial committee of that paper would be concerned or embarrassed by some of the stuff he wrote on his blog.

"Let’s not get casrried away heer. Rugby isn’t played seriously through Euorpe (bar France and Italty), Asia, the sub-continent or the US. It’s hardly global. "

Not withstanding the actual content, the lack of care in the way it is written is disturbing. Admittedly News Limited is probably distracted by other pressing concerns at the moment, but to allow a senior writer to publish incoherent ramblings is a bit of a worry.

Or, despite the amount of resources used to push Rugby League in an effusively hagiographic manner, League writers are essentially functionally illiterate.

 

[TOCC]

Mate, the daily telegraph is mungo tabloid.. Just dribble, the anti-union agenda of some of the writers within that paper is quite amazing at times..

Union has the SMH and TheAustralian in NSW, stick to those..

 

[Empire]

Don't ever feel bad for being disparaging with regard to the Daily Telegraph. Horrible, simplistic piece of rubbish...