Let’s face facts, blame the RFL and true they could do a lot better, but it would be hard for anyone to promote our game when the whole of the people who control terrestrial TV are committed to making sure that RL stays were it is, in the back alleys and cobbled streets of the North. They are forced to give top billing to football because it’s fashionable and most popular. What they would like, and try their best to do, is promote Rugby Union. You see, it’s the suits with the old school ties that run the show and love to see the chaps in the scrimmage get more than their share of air-time. Why else would they keep putting up Ray French to commentate? They don’t care about entertainment, which is obvious if you’ve ever tried to watch a game of RU (too many players, too many rules, too many stops, too many kicks, and not enough tries!) No they don’t care, that’s rugger! We don’t want what those northern Jonnies watch. “ it’s not cricket!”. This is what Rugby League is really up against. It’s not Sky, the papers, or our game, it’s the ties, that have RL by the short ‘n’ curlies..
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