: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:53 pm  

I bet there are more going the other way tbh.

Re: Experiment conducted - can RL convert the soccer masses ? : Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:33 am  

Canyoubelieveit wrote: See article of experiment carried out http://timesonline.typepad.com/rugby_league/ I've always found soccer fans experiencing RL for the first time to not only enjoy the experience but continuing coming to TGG. Reading FC attendee for nearly 10 years, one game of RL and been here ever since.

Canyoubelieveit wrote: See article of experiment carried out http://timesonline.typepad.com/rugby_league/ I've always found soccer fans experiencing RL for the first time to not only enjoy the experience but continuing coming to TGG. Reading FC attendee for nearly 10 years, one game of RL and been here ever since.

Re: Experiment conducted - can RL convert the soccer masses ? : Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:49 am  

Stooper wrote:

Reading FC attendee for nearly 10 years, one game of RL and been here ever since.

Wasn't that just before the time Reading started doing well?

Jinx.

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:54 am  

I remember taking some college mates and diehard United fans to Central park in the early 90s for a game.

They were shocked and awed. Seriously, some of them were covering their mouths with shock at some of the collisions, the rest were just buzzing at the barely controlled violence, power, aggression and skill they were watching.
I distinctly remember one saying, 'I can't believe they hit each other so hard'.

Unfortunately we all fooked off to University that year, and out of those, only one still lives in Manchester, the rest live in London, Portsmouth and Bristol. The one in Manc still goes to the JJB with me regularly.

Re: Experiment conducted - can RL convert the soccer masses ? : Thu Feb 26, 2009 1:16 am  

Chris Dalton wrote:

Wasn't that just before the time Reading started doing well?

Jinx.

Yes it was. The last game I saw as a fan was when they got promoted from Division Two (Three/League One) and they got into the play-offs the next year. Maybe I should stop supporting Quins so they win something

Re: Experiment conducted - can RL convert the soccer masses ? : Thu Feb 26, 2009 1:56 am  

Stooper wrote:

Yes it was. The last game I saw as a fan was when they got promoted from Division Two (Three/League One) and they got into the play-offs the next year. Maybe I should stop supporting Quins so they win something

I wouldn't say that. In fact, if anything you should be made official mascot.

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:13 am  

We need to get SL onto FTA TV at a reasonable time. As good as Sky has been for the game, until we get season long SL on national free to air TV on a Friday or Sunday night then RL will never be seen by the masses.

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:51 am  

Not that many people get Sky?

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:05 am  

JB Down Under wrote:

We need to get SL onto FTA TV at a reasonable time. As good as Sky has been for the game, until we get season long SL on national free to air TV on a Friday or Sunday night then RL will never be seen by the masses.

That will never happen and I am not sure taking the game away from Sky to free to air would be the best thing for the game. If we are talking about converting Football fans anyway I am sure quiet a few of them already have sky sports anyway.

But if we (as in the fans) want to convert people from Football to Rugby then its up to us to try to get people along to games to do so. My brother in Law was a die hard football fan rarely missing a Blackburn game, when he met my sister she took him to one Saints game and he has been hooked ever since - no he rarely goes to Rovers games but is a Saints season ticket holder.

Strangely he has tried to convert both me and my Sister to football and failed on both counts - even though (according to football fans) the game he took us to was exciting compared to the majority of Rugby games it was boring imo.

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:25 am  

gateaux wrote:

That will never happen and I am not sure taking the game away from Sky to free to air would be the best thing for the game. If we are talking about converting Football fans anyway I am sure quiet a few of them already have sky sports anyway.

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Not saying we should. In Oz games are on FTA and pay for view. I see no reason why a channel couldn't screen ANOTHER SL game beyond the two Sky show.

My sis in law was a die hard soccer fan until she attended a couple of RL games, she is now a die hard RL fan!