Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Thu Nov 04, 2010 11:59 am  

MacBlondie wrote:

You are bang on the money with what you say. This, coupled with a superior product means Rugby will always have the upper hand over rugby league when it comes to the media

Didn't you shoot someone in the face, Cecillon?

Union a superior product?

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Thu Nov 04, 2010 12:30 pm  

MacBlondie wrote:

You are bang on the money with what you say. This, coupled with a superior product means Rugby will always have the upper hand over rugby league when it comes to the media

Nice try (sic). Must do better.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Thu Nov 04, 2010 12:59 pm  

Catalancs wrote: Low ticket sales for ITM Cup final. Interesting comment made too. Given the best players in NZ provincial rugby are overseas with the All Blacks, I'm not surprised few people can be bothered to turn out for what is effectively a reserve grade Cup final. The ITM Cup, much like the Currie Cup in SA, is now a second tier competition behind Super Rugby.

Catalancs wrote: Low ticket sales for ITM Cup final. Interesting comment made too. Given the best players in NZ provincial rugby are overseas with the All Blacks, I'm not surprised few people can be bothered to turn out for what is effectively a reserve grade Cup final. The ITM Cup, much like the Currie Cup in SA, is now a second tier competition behind Super Rugby.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Thu Nov 04, 2010 1:45 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

Given the best players in NZ provincial rugby are overseas with the All Blacks, I'm not surprised few people can be bothered to turn out for what is effectively a reserve grade Cup final.
The ITM Cup, much like the Currie Cup in SA, is now a second tier competition behind Super Rugby.

As the poster said, it's a crying shame that the NZ and SA unions have allowed this to happen to once fine competitions. Union is the national sport in New Zealand for crying out loud!

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Thu Nov 04, 2010 2:02 pm  

That last post needed more religious music in it.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Thu Nov 04, 2010 2:12 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

Got this email through from Premier Rugby today,

Free rugby shirt promotion from Premiership Rugby!

The 2011 Aviva Premiership Rugby Final takes place on 28 May at Twickenham, and if you book a £46 ticket now we'll send you a FREE Aviva Premiership Rugby shirt worth £30*.
This exclusive limited edition replica quality rugby shirt features the Aviva Premiership Final logo and the number 11 on the reverse.
But hurry, offer ends 31st December; the number of shirts available for this promotion is limited and we can only guarantee delivery before Christmas for orders received by December 15th.

You've got to hand it to them for pushing the game. Every year they do something similar and every year it's a great crowd.

Yeah in League we dont need gimmicks like this to sell tickets for a final.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Thu Nov 04, 2010 2:21 pm  

More smoke and mirrors from union.



Where did we put that playbook? I think UW had it last.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Thu Nov 04, 2010 2:38 pm  

dids858 wrote:

Yeah in League we dont need gimmicks like this to sell tickets for a final.

Could we learn a thing or two about selling out internationals?

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Thu Nov 04, 2010 5:02 pm  

Well after reading about some disapointing ticket sales for all nations. I dont know.

We all know that union internationals do well but its all about club side heading down to cardiff to HQ for a good weekend away. And less so about the rugby.

I've no idea why we now struggle to get 25,000 when 15 years ago we would see 40 or 50,000 watch a GB International and remember in those days the club gates were a lot smaller.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Thu Nov 04, 2010 9:02 pm  

dids858 wrote:

I've no idea why we now struggle to get 25,000 when 15 years ago we would see 40 or 50,000 watch a GB International and remember in those days the club gates were a lot smaller.

Disillusionment. Have a look on the Halifax, Leigh, Wakey and Cas boards in light of developments at Crusaders. To be fair a day's worth of posts on the Leyth board could give the Samaritans work till the next World Cup.

Example A m'lud:

Fax4Life wrote:

That is a joke when the RFL are splitting us completely in two by making clubs outside SL have to BEG to get into it through the stupid franchising ssytem and alienating heartland clubs by making us like lepers.
I like many other fans support my club (Fax) and not RL anymore, I don't care a jot about England RL its a SL team not ours as we are excluded so why should I care?
Sad as I have been RL through and through for 40 years now and used to support anything with RL on it and go to GB games and even CC semi finals, not any more I will never go to any internationals or any games as a neutral in SL anymore like I would do years ago. I just to to the Challenge Cup Final out of tradition and a trip with the lads and thats it they have lost my support.
I know a lot of people who feel like this now.