y'see this is the problem with new media and the blogosphere: in the rush to write something everyday, rubbish which would never see the light of day in a proper news environment gets published.

I'll lay odds that any story which basically uses "rugby league player might or might not sign for Japanese rugby union club, if an offer were made, though there's no evidence that one has been" to claim "rugby league is big in Japan" would get no further than the spike in a newspaper where every story has to justify its space and fight off competitive real news.

y'see this is the problem with new media and the blogosphere: in the rush to write something everyday, rubbish which would never see the light of day in a proper news environment gets published.

I'll lay odds that any story which basically uses "rugby league player might or might not sign for Japanese rugby union club, if an offer were made, though there's no evidence that one has been" to claim "rugby league is big in Japan" would get no further than the spike in a newspaper where every story has to justify its space and fight off competitive real news.