It is. The kind of companies who want to be involved with Rugby are much bigger companies than some random university or some insurance company no one has ever heard of. Sponsors realise that if you get involved with rugby your product will be advertised all over the world.

[url=http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/rugby/news/article/-/8254868/low-ticket-sales-itm-cup-finalLow ticket sales for ITM Cup final.[/url Interesting comment made too.

He is a quality poster maccecillon.

True. And when you've got school chums willing to give acres of free advertising in newspapers & school chums at the BBC willing to pay more per viewer for yawnion than any other sport we haven't a prayer.

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?

Nice try (sic). Must do better.

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!

That last post needed more religious music in it.

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

More smoke and mirrors from union.





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

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

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.

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:

International RL isn't a great product. Why is there a comp every year? It should be Four Nations every four years, World Cup every four years. Then we can expand our core product, the club game.

I can understand where you are coming from but we have to have International RL.
It just needs to be treated more seriously by the RLIF and better marketed.

Like that crap game just on in front of nearly 45,000...

In New Zealand.

Brilliant Test. Rugby league naturally.

[url=http://www.radiosport.co.nz/SportsNews/spleg/Detail.aspx?id=185209Inglis prepared to quit NRL[/url

€€€€€ French union? €€€€€

Souths.

$$$$$$...exchange rate.

The funny thing is how they all say* union and live in anonymity..."














* Editor's note...

BBC Radio 5 has already started their pre-match chat. Matt Dawson acknowledged that Twickenham has been like a morgue over the past twop years as a result of England's dire 'rugby'. Can't help but think that the make up of the crowd doesn't exactly help the atmosphere either.
I'll go 7 minutes before the the first rendition of swing low starts.

The presenter has just announced that Shontayne Hape once played for the '[iAll Blacks rugby league side[/i'.

We stopped calling them the Professional All Blacks a while back now. lol

Of course, since we adopted Kiwis in 1939, union has tried to pinch it for the NZ national rugby union army team.

Original

& rugby union - don't mix well...

Today I'll go with:

Ireland by 3
Kiwi union side by 15
Australia by 6