Rugby League World Cup 2008 (2 Viewers)

[frontman]

]No. Track and Field and Swimming both achieve large amounts of coverage an sponsorship, even if not to the extent that soccer does.

Swimming - no way in hell. Swimming is a minority sport in most countries - as is athletics. In fact in Global Sport Sponsorship John Amis writes "it would be an overstatement to suggest swimming to have the global recognition of sports such as soccer and basketball." American sports get larger sponsorship deals than athletics and swimming. The same book states that while athletics has a truly global spread, it no where near rivals "the spectator and participant base" of soccer or major American sports.

Again, soccer would be the biggest global team sport but others, such as basketball and possibly field hockey, are played at competition level in most countries

Field Hockey has similar numbers to rugby union for countries playing - and again I would suggest that countries played does not equal global e.g. the participant and spectator numbers for both sports are smaller than the American football. Basketball is in the best position to become the next "global" sport. It is expanding rapidly in Asia and is a major player in China, challenging soccer's position. Though in Asia, Aftrica and South America the sport ranges from being No. 2 to being nonexistant in different regions, where in some parts the sport has gone backwards in recognition since the Michael Jordan era.

 

[Weasel.08]

PNG belted 48-6 by NZ

 

[frontman]

Fiji and Samoa will win their respective pools and then it'll probably Samoa who will take on Australia in the first semi.

France was really disappointing yesterday. I honestly thought they would be the next best team after the big 3 in the tournament, but they were completely decimated by what was pretty much a few NRL players and a bunch of amatuers.

 

[Groucho Marxist]

joke of a competition.

 

[wuddie]

billy slater put on a show last night. how freakish was it when he ran on to a short ball from hunt and just sprinted 95m. all the melb boys' acceleration is just amazing. cannot see any team come close to aust at present.

 

[Muz4PM]

Wasn't it Inglis who put that ball on?

Yeah, I thought it was Inglis.

 

[Izzay]

No. Track and Field and Swimming both achieve large amounts of coverage an sponsorship, even if not to the extent that soccer does.

Again, soccer would be the biggest global team sport but others, such as basketball and possibly field hockey, are played at competition level in most countries.

Soccer is without doubt the biggest sport, team or individual, that there is

you only have to look at the english premier league for coverage and sponsorship.

and then there is the FIFA world cup...

 

[wuddie]

Wasn't it Inglis who put that ball on?

could have been, not too sure.

willie mason got roasted last year when he snickered during the haka. but what about ast night? the poms refused to show the slightest of respect, turned their backs on the haka, even tho the kiwis treaded across the field and was literally meters away from the huddle. individuals may swear at the refs and touchies out of the spur of the moment, but that is got to be the most disgraceful display as a collective i've ever seen in my life. thanks god they got caned by the kiwis. once again, the poms have proved to the world what kind of worthless arrogant waste of time they truly are. bravo.

 

[Mozza91]

Good game last night England's defence was shit three of Vatuvai's tries came from a second man play then a cut out pass they did it all night and England never cottoned on.
It's like they don't even have a basic knowledge of the game you always stay on your man.
Issac Luke was great again and should definalty be starting ahead of Lueluai

 

[bheck7]

i watched fiji v france at win stadium the other week. there were 9000 people there and sounded like a capacity crowd, it was amazing. mind you, thats probably because the only capacity game i went to was dragons v sharks and the sharks won. I so so so hope fiji beat australia this weekend, it'd be classic.

 

[frontman]

Good game last night England's defence was shit three of Vatuvai's tries came from a second man play then a cut out pass they did it all night and England never cottoned on.
It's like they don't even have a basic knowledge of the game you always stay on your man.
Issac Luke was great again and should definalty be starting ahead of Lueluai

Kearney isn't putting Luke on the starting side again and he's left Inu out altogether.

 

[Mozza91]

Kearney isn't putting Luke on the starting side again and he's left Inu out altogether.

It's because he has no idea what he's doing Luke is their best and then daylight till the next player

 

[boris]

i watched fiji v france at win stadium the other week. there were 9000 people there and sounded like a capacity crowd, it was amazing. mind you, thats probably because the only capacity game i went to was dragons v sharks and the sharks won. I so so so hope fiji beat australia this weekend, it'd be classic.

Lol no league match in the world comes close to a regular afl match. Which in turn doesn't come close to a regular epl match.

 

[Mozza91]

Lol no league match in the world comes close to a regular afl match. Which in turn doesn't come close to a regular epl match.

Piss off AFL is for softcocks what is entertaining about 40 people continuosly dropping the ball and jumping on top of each other it just looks like a complete clusterfuck

 

[bheck7]

Lol no league match in the world comes close to a regular afl match. Which in turn doesn't come close to a regular epl match.

oh well isn't AFL just so fabulous then! your point, please?

 

[boris]

My point is that you were going on about 9000 people at an international league match and how it was amazing lol it was fucking pus. We got more than that to the group 11 grand final last year. Afl gets 80k+ to regular season matches. That is amazing.

Mozza91, we've established that you're a fag who knows nothing about league or afl in the which sport is better thread.

 

[withoutaface]

Fiji v Aus last night, the crowd was tiny (15,000) and the Fijian fans were louder than the Australian ones. Further, nobody bought B-Reserve seats so all the C-Reserve people ended up taking those up, so probably should've charged less for tickets.

 

[withoutaface]

Piss off AFL is for softcocks what is entertaining about 40 people continuosly dropping the ball and jumping on top of each other it just looks like a complete clusterfuck

Dude that's league as well.

 

[Mozza91]

Mozza91, we've established that you're a fag who knows nothing about league or afl in the which sport is better thread.

I know more about Rugby League then you or anyone else on this forum don't question my knowledge on a game that you know nothing about

 

[boris]

lol im sure you do you fucking spacktard. I reckon i'v played more years of it than you have you wanker.