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Post by Carl LaFong on Mar 3, 2024 12:07:12 GMT
www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/mar/03/fast-brutal-brilliant-nrls-las-vegas-gamble-comes-up-trumps‘Fast, brutal, brilliant’: NRL’s Las Vegas gamble comes up trumps Rugby league may not be the world game - yet - but the NRL’s showcase event in Las Vegas has proven it is capable of thriving on a global stage. Rugby League has a long and sordid history of promising the world and delivering an atlas, the big dreams only matched by the bigger failures to execute. Not any longer. Over 40,000 fans attended the first premiership matches in the United States in what was a dazzling result for the NRL. The dream of Peter V’Landys to take rugby league to America launched a new reality for the NRL with two outstanding games living up to the unprecedented hype that surrounded the event. The steak matched the sizzle.…
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Post by Hairynosedwombat on Mar 4, 2024 1:56:23 GMT
www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/mar/03/fast-brutal-brilliant-nrls-las-vegas-gamble-comes-up-trumps‘Fast, brutal, brilliant’: NRL’s Las Vegas gamble comes up trumps Rugby league may not be the world game - yet - but the NRL’s showcase event in Las Vegas has proven it is capable of thriving on a global stage. Rugby League has a long and sordid history of promising the world and delivering an atlas, the big dreams only matched by the bigger failures to execute. Not any longer. Over 40,000 fans attended the first premiership matches in the United States in what was a dazzling result for the NRL. The dream of Peter V’Landys to take rugby league to America launched a new reality for the NRL with two outstanding games living up to the unprecedented hype that surrounded the event. The steak matched the sizzle.… If any football code should appeal to American audiences brought up on the NFL, Rugby league might do it. Probably more structured than any other football after NFL but without the interminable stoppages. That in itself is a problem because no advertiser in their right mind will be willing to support (AKA $$$) a game with ads only every 40 minutes. Some of the best soccer is structured to add interest but suffers from being low scoring. I don't understand what rational business model is going to generate income after 4 years when there has been a rugby league competition in the US for many years. I am guessing perhaps half the 40,000 audience were Sea Eagles and Roosters fans who went to Las Vegas for a holiday. That doesnt leave much to start a new and unknown code. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Mar 4, 2024 9:47:38 GMT
www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/mar/03/fast-brutal-brilliant-nrls-las-vegas-gamble-comes-up-trumps‘Fast, brutal, brilliant’: NRL’s Las Vegas gamble comes up trumps Rugby league may not be the world game - yet - but the NRL’s showcase event in Las Vegas has proven it is capable of thriving on a global stage. Rugby League has a long and sordid history of promising the world and delivering an atlas, the big dreams only matched by the bigger failures to execute. Not any longer. Over 40,000 fans attended the first premiership matches in the United States in what was a dazzling result for the NRL. The dream of Peter V’Landys to take rugby league to America launched a new reality for the NRL with two outstanding games living up to the unprecedented hype that surrounded the event. The steak matched the sizzle.… If any football code should appeal to American audiences brought up on the NFL, Rugby league might do it. Probably more structured than any other football after NFL but without the interminable stoppages. That in itself is a problem because no advertiser in their right mind will be willing to support (AKA $$$) a game with ads only every 40 minutes. Some of the best soccer is structured to add interest but suffers from being low scoring. I don't understand what rational business model is going to generate income after 4 years when there has been a rugby league competition in the US for many years. I am guessing perhaps half the 40,000 audience were Sea Eagles and Roosters fans who went to Las Vegas for a holiday. That doesnt leave much to start a new and unknown code. Gotta say I much prefer Union (and Aussie Rules) to League. How about trying them over there? Although I do recall Ireland beating NZ in Chicago a few years ago. Not much time for ad breaks there either though as you pointed out. |
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Post by Hairynosedwombat on Mar 4, 2024 11:22:55 GMT
If any football code should appeal to American audiences brought up on the NFL, Rugby league might do it. Probably more structured than any other football after NFL but without the interminable stoppages. That in itself is a problem because no advertiser in their right mind will be willing to support (AKA $$$) a game with ads only every 40 minutes. Some of the best soccer is structured to add interest but suffers from being low scoring. I don't understand what rational business model is going to generate income after 4 years when there has been a rugby league competition in the US for many years. I am guessing perhaps half the 40,000 audience were Sea Eagles and Roosters fans who went to Las Vegas for a holiday. That doesnt leave much to start a new and unknown code. Gotta say I much prefer Union (and Aussie Rules) to League. How about trying them over there? Although I do recall Ireland beating NZ in Chicago a few years ago. Not much time for ad breaks there either though as you pointed out. I am not a fan of union, although my father played for australia and my grandfather for New Zealand. Have you seen International Rules? It is a mishmash between Gaelic football and Australian rules. It uses a Gaelic ball and goals but mostly field rules from Australian Rules (more biff). Maybe when there is an Ireland Australia series they might negotiate the rules on the day. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Mar 4, 2024 11:25:25 GMT
Gotta say I much prefer Union (and Aussie Rules) to League. How about trying them over there? Although I do recall Ireland beating NZ in Chicago a few years ago. Not much time for ad breaks there either though as you pointed out. I am not a fan of union, although my father played for australia and my grandfather for New Zealand. Have you seen International Rules? It is a mishmash between Gaelic football and Australian rules. It uses a Gaelic ball and goals but mostly field rules from Australian Rules (more biff). Maybe when there is an Ireland Australia series they might negotiate the rules on the day. I think I have seen International rules. I don’t know enough about GAA and AFL to know the differences anyway. Apart from the ball shape! Howmany caps did pop and grandpa make? Were you a decent player yourself? |
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Post by Hairynosedwombat on Mar 4, 2024 11:34:42 GMT
I am not a fan of union, although my father played for australia and my grandfather for New Zealand. Have you seen International Rules? It is a mishmash between Gaelic football and Australian rules. It uses a Gaelic ball and goals but mostly field rules from Australian Rules (more biff). Maybe when there is an Ireland Australia series they might negotiate the rules on the day. I think I have seen International rules. I don’t know enough about GAA and AFL to know the differences anyway. Apart from the ball shape! Howmany caps did pop and grandpa make? Were you a decent player yourself? My brother played league for school. My father toured NZ and played 3 games. When he returned to Sydney he was selected for an England tour but converted to League. Probably more money at the start of the depression. The big difference between Union and League at the time was that League was a professional game with game payments and insurance, essential for workers, while Union was an amateur game where players paid their own way. My grandfather emigrated to NZ from Ireland and was selected for an Allblacks team to tour Australia. His creditors unsuccessfully tried to have him arrested before leaving NZ because they thought, rightly, that he would stay in Sydney and they would lose their dough. |
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Mar 4, 2024 20:53:54 GMT
The first game was fun. The second wasn't. Never going to be fun watching the Roosters win. They actually broadcast them live on the top deck.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Mar 4, 2024 23:56:52 GMT
The first game was fun. The second wasn't. Never going to be fun watching the Roosters win. They actually broadcast them live on the top deck. What do you mean by the top deck? The top deck of your local NRL stadium? |
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Mar 5, 2024 0:45:52 GMT
The first game was fun. The second wasn't. Never going to be fun watching the Roosters win. They actually broadcast them live on the top deck. What do you mean by the top deck? The top deck of your local NRL stadium? Top deck of my cruise ship. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Mar 5, 2024 0:49:02 GMT
What do you mean by the top deck? The top deck of your local NRL stadium? Top deck of my cruise ship. Ah,cool. You’re on a cruise just now? Whereabouts? |
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Mar 5, 2024 1:05:17 GMT
Top deck of my cruise ship. Ah,cool. You’re on a cruise just now? Whereabouts? Right now we're in Cairns in North Queensland, which is the closest port to the Great Barrier Eeef. We're cruising around Australia. Next stop Darwin. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Mar 5, 2024 8:15:03 GMT
Ah,cool. You’re on a cruise just now? Whereabouts? Right now we're in Cairns in North Queensland, which is the closest port to the Great Barrier Eeef. We're cruising around Australia. Next stop Darwin. Sounds great. How long will the cruise last? |
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Mar 5, 2024 9:34:22 GMT
Right now we're in Cairns in North Queensland, which is the closest port to the Great Barrier Eeef. We're cruising around Australia. Next stop Darwin. Sounds great. How long will the cruise last? About 4 weeks. Just left Cairns so my 5G will probably conk out until we get to Darwin 3 days from now. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Mar 5, 2024 10:28:53 GMT
Sounds great. How long will the cruise last? About 4 weeks. Just left Cairns so my 5G will probably conk out until we get to Darwin 3 days from now. OK, bon voyage! |
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Mar 5, 2024 19:16:09 GMT
Sounds great. How long will the cruise last? About 4 weeks. Just left Cairns so my 5G will probably conk out until we get to Darwin 3 days from now. Wow, that sounds like a great trip! Enjoy!
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