Benji in union's sights, according to Sheens

[Citizen_Tiger]

I don't think Benji will every go to Rugby I personally don't think Rugby Union suits him. The tiger player I worry about the ARU pinching is Chris Lawrence. He has all the attributes (fast, tall, strong, runs great lines and great one on one defender) to also be a great Rugby centre (he is light years in front of the current Aussie rugby union centres). The ARU should if they had any sense offer him $750,000 plus a season to convert.

I for one still don't think that Chris would ever leave the Tigers and I hate rugby union as much as anyone but if I run that sport he would be my number 1 targert.

You hate Rugby 'as much as anyone'? You assume that everyone hates Rugby? Do u know what the ticket sales were for this RWC? Do you know how many people watched the opening ceremony/1st game?

 

[innsaneink]

There was nothing else on

 

[Gothetigers]

There was nothing else on

Very true, at one stage I choose to watch womens golf over it

 

[sunshine_coast_tiger]

I don't think Benji will every go to Rugby I personally don't think Rugby Union suits him. The tiger player I worry about the ARU pinching is Chris Lawrence. He has all the attributes (fast, tall, strong, runs great lines and great one on one defender) to also be a great Rugby centre (he is light years in front of the current Aussie rugby union centres). The ARU should if they had any sense offer him $750,000 plus a season to convert.

I for one still don't think that Chris would ever leave the Tigers and I hate rugby union as much as anyone but if I run that sport he would be my number 1 targert.

You hate Rugby 'as much as anyone'? You assume that everyone hates Rugby? Do u know what the ticket sales were for this RWC? Do you know how many people watched the opening ceremony/1st game?

I don't like Rugby, I just feel it is a vastly inferior game to League. A good game of Rugby can be great to watch but sadly at international level such games a very few and far between (can't think of one). The referees often kill any chance of a decent game.

Strangly enough club rugby and super rugby are usually far better to watch than international rugby.

 

[Oggyz]

I love both. The nrl is great but nothing beats watching the wallabies play (prior world cup at least!). A truly international game with loads of passion. Sure beats the sideshow that is league internationals. What kills rugby is it's elitist image. Don't get me wrong, love the tigers and I love league. But, I love union just as much.

 

[Oggyz]

And the fact it's over refereed.

 

[Citizen_Tiger]

There was nothing else on

Had the bigger stage in mind Ink. Total ticket sales for this RWC were in the order of 1.8 mill while the global audience was 3.9billion for the opening ceremony/1st game. They're some very, very big numbers.

 

[Yossarian]

There was nothing else on

Had the bigger stage in mind Ink. Total ticket sales for this RWC were in the order of 1.8 mill while the global audience was 3.9billion for the opening ceremony/1st game. They're some very, very big numbers.

I'd strongly suggest 3.9 billion was the POTENTIAL audience. I'd be absolutely gob-smacked if that many people actually watched the first game/opening ceremony. I'd would have been lucky to hit 100k in this country.

EDIT: I stand corrected. According to http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/09/pay-tv-ratings-week-37.html the opening ceremony rated 193k on Foxtel. By comparison the Dally M ceremony rated 191k… The actual opening game rated 237k

 

[Defiant]

I heard 1.2million aussies tuned in, mostly from NSW. (the final)

I ended up enjoying it mostly because ive never supported the french before :slight_smile:

You can certainly see why they would like Benji, they had nothing.

 

[happy_tiger]

I heard 1.2million aussies tuned in, mostly from NSW. (the final)

I ended up enjoying it mostly because ive never supported the french before :slight_smile:

You can certainly see why they would like Benji, they had nothing.

If I'd been around at the time I wouldn't have supported the French in WW1 or WW2

 

[innsaneink]

There was nothing else on

Had the bigger stage in mind Ink. Total ticket sales for this RWC were in the order of 1.8 mill while the global audience was 3.9billion for the opening ceremony/1st game. They're some very, very big numbers.

Dont doubt that, it was all very well done.
The game though left me wanting a bit, I felt the better team on the night lost, but the better team overall probably won the tourny.
Watched several games of the RWC this year, most cases imo the better team lost, very defensive with whats at stake on the line…much like GFs arent really for the most an attacking spectacle, its win and win ugly if need be, just win.

Strangly enough club rugby and super rugby are usually far better to watch than international rugby.

s15 is a TV product much liek the NRL...geared to look good

 

[Goose]

I love both. The nrl is great but nothing beats watching the wallabies play (prior world cup at least!). A truly international game with loads of passion. Sure beats the sideshow that is league internationals. What kills rugby is it's elitist image. Don't get me wrong, love the tigers and I love league. But, I love union just as much.

Pretty much my thoughts, I love both games, one of my gripes about league personalities constantly bag the other codes and refuse to see their good points. I heard some bloke on Talkin sport claim that not a single player in RWC would make it in the NRL…..dumbest thing I have ever heard.

I think one of the reasons alot of league fans dont like rugby is they get no enjoyment from the breakdown contest, and see it as nothing more than an extended wrestle in the tackle (which no one likes in league), but a rugby fan enjoys the contest for the ball and it is part of the game.
Also the extra importance of field position (and the extra kicking that goes with that) goes against the league fans expectations.

The games are very different despite having lots of similarities, so league fans going to see union expecting to see a league like game end up disapointed.

 

[underdog]

I kinda wish that the profiles of the games were swapped, as League tends to TRULY be a running game, and is breathtaking to watch when teams are in full flight.

 

[smoking_gun]

I think benji would kill it in union. U see what he does to fit agile forwards in league imagine what he would do to the forwards in union who have the agility of elephants

 

[Tigersmurf]

I think benji would kill it in union. U see what he does to fit agile forwards in league imagine what he would do to the forwards in union who have the agility of elephants

Gun I could only agree with this if he played fullback. The extra two forwards on the field and the no 5 or 10 meter rule would cramp him for room. We all know that this results in him running sideways and putting pressure on the outside backs.

However with the room at fullback I think he could tear them to pieces in broken play.

 

[Citizen_Tiger]

There was nothing else on

Had the bigger stage in mind Ink. Total ticket sales for this RWC were in the order of 1.8 mill while the global audience was 3.9billion for the opening ceremony/1st game. They're some very, very big numbers.

I'd strongly suggest 3.9 billion was the POTENTIAL audience. I'd be absolutely gob-smacked if that many people actually watched the first game/opening ceremony. I'd would have been lucky to hit 100k in this country.

EDIT: I stand corrected. According to http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/09/pay-tv-ratings-week-37.html the opening ceremony rated 193k on Foxtel. By comparison the Dally M ceremony rated 191k… The actual opening game rated 237k

Yep, sorry, got my figures off track. The cumulative TV audience for the 2007 tournament was 4.2billion and expectations for the event just finished are 4.5billion. There's are only 4 sporting events in that category of global viewership,the others being FIFA World Cup, Olympics and the Tour de France.

Our ratings could be 10 times those you've published, yet we'd still be a blip on the screen. The other telling stat are the ticket sales, which for 48 matches, were 71 percent of total NRL attendances for 2011.

I'm pretty much the same as Goose, I love both games, pointless to compare as they are completely different in nature, each with their own appeal.

 

[Citizen_Tiger]

I love both. The nrl is great but nothing beats watching the wallabies play (prior world cup at least!). A truly international game with loads of passion. Sure beats the sideshow that is league internationals. What kills rugby is it's elitist image. Don't get me wrong, love the tigers and I love league. But, I love union just as much.

Pretty much my thoughts, I love both games, one of my gripes about league personalities constantly bag the other codes and refuse to see their good points. I heard some bloke on Talkin sport claim that not a single player in RWC would make it in the NRL…..dumbest thing I have ever heard.

I think one of the reasons alot of league fans dont like rugby is they get no enjoyment from the breakdown contest, and see it as nothing more than an extended wrestle in the tackle (which no one likes in league), but a rugby fan enjoys the contest for the ball and it is part of the game.
Also the extra importance of field position (and the extra kicking that goes with that) goes against the league fans expectations.

The decision by the IRB and John O'Neill to award the FTA rights to Nine may well have put the game back five or more years. Uninformed presenters, Ill timed ad breaks, dumbed down interviews, an unnatural focus on Quade Cooper as the tournaments bad boy and the coup de grace, letting Ray Hadley call the Aus v NZ semi. How do you appoint this bloke to call a game he understands little about? He was embarrassing, he was ignorant and he was out of his depth.
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The games are very different despite having lots of similarities, so league fans going to see union expecting to see a league like game end up disapointed.

 

[Citizen_Tiger]

Sorry should try that again
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The decision by the IRB and John O'Neill to award the FTA rights to Nine may well have put the game back five or more years. Uninformed presenters, Ill timed ad breaks, dumbed down interviews, an unnatural focus on Quade Cooper as the tournaments bad boy and the coup de grace, letting Ray Hadley call the Aus v NZ semi. How do you appoint this bloke to call a game he understands little about? He was embarrassing, he was ignorant and he was out of his depth.

 

[Oggyz]

Nines coverage of the world cup was terrible. My brother living in Bangkok got better coverage.

 

[Spartan117]

I don't understand the issue here… WT exclusively as far as i am concerned.

I don't support AFL or Union and they can implode for all I care.