Realistically, growing the game internationally is a tall stretch… To grow the game in developing nations, there needs to be 2 major changes.
1\. A serious increase in financial commitment from each nations governing body, who in turn receive grants from their own governments.
2\. Development of local/grass-roots football within those countries.
While its a nice gesture that countries like Australia, England & New Zealand support and help these countries, it is not their responsibility and at some stage they need to reduce/limit their involvement if it is going to be truly successful.
**The embarrassing part of all this, is NZRL cant even get a local competition which can match the Q Cup & NSW Cup to ensure internal pathways within their own country.**
Not really an embarrassment, just shows how much of a minor sport RL is in NZ. 500 juniors are taken out of Auckland by Aussie clubs every year (Auckland RL report). Minor sports don't thrive on those numbers.
