Re: LETS PLAY A STATE OF ORIGIN GAME IN ENGLAND : Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:31 am  

Leaguefan wrote:

Club Rugby League.

Most" fans" are myopic and don't care about the game beyond "their" club.

Mind you they take the lead from most club directors/owners

see . thats where you need too start thinking out side of the club . draw a border. choose 2 teams . get some rivalry going

[tb]

: Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:31 am  

We don't care about your domestic competition. It's not the be-all and end-all of global rugby league. There is a world beyond the seas that girt your home. Get used to it.

: Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:33 am  

but if dont think out the ideas . how can you improve the england test team

: Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:36 am  

I think a one off Origin game in the UK would be fantastic.

Play game 1 in England, somewhere like JJB or Galpharm game 2 in Sydney and game 3 in Brisbane.

I reckon you would sell it out, I would certainly go. If the tickets went too quickly then if they tried it again they could go for Elland Road. It would gain positive publicity for the game and get the wider sporting public aware of what State of Origin was.

: Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:21 pm  

roughyedspud wrote:

SoO means nothing to anyone outside of NSW and Q'land.

corrected for accuracy purposes

: Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:22 pm  

sally cinnamon wrote:

I think a one off Origin game in the UK would be fantastic.

Play game 1 in England, somewhere like JJB or Galpharm game 2 in Sydney and game 3 in Brisbane.

I reckon you would sell it out, I would certainly go. If the tickets went too quickly then if they tried it again they could go for Elland Road. It would gain positive publicity for the game and get the wider sporting public aware of what State of Origin was.

Why would they take it to a 25,000 stadium when they can get 80,000 in Sydney?

: Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:44 pm  

JB Down Under wrote:

corrected for accuracy purposes

what about melbourne idiot

: Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:52 pm  

JB Down Under wrote:

Why would they take it to a 25,000 stadium when they can get 80,000 in Sydney?

Because the original idea was to take it to England and you've no chance of filling Wembley.
RE: American Football, no its not massive over here but everybody has heard of the NFL. If I asked the man on the street what SoO was he wouldn't have a clue, even in a league town.
If you could somehow fill Elland Road I reckon you'd earn as much with the exchange rate as you would for 80,000 in Melbourne or Sydney

: Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:48 pm  

Interesting idea.

The English don't tend to do tribalism though, we can't be bothered getting off our backside for Lancashire and Yorkshire, let alone some state breeding 4 armed people in an old backwater of the Empire.

Leave them to play with each other in their big games in the convict colony I say.

: Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:28 pm  

roughyedspud wrote:

i said i DON'T CARE not i'm not interested in it...


i'm interested in the NRL...but i don't care who wins it..

i'm interested in ESL but i don't care who wins...why would i? i'm a oldham fan

i'm interested in golf but i could'nt give a rats ass who wins..


you get my point?

nope i dont.

if you didnt care/were interested you wouldnt watch it.

and then people complain about poor quality debate.