: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:02 pm  

dally messenger wrote:

they should take a real origin game to auckland

can't think of one positive that would come out of that

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:32 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

can't think of one positive that would come out of that

origin is the best RL on the planet.

why not showcase the best the game can offer to fans that arent converted, with a flow on to the local RL team?

we played an origin in melbourne and because of that the storms crowds rose straight after by 3000 fans and have stayed loyal.

its a way of promoting RL by using your best games to do it

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:33 pm  

Lockyer4President! wrote:

Much weaker dollar, traditionally smaller crowds, timezone differences for tv viewers, playing a state of origin match in another country. I can't think of a single reason why they should get one.

If that SPARC report is to believed the NZRL prefer to play Kiwi games in Aiustralia because the revenue is much larger. I can't see the ARL willing to lose money, which is what they'd do if they played a game in NZ.

it would depend on the finances of a bid.

melbourne origin is in a much smaller stadium thatn sydney, as are your games at suncorp.

the series still does well.

auckland blues stadium is where id host it

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:34 pm  

i agree . lets have a north vs south island aswell

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:43 pm  

for people that dont know, 1 of the origin games this year is in melbourne

and back in the 80s an origin game was taken to america as well.

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:57 pm  

dally messenger wrote:

origin is the best RL on the planet.

why not showcase the best the game can offer to fans that arent converted, with a flow on to the local RL team?

we played an origin in melbourne and because of that the storms crowds rose straight after by 3000 fans and have stayed loyal.

its a way of promoting RL by using your best games to do it

taking a game to another australian state and taking it to another country are 2 very different things dally.
as for the island of origin, are there enough players from the south island to raise a good team?

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:10 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

taking a game to another australian state and taking it to another country are 2 very different things dally.
as for the island of origin, are there enough players from the south island to raise a good team?

melbourne arent part of the origin concept

but they have an nrl team

nz arent part of the origin concept

but they have an nrl team

its exactly the same concept.

its used to grow RL in a market where theres already a team

i think it would be massive

the kiwis would go crazy for it

and its something that union can never match

Re: Even a All Blacks sister can't wait for the RL season : Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:15 pm  

dally messenger wrote:

union is getting crowds of 4000 - 6000 for some games

the warriors got close to 18,000 last night

how would you define that?

So by this reckoning you would agree that RL is dying in Sydney too?

NSW Waratahs get crowds comfortably better than any Sydney RL team.

Re: Even a All Blacks sister can't wait for the RL season : Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:59 pm  

Maximus Decimus wrote:

So by this reckoning you would agree that RL is dying in Sydney too?

NSW Waratahs get crowds comfortably better than any Sydney RL team.

but to be fair, that's an entire state

Re: Even a All Blacks sister can't wait for the RL season : Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:12 pm  

dally messenger wrote:

union is getting crowds of 4000 - 6000 for some games

the warriors got close to 18,000 last night

how would you define that?

stop dreaming, union will always be the kiwis' national sport.