Re: Wellington : Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:44 am  

dally messenger wrote:

33 million watching the union WC final ...

RU calculator


= 4 billion!

O....is for Overtly as in overtly biggoted
P......is for Pea as in the thing cased by your skull
I......is if Internet,,,which you shouldn't really be allowed on without supervision
N.....is for nothing (which is what you bring to the table in the way of proof by the way)
I....is for incompetent
O......is for "Outtahere" which is where most of your conspiract theories come from
N.....is for night night.

You and your little mates have fun. I am off out to meet real people and watch the footie, have a laugh and sink a few beers.

Re: Wellington : Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:48 am  

33 million watching the union WC final ...

RU calculator


= 4 billion!

Re: Wellington : Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:49 am  

I'm drinking beer, I have a wife and I'm waiting for the footy.

That's my opinion.

Re: Wellington : Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:47 am  

4 billion was the total viewing figure for all the games.

Something rugby league can only dream of!

22million people in th UK watched the final alone. 22million! I remember going to the pub at 6am to watch it, it was already packed out, there were thousands of people in the streets, beeping horns etc. Was a right carnival atmosphere and the game hadnt even kicked off and I dont live in a rugby union or league town.

When the rugby league world cup is on, no one cares in the UK

Re: Wellington : Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:00 am  

so if one of the finalists can only muster 22 million, where'd the rest come from?

Re: Wellington : Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:35 am  

gutterfax wrote:

The article says Real have sold 1,000,000 ronaldo shirts.......doesn't mention anything else and therefore proves nothing other than Real have sold 1,000,000 Ronaldo shirts.

Have you got a link to this Adidas announcement then? I'm not being funny but it sounds like one of the most unbelievable things I've ever heard. I'm assuming you were talking about worldwide shirt sales.

Yes the link I provided highlights the fact that over a million Real Madrid shirts have been sold since the summer, and that's just the ones with Ronaldo's name on the back, and the figure is just for Madrid itself. Being the biggest supported club in Spain, and perhaps the most famous worldwide, it's not unlikely that they sell millions more across the country and throughout the continent, as I've seen loads of Real shirts everywhere I've been in Spain and the rest of Europe.

But of course it doesn't end there. Real have the Latin American market to play with, which includes Spanish America and the massive Hispanic population of the USA. Added to that China and Japan, where Real are a household name.

I imagine the British Lions have sold a lot of shirts, but their market really is restricted to the population of UK and Ireland. Including ex pats and other RU fans around the world I'd say that would be no more than 100 million people.

You mentioned that the Lions sold more shirts than Madrid, Manchester United, and Barcelona combined. They are probably the 3 biggest football clubs in the world at this moment in time. I simply cannot believe this to be true.

Re: Wellington : Mon Apr 19, 2010 2:28 pm  

eels fan wrote:

so if one of the finalists can only muster 22 million, where'd the rest come from?

mars.

union is as big there as it is in most of earth

Re: Wellington : Mon Apr 19, 2010 2:29 pm  

33 million watch the final >

RU calculator >

4 billion.

Re: Wellington : Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:35 pm  

eels fan wrote:

so if one of the finalists can only muster 22 million, where'd the rest come from?

He can't answer that.

Actually, he'd have trouble answering the most basic question. He'd lose a game of Scrabble to a biscuit.

Re: Wellington : Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:51 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

Unless you can find documented proof that says the "company line" is a lie, I suggest you tread carefully.

And I suggest you get a catscan to see if there's anything bigger than the size of a walnut in your head.

Neither is going to happen.

gutterfax wrote:

As I have said, the figures quoted are used to generate revenue from advertisers and if you KNOW that they are wrong, I would suggest that you contact the Advertising Commission or whatever you have in Australia to tell them that people are being ripped off.

errr, no need, the advertisers aren't fooled.

If channel 10 are paying 10 million for the rights to the next Union world cup, they don't believe it will be a ratings bonanza. 10 million wouldn't get close to securing 3 State of Origin matches.

The 4.5 billion etc figures are lies that only idiots believe. They (The IRB) bend the statistics based on things like "reach" and "cumulative", they then leave that out when making the claim and putz's like you lap it up.

gutterfax wrote:

If on ther other hand, it is just an opinion that they are lies, please refrain from saying it. It just shows you up to be nothing more than a bitter keyboard warrior with a chip on his shoulder...

lol Keyboard warrior.

You're a gimp.

Why not try, in your own way, to show us how you think the last RWC got 4.5 billion viewers?

I've shown how it's bullshit, it wasn't hard, just posting the population of countries where Union has a following is all I had to do.

Prove me wrong.

gutterfax wrote:

Now....must run. I have an attractive donkey to see to and my Union hard on is starting to hurt

Acutally, no self-respecting Donkey would be seen dead with a Union fan....