Re: Wellington : Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:17 am  

daily messenger i agree with you that southern orcas playing out of wellington and christchurch would be a good idea but the fact is they would have to be based in one city. i'd say wellington would be that city! and maybe a pre season trial in south island maybe greymouth, and take 2-3 home games per year to christchurch if there was a clash with super 14 in wellington and crusaders were away! beacause players and management need to be based somewhere the cost of having half a side here half there and getting to training would be riduculous so it gotta be based in one city or the other.

Re: Wellington : Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:39 pm  

When NZ won the world cup, all we heard from everyman and his dog was how RL will explode in NZ and participation numbers will rocket!

Well it hasnt happened, Rugby is still king in NZ so when is this explosion going to happen?

Re: Wellington : Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:27 pm  

when the NZRL gets its act together, the NRL admits another team, Australian and English clubs stop taking the best Kiwis out of the country and the TV money generated in NZ stays in NZ. Oh and when the Warriors finally put together a winning team and win 3 GF's in a row!

Re: Wellington : Wed Mar 31, 2010 7:52 pm  

Codarmysaint wrote:

When NZ won the world cup, all we heard from everyman and his dog was how RL will explode in NZ and participation numbers will rocket!

Well it hasnt happened, Rugby is still king in NZ so when is this explosion going to happen?

Patience is a virtue my friend. NZRL have been in disarray for years but have now turned the corner. They have a Business plan in place, turned a profit last year and once Auckland play ball with the zones and funding, they will start to get more work going.
At under age level, the game would seem to be quite healthy (2,500 turned up to see a schools final here in Wellington last year) and with the All Blacks imploding/salavating over French or Japanese contracts and jumping ship, together with the probability of the Springbox winning the RUWC next year......League will continue to grow.

As with the London issue in Superleague.....these things take time. The current crop of U20's that originate from these shores look OK and they were all born when there was only 1 sport in this country. Now there is Basketball, soccer & League as alternatives and NRU have been very very very slow to react. Also, the RUWC is, as is it always is, an elite show.......with your average fan having no chance of seeing their own team and paying through the nose to see ANY game........

Re: Wellington : Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:03 am  

Codarmysaint wrote:

When NZ won the world cup, all we heard from everyman and his dog was how RL will explode in NZ and participation numbers will rocket!

Well it hasnt happened, Rugby is still king in NZ so when is this explosion going to happen?

Go on.

See if you can post ten links, troll...



"Everyman"... more like that is what every union troll feared.

Re: Wellington : Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:07 am  

Codarmysaint wrote:

When NZ won the world cup, all we heard from everyman and his dog was how RL will explode in NZ and participation numbers will rocket!

Well it hasnt happened, Rugby is still king in NZ so when is this explosion going to happen?

p&&s off troll

Re: Wellington : Sun Apr 04, 2010 11:26 am  

How is everyman land going, fish oil?

Re: Wellington : Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:18 pm  

Cod reminds me of PW for some strange reason

Re: Wellington : Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:21 pm  

eels fan wrote:

Cod reminds me of PW for some strange reason

Perhaps because they inhabit the same body...

Re: Wellington : Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:17 pm  

eels fan wrote:

Cod reminds me of PW for some strange reason

either tommy or clive / tiny tim