From an international perspective, I'd say yes. But then I don't see what's so popular about Cricket and Union, but whatever. I don't expect Aussies, French, Kiwis, Papuans etc. to go to the BBC website when they look for RL news, let's be honest it is crap and slow, so therefore we miss out on 'international' readers for RL.

killed this thread stone dead, that's for sure

What story does it tell, that Ashes cricket is more popular than domestic RL?



Have you got any other amazing stories for us, maybe the one about the sky being blue or that bears **** in the woods?

Next they'll be telling us the soccer World Cup and Olympics also had bigger audiences than a SL game avg!

Now you're just making things up, what's your agenda?

Not so much your figures but I will debunk your geography? Which beach in Kazakhstan would you be making reference to, please do inform.