You guys keep pulling each others leg, on Tuesday Western Sydney Wanderers are playing in Shanghai against Shanghai SIPG for points and prizemoney.The_Wookie wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:51 amleast they are fucking going to china. How many attempts did league clubs make and fail or bail on?
During the Superleague period, it was planned that games would eventually be played in China.
In 2012 it was reported that Canberra was talking to Manly about playing a match for points in Hong Kong, but that match never eventuated. Club sponsors, including the Raiders sponsor, Huawei, were keen for a game to be played in the home country, but plans were abandoned when support from the NRL was not forthcoming.
In 2013, Channel 9 and the Chinese Government were reportedly supportive of the match happening, and the NRL had appointed an independent consultant to look into it further.
In August 2016, Fairfax reported that Canberra conceded that it was probably never going to happen.
In 2015 it was reported that the NRL supported a concept to take the game to China as put forward by former coach Paul Broughton. Under the plan , half a-dozen athletes, hand-picked from China’s 1.35 billion population, will be brought to Australia and placed with NRL clubs, while some coaches will be taken to China to expand the game there. However, a year later, Fairfax media reported that Broughtons was more or less being ignored by the NRL hierarchy, however shortly after the report the NRL evidently gave its approval to the plan.
Australian Rugby Union
In early 2015, the Canberra Times reported that the ACT Brumbies were set to play a preseason game in China backed by Aquis, their major sponsor. If successful this would have led to proper season matches in the country. In August 2016, the Times reported that the Brumbies were no longer entertaining the idea.
links and everything are here
http://www.footyindustry.com/?page_id=2866
Brisbane have already played in China a few weeks ago and knocked off one of the biggest football clubs in Asia.
oh by the way the team the Wanderers are up against total squad value around 80 million euro, with two National Brazilian players although Hulk is pretty much on the outer these days. And are coached by former Premier League coach AVB.
So you guys are really just faffing around the edges.
Not sure Rugby needs to go to China, but would love to see the continued development in Japan
. Can anyone help me out here. Anything interesting happening this year or is it the same suburbian comp? Which is exciting. Love seeing suburbs go toe to toe in a battle of who's got the best looking cousin/wife Collingwood? Or Geelong?
