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Chris Garry: Rugby league’s Anzac Test now bigger than rugby union’s Bledisloe Cup

36 minutes ago April 30, 2015 11:22AM


RUGBY league’s Anzac Test has usurped union’s Bledisloe Cup as Australia’s favourite trans-Tasman rivalry and tomorrow night’s clash will prove it.

I can hear the glasses of red wine being smashed on the ground already but in Australia, union’s once premier annual event has drowned in the Tasman Sea of rugby league’s surging popularity.

Ever since the working class men of union got sick of not being paid and rebelled to form the 13-man game, the sport has never had the international relevance their older brother enjoys.

League will never find the worldwide recognition union rightly trumpets.

AGREE?

However, Australians have spoken and they would rather watch the Kangaroos play the Kiwis than the Wallabies play the All Blacks.

The television ratings prove that, in Australia at least, more people care about league’s much derided international competition than union’s much hyped Test calendar.

More than 1.4 million Australians watched last year’s Kangaroos clash with New Zealand in April on Channel Nine.

It comfortably beat the opening Bledisloe Cup clash last August, the most watched union Test of the year, which attracted just over 1.2 million viewers combined on Channel Ten and Foxtel broadcasts.



Why wouldn’t the floating sport fan turn off the Bledisloe Cup, at least the result is in doubt when the Kiwis clash with the Kangaroos .

The Kangaroos are the World Cup champions but the Kiwis are the Four Nation champions.

The Kiwis have two wins on the trot against the Kangaroos and have won two Four Nations and a World Cup in the past seven years.

The Wallabies haven’t beaten the All Blacks since 2011. Australia has won just two of the last 22 Bledisloe Cup Tests.


The result is rarely in doubt.

Australia’s growing passion for international league says more about union than the sport Dally Messenger crossed over to, the one still fighting a myriad of self-sabotaging battles.

We won’t go into the merits of each sport, that is a toxic debate for another day.

The facts are that rugby’s stars struggle to gain traction.

Beauden Barrett in action for the All Blacks.



Even the best of the All Blacks do not resonate in Australian minds like they once did.

New Zealand’s premier five-eighth is Beauden Barrett, not Dan Carter, but if you took a poll in any Australian street, outside Bondi and Logan, few would be able to name the classy Wellington No.10 who is a player that would thrive in league.

Richie McCaw continues to command great respect on this side of the ditch but once upon a time die hard mungos would watch a Bledisloe Cup to marvel at the skills of Carlos Spencer, Jonah Lomu, Christian Cullen and co.

[Raiderdave]

Bigger then all bar the occasional sookeroo game
Bigger then every fumbles n bumbles game except a final or 2 & the GF
Bigger then every toffball game played in this nation

Rugby league is the king of marquee sports events in Australia
This simply cannot be denied =D> =D> =D>

[AFLcrap1]

Yep .
Nailed it RD.

[Beaussie]

Kangawhos?

When I like most Australians think international sport involving Australia, I think Olympics, Socceroos and Wallabies. Sorry leaguies, that's is a fact. TV ratings won't change that

[Raiderdave]

Kangawhos?

When I like most Australians think international sport involving Australia, I think Olympics, Socceroos and Wallabies. Sorry leaguies, that's is a fact. TV ratings won't change that

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Nobody cares wot a fumbletard wanker like u does
:_<> :_<>
More Australians watch the kangaroos then any mens national side except our cricket side

Now
Thats a fact

[leeroy*NRL*]

Kangawhos?

When I like most Australians think international sport involving Australia, I think Olympics, Socceroos and Wallabies. Sorry leaguies, that's is a fact. TV ratings won't change that

WHAT YOU DONT THINK OF CRICKET >

true to that RAIDER
AUS V NZ IS getting Bigger and Bigger each year. With the way NZ has risen over the last 6 years.

I would love to see 3 game Series Aus v NZ each year.

[leagueiscrap]

Kangawhos?

When I like most Australians think international sport involving Australia, I think Olympics, Socceroos and Wallabies. Sorry leaguies, that's is a fact. TV ratings won't change that

:_<>

Nobody cares wot a fumbletard wanker like u does
:_<> :_<>
More Australians watch the kangaroos then any mens national side except our cricket side

Now
Thats a fact

Oh they are called the kangawho's

[Xman]

Bigger then all bar the occasional sookeroo game
Bigger then every fumbles n bumbles game except a final or 2 & the GF
Bigger then every toffball game played in this nation

Rugby league is the king of marquee sports events in Australia
This simply cannot be denied =D> =D> =D>

if it doesnt get over 88k it wont be bigger than the AFLs ANZAC day game

[Raiderdave]

Bigger then all bar the occasional sookeroo game
Bigger then every fumbles n bumbles game except a final or 2 & the GF
Bigger then every toffball game played in this nation

Rugby league is the king of marquee sports events in Australia
This simply cannot be denied =D> =D> =D>

if it doesnt get over 88k it wont be bigger than the AFLs ANZAC day game

&
if yr widdle Anzac clash doesn't get over 1.4 Million tv veiwers then it isn't bigger then our ANZAC test

fact !!

[Raiderdave]

Oh they are called the kangawho's

& they're bigger then all bar about 3 fumbles & derpies games all year fucktard :_<> :_<>
3 out of 208 games

wow
just wow

[Xman]

no issue. The most popular game will win both the crowd and ratings. We all know the NRL wont get a bigger crowd. Will it even get half?

[Raiderdave]

no issue. The most popular game will win both the crowd and ratings. We all know the NRL wont get a bigger crowd. Will it even get half?

its overall peepers that wins
Aussies will be watching the Anzac RL test in bigger numbers then just about every fumbles & bumbles games this year
every sooker game to be played this year
& every toffball game to be played this year

again
wow
just wow

[Xman]

no issue. The most popular game will win both the crowd and ratings. We all know the NRL wont get a bigger crowd. Will it even get half?

its overall peepers that wins
Aussies will be watching the Anzac RL test in bigger numbers then just about every fumbles & bumbles games this year
every sooker game to be played this year
& every toffball game to be played this year

again
wow
just wow

no, if it was more popular more would want to turn up and watch

[Raiderdave]

no, if it was more popular more would want to turn up and watch

Another 15k or so & the venue is full cockhead

Nope
The biggest sports arena there is
..is the living rooms of Australia
&
RL cannot be beaten here

[Xman]

no, if it was more popular more would want to turn up and watch

Another 15k or so & the venue is full cockhead

Nope
The biggest sports arena there is
..is the living rooms of Australia
&
RL cannot be beaten here

Great, so it'll be a sellout i suppose