By: zorrothepuma
16/09/2009
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| cheers moorem, tonto says hi.... |
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By: wharfie72
16/09/2009
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The UEFA Champions League has more people watching than any rugby tournament.
Rugby is too boring...people actually clap when someone kicks the ball out!!!!!!!!! Doesn't say much for the other bits of the game!!!!!!!!!!!!! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz |
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By: moorem93
15/09/2009
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| i always liked zorro,,,,hiho tonto,,AWAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY YYYYYYYYYYYYYY |
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By: underwaterjack2000
15/09/2009
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only quoting stats sweetheart and stats dont lie.
given that football is played on every continent and probably by most countries I think it would be obvious after reading those stats which sport is showing the most potential. so no, Im not joking. |
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By: kiwi_kea_99
15/09/2009
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You can twist figures any way you want but how many homes do you think had t.vs in the first 40 years of the Football World Cup??
And to say Rugby has more potential, you really are joking arn't you? |
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By: hi_im_nutty
15/09/2009
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| zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzz |
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By: underwaterjack2000
15/09/2009
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NB, half the cummulative numbers relates to:
Football, 26.29 billion divided by 18 tournaments = 1.46 billion per tournament
Rugby, 4.2 billion divided by 7 tournaments = 600 million per tounament |
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By: underwaterjack2000
15/09/2009
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2006 football world cup, 32 teams, final watched by 715 million viewers, 26.29 billion viewers over the lifetime of the tournament 72 years or 18 tournaments in total.
2007 Rugby World Cup, 20 teams, final watched by over 61 million viewers, 4.2 billion viewers over the lifetime of the tournament 20 years or 7 tounaments held.
After only 7 tournaments (marginally more than just a third) the Rugby World Cup has attracted almost half the cummulative viewing numbers of the Football World Cup.
Given that their are less teams and less nations playing rugby than Football it would be fair to say that the Rugby World Cup is showing more potential as being the most watched and most interesting event.
Rugby World Cup 2007 had the Fouth biggest audience for a sports event globally in 2007.
Football may be the "Beautiful Game" but "Rugby is the Game they Play in Heaven"......and everyone wants to go to heaven, dont they!! |
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By: zorrothepuma
15/09/2009
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| calm down fake chiro, you'll pop a vessel. It clearly irks you, that you talk kak. You sad little boy, there are hours of soccer to watch on telly but you sit at your PC and post on rugby threads. All of it vitriolic garbage, aimed at sledging rugby cos you like soccer more. Why can't you just go and chat with your soccer mates and be happy associating with like minded people? You don't have the ability to hold an intelligent conversation where rugby is concerned as you clearly know nothing about it. If you prefer to watch prima donna actors and divers prance about in front of rioting fans, go ahead. |
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By: dachiropracter17
15/09/2009
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FYI kiwibeca the farcically named rugby WC is NOT the third most watched sporting event. That myth has been around for ages. According to the stat's it is not even in the top ten.
Use your brain!! How could a tournament that only a few countries take seriously possibly be third?! Duh!! |
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By: nonumaga
15/09/2009
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All blacks need some Real tough hard coconuts
Joe Stanley. Olo Brown. Frank Bunce. Jonah Lomu. Tana Umaga
Eroni Clarke. Walter Little. Graeme Bachop. Iceman Michael Jones
Look at the best player for all blacks from fiji, Sivivatu
Bring in more island boys into the all blacks instead of the softys that are their now. |
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By: kiwibeca
14/09/2009
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Yes there is a Netball World Championship Underwater. :-) The most recent one was in 2007 in Auckland. (It was supposed to be in Fiji, but the '06 Coup put paid to that.) Australia are the current World Champions. :-P
FYI Fake Chiro, the *Rugby* World Cup is the third most watched sporting event behind the Summer Olympics and the Soccer World Cup. |
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By: underwaterjack2000
14/09/2009
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| so would that be the same of the Cricket World Cup and the Netball World Cup (do they even have one?) the IC World Cup (check it out) RoboCup, Horse Association World Cup, plus countless others. |
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By: hi_im_nutty
14/09/2009
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| Perffffffffffffffffffffff fft. |
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By: dachiropracter17
14/09/2009
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| kiwibeca there is no chance of the All Whites winning the true WORLD CUP. Or do you mean that farcical tournament called the rugby WC....hahahahahahaha. That sad tournament is only watched in a few countries....to be a WC...it needs to get the attention of the world. The rugby 'WC'is sadly about 200 countries short!!! |
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By: kiwibeca
14/09/2009
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| I'm not that concerned by what might happen after the World Cup, just as long as we win the blooming thing. :-) |
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By: hi_im_nutty
14/09/2009
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| And when these guys retire or play there way out of the team, we'll be in the shytbox again. |
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By: hi_im_nutty
13/09/2009
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| Yeah, some of our key players will be hitting 30 and over in 2011, Mills, McCaw, Kaino, So'oialo, Hore, Mealamu....... |
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By: xtr365705@xtra.co.nz
13/09/2009
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| underwater; yes the Boks are currently formidable and play the game how we could play it. |
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By: xtr365705@xtra.co.nz
13/09/2009
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| There are a lot of players so far mentioned that will be far too old for 2011. How long do you expect Mils and McCaw [to mention but two of them]to last when they're already down to about 90%. Maybe shift McCaw to #6 to lengthen his timespan. |
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By: underwaterjack2000
13/09/2009
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| And while we might be holding onto Henrys winning percentage, I think most will agree Sth Africa are playing rugby how we like to see it, hard, fast, straight up the guts take no prisoners, something AB teams used to be kings at. The last 40 of the waikato test and in particular the last 20 was true AB rugby, running, mauling, kicking, why arent we being coached to play that way everytime? too much emphasis on a winning record and maintaing number 1. After that test I felt good about rugby again, it didnt matter who won in the end as the game was a true spectacle played how it should be rather than boring set peices and tacticle kicking (something we used to lament the English for). |
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By: underwaterjack2000
13/09/2009
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The first choice should be to get rid of the coaching staff, finally we are seeing the results of what most of the rugby public has always known, out dated tactics and unorthodox selections. Not to be too critical, the quote "judge us on the RWC performance" should have been enough to appoint new fresh staff, but we have stuck with the tried formula and now not only has a world cup gone begging but also the Tri nations and now Number 1 ranking. Sth Africa on the other hand has done the exact opposite, stuck with players, improved attacking combinations etc and now the results are showing, good old fashioned hard winning rugby.
Its great to have a good base of players to call on but whats the point if they hardly get the chance to gel in combinations before they are dropped to give someone else a blooding. An AB jersey should be earned not handed out, ie" Richie McCaw, Carter, Muliana, Mealamu etc.
A classic case for the opposit is Donald, how many chances does the guy need before he actually does "something"! it was painful to watch him every time he got the ball, a good player at super 14 but test match footy is a different story, guys need to step up from the word go not bumble their way into it and that fault lies with the coaching staff again. |
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By: justinkelv
2/09/2009
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| Its great to see what has evolved from the Springboks beating every team on the planet. All of a sudden, laws must be changed (much like F1 when Shumacher dominated his sport) and other teams are âbelow parâ. The fact is Australia and New Zealand have great teams. They always do. The All Blacks especially because they are not a team rebuilding, they just cannot compete with the Springboks and also do not have great depth compared to South Africa. We must stop talking about this type of rugby, and that type of rugby. Real rugby? 10-man rugby? Clever rugby? Running rugby? Complete rugby? All you get is RUGBY. And RUGBY is played between those 4 white lines that borders the fields and all these forms are constantly on display. It is ridiculous to say England in 2003 and this current Springbok era was a 10-man rugby machine. They dominated with all 15 of their players defending for their lives and country and have more guts, control and aggression than anyone else. The Springboks tries at Perth showed once more that because you are masters at certain areas on a rugby field, you surely should be at the rest. Their tries were magnificent in design and control. What demands respect from the South Africans is 90% of their squad has already won the World Cup. And they just seem to be getting better and better and better. Their ages are young, but their experience is unbelievable. I am sure as time goes on, the Springboks will erase any doubt about their stature as already arguably the greatest side of all time. For any team to win a world cup makes them special, but to still be so young and to dominate years later, winning games everywhere and thrashing England at Twickenham makes them really special. Imagine if John Smitâs Springboks proceed to win ANOTHER world cup in NEW ZEALAND. It would be the equivalent of Steve Waughâs team in cricket that won World Cups and tests like no other. It is a privilege to see any sport being mastered by an individual or team: Woods, ... |
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By: hi_im_nutty
2/09/2009
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lol, my bad.
Gear won't be there, Masaga too....... if we have a healthy Smith & Kahui, they'll probably use Nonu & Jane for cover or some other young fulla, Wulf perhaps. |
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By: kingroydon
1/09/2009
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| doesn't really matter. they gonna lose anyway. |
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