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Anyone else have the feeling this years comp will be a *flop*
Lets be honest, how many viewers from Melbourne will be watching their Melbourne Force team play knowing that all their talent came from the West. I reckon their viewing numbers will be down considerably on last year due to their dilluted team which is basically just the Force side based over East. I wont be watching thats for sure, their franchise makes me sick!
They have also alientated all their WA fanbase and half of us cancelled Foxtel in protest. Huge loss to viewership, the games are on YouTube the next day anyway so who needs fox anyway.
NSW crowds and viewing figures have been in total decline for the last few years, even a state bigger than the population of NZL can't seem to sustain a decent dedicated crowd and viewer base- and I reckon this will get worse with Daryl Gibson steering the ship.
QLD have lost Hunt potentially due to his drug abuse, and cooper has been fisted. I cant see their viewership or crowds increasing due to the major drawcards being sacked and axed.. we all know that fate awaits Hunt. QLD viewership will most definitely be down siginicantly.
ACT, well they most definitely wont have a resurgence, they got less people to their quarter final last year than the Force got to half their games, that ACT side has been in significant decline with viewership and crowds for years and I predict the pattern continuing!
And then we have the Force, axed! For being not only the 3rd most supported side (second per head of population in Australia out of 5!) but the best side in the conference equal on wins (with home grown talent)- half their fans are done with super rugby and wont be watching any of it in 2018!
This will be Australian Super rugbys worst ever year I reckon and a competition we had all grown to love in the West will be left to grow in the East when they seem to resent this competition more than any other comp on the East Coast! Eg. A- League, NRL, AFL, even Netball
Well done Clyne and Pulver, you fucked Rugby Union in Australia for a generation.
The next broadcast deal will be set in peanuts, not US dollar.
Fuck you Clyne, fuck you! You could have taken the $50,000,000 you absolute clown. Hope the bus hits you on the way out of RugbyAU's headquarters, and then I hope the driver accidently reverses by accident!