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WickedSlice_ t1_iw4krcw wrote

Meanwhile, the Australian rugby league team is going into the Rugby League World Cup Final against Samoa.

I don’t understand why anyone follows Union in Australia when it is in such an awful state.

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Zakkar t1_iw4xiy8 wrote

It's OK to follow a sport you like, even if you don't win all the time.

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WickedSlice_ t1_iw4xrr3 wrote

Never said it wasn’t my guy, I just don’t understand why people support an inferior product.

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Zakkar t1_iw4yg9m wrote

It's not an inferior product. I personally find league boring, particularly international league which is mostly Australians pretending to be from other countries. But, it's all eye of the beholder stuff.

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WickedSlice_ t1_iw4zfxj wrote

It is an inferior product, if it was a better product it would be more popular than league.

On top of that, how a Union fan can say that league is more boring than Union is nuts to me.

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Zakkar t1_iw4zy5q wrote

Well then league is an inferior product, because it's internationally much less popular.

I find league really boring, struggle to get through 10 mins. But I don't go on Reddit threads about league to go on and on about it.

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itsalonghotsummer t1_iw528eb wrote

>It is an inferior product, if it was a better product it would be more popular than league.

lol

You do realise union dwarfs league globally?

(And football dwarfs union.)

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Nicholarse_Angle t1_iwfpozo wrote

Yeah, Union is played by almost every country in the world, League is only played by a handfull of countries.

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WickedSlice_ t1_iw55ikr wrote

Yes, I do. Except in Australia, it is a shit product and the organisation is terrible.

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tobymurphy24 t1_iw5hrh5 wrote

How about doing some research into the history of the organisations before saying stuff like this. League is more popular than union because the working class of the early 1900s wanted to get paid for sport and league was the sport that came in and paid them. Along to this union lost a lot of its players after WWI and ever since league has dominated union. Now union pays players, so I don't see how it has anything to do with this

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stogie_t t1_iw50wcc wrote

Only place where League is more popular than Union is in Australia cause they suck at Union lmao. By your logic League is the inferior product.

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WickedSlice_ t1_iw55od0 wrote

It’s not because they suck at Union, it is because league has a long storied history in Australia.

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Ingr1d t1_iw58ube wrote

You literally just disproved your own inferior product claim.

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zboyzzzz t1_iw55y8g wrote

Literally only 2 out of 6 states in Australia

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bigloudbang t1_iw59q5v wrote

Worth noting that half of Australias population lives in those 2 states

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hazardous_situation t1_iw5i2cn wrote

I'd hazard a guess and say Union isn't more popular than League in any state, and League is probs only the third most popular sport in the country behind cricket and Aussie Rules.

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Zakkar t1_iw5x28m wrote

No, union is definitely more popular than league in Western Australia, and by players numbers is more popular vs the rest of the AFL states. Minuscule compared to Aussie rules though.

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bigloudbang t1_iw5kiio wrote

Cricket isnt usually in the convo as its a summer sport. But yeah AFL is larger, league 2. I dont think the gap is as large as people think though

Union is a distant afterthought

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hazardous_situation t1_iw5lpzw wrote

Yeah, being from Brissy I'll hear about the Broncos, Lions, Heat and even the Roar, 1000x more often than I'll ever hear anyone mentioning the Reds or whoever the Union team is lmao

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zboyzzzz t1_iwft7pj wrote

I reckon union's more popular in every state except those 2. Doesn't mean it's popular overall, just *more. * Other states have a general disdain for league but respect union. Purely anecdotal of course, couldn't find any stats

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Nicholarse_Angle t1_iwfpfe1 wrote

Oh fuck off

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WickedSlice_ t1_iwfvz5k wrote

Ahh no?

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Nicholarse_Angle t1_iwfx3nn wrote

Ok

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WickedSlice_ t1_iwfx5u8 wrote

We good?

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Nicholarse_Angle t1_iwfx9k9 wrote

Sure, but Union > League

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WickedSlice_ t1_iwfxau0 wrote

Agree to disagree?

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Nicholarse_Angle t1_iwfxiu7 wrote

Sure

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WickedSlice_ t1_iwfymrx wrote

A beer and biltong then?

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Nicholarse_Angle t1_iwfz03n wrote

I would love a beer and some biltong. It's hot as Hell in the part of SA I live. I would love a beer.

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WickedSlice_ t1_iwfzwme wrote

Early for it to be so hot! I live in a cold part of Aus and am wondering where spring is!

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chaosarcadeV2 t1_iw4sat2 wrote

2 reasons -I’m Australian -I like rugby union Admittedly it is hard to watch

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taspleb t1_iw56cbg wrote

So for the NRL do you wait until like three quarters of the way through the season and then just barrack for whoever is on top of the ladder?

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notj43 t1_iw68s8a wrote

No need to attack Storm fans like that

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IngVegas t1_iw6h3hv wrote

Nobody plays rugby league though and it's boring and predictable.

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RichBitchRichBitch t1_iw4phy6 wrote

Like watching rugby league “World Cup” when SAMOA makes the final 😂

It’s a joke of a competition

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raindog_ t1_iw4sh5i wrote

I don’t get the comment. Are they not allowed to make the final of a World Cup after beating England to make it there?

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anth9845 t1_iw4ubue wrote

Clearly Italy winning is legitimate but Samoa? That's where we draw the line.

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WickedSlice_ t1_iw4vg6i wrote

Right? Borderline racist!

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stogie_t t1_iw50z8r wrote

Don’t think it’s about race but how tiny the population of Samoa is.

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RichBitchRichBitch t1_iwkudbl wrote

Nothing to do with racism you test - when your sport’s world cup has less depth than the average domestic league in pretty much any other sport (rugby league) - you don’t have much ground to stand in criticising another (union)

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itsalonghotsummer t1_iw52f72 wrote

I suspect the dig is because the Samoa team is mainly Australians.

So the final is Australia v Australia C, or something along those lines.

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Aussiechimp t1_iw63mgc wrote

Of the squad 2 were born in Samoa, 9 in Australia, 13 in NZ

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raindog_ t1_iw52za4 wrote

Ah yeah - I didn't think of it like that. Probably fair enough.

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