The Anti-Rugby Rubbish Club

[ripper868]

I'd seriously question the credentials of a person who didn't think Rugby Union was unparallelled in terms of greatness, Kiwi or otherwise.. I wouldn't help them mend a flat tyre and I'd verbally abuse their mother in the street..

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[Son Of Coco]

Reads as an insult, though. That if you took rugby away from NZ that we'd have nothing else.

You'd have birdwatching.

 

[Son Of Coco]

I'd seriously question the credentials of a person who didn't think Rugby Union was unparallelled in terms of greatness, Kiwi or otherwise.. I wouldn't help them mend a flat tyre and I'd verbally abuse their mother in the street..

I'd be happy to change my own tyre if that was the criteria, and my mother wouldn't be too offended once it was explained to her that you were just a rugby fan.

 

[GIMH]

Yeah and as that's what the majority of Melbourne wants, that's what they should be doing. Same thing in NZ I'm guessing.

Yeah, great point actually. Last weekend England were playing a Test match, the Open was on and I think Hamilton might have won a GP. The back pages? Yeah, football.

 

[Dick Rockett]

I'd verbally abuse their mother in the street..

She'd kick your arse.

 

[Johnners]

Yeah, great point actually. Last weekend England were playing a Test match, the Open was on and I think Hamilton might have won a GP. The back pages? Yeah, football.

Lewis, wish Webber was that good

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Nothing in particular to add, but every person I've known who went to New Zealand who wasn't from there was floored by the wall to wall Union coverage, was a major culture shock after the third or fourth in line treatment in gets in the media here. I've also heard that motor sport gets some serious coverage in New Zealand, to the point where it seems like motor sport and Union are the only sports ever shown on TV. Not sure how much there is to that.

 

[_Ed_]

True to an extent, for a long time motorsport was pretty much the only thing left on free-to-air TV after Sky snapped everything else up, so the attention it was given on the TV news was way out of proportion. Although come to think of it netball is another on free-to-air, and it receives massive coverage too.

 

[Natman20]

The follow up to a loss: many days of stories - what went wrong, Graham Henry is crap

 

[Flem274*]

NZ grassroots motorsport gets good coverage on the Sunday afternoon motorsport show. Aussie V8 coverage is rubbish though, shows half the racing at 11pm. If you want decent coverage of both rugby or motorsport (or cricket for that matter) you have to pay for it. Sky have a monopoly on sport in this country.

Netball games involving NZ and Australia and big events like the Olympics get shown live though on free to air tv, so basically it depend on your sport of choice.