Quote Wellsy13="Wellsy13"Well that close game Australia had with New Zealand in the Tri-Nations Final over there sold loads of tickets in comparison. Or did you forget about that last thread?
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I was going to move on because I cant be ars*d trolling through threads and proving points usually but...with two posters I feel are full of CRAP I will make an exception,
One bad crowd says it all?
You cherry pick one crowd to make your point?
Go back over the numbers across the board and make a point?
How does England and France go for numbers?
How did the All Golds tour go?
How did the Kiwi tour go where England finally won a series a couple of years ago.
The last World Cup in Great Britain nearly bankrupted the game there it was so well planned and attended.
Last years 4 Nations which is the current stats says England had an average of 16,500 per match.
Eng v France 11K
Eng v Oz 23k
Eng v Kiwis 19k
Final Eng v Oz 31k
So England average 21k in their games all at home
You quote a game from 4 years ago with 27.5 K as a comparison? Maybe If it was the "Big Two" it may have been different but England/GB have not made the final in Oz since the concept was started.
You heard of Apples and Apples comparisons?
You compare World cup averages with little Island teams involved with 4 nations averages, it shows you up Mate.
While we are at it, My response was to the Cherry picking of Test players by Oz and another poster said "like England is doing to Oz"
HARDLY..
I did say I was not sure about the last Test games of the players I mentioned.
Craig Fitzgibbon was not current as he was not selected for the Anzac Test match before he signed with Hull and he was a journeyman that was recalled for a couple of games at the back end of his solid Club career.
Berrigan as you point out was current but at the tail end of his rep career and was offered a longer and much larger financial deal to move to Hull. When you are nearly 30 and get offered a Kings ransom over a long contract, cant blame him.
Matt King was a current Test Winger, he is the best example of a player moving at the top of his game, at the end of the day he is a Winger not a Halfback or Hooker or a key player, he struggled big time for a long while when he did not get the Storm service he was used to.
There are several articles where King says he was being paid "mad money" to go to Warrington, more than the best player in the NRL was getting at the time.
Cherry Picking?
Paying over the odds for longer contracts is more realistic.
Just a thought, has Hull looked at Luke Burt, Nathan Cayless or Nathan Hindmarsh? two of those were recent Test players, Could they be lured to the Club with the Master Coach and the best fans in the game?
Now thats Cherry picking.
Eric Grothe Jnr will be bundled in for free.
Cheers
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