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TheBigCore t1_iw5avbc wrote

Reply to comment by YurtYurtBaby in Italy make history with first ever win against Australia by paloaltissimo

Australia favors Rugby League and Aussie Rules Football, so Rugby Union is a distant third there.

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duckybahh t1_iw5x8ru wrote

Rugby Union is almost at the point of it even being a top 10 sport in Australia and has extremely low viewership numbers

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Pons__Aelius t1_iw5ze9q wrote

The move to pay TV killed Aus Rugby.

Same with Cricket.

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kocknocker19 t1_iw5vzlu wrote

Union is behind Cricket, soccer and perhaps even basketball too. It's a joke compared to where it was 20 years ago

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Mosh83 t1_iw6c6qb wrote

Wait, I moved away from Australia in 1996, and I remember Rugby League being the more popular? Or does memory fail me, it's been a long time.

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Mosh83 t1_iw6q6jd wrote

Just he said Union is a joke to what it was 20 years ago, did Union have some spurt of popularity in the early 2000s or has it been a constant downhill?

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