Is Rugby League in Australia dying?

Question

with the popularity of Soccer, Aust. Rules rising steadily?

Answer 1

Nah definately not, I enjoy both NRL and AFL... I cant stand Soccer... The NRL year gets stronger every year especially if you live on the East coast of Australia. I will say this thou, salary caps will be a prob in the future, if this isnt sorted it may ruin the future for NRL

Answer 2

They are still reeling from the days of Super League.

Bad luck if you are a Bears or Steelers supporter.

Answer 3

it is in Sydney

Aussie rules will always be the no1 sport

soccer is popular as the country has 21million people and only a handful of Aussies left

Answer 4

yes it is,it's all about,scandals nowadays,in my opinion,aussie rules has always been ahead of rugby league

Answer 5

yesm cos SOCCER is rocking the nation yiewwwwwww

Answer 6

Don't know if its dying but its definitely very ill, and I wouldn't say soccer is all that healthy either. When some AFL clubs get crowds to training during the finals what some NRL and soccer games get on match day both league and soccer have some problems.

Answer 7

I dont think so. I love all three codes.

admittedly if the schedule colides then i will look at afl over the league however i think if anything all codes have an steady or increasing viewer response of late.

the codes actively work together to ensure big games dont clash so there are heading in the right direction there..

anyway sport and the sporting enthusiast are the winners out of the whole situation

Answer 8

Nah i think NRL is still ok,look at the ratings for the grand final 3rd highest watched t.v show for 2007 behind Aussies open no.2 and the highest AFL grand final.

rugby will always trail AFL and probably soccer but i think rugby union has more to worry about than league even though i enjoy the wallaby games the super 14s has no appeal to this victorian -go storm

Answer 9

One can only hope so!

Answer 10

Its sad 2 say but it looks like it, but here in QLD its just continuing 2 grow it will never die out here not in a million years