The Virtual Terrace • Re: How to grow the international game!
puroresu_boy wrote:
The 9's world circuit is a good idea. A concept should be given time to grow. If Rugby Union can have a 7's world circuit their is no reason why their can't be a 9's. You just need to be prepared to try take a hit initially with a new concept.
His bang on about the international game and without a calander its futile.
If the 9's circuit is to work, then it needs to be say, Manchester, Sydney, Auckland and Toronto to start. choose 10k stadiums and fill them, then add cities as it gathers momentum. Maybe add Port Morseby or a Queensland leg, maybe a NZ south Island leg, London...once you have 5 or 6 sell outs then you can look at the USA, Dubai etc....but there needs to be money behind it and a long term plan. 10k stadiums is key. Make it a must book early event.
Comparing the 9's with the Union 7' is pointless. Hong Kong is on most Union fans bucket list, in Dubai it's held in "the sevens" stadium and attracts massive gates, in the USA they run a festival of Rugby at the same time, with schools and college competitions as well as manatuer open age grade and they get 60k in the crowds over the weekend...London get 100k over the weekend.
Statistics: Posted by AXE2GRIND — Tue Nov 19, 2019 10:36 pm