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Matt Dawson - “There were five offloads in that game. As much as I am a purist and there will be parts I enjoy, my kids are not watching the game. They are thinking it is just a load of bodies on the floor. ....Far too often now, rugby is turgid.”

Let’s get the word out,

duke street 10 wrote:

I just read Underhill's comments on the BBC website responding to England R.U's performance against the Welsh.

" If you don't like scrums & line outs go watch Rugby League"!. Isn't a comment like this a great opportunity for our sports marketing team to get a hold of and push to a new audience?

Who's the target audience for this marketing ?

PC Plum wrote:

Who's the target audience for this marketing ?

People who don’t like scrums and line outs

PC Plum wrote:

Who's the target audience for this marketing ?

So probably around 10% of union followers - doesn't amount to a lot off people across the nation, and let's be honest, as pointed out regularly on here, Union is only played in the South / South West, so unless we are serious about expansion, marketing would be a waste of money.

reffy wrote:

Matt Dawson - “There were five offloads in that game. As much as I am a purist and there will be parts I enjoy, my kids are not watching the game. They are thinking it is just a load of bodies on the floor. ....Far too often now, rugby is turgid.”

Let’s get the word out,

Let's face it, without the crowd and the atmosphere, he's right

PC Plum wrote:

So probably around 10% of union followers - doesn't amount to a lot off people across the nation, and let's be honest, as pointed out regularly on here, Union is only played in the South / South West, so unless we are serious about expansion, marketing would be a waste of money.

You honestly believe Union is 'only played in the south/south west'?

WestEndThinker wrote:

You honestly believe Union is 'only played in the south/south west'?

I was thinking that, breathtaking ignorance.

Union people watch rugby league too anyway

I would like to run an idea by you all & I am fair game, reasonably thick *skinned* & so prepared to take the fall out !

If I were in such a position at SLE/RFL or able to pull the strings of both, then I could see mileage in this.

Take the headline/strap line & put out a video of some of the dreariest RU available to really sombre dreary music & a juxtaposing piece of hard hitting, fast & aggressive, skillful R.L to hard hitting rap or rock music & get it out there to as many outlest & as often as possible.

Get into a war of words with Kick & Clap, much in the same way as Wire & Salford did on Twitter.

Keep poking the fire & raising the profile, above all invest in the profile of Rugby League.

A little too ambitious for our current incumbents I suppose, but then I get the impression they don't like to think or do !!!