By the way, I have a lot of time for the game itself, I think top class rugby league is very watchable. It's just that the people running it have absolutely no idea how to expand the sport. They simply make a mess of it time after time after time.
Er:
a) I mentioned Auckland, in New Zealand in my post! Otherwise, League gets crumbs in terms of sports coverage in NZ
b) There is nothing in your link I don't already know. In fact if you read it yourself, it pretty much confirms what I've already said, they're all Aussies:
"But they...
Northern egg chasing.
The whole concept of a League WC is ridiculous. Here are a list of areas world-wide that take it seriously:
* just under half of Australia,
* the M62 corridor in England
* a suburb of Auckland
* one French town
* Papua New Guinea
Lebanon is just lolz. They are simply a...