Why go off on a tangent? Simply answer the question.

Quote Sadfish="Sadfish"with reference back to the word "rugby" we chose as a sport to leave "Rugby" behind when we formed the "Northern Union", so from then on it was always difficult to get any kind of hold onto it and to be honest, it's just not worth the hassle/cost.'" Yet in reality we formed the 'Northern [iRugby[/i Football Union'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_Football_League

Quote Sadfish="Sadfish"with reference back to the word "rugby" we chose as a sport to leave "Rugby" behind when we formed the "Northern Union", so from then on it was always difficult to get any kind of hold onto it and to be honest, it's just not worth the hassle/cost.'" Yet in reality we formed the 'Northern [iRugby[/i Football Union'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_Football_League

Quote Michael_Ward="Michael_Ward"Yet in reality we formed the 'Northern [iRugby[/i Football Union'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_Football_League'" doesn't really matter we left Rugby when we split away.

Quote Michael_Ward="Michael_Ward"Yet in reality we formed the 'Northern [iRugby[/i Football Union'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_Football_League'" doesn't really matter we left Rugby when we split away.

I'm sure the town of Rugby is also worried about having to change their name.

The NRL tv Deal is far bigger than that of the RFU or any other national RFU for that matter....difference is, the NRL/ARLC are only interested in their game with their ball, whilst the RFU spread the love around, helping out those less fortunate than themselves and growing the international status of their game.....the ARLC/NRL cares that little for anything outside of its own bubble that they managed 2 internationals this year, both against their neighbours....way to spread the game



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BTW, why ask a question when you know the answer already? Do you think me typing that the NRL tv deal is massive in some way causes me discomfort?

You do seem to take it upon yourself to assume what others are implying.



Another tangent. Why don't you just answer the question.

Your Question?





The ARLC turnover, as I have pointed out already is close to 150 million GBP a year...I have no idea how much the RFU or ARU get for their TV deals respectively, but given you asked the question, I take it that combined, they fall well short of the ARLC turnover.



While we're on truth or dare, how much did the RLIF receive from the RFL/British Government for the right to host RLWC 2013 when compared to the revenue received by the IRB for 2015?



Go on, you know it's not a toughie

Are you really that incapable of wrapping your head around the fact that the RFL and RFU play the same game, rugby football, just with different administrative bodies?

He can you clearly have trouble with the obvious.



You can't leave the original governing body and take the name with you. RU own the name Rugby end of, they have owned it from the start because they are the unbroken governing body going right back to the creation of the sport.



By your logic should Scotland vote to leave the Union UK but Wales, N Ireland and England choose to stay it can still call itself Great Britain.



Rugby in RL defines the style of football played when the Northern Union broke away. Had the founding fathers known the break would be as permanent irreversible they would probably have dropped the Rugby moniker asap. For historical reasons we are stuck with it now.

Lets get this in perspective this is an application for a domain name. Not a ruling on the use of the word Rugby.



As the RFL did not apply, then the UK government is bound to put across it's opinion to try and sway the arguement in favour of the IRB, rather than the other application.



You can try and buy any name on the internet, as far as I am aware this type of thing only crops up where different people apply for the same name.



I'm sure there are lots of other derivations that can be used instead.



Rugby.com

rugby.org

rugby.net

rugby.co.uk

rugby.TV

etc





Unless I've miss read the purpose of the body involved.

Blimey, you really don't like answering questions.



To address your question; not a clue in the slightest. Then again, I didn't bring up a rather strange thesis.

If the RFU are the sole owners of the name Rugby, we could end up with a name change before long, they seem to be dropping the name Union, every time you hear the commentators, the just call there game rugby, so if they have all the naming wrights why let another sport use the name

it happened some years back with wrestling in the US they were taken to Cort to make them change there name, they called them selves the WWF

& had to change it to the WWE, supposedly cost them a small fortune in re branding, the company that took them to Cort was the World wildlife federation, lets hope the RFU are not getting ready to stick the knife in