Luke Keary, Catalans’ Australian former NRL star, did not hold back: “If the NRL don’t buy Super League, they’re in a lot of trouble… all the players are open to it.”
“Just the top teams have [strong] support and that is it. You watch the games, they’re near unwatchable. The way Sky do it now, or whoever’s got it, it’s near unwatchable, and the players all know it. I can’t follow it and I f**king play in it. It’s so bad… it’s horrendous.”
“I could not tell you one name of a person in charge over here. Literally wouldn’t have a clue.”
Secondly, the playmaker is not wrong in what he said. Many current and past players want the NRL to come in and rescue Super League. England captain George Williams told rugbyleaguehub.com last month: “If we’re being honest, the NRL do it a lot better than we do over here.”
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Others outside the sport have said similar things. Matchroom Sport kingpin Eddie Hearn has repeatedly said rugby league is struggling in the UK and that there is a lack of recognisable and marketable stars. Can they all be wrong?
Put simply, every Super League club is losing money and the television broadcasting deal with Sky Sports has halved in value in the past four years.
Yet it is not all bad. Attendances this year have grown and demand for the Ashes series has been impressive. But the quality of the onfield product varies wildly, as anyone who watched Hull KR vs Wigan and Huddersfield vs Castleford this month will attest.
The first step in recovery is admitting you have a problem. However, the reaction to Keary’s words show many in rugby league don’t want to acknowledge anything is wrong.
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