The only thing I would change is have an example of player been held up in the process of attempting to score a try. They didn't show a visual example. Also maybe show that the defense cannot block attacking players which can be done in American Football. But overall impressed with it.
Agreed, but I think they would have had a very limited time slot to get as much as they could in, and I cannot think of too much of what they showed that you could have cut to fit it in.@@TheEvilJade
Russell is welcome to come to the masters festival we're holding at Ed W Clark Stadium on Friday, March 1st. Canada, Australia, and the very first US masters team, starting at 3:30 pm. Afterwards will be the Canada Wolverines vs USA Hawks international at 7:00 pm. We're using the presence of the NRL in Las Vegas to work together with different levels of the game in North America. The NRL have assigned liaison officers to work with us, which we're very pleased about.
As part of the promo for the Vegas event the NRL visited a youth Rugby Union team in Utah instead of the Rugby League team, which rightly p¡ssed the latter off. Do you seriously think they'll entertain local Rugby League to help grow the game? The NRL should have set up a fund to promote the sport in third-world countries where there's grassroots RL. It would have made a huge difference at very little cost in Jamaica, Africa and South America where there's been RL for years now. In many countries simply the act of foreigners visiting and shaking hands with local media and political figures would push RL into the mainstream there. Despite being the richest entity/nation in RL, Australia has done very little to push it abroad. Even the Aus govt has been begging the NRL to admit a Papua New Guinea club as part of soft-power to counter China in the South Pacific and the PNG govt is eager to fund the whole thing but the NRL sits on its ass.
@lancesimon3301 There's far, far more money in betting when you have the audience to go with it. Not to mention the TV deals. If RL grows internationally it's the NRL who would profit most from it by way of TV deals since it's the premier competiton in the sport.
The NFL has become a lot more pass heavy over the years. Ball running has taken a back seat. As an American Rugby League fan the past 9 years I promise you the sport can grow here. People who like the ‘ground and pound’ will appreciate it. Americans who I show the sport to can’t get over no pads and helmets. I watch enormous amounts of Super League and NRL. The speed of play and physicality will draw Americans in. To anyone who’s going I’ll see you all there.
Yes both league and union are far more kinetic than NFL. And that's their attraction. Both are superior to nfl and its formulaic nature, so I hope one day the US catches on. League has some similarities to nfl so more of a chance to go big. Find some hard arse American athletes and anything possible 😀
Slick promotion there by the NRL and with Rusty voicing it adds to the spectacle, a Hollywood A lister who also owns one of the teams competing, I think many Americans would love our game , the greatest game!!
Im not a Warriors fan but I think the best thing for the NRL would be for them to get a win other there. Need to start converting those union boys across.
As a Canadian who religiously watches both NFL and CFL, I was introduced to the NRL a couple of years ago… instantly fucking hooked!!! I love it. If it is marketed well in the US and Canada this will explode!!! Unlike Union, which I like as well. Rugby League is fast passed. I can see the casual NFL’r getting into this game more due to the fact how fast paced it is. I am so hyped for this and can’t wait for it to go!!!!!!!!!!
@@user-mg1p They know that they will not get into the US football scene this is about getting into the Gambling scene. And when in the not too distant future when you become refugees and want to invade Australia you will know what codes we play . Very little NFL and Baseball here.
This was great. Hopefully the Americans understand it. Will be a great way to expand the game in the U.S.A!!!!.We'll done Russell crowe & the team working behind the scenes!!!
I said to my missus the other day that, I’m 35 years old and in all that time, I don’t think nobody has ever described footy as simple or as well as Rusty has with this promo 😂
I feel like this video was made to late, should of been made a few months ago, also more famous Australians should be helping promote this, I know hugh Jackman, Chris Hemsworth are all NRL fans
@wolfishjt Mungoball is followed in the housing commission regions of Queensland and parts of NSW. It'd only you expats in Melbourne that follow it down there. It's a dead sport
@wolfishjt hang on. You were putting crap on Rugby 2 comments ago 🤣🤣 Keep trying to spruiker your houso sport seppos won't care. You're just spruiking to the Aussies already 🤣🤣🤣
I think someone else has said it. Its about the Gambling if the game gets a foot hold, that is icing on the cake . Americans are queer if it is not an original American game they are not interested .So they miss out on football the most watched game in the world and Cricket the second most watched game in the world
only thing that would have made this better is if they used McGaws try & O'Connors conversion from the sidelines in Origin in the rain for the "where the conversions taken from" bit
Fabulous. What a terrific promotion, and I love the fact that the word “rugby” was not high lit. The threat is that Americans have only seen it in highlights and do not understand the difference between NRL and rugby. The last thing I want is for rugby to get free publicity. Rugby league is made for the American market and I hope that the players and the NRL will allow latitude for the best elements of the game to be on show. Rugby is dying rugby league is getting better and better and only political correctness stands in the way of it being the dominant code anywhere it’s played
Why apologize? I’m sure it’s true but the only reason it’s true is because the NRL has never bothered to promote league properly over there. This might be a new direction. Watch out if it is. Here is Australia, rugby is dying. Junior enrollment is way down and the game is broke. Nobody talks about it in the street and the reason is that watching it is like watching paint dry. At its best it looks like a slow game of league. Don’t mean to offend but reality doesn’t care about feelings unfortunately mate. After watching that Super Bowl, I think Americans would swallow anything.
Not apologizing just being polite. Rugby will always be so much bigger than league but it has over 500K senior players in USA when in comparison RL has about 180K in Australia. The only way to watch league is on TV because it focuses on the narrow channel that 80% of the game is played in. Notice how the commentators start talking about other things when the turnover and you have the inevitable 5 hitups of one bloke being tackled by three. It remains the most start stop game in the world because, whether you like it or not the game stops every tackle and is put back into play at the play the ball. The facts speak for themselves, in the 70's they tried to introduce it to USA. How did that go? It has not grown in my 60 year lifespan except for flogging to death the Qld v NSW game as SOO. Enjoy one of the smallest sports in the world. @@stevewren1079
Have they ever done one of these for Union? I feel like it would be about an hour long, would need updating every year and would be full of face-palming detail like "the Jackler must not touch the ground before the they try to steal the ball and must support their weight at all times...unless they only graze the floor slightly or it kind of looks like they might be supporting their weight from a certain angle then it might be fine" or "if a goal kicker stands still and then twitches a bit while preparing to take a conversion, the opposition can run forward and take the ball off the tee" 😆
I’m curious what NRLs plan is? What’s the point of having a game in USA? How will they compete with rugby union which is already established and growing in USA?
Coming from a Australian the Nrl state of origin or grand final which ever one u think is better in my opinion origin bc more history to it but any of those two easily walk straight through the nfl we have no pads we don’t tackle peopem without the ball we have to fight our way through and sure the nfl does that aswell but it’s only their forwards doing that where as in the nrl the person with ball usually has to open a gap right from scratch if the gap has not already been opened so give us some respect for our game bc u hate it or u love it ur gonna respect it just like England and France and all the other countries did so get used to the nrl oh and even if u do bring it in don’t even try to make ur own rules up bc that’s just rude we come to u to teach u a game and u think u can make it better absolutely not only New Zealand has beaten Australia in a rugby World Cup final and they have only done it once so even if u make ur own version of it we will still smack ur asses just like we would in the nfl and that’s bc Australia lives sport day in day out we r the greatest sporting nation in the world so get used to it
Come see a great game all you sport mad people in the USA. Non stop action is what you're going to see watching this amazing sport. Awesome add promotion. ❤❤
@@lancesimon3301 Most sports are repetitive. Tennis, bball, NFL, volleyball, union, darts, and the list goes on. This repetitive sport is more exciting to watch than most of the other ball sports. Right up my alley and I don't have to sit for mega hours watching a game. 😁
Rugby league can do well in the USA with these games I have noticed rugby is losing its popularity as the TV reply has taken over the game trying to tell players how to tackle it is sickening to watch the tv guy trying to say he shouldn’t tackle like that when it happens in a split second l’m never watching rugby again
I have THE MOST INNOVATIVE SOLUTION to revolutionize Rugby League and make it far more appealing to Americans. I played the game and have watched it for years so I know what I am saying. I have been trying to get a fair hearing from the Rugby League Gurus many, many times but they just do not want to know.
It’s actually good to keep it real simple to begin with, he explained the most fundamental parts, it’s easy to learn the other small rules on the fly. I’m guessing the commentators will do that during the game
This video needs to be shown to the NRL refs
edit* The bunker too lol
😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 nice one
😂😂😂.. don't feel bad, NFL refs are just as bad
Ok
and bunker !
I think I figured it out: One guy gets the ball and then everyone else tries to kill him.
That is quidditch
This is everyone trying to kill everyone while a ball(ISH) is somewhere around them
Haha pretty much, it's actually quite clean these days. The 70s and before were shockingly brutal
yes😂
@@maxfish4770 Are there actually teams, or is it just 'kill the guy with the ball'? Still better than cricket, which seems to have no point at all.
@utoob7361 lol there are teams, highly recommend watching State of Origin highlights. Cricket is a love or hate type thing. It's kind of like baseball
This is actually really well done
The only thing I would change is have an example of player been held up in the process of attempting to score a try. They didn't show a visual example.
Also maybe show that the defense cannot block attacking players which can be done in American Football. But overall impressed with it.
Agreed, but I think they would have had a very limited time slot to get as much as they could in, and I cannot think of too much of what they showed that you could have cut to fit it in.@@TheEvilJade
Except they said meters instead I'd yards while targeting Americans
That pretty much covered it all for beginners.Great explanation video.
Russell is welcome to come to the masters festival we're holding at Ed W Clark Stadium on Friday, March 1st. Canada, Australia, and the very first US masters team, starting at 3:30 pm. Afterwards will be the Canada Wolverines vs USA Hawks international at 7:00 pm. We're using the presence of the NRL in Las Vegas to work together with different levels of the game in North America. The NRL have assigned liaison officers to work with us, which we're very pleased about.
Nobody is interested
I'm sure he's reading the TH-cam comment, he'll be there
As part of the promo for the Vegas event the NRL visited a youth Rugby Union team in Utah instead of the Rugby League team, which rightly p¡ssed the latter off. Do you seriously think they'll entertain local Rugby League to help grow the game?
The NRL should have set up a fund to promote the sport in third-world countries where there's grassroots RL. It would have made a huge difference at very little cost in Jamaica, Africa and South America where there's been RL for years now. In many countries simply the act of foreigners visiting and shaking hands with local media and political figures would push RL into the mainstream there. Despite being the richest entity/nation in RL, Australia has done very little to push it abroad. Even the Aus govt has been begging the NRL to admit a Papua New Guinea club as part of soft-power to counter China in the South Pacific and the PNG govt is eager to fund the whole thing but the NRL sits on its ass.
@realtalk6195 because they know the sport can't grow.. this is all for gambling and that's all..
@lancesimon3301 There's far, far more money in betting when you have the audience to go with it. Not to mention the TV deals.
If RL grows internationally it's the NRL who would profit most from it by way of TV deals since it's the premier competiton in the sport.
The NFL has become a lot more pass heavy over the years. Ball running has taken a back seat. As an American Rugby League fan the past 9 years I promise you the sport can grow here. People who like the ‘ground and pound’ will appreciate it. Americans
who I show the sport to can’t get over no pads and helmets. I watch enormous amounts of Super League and NRL. The speed of play and physicality will draw Americans in. To anyone who’s going I’ll see you all there.
Keep trying to spruiker to the seppos 😂😂
Mate they don't care
@@lancesimon3301 I am a seppo
@@usarugbyleagueunionfan that's what I said. Keep trying to get the seppos interested
Yes both league and union are far more kinetic than NFL.
And that's their attraction.
Both are superior to nfl and its formulaic nature, so I hope one day the US catches on.
League has some similarities to nfl so more of a chance to go big.
Find some hard arse American athletes and anything possible 😀
Slick promotion there by the NRL and with Rusty voicing it adds to the spectacle, a Hollywood A lister who also owns one of the teams competing, I think many Americans would love our game , the greatest game!!
That Matai hit is still one of the best lol
Beautiful promo
This is awesome! Sounds like a movie!
Rugby league is a movie
Superbly done …well done NRL 👏🏻👏🏻
Brilliantly done ❤
Man can't wait for the season to start let's go Warrior's
Same :) We have a very good draw playing the Panthers and Bronco's only once.
@@TheEvilJade that's good hopefully get a win over them
Im not a Warriors fan but I think the best thing for the NRL would be for them to get a win other there. Need to start converting those union boys across.
@@ablet85 I think a few rugby players would switch codes especially with the world cup over and done with be interesting to see who does switch over
Good promotion piece. May need to condensed version too for social media.
As a Canadian who religiously watches both NFL and CFL, I was introduced to the NRL a couple of years ago… instantly fucking hooked!!! I love it. If it is marketed well in the US and Canada this will explode!!! Unlike Union, which I like as well. Rugby League is fast passed. I can see the casual NFL’r getting into this game more due to the fact how fast paced it is. I am so hyped for this and can’t wait for it to go!!!!!!!!!!
Well done Rusty, good advert 2 show Americans.
Is it strange how an Australian who has watched NRL for years understand the rules more clearly?
This comment doesn’t make any sense
He has a script lol
Muppet
Russel is a New Zealander.
Probably cause there has been so many rules changes over the years. See it like a little refresher of the basics.
He forgot to add - With three on field officials and a video ref we still get calls wrong.
@expat74 I wish we had three on field officials when Graeme O'Grady was ruled offside by Greg Hartley for fielding his own kick.
Lets go! Keen for this season!
What a add 🔥🔥🔥
Never would of thought The NRL would ever go to Las Vegas
I do not think it will last. Americans do not like anything NOT home grown
@@user-mg1p They know that they will not get into the US football scene this is about getting into the Gambling scene.
And when in the not too distant future when you become refugees and want to invade Australia you will know what codes we play .
Very little NFL and Baseball here.
This was great. Hopefully the Americans understand it. Will be a great way to expand the game in the U.S.A!!!!.We'll done Russell crowe & the team working behind the scenes!!!
easy to understand than NFL
That's a great explainer. Well done.
we played a state of origin match in LA sometime back It did not take off . And that is the toughest game of R/L anywhere.
Social media is bigger than ever now though. In terms of growing the game any exposure is better than no exposure 🤝🏾
@@solecypher3832 yES INDEED
I like Crowe and am glad he's not political.
He is! He is pro-Labor and all for the climate nonsense!
I said to my missus the other day that, I’m 35 years old and in all that time, I don’t think nobody has ever described footy as simple or as well as Rusty has with this promo 😂
They should play this before the game starts just in case there be Americans sitting there going like wtf is happening
Best movie voice over ever!! Unfortunately NRL is going to be way too fast for most yanks to follow.
Very we’ll explained Russ.
Happy Rugby League Seppos!!
I feel like this video was made to late, should of been made a few months ago, also more famous Australians should be helping promote this, I know hugh Jackman, Chris Hemsworth are all NRL fans
Great video that explains the game
Good stuff
I’m now pumped for the season to begin.
Number 1 sport in Australia 🔥🔥🔥🔥
No lol
@wolfishjt not having a sook just calling out bs
Hahaha no it's not even close😂😂
@wolfishjt Mungoball is followed in the housing commission regions of Queensland and parts of NSW. It'd only you expats in Melbourne that follow it down there. It's a dead sport
@wolfishjt hang on. You were putting crap on Rugby 2 comments ago 🤣🤣
Keep trying to spruiker your houso sport seppos won't care. You're just spruiking to the Aussies already 🤣🤣🤣
Unlike union I feel like league is easier to understand for Americans
You're right. It's a little more structured, like nfl.
Although still much more flowing, usually.
Very well made. Russell has a great voice for it
Great complete summary of our game, that the Americans should easily understand. Go the mighty bunnies! GGTSS SSMO SSTID!
Awesome job!!!
Loving all the salty comments from fans of other codes...chill guys....Rugby League is on to a winner here.
Mungoball is never on a winner. It's a dead sport on its last legs
yes they are very threatened.
@@lancesimon3301 u wish
Onya Rusty! Doin your part for your country, and most importantly, for your footy team South Sydney!
great vid from the nrl and russell crow.
well done...!
How does Peter V'landys think he’s going to fill a stadium Las Vegas when he can’t even fill a stadium 1 hr away from Sydney 😂
He forgot about the rules of stripping the ball off the opponents.
Great instructions to any person wanting to learn our game ..
Lesshhgoo Rusty!!!! Let's get this season started💪💪🏉🏉proper stoked for this new season
So well explained Russell Crowe
That voice from Russell Crowe
I love how hard Russell made the game to be!! sounds like Australia 5 years ago.
Gr8 explanation. Congrats to those responsible. 😃👍👍👍
You'd think the Warriors didn't exist watching this.
Great job Russell Crowe. Congrats on getting our game recognised in the States. Good luck to our Rabbitohs ❤💚
I think someone else has said it. Its about the Gambling if the game gets a foot hold, that is icing on the cake . Americans are queer if it is not an original American game they are not interested .So they miss out on football the most watched game in the world and Cricket the second most watched game in the world
no dwz tries?
Russel is a New Zealander.
only thing that would have made this better is if they used McGaws try & O'Connors conversion from the sidelines in Origin in the rain for the "where the conversions taken from" bit
Brilliant
Better than NFL
Love it
Fabulous. What a terrific promotion, and I love the fact that the word “rugby” was not high lit. The threat is that Americans have only seen it in highlights and do not understand the difference between NRL and rugby. The last thing I want is for rugby to get free publicity. Rugby league is made for the American market and I hope that the players and the NRL will allow latitude for the best elements of the game to be on show.
Rugby is dying rugby league is getting better and better and only political correctness stands in the way of it being the dominant code anywhere it’s played
Sorry Steve but Rugby Union is the fastest growing sport in the USA. Do some research, league will never grow.
Why apologize? I’m sure it’s true but the only reason it’s true is because the NRL has never bothered to promote league properly over there. This might be a new direction. Watch out if it is. Here is Australia, rugby is dying. Junior enrollment is way down and the game is broke. Nobody talks about it in the street and the reason is that watching it is like watching paint dry. At its best it looks like a slow game of league. Don’t mean to offend but reality doesn’t care about feelings unfortunately mate.
After watching that Super Bowl, I think Americans would swallow anything.
Not apologizing just being polite. Rugby will always be so much bigger than league but it has over 500K senior players in USA when in comparison RL has about 180K in Australia. The only way to watch league is on TV because it focuses on the narrow channel that 80% of the game is played in. Notice how the commentators start talking about other things when the turnover and you have the inevitable 5 hitups of one bloke being tackled by three. It remains the most start stop game in the world because, whether you like it or not the game stops every tackle and is put back into play at the play the ball. The facts speak for themselves, in the 70's they tried to introduce it to USA. How did that go? It has not grown in my 60 year lifespan except for flogging to death the Qld v NSW game as SOO. Enjoy one of the smallest sports in the world. @@stevewren1079
Welcome to America Go Bunnies, hopefully AFL"s Magpies will visit next, Mason Cox from Texas is a star for the Pies.
Lance Vogel why can't Mungoball grow?
A very good video❤
On his command, you unleash hell!
Awesome!!!
Go the bronx 🐎🐎🐎
Interesting master class for newbies like me!🤗👌🏉Thank u Russell❤
Rugby union in Australia should learn from the NRL.....
Amazing lets go
Brilliant 👍
Awesome
#NRL, is a tougher game than #NFL!
Yeah. But NRL keep copyrighting their rugby league content so wasting money here when TH-camrs could be doing promo for free.
People who don't know league already will be so confused when a scrum or 40/20 happens lol
Go the broncs u good thing
Russel have Tina Turners Simply the best song playing to promote the game in the USA
This is going to be interesting 🔥
No mention of the laughable scrums we have. Understandable.
they left out 40-20's that shit will confuse em
Part 2 of this video will cover the role of the Bunker.
Who is the reporter? 🤷♂
Have they ever done one of these for Union? I feel like it would be about an hour long, would need updating every year and would be full of face-palming detail like "the Jackler must not touch the ground before the they try to steal the ball and must support their weight at all times...unless they only graze the floor slightly or it kind of looks like they might be supporting their weight from a certain angle then it might be fine" or "if a goal kicker stands still and then twitches a bit while preparing to take a conversion, the opposition can run forward and take the ball off the tee" 😆
I like Rugby. It's easier to cheat, and cheating is fun.
Go the Mighty Bunnies!!!
Oh yeah and Go the NRL!!!
Great promo .. so well explained .. not sure its the fastest ball sport in the world though .. hope its a huge occasion !!
Wow well done! Now I understand the game. Lol
I’m curious what NRLs plan is? What’s the point of having a game in USA?
How will they compete with rugby union which is already established and growing in USA?
😂 Poor man’s football!… No thanks!
That was great! Rugby is the best! You have no blockers you’re running out there alone, try it! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️♥️
Yes both codes
If this promo Is targeted for Americans, why use meters instead of yards
Golf uses metric and yardage in the states ,americans arent that thick
Good job Rusty.😀👍🏻
Every American are scratching theirs heads in confusion 😂
American football way more confusing
Coming from a Australian the Nrl state of origin or grand final which ever one u think is better in my opinion origin bc more history to it but any of those two easily walk straight through the nfl we have no pads we don’t tackle peopem without the ball we have to fight our way through and sure the nfl does that aswell but it’s only their forwards doing that where as in the nrl the person with ball usually has to open a gap right from scratch if the gap has not already been opened so give us some respect for our game bc u hate it or u love it ur gonna respect it just like England and France and all the other countries did so get used to the nrl oh and even if u do bring it in don’t even try to make ur own rules up bc that’s just rude we come to u to teach u a game and u think u can make it better absolutely not only New Zealand has beaten Australia in a rugby World Cup final and they have only done it once so even if u make ur own version of it we will still smack ur asses just like we would in the nfl and that’s bc Australia lives sport day in day out we r the greatest sporting nation in the world so get used to it
Awesome mate supporting you all the way Daz not Darren wales 🏴
Come see a great game all you sport mad people in the USA. Non stop action is what you're going to see watching this amazing sport. Awesome add promotion. ❤❤
It just can't grow! I wonder why? 🤣🤣
It's repetitive simple crap
And it doesn't take 4hrs because it doesn't stop every 14 seconds to have a meeting and swap the whole team over
@@lancesimon3301 Most sports are repetitive. Tennis, bball, NFL, volleyball, union, darts, and the list goes on. This repetitive sport is more exciting to watch than most of the other ball sports. Right up my alley and I don't have to sit for mega hours watching a game. 😁
@@crazyprayingmantis5596 yes. Very true. Too much hui ( meetings) and not enough doey, Just get on with the game. 👍
@richardnraikaraika5507 if it's mega exciting why can't it grow?
Rugby league can do well in the USA with these games I have noticed rugby is losing its popularity as the TV reply has taken over the game trying to tell players how to tackle it is sickening to watch the tv guy trying to say he shouldn’t tackle like that when it happens in a split second l’m never watching rugby again
Nobody watches Rugby League in the first place so this is a waste of time
Might be a great tool for Western Australians too hehe
That Was A Lit Promo!
Let's Go Brisbane Bronx!!!
#REDEMPTION
Hope The Americans Embrace It?
Good luck to all I hope it gets accepted over there. They may have trouble with NFL franchises
Good one Russ , but you should mentioned Countries from all over the World
play it in the World Cup & the USA did pretty good at the last one.
No they dont 😂😂😂
The Rugby League "World" Cup is the most embarrassing attempt of a World Cup in sport
Worst sporting World Cup to exist. Half the so called "International Teams" are just made of Aussies. Lebanon and Greece were all Aussies.
I have THE MOST INNOVATIVE SOLUTION to revolutionize Rugby League and make it far more appealing to Americans. I played the game and have watched it for years so I know what I am saying. I have been trying to get a fair hearing from the Rugby League Gurus many, many times but they just do not want to know.
Yeah Boi
No 40/20 explanation?
It’s actually good to keep it real simple to begin with, he explained the most fundamental parts, it’s easy to learn the other small rules on the fly. I’m guessing the commentators will do that during the game
Pass the ball jamayne! 😅