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Claening up an old HDD and found this.
Classic McIssac, AJ, Puse, Sheps, & Cross
http://twf.com.au/uploads/v1.flv
Last edited by Darren; 06-08-19 at 15:22. Reason: Uploaded to Youtube
Dear Lord, if you give us back Johnny Cash, we'll give you Justin Bieber.
Now on youtube - post above edited
Dear Lord, if you give us back Johnny Cash, we'll give you Justin Bieber.
Absolutely terrible advert. Just as bad as the old "save it for the game" ones that did pretty much nothing to promote the sport.
I sometimes wonder why they didnt do some adverts of some high octane adrenaline fueled rugby highlights put together in an advert to show all the AFL and Non-rugby fans what our sport can produce. Instead we got the crap above which does nothing to promote non rugby playing fans. We certainly missed a huge opportunity during our super rugby days.
Because we were hamstrung about what we could and couldn't advertise or promote by the then ARU. Absolute FARKEN overlords!!
Great memories, awesome commercial, sensational players.
I still run into David Pusey about the place and he always has time for a chat, and AJ, what a cult figure back in the day, thanks Coach![]()
80 Minutes, 15 Positions, No Protection, Wanna Ruck?
Ruck Me, Maul Me, Make Me Scrum!
Education is Important, but Rugby is Importanter!
Save it for the Game was an awesome campaign.
Ahhh the days when the RA actually had money to promote Rugby![]()
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David
I thought RWA paid for the ads
Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
'nother vid I found - although there are probably other copies out there. The infamous not-try against the saders ...
Dear Lord, if you give us back Johnny Cash, we'll give you Justin Bieber.
Absolutely terrible media campaign. Subsequently members and fans dropped off like flies over those 3 or 4 years during that run of adverts to the point they couldnt even get 20k at the new NIB stadium when they finally moved there.
Sounds like you should be joining RugbyAustralia in helping to sabotage future WA growth prospects.. you would most definitely know what sort of adverts to put together to drive away the last remnants of the WA rugby fanbase
Hey dingus, they dropped off because we were continuously shit for years with no hope for the future. Absolutely nothing about a few advertising campaigns, I had never even seen this one for example.
I saw the 'Save it for the Game' ones coz they were great. But you don't like them either soooooo yeah, make you're own advert I suppose.
My personal opinion is that attendances fell off partly because the Force didn't seem to progress, partly because it became increasingly obvious just how differently the Force was going to be treated by the ARU than anyone else, and a lot because it was all overlaid by a coincident campaign telling everyone that watching rugby was shit at Subiaco
I think you are on the mark Andy. But what's the coincident campaign you refer to?
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David
Solid advertising campaigns are meant to try and stop that from happening. Showing the general public what good quality rugby looks like in a non rugby playing state should have been the priority. The save it for the game adverts totally missed the mark. The one in the opening post would have had absolutely no hope of attracting new fans. The media campaign back then was absolutely hopeless.