Its interesting comparing the coverage of the A-League vs the NRL where even non Warriors games get plenty of coverage - I guess that is because of the age and traditions of the NRL compared to the A-League. When I was a kid pre-warriors people had the teams they supported, sea eagles lunch boxes at school, etc.
Does someone older than me know why the NRL got popular here (I'm guessing in the 70's and 80's) was it a big advertising push? Was it simply because of isolation and no other sports to watch? Why, for instance, has the ARL never gotten the same sort of traction?