The rugby he's referring to is Rugby Union, whose CEO recently admitted that the sport was losing money at a rapid rate of knots. How does this affect cricket or, to be more precise, Cricket Australia?
Happell draws three parallels between the sports
Like rugby, cricket is played well by six or eight nations. It is no soccer or basketball...
Like rugby, which is now essentially run by England and France, cricket’s powerbase has shifted dramatically in the past decade.... to the sub-continent, that is to say India. ... As anyone who has witnessed India flex its newfound muscle over the Harbhajan Singh affair will appreciate...
And, like rugby, cricket’s national team must remain competitive. If not, that’s the start of the slippery slope to oblivion.
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