Living in a non-Rugby land

It may be hard for the average Kiwi to understand, but there are actually some places that the world doesn't revolve around rugby.

Yes, I'm not kidding - it's true. Queensland is one of those mythical places.

Australia had a fantastic win over the All Blacks in the weekend, and it went barely unnoticed. I'm sure most of the population here was unaware it was even on.

Queensland is league country. They eat, sleep and breath league. If Darren Lockyer is injured the whole state goes into mourning.

There's also barely a mention about AFL here. Even the NRL league news from NSW rates higher than the Brisbane Lions here.

I went to the Broncos vs Sharks at Suncorp in the weekend. There was a disappointing crowd there - just under 30,000 when most of the games this season have been closer to 40,000.

The test at Carisbrook in Dunedin a couple of weeks ago had 29,000 and everyone was wrapped about the huge crowd that attended.

I bet some of the NZ Rugby franchises wish they could get anywhere near 30,000 for a club game - most struggle to get that for even a semi-final match.

The worst thing for me about living in a non-Rugby land is that the Air New Zealand Cup isn't even on TV here. How can I survive!