An Inconvenient Code

Resources are limited. There is no way that everyone can continue to enjoy the luxuries to which they have grown accustomed. Soon, the environment will be changed dramatically, and not everyone will survive.

These may sound like claims straight out of the 2006 film An Inconvenient Truth, but this time the consternation surrounds the fate of rugby union and rugby league--at least in Australia. Australian Rugby Union CEO John O'Neill spoke in gloomy tones in an interview Sunday, warning that with increasing competition for audiences from Australian Rules Football and Soccer, "there is a risk that one of the football codes may not survive in the form that it currently enjoys." CNN also has video of another interview with a worrisome O'Neill.

Considering that O'Neill speaks of a battle for audiences, Armchair Playmaker can think of no better way to resolve the predicted battle between the codes than a matchup between their promotional advertising. You be the judge on who will survive O'Neill's sporting showdown!

2007 Rugby Union World Cup Ad:



2008 Rugby League World Cup Ad:



2008 Rugby Union Super 14 Ad:



2007 Rugby League NRL Ad:



Armchair Playmaker won't dare pick a winner. If you can, post a comment!