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No Rugby World Cup thread?

England being anywhere near a SF seems odd

Not a massive Rugby bloke but seems like you could lose half this tournament or make it better. Half the games till now have been walkovers
 
Grays_1890 said:
England being anywhere near a SF seems odd

Not a massive Rugby bloke but seems like you could lose half this tournament or make it better. Half the games till now have been walkovers
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It’s such a spectacle. But a fudging awful game to be a professional in. The powers are trying to grow it but it’s not going to happen- it’s dying out in Oz and then there are all the head injuries.
 
Grays_1890 said:
England being anywhere near a SF seems odd

Not a massive Rugby bloke but seems like you could lose half this tournament or make it better. Half the games till now have been walkovers
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That's true for most sports, but it's one of the important steps to let it grow. Football really is the only established global game.

Rugby has only been professional for about 25-30 years, and that'll always be led by the big nations. Argentina have grown brilliantly over the last couple of decades, and having Fiji around is great.
But most big sports were created by the English and exported across the empire and the big teams are England, Aus, NZ, India, RSA, Jamaica across Rugby, Cricket and Netball.
Other than that, are there any global nation based sports? F1 isn't nation based. Horse Racing isn't nation based. NFL is US centric. Is there anything else with global significance?
 
Would have made a great final. Those last few moments as Ireland pounded away at redemption were gripping.

They looked a little piszed off at the end, waiting for NZ to finish their drawn out on-field celebrations so they could properly clap them off and hit the showers.
 
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