Rugby is popular in Canada? Do we even have a Rugby League?
Canada is a regular at the World Cup and made the quarterfinals in 1991. They're also a 'core team' in the World Rugby Sevens series.
Rugby is popular in Canada? Do we even have a Rugby League?
Turn rugby into primarily a women's sport, akin to volleyball.
Do you know what rugby is?
In the minds of many, the roots of this ran deep. Gridiron football and rugby were well known for being cut from many of the same cloths, but as the NFL and many senior college football programs placed more emphasis on passing quarterbacks and wide receivers (legendary QBs like Peyton Manning and Tom Brady who were known for their arms epitomized this), many of the better runners made their way into rugby, where the rules mandated that the ball could not be thrown forward. By the mid-1980s, college rugby leagues were growing in popularity, and while these competitions had nothing like the popularity of gridiron football, by this time America produced a great many excellent players, and even a few which dabbled in both sides - Heisman Trophy-winning NFL quarterback Tim Tebow was one famous example of this, playing in the NFL in 2010-2012 before he found himself out of it, but transitioning to Rugby union, signing with the Miami Hurricanes in the North American Rugby Union league in 2013, proving to be so good at it that he was one of the "American Monsters" who smashed and crashed their way to victory in the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The NARU, which was founded in 1995 after the IRB's decision to remove restrictions on payments to players, had by 2010 gained more than a little measure of respectability, even in markets where the NFL existed. (Some NFL teams even drew running-position players from the NARU, with the Seattle Seahawks, who won Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014 on the strength of a bruising defense and fast runners, being one of the most prolific at this - they had six guys on their Super Bowl team, including starting quarterback Russell Wilson, who had played in NARU games.) The image that Rugby was for football players who couldn't play football didn't last long, as the interconnection between the NARU and NFL, CFL and college football programs made sure that more than a few players jumped between the sides.
Canada is a regular at the World Cup and made the quarterfinals in 1991. They're also a 'core team' in the World Rugby Sevens series.
Doesn't change the fact that Rugy is not particularly more popular in Canada than in the US. As has been point out here already it was arguably rule changes in Canada that spurred the developments that would result in American football.
If were talking "mid-level" popularity sports leaving out the major leagues. Lacrosse and certainly Curling are a good deal more popular in Canada than Rugby is.
It is essentially a rougher version of American football(padding is for wimps). I cannot picture that being viewed in a good light in less enlightened times.Turn rugby into primarily a women's sport, akin to volleyball.
By "a good deal more" you mean we televise our Curling and Lacrosse matches, but I have never seen a Rugby Game, on TV or otherwise, in my life, than yeah, it is.Doesn't change the fact that Rugy is not particularly more popular in Canada than in the US. As has been point out here already it was arguably rule changes in Canada that spurred the developments that would result in American football.
If were talking "mid-level" popularity sports leaving out the major leagues. Lacrosse and certainly Curling are a good deal more popular in Canada than Rugby is.
I've always wondered why rugby isn't a popular sport in the United States, when it has insane popularity in the UK and the Anglosphere (Australia, NZ, South Africa, Canada to a lesser extent), and even in several non-English-speaking countries influenced by Britain like Argentina or Japan.
What POD can you use to make rugby a mainstay American sport? How can we make the Rugby World Cup as big as the Superbowl?
I've always wondered why rugby isn't a popular sport in the United States, when it has insane popularity in the UK and the Anglosphere (Australia, NZ, South Africa, Canada to a lesser extent), and even in several non-English-speaking countries influenced by Britain like Argentina or Japan.
Football is far more rough, the rate of concussions and permanent brain trauma acquired is far higher in football than in rugby (in rugby only tackles below the waist are permitted)It is essentially a rougher version of American football(padding is for wimps). I cannot picture that being viewed in a good light in less enlightened times.
Football is far more rough, the rate of concussions and permanent brain trauma acquired is far higher in football than in rugby (in rugby only tackles below the waist are permitted)
Yes, I'm not sure what ponjt you're trying to get across(or was it just a question)Which is directly linked to the fact that the players are wearing body armour and can withstand more reckless challenges, is it not?
Yes, I'm not sure what ponjt you're trying to get across(or was it just a question)
That's not something to be proud of, personally as a rugby fan I don't understand why rugby supporters constantly try to emphasize how much rougher the game is, it's nonsense and untrue. Rugby fans should be proud of the fact that rugby administrators actually make safety a priority unlike football where there is no desire to make the game safer and it's so over commercialized that its not really sport and more of a giant advertisement.Football is far more rough, the rate of concussions and permanent brain trauma acquired is far higher in football than in rugby (in rugby only tackles below the waist are permitted)
Football is far more rough, the rate of concussions and permanent brain trauma acquired is far higher in football than in rugby (in rugby only tackles below the waist are permitted)
I play rugby I agree :/That's not something to be proud of, personally as a rugby fan I don't understand why rugby supporters constantly try to emphasize how much rougher the game is, it's nonsense and untrue. Rugby fans should be proud of the fact that rugby administrators actually make safety a priority unlike football where there is no desire to make the game safer and it's so over commercialized that its not really sport and more of a giant advertisement.
Football doesn't have the tradition and history and rivalry of the 6 nations and Rugby Championship or even the 7's World Series.
Rugby at an amateur level is a game for all shapes and sizes where no matter your body type there will always be a place for you on the team.
Football doesn't have community or club rugby where people play for the love of the game.
All these things and and a lot more would be much better responses than the "football is for sissies" nonsense.
And yeah that was badly communicated I don't know how to express the way they work only to say football esque tackles aren't permitted. I learned how to tackle in Rugby by playingthe sportnot sure what rugby you're watching to say 'only tackles below the waist are permitted'
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