Rugby in the USA (1 Viewer)

[damian]

http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-06-14-rugby-tries-to-change-image-in-the-us

You never know maybe in a few years time we will see the USA as rugby world champions.

 

[4th Hussar]

Rugby is a hard sell in the US. I prefer it to soccer but most folks here can't get past American football and consider rugby and soccer as foreign. When I lived in Olympia I wasa partil sponser of a co-ed Rugby team - I provided the beer at practice. The team broke up cause the girls were too rough and some of the guys were reluctant to hit them.

 

[Davout71]

If rugby ever took off in the states I am sure they would be a force to be reckoned with. I get the impression that it is a kind of university hobby sport in the US. Kind of what American football is here.
I remember many years ago I took an American University friend in Japan to a bar to watch Australia versus NZ at the world cup. He was blown away "What! No pads?!"

 

[OzDigger]

If rugby ever took off in the states I am sure they would be a force to be reckoned with. I get the impression that it is a kind of university hobby sport in the US. Kind of what American football is here.
I remember many years ago I took an American University friend in Japan to a bar to watch Australia versus NZ at the world cup. He was blown away "What! No pads?!"

With all due respect Rugby is mainly a University sport in Australia, and I should mention that most Americans confuse Rugby with Rugby League.

Btw, we gave those Italians a bit of a hiding in Rugby recently and of course we didn't try too hard in the Twenty/20 Cricket games to concentrate on beating the Brits (still getting used to that term) in the Ashes

 

[Wraith]

With all due respect Rugby is mainly a University sport in Australia, and I should mention that most Americans confuse Rugby with Rugby League.

Btw, we gave those Italians a bit of a hiding in Rugby recently and of course we didn't try too hard in the Twenty/20 Cricket games to concentrate on beating the Brits (still getting used to that term) in the Ashes

The Aussies have got a cricket team?

Are they any good?

 

[OzDigger]

The Aussies have got a cricket team?

Are they any good?

I'm not a fan of the game but apparently the plan was to play so badly that it will lull their future opponents into a false sense of security Personally I reckon Baldrick had better plans