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[2017 Super Rugby] Round 9: Waratahs vs. Kings (21/04/2017)
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<blockquote data-quote="galumay" data-source="post: 849723" data-attributes="member: 74590"><p>True Cruz_dle_Sur, and you can see that from the numbers for soccer compared to AFL. Also the 3 highest participation sports are Golf, Tennis and Pool/snooker/billiards according to that - very little correlation to popularity.</p><p></p><p>Regardless, if you forget the misuse of the word 'popular' in the post and consider the participation rate, its pretty obvious what a dire state the game is in, 55,000 participants to support an elite comp with 5 sides? That must be the definition of impossible!</p><p></p><p>I think some skepticism needs to be considered too, Morgan Polls are not what I would consider an authority on participation rates in sports!</p><p></p><p>Yep, some checking shows its ********. The ABS numbers show about 140,000 adults participate in Rugby Union Australia wide. Still the point is correct, participation rates are pitiful, even when you add in another 60,000 kids that play Rugby Union. So we have round 200,000 playing Rugby against 1m playing soccer and 650,000 playing AFL.</p><p></p><p>The interesting one is Rugby League, a participation rate not much higher than Union, 250,000 - but a massively more popular.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/knowledge_base/sport_participation/community_participation/sport_participation_in_australia" target="_blank">https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/knowledge_base/sport_participation/community_participation/sport_participation_in_australia</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="galumay, post: 849723, member: 74590"] True Cruz_dle_Sur, and you can see that from the numbers for soccer compared to AFL. Also the 3 highest participation sports are Golf, Tennis and Pool/snooker/billiards according to that - very little correlation to popularity. Regardless, if you forget the misuse of the word 'popular' in the post and consider the participation rate, its pretty obvious what a dire state the game is in, 55,000 participants to support an elite comp with 5 sides? That must be the definition of impossible! I think some skepticism needs to be considered too, Morgan Polls are not what I would consider an authority on participation rates in sports! Yep, some checking shows its ********. The ABS numbers show about 140,000 adults participate in Rugby Union Australia wide. Still the point is correct, participation rates are pitiful, even when you add in another 60,000 kids that play Rugby Union. So we have round 200,000 playing Rugby against 1m playing soccer and 650,000 playing AFL. The interesting one is Rugby League, a participation rate not much higher than Union, 250,000 - but a massively more popular. [url]https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/knowledge_base/sport_participation/community_participation/sport_participation_in_australia[/url] [/QUOTE]
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