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<blockquote data-quote="gingergenius" data-source="post: 218686"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jer1cho @ Sep 17 2008, 05:52 AM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=348363" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>Nah, if we play, i will support them. The best international i ever saw was between us and Spain in the 2002 world cup. Broke my heart when we lost. It just astonishes me how we can be so crap at that seeing as we are among the best in other sports. There are 10 times more soccer players here than rugby players, yet, ironically, we suck at soccer, but not at rugby. It's just too frustrating to watch them play. Anyway, is football not France's national sport? I heard somewhere else it's a north vs south thing...</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Football competition is higher. Its our national sport and we suck dick at it. Not many people play rugby or cricket yet we're comparatively good at them...</p><p></p><p>French rugby is generally storng in the South. Football its just the cities, its very much like England, a working class sport, which is why so many immigrants play for the team. The majority of the French national team is black/ berber, and the England squad is usually at least 50% black or mixed race. The rugby team reflects the population a bit more... like 2/15... but still no indians....</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="gingergenius, post: 218686"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jer1cho @ Sep 17 2008, 05:52 AM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=348363']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Nah, if we play, i will support them. The best international i ever saw was between us and Spain in the 2002 world cup. Broke my heart when we lost. It just astonishes me how we can be so crap at that seeing as we are among the best in other sports. There are 10 times more soccer players here than rugby players, yet, ironically, we suck at soccer, but not at rugby. It's just too frustrating to watch them play. Anyway, is football not France's national sport? I heard somewhere else it's a north vs south thing... [/b][/quote] Football competition is higher. Its our national sport and we suck dick at it. Not many people play rugby or cricket yet we're comparatively good at them... French rugby is generally storng in the South. Football its just the cities, its very much like England, a working class sport, which is why so many immigrants play for the team. The majority of the French national team is black/ berber, and the England squad is usually at least 50% black or mixed race. The rugby team reflects the population a bit more... like 2/15... but still no indians.... [/QUOTE]
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