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Is the Six Nations Bigger than the Tri Nations?
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<blockquote data-quote="Canadian_Rugby_Guy" data-source="post: 105950"><p>As much as I agree that There are probably more fans etc. for the six nations, we shouldn't be looking at it in terms of total population. See because who knows how many of those 20 million aussies are rugby league or aussie football supporters, and similarly how many people in Italy for example actually care about rugby enough to leave roundball alone for a bit? Although there's a point to be made, it's the wrong figures to prove it. as for the rest, I guess as an outsider I get more of a feeling of excitement when the 6N comes around, there's so much national pride associated with the tournament, and fans are strongly opinionated about their teams and care a lot about what's going on. Kind of reminds me of the habs fans here in montreal, each claiming they can do a better job then the current guy getting paid x million a year to do his job. Regardless, it seems that the Tri Nations generally has fewer upsets, fewer countries involved and less interest. I have no doubt that level of rugby played is higher down there simply because the ABs are raping the other nations, and as mentioned before the three competing nations are regularly around the top 5 in the world rankings. In terms of attracting new people to the game however, I'd say that the atmosphere provided by the 6N is much more inviting than the 3N.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Canadian_Rugby_Guy, post: 105950"] As much as I agree that There are probably more fans etc. for the six nations, we shouldn't be looking at it in terms of total population. See because who knows how many of those 20 million aussies are rugby league or aussie football supporters, and similarly how many people in Italy for example actually care about rugby enough to leave roundball alone for a bit? Although there's a point to be made, it's the wrong figures to prove it. as for the rest, I guess as an outsider I get more of a feeling of excitement when the 6N comes around, there's so much national pride associated with the tournament, and fans are strongly opinionated about their teams and care a lot about what's going on. Kind of reminds me of the habs fans here in montreal, each claiming they can do a better job then the current guy getting paid x million a year to do his job. Regardless, it seems that the Tri Nations generally has fewer upsets, fewer countries involved and less interest. I have no doubt that level of rugby played is higher down there simply because the ABs are raping the other nations, and as mentioned before the three competing nations are regularly around the top 5 in the world rankings. In terms of attracting new people to the game however, I'd say that the atmosphere provided by the 6N is much more inviting than the 3N. [/QUOTE]
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