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<blockquote data-quote="Canadian_Rugger" data-source="post: 80365"><p>USA completely made a mess of this tournament what IRB should of done is given all the money to Canada an d let the game exand here where it actually has a real chance of expanding. In Canada rugby is a decently popular fringe sport and I'd say in rural areas is just as popular as soccer. Actually it is very popular in BC and is growing in Ontario and the rest of the country. Almost every high school where I come from has rugby and more high schools have rugby then football. </p><p></p><p>University rugby is getting better and better and the quality is going up and up. In Ontario it is now a full varsity sport and school import their players on athletic scholarships just to play rugby. I know at RMC where I am going Rugby team trains 3 hours a day every day. </p><p></p><p>Canada has a decent number of professional layers overseas and our national team is pretty much all pro now and given the right nurturing we could compete with the rest of the world eventually. The national team also has some decent sponsorships with Guinness and Sony and you can find most rugby canada gear in major sports stores. Alot of sports stores also carry fully rugby sections in their stores now right alongside soccer gear. For instance I was in Montreal downtown and I walked into sports experts and Quebec by no means is a rugby hotbed and I found a full lineup of super 12 guinness prem jerseys along with international. They also were selling a whole wall of kooga, cxanterbury, barbarian, and adidas rugby wear scrumcaps, pants, boots you name it they had it.</p><p></p><p>Canada has a real chance of growing the game way more so then US and the rugby community is decently large. Also rugby is just the sport we need for the summer in Canada ad if nurtured properly would compete just fine with football. We play ice hockey in the winter which is probably one of the fastest team sports in the world and is just as brutal and violent as rugby and the players are conditioned perfectly for rugby especially at top level. We could bring a few props etc from football and put a bunch of backs from the ice hockey ranks. </p><p></p><p>Trust me rugby ahs a lot of potential in Canada especially since we like vioent sports. The International game could go far to if its anything like Ice Hockey.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Canadian_Rugger, post: 80365"] USA completely made a mess of this tournament what IRB should of done is given all the money to Canada an d let the game exand here where it actually has a real chance of expanding. In Canada rugby is a decently popular fringe sport and I'd say in rural areas is just as popular as soccer. Actually it is very popular in BC and is growing in Ontario and the rest of the country. Almost every high school where I come from has rugby and more high schools have rugby then football. University rugby is getting better and better and the quality is going up and up. In Ontario it is now a full varsity sport and school import their players on athletic scholarships just to play rugby. I know at RMC where I am going Rugby team trains 3 hours a day every day. Canada has a decent number of professional layers overseas and our national team is pretty much all pro now and given the right nurturing we could compete with the rest of the world eventually. The national team also has some decent sponsorships with Guinness and Sony and you can find most rugby canada gear in major sports stores. Alot of sports stores also carry fully rugby sections in their stores now right alongside soccer gear. For instance I was in Montreal downtown and I walked into sports experts and Quebec by no means is a rugby hotbed and I found a full lineup of super 12 guinness prem jerseys along with international. They also were selling a whole wall of kooga, cxanterbury, barbarian, and adidas rugby wear scrumcaps, pants, boots you name it they had it. Canada has a real chance of growing the game way more so then US and the rugby community is decently large. Also rugby is just the sport we need for the summer in Canada ad if nurtured properly would compete just fine with football. We play ice hockey in the winter which is probably one of the fastest team sports in the world and is just as brutal and violent as rugby and the players are conditioned perfectly for rugby especially at top level. We could bring a few props etc from football and put a bunch of backs from the ice hockey ranks. Trust me rugby ahs a lot of potential in Canada especially since we like vioent sports. The International game could go far to if its anything like Ice Hockey. [/QUOTE]
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