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<blockquote data-quote="SimonG" data-source="post: 625487" data-attributes="member: 71048"><p>Nah, Cricket and Ruggers are as English as an English garden. </p><p></p><p>Tbh it has always baffled me how cricket, the most genteel game on the planet, became so popular in Australia. The game seems like the total opposite of what you'd expect of an Aussie ruffian. Folks in their "whites", lots of walking around..then a little gallop and bowl, after a few gentle overs they "come off for tea". I can't wrap my head around this riddle. Perhaps it's tradition? </p><p></p><p>When you mention the EU I'm guessing it's Aussie Croats?, Greeks?, Italians?...now that I could quite understand. Eastern Europeans ain't as civilised as us in the west and haven't yet grasped to how to behave properly. They also have a race problem. </p><p></p><p>Yes I'm Irish...and dominated by British culture. We have Gaelic football (come on Tyrone) and hurling, but British sports (football and Rugby) are big here also. The amount of people who travel over to England on a weekly basis to watch Premier League games is huge. There's more Man United and Liverpool fans (and Celtic if we include Scotland) here than fans of teams in any other sport. In PE at school, I'd say 80-90% wore football jerseys (again, mostly those three teams...as well as the Ireland national team obviously), the remainder would primarily be gaelic tops.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SimonG, post: 625487, member: 71048"] Nah, Cricket and Ruggers are as English as an English garden. Tbh it has always baffled me how cricket, the most genteel game on the planet, became so popular in Australia. The game seems like the total opposite of what you'd expect of an Aussie ruffian. Folks in their "whites", lots of walking around..then a little gallop and bowl, after a few gentle overs they "come off for tea". I can't wrap my head around this riddle. Perhaps it's tradition? When you mention the EU I'm guessing it's Aussie Croats?, Greeks?, Italians?...now that I could quite understand. Eastern Europeans ain't as civilised as us in the west and haven't yet grasped to how to behave properly. They also have a race problem. Yes I'm Irish...and dominated by British culture. We have Gaelic football (come on Tyrone) and hurling, but British sports (football and Rugby) are big here also. The amount of people who travel over to England on a weekly basis to watch Premier League games is huge. There's more Man United and Liverpool fans (and Celtic if we include Scotland) here than fans of teams in any other sport. In PE at school, I'd say 80-90% wore football jerseys (again, mostly those three teams...as well as the Ireland national team obviously), the remainder would primarily be gaelic tops. [/QUOTE]
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