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<blockquote data-quote="EddieM0369" data-source="post: 684901" data-attributes="member: 71847"><p>Lets be honest here...In the United States Rugby is a foreign sport that is growing. There are now high schools that offer Rugby as a primary sport and they even feed some of the major colleges now playing rugby. Is Rugby going to suddenly take off and become a top 3 sport here? No more than American football will become a top 3 sport in New Zealand. But the sport is growing and that's great to see.</p><p></p><p>I liked the analogy that was made about the original Olympic Dream Team (basketball)... Every team they played knew they were about to get a beat down...but every team wanted to play them because that was the best team ever assembled. Same thing here. The Eagles wanted this game, and if they don't want to play the All Blacks again next season then I would question the goals of USA Rugby. Why not play against the best in the world? That's the standard we need to play at to become one of the worlds elite. (No, doesn't happen over night) If you continue to only play 2nd and 3rd tier teams, you'll never develop beyond a 2nd or 3rd tier team. Bring on the best....play them every year and continue to develop towards that standard of play. Its a long road to travel, but that's the price you pay if you want to raise the level of the National Game to the elite level. Just my opinion. HAVE A GREAT DAY!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EddieM0369, post: 684901, member: 71847"] Lets be honest here...In the United States Rugby is a foreign sport that is growing. There are now high schools that offer Rugby as a primary sport and they even feed some of the major colleges now playing rugby. Is Rugby going to suddenly take off and become a top 3 sport here? No more than American football will become a top 3 sport in New Zealand. But the sport is growing and that's great to see. I liked the analogy that was made about the original Olympic Dream Team (basketball)... Every team they played knew they were about to get a beat down...but every team wanted to play them because that was the best team ever assembled. Same thing here. The Eagles wanted this game, and if they don't want to play the All Blacks again next season then I would question the goals of USA Rugby. Why not play against the best in the world? That's the standard we need to play at to become one of the worlds elite. (No, doesn't happen over night) If you continue to only play 2nd and 3rd tier teams, you'll never develop beyond a 2nd or 3rd tier team. Bring on the best....play them every year and continue to develop towards that standard of play. Its a long road to travel, but that's the price you pay if you want to raise the level of the National Game to the elite level. Just my opinion. HAVE A GREAT DAY! [/QUOTE]
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