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Why isn't Rugby league much bigger in Ireland? (or Wales and Scotland)
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<blockquote data-quote="ratsapprentice" data-source="post: 625245" data-attributes="member: 67273"><p>Because Rugby spread in popularity <em>throughout</em> the country before "Soccer" became the dominant football code, and before the Northern Union split.</p><p>So it already had a larger organic support-base (geographically at least) where they didn't need to start from scratch - league just is not played outside the North to any real extent.</p><p></p><p>The international game is probably the best tool for growth too.</p><p>Just look at the Olympics - if someone is successful at an Olympics in a really minor sport you subsequently see a huge upsurge in interest in that sport.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ratsapprentice, post: 625245, member: 67273"] Because Rugby spread in popularity [I]throughout[/I] the country before "Soccer" became the dominant football code, and before the Northern Union split. So it already had a larger organic support-base (geographically at least) where they didn't need to start from scratch - league just is not played outside the North to any real extent. The international game is probably the best tool for growth too. Just look at the Olympics - if someone is successful at an Olympics in a really minor sport you subsequently see a huge upsurge in interest in that sport. [/QUOTE]
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