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Why isn't Rugby league much bigger in Ireland? (or Wales and Scotland)
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<blockquote data-quote="SimonG" data-source="post: 642509" data-attributes="member: 71048"><p>Very interesting Sanzar....how come NZ isn't the same as Australia with League bigger than Union as it is in Oz? Do kiwis not also have a similar dislike of class structure?? Rugby Union in South Africa I understand as the whites were the ruling class...France too as the ruling class (Vichy) outlawed league and Union took hold.</p><p></p><p>In the north of Ireland Rugby Union is almost exclusively Protestant Grammar schools...descendants of the British ruling class. There are rare exceptions (me) but I got playing it by pure chance as Willie Anderson (former Ireland player) happened to make a visit to one of our PE classes at the behest of our teacher. For whatever reason Rugby league never got off the ground here.</p><p></p><p>What's your view on the well trotted out line that Rugby league is one dimensional? Five tackles then kick, repeat. Is this ignorance or is it a broad generalisation of the game?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SimonG, post: 642509, member: 71048"] Very interesting Sanzar....how come NZ isn't the same as Australia with League bigger than Union as it is in Oz? Do kiwis not also have a similar dislike of class structure?? Rugby Union in South Africa I understand as the whites were the ruling class...France too as the ruling class (Vichy) outlawed league and Union took hold. In the north of Ireland Rugby Union is almost exclusively Protestant Grammar schools...descendants of the British ruling class. There are rare exceptions (me) but I got playing it by pure chance as Willie Anderson (former Ireland player) happened to make a visit to one of our PE classes at the behest of our teacher. For whatever reason Rugby league never got off the ground here. What's your view on the well trotted out line that Rugby league is one dimensional? Five tackles then kick, repeat. Is this ignorance or is it a broad generalisation of the game? [/QUOTE]
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