Originally posted by Goatboysrevenge I depends on where you are in England as well. I'm from the top end of Merseyside originally, which is almost all Football (Soccer) and Rugby League. I live in Bristol now, and the number one sport in the South west I would say is Rugby Union, followed by Football.
Rugby Union is predominately played in the South of England, with only a few teams ...[text shortened]... north, whereas the north and especially the north West & Midlands is a hotbed of Rugby League.
Midlands for Rugby League?
I guess it depends on your definition of Mid, but if you look at RL superleague, none of the clubs are in the Midlands.
Coventry, Derby, Leicester, Nottingham all have bigger RU teams than RL, none of which are regarded as being bigger than their respective Cricket County (Warks for Cov incase you weren't sure).
The middle of the North (e.g. Leeds, Bradford) does have more RL than RU.
Originally posted by rhb Midlands for Rugby League?
I guess it depends on your definition of Mid, but if you look at RL superleague, none of the clubs are in the Midlands.
Coventry, Derby, Leicester, Nottingham all have bigger RU teams than RL, none of which are regarded as being bigger than their respective Cricket County (Warks for Cov incase you weren't sure).
The middle of the North (e.g. Leeds, Bradford) does have more RL than RU.
Apologies that I wasn't clear, I did mean Yorkshire based teams!
Firstly, we do not play sports we play sport. We used to have a plethora of popular sports in the days of Frank Bough and Grandstand.
Rupert Murdoch has poured millions at football this has come to dominate.
Cricket has now sold out to his TV empire but this may be counter productive.
Tennis, Rowing, Hockey and Rugby Union are mainly played by middle class kids.
Boxing, Rugby League and Football are working class games.
This weekend England are playing Football, Rugby and Cricket - but to read the papers who wouldn't know about rugby or cricket - more is the shame.
Originally posted by invigorate Firstly, we do not play sports we play sport. We used to have a plethora of popular sports in the days of Frank Bough and Grandstand.
Rupert Murdoch has poured millions at football this has come to dominate.
Cricket has now sold out to his TV empire but this may be counter productive.
Tennis, Rowing, Hockey and Rugby Union are mainly played by middle ...[text shortened]... Cricket - but to read the papers who wouldn't know about rugby or cricket - more is the shame.
And how come we have sports day,in which we have various sports so if we we play more than one ,are we not indulging in sports,I may well be wrong but to play sport doesnt sound right to me
Originally posted by invigorate Firstly, we do not play sports we play sport. We used to have a plethora of popular sports in the days of Frank Bough and Grandstand.
Rupert Murdoch has poured millions at football this has come to dominate.
Cricket has now sold out to his TV empire but this may be counter productive.
Tennis, Rowing, Hockey and Rugby Union are mainly played by middle ...[text shortened]... Cricket - but to read the papers who wouldn't know about rugby or cricket - more is the shame.
what is the difference between Rugby Union and Rugby League?
Originally posted by MoneyManMike what is the difference between Rugby Union and Rugby League?
rugby union has 15 players per side and is more of a passing (and kicking) game.
Rubgy league has 13 players per side the has some similiarty to you NFL in that the prpose is to gain yeardage. You get 6 chances to move the ball over the oppoising goal line.
You will also find, i think(?) League players tend to be on avg. heaver and then their union counter-parts, but not always.
Once upon a time it was all just rugby.you had gentlemen players and working class ones,It was very popular in the north of England.Yorkshire and Lancashire had lots of working class players mainly miners,they had to work till 1pm climb 2-3 miles out of the pit and then go and play ,away games were impossible,so the team owners started paying them to have saturdays off .The RFU disagreed with this and in the 1890s the Yorkshire and Lancashire teams split and formed their own league.since then the game has mutated in different directions
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05 Sep '07 12:15
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