There’s a good crossover between the best Rugby nations and the best Cricketing nations; I’m assuming this is down to good old fashioned British colonialism?

Which leads me to wonder why Rugby never gained the same level of support in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka as it did in New Zealand, South Africa, Australia and Fiji.

Or am I totally wrong and the two things aren’t remotely related?

  • Quicky@lemmy.world
    102·
    9 months ago

    And 2 million people in England are registered players. That’s 3.5% of the population. That’s just official registered players, not even fans. Your comment is absurd.

    • 01011@monero.town
      413·
      9 months ago

      That’s because they make it mandatory at certain schools in the UK, not because it’s genuinely beloved by the populace. Nobody would ever call Rugby “the people’s game”.

      • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
        103·
        9 months ago

        Nobody did call rugby the people’s game though.

        I don’t give a crap about rugby either, but to suggest that it isn’t popular in the UK is stretching the truth far past breaking point.

      • Quicky@lemmy.world
        4·
        9 months ago

        Mate, football and cricket are mandatory in those same schools, you absolute ring binder.