Was the line up of children @ Scotland v Australia Rugby an example of multi-culti society?
923938
they were just chosen. if race is such a menial issue then why did it matter what race they were? i tell you what would have been racist, if they had chosen the children, seen that they were all white and then gone out of their way to find a black/asian/hispanic child. tokenism should be discouraged.
402802
I don't know if this is a question anyone can provide a comprehensive answer to. I can only speak to the state of rugby union in the United States, where the game has become associated with the irresponsible excesses of the "frat" culture on college campuses.\n\nFortunately, there are is reason for hope. The rules of the game, for one... the referee's judgement is rarely questioned, and there is a showboating rule. Rugby is very much a team game, and the institution of the post-match social is not so far gone that it cannot be redeemed. Suggestions: sportcoats, better beer, and a little bit of ceremony.
617973
France is the host with other matches being played in wales and also scotland....,not sure exactly the venues,go All Blacks
898996
I disagree cause i'm a football fan and live in S.A! Come to think of it S.A. held the 1995 rugby world cup and the 2003 Cricket world and it wasn't a disaster, i don't see why we shouldn't be given a chance! I dont see why foreigners make S.A look as if its a war zone!
674545
Well I think there has been more than one.\n\nSydney won an injucntion to get Andrew Dunkley to play in the 1996 Grand Final.\n\nI remember back in the 80s St Kilda took the AFL to court regarding transfer of a player who didn't want to move to Sydney.
359681
I'm Scottish and I WILL be supporting England during the World Cup.   I know a lot of people who will not be supporting them but my attitude is that we are one very small island in a great big world and we should be united together rather than bicker amongst ourselves.\n\nCome on ENGERLAND !!
517139
what has this got to do with rugby
1137391
Yes - without a doubt.  The levels of football hooliganism are much better than they have been in the past - but generally I don't think our fans are much to be proud of - they tend to be very loud, drunken, yobbish and violent.  Which is a real shame as there are plenty of English footie fans who do behave well, it is the great number who are a disgrace that everyone remembers.  I am 100% behind the police's zero tolerance attitude to football hooliganism in this country.
428964
Yes, football (don't call it soccer!!!) plays a major role in this country, at all levels and all ages.   It is a major topic of conversation / debate (and unfortunately fights) in English pubs.  There are intense, almost tribal, feelings of dedication to your team, and there are major rivalries, such as Man United and Liverpool, Arsenal and Spurs and Plymouth and Exeter.  (However, probably the biggest is Rangers and Celtic in Scotland).\n\nFootball cuts across boundaries of class, age and (mostly with a few major exceptions) religion - your club is in your heart.  \n\nHaving said that, there are always so-called fans who jump on the bandwagon of whichever club is most successful, in the 80s, it was Liverpool (boo!!!), in the 90s, Man United, and today, Chelsea.  No true fan can change their allegiance though - even when a club goes to the wall (look at Accrington Stanley for a contemporary example).\n\nInternational football is another matter altogether, England fans have a bad reputation in Europe, which was well deserved some years ago; hooliganism by England fans (I say fans very loosely) is largely now a thing of the past, thankfully.  \n\nThere is no sport in England bigger than football, and the same goes for most of Europe.\n\nApart from supporting a team, football is played regularly by millions of men (and women) across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland at every level from a kick-about in the local park, through pub teams who play on a Sunday morning, to top level professional players and everything in between. There are leagues for 5-a-side, 6-a-side, 7-a-side and 11-a-side in most towns.\n\nHistorically, the first officially organised competition was the 1872 FA Cup, a competition which is still going today, and is highly prestigious - this year's final will be between Liverpool and West Ham United.  The Football League started in 1887, and the first champions were, I think Preston North End in 1888 (although I could be wrong).  You can see, then, that there is a lot of history to the game.\n\nSo yes, football is a HUGE part of English culture.
806665
didnt mention what pub it was chancer.........anyhoo the scum who did this should be banned from ever football ground in the country united must have a list of names of who had tickets........i remember years ago when the last england scotland game was played at hampden i was going to work roughly about 8 o'clock in the morning walking past central station when a bunch of english supporters came of the overnight train from london they started picking fights with anyone who was walking passed apart from the guys about my age in my twenties this mob from the other night sound the same as those twats i saw all those years ago....only picking fights with people they know will not retaliate.....all football hooligans are scum and the sooner the clubs bar these numpties from football the better for all concerned
552149
0, Britain doesnt play. England, Scotland, and Wales play separately.
1022212
A few do, and well done to them for doing so. When Scotland made the tournament & England didn't (I forget the year, maybe 78), most English were cheering for the scots.\n\nIt seems those that can't be bothered doing the same for us are just sore losers & bad sports.
66753
Rugby is popular as a club sport.  But the clubs in America are a part of the USA Rugby Association so they are official.  There are quite a few really good men's and women's teams.  I haven't seen it so much as a school sport...at least not at a high school level.  College it's touch and go.
927006
What has the size of the crowd got to do with the quality of the football? Scottish football was in a much better state in the 70's than it is now or has been for many years. I saw Celtic play Leeds Utd in the European Cup at Hampden around 1971 and there was a crowd of around 130,000 but those teams were much better than some of the rubbish that is dished up today.
907519
I don't know. \n\nI have never understood this either.\n\nEngland, Scotland and Northern Ireland all have their own teams, as you say, for the WC & Euro cup for football & rugby, but when it comes to the Olympics we are Great Britain.
1129184
No it's not true. It's English lineage that counts and the players have to prove that they have at least one English Grandparent - the same is true for all national sides.
657794
I doubt it, it may have something to do with crowd numbers on a weekly basis.  As rugby league is now a business, it would have criteria to some extent on having a minimum number of people attending home matches.  We cannot cite South Sydney as an example, as they won a court case to be re-instated into the competition.