wunhunglo
14-11-2005, 06:44 PM
DEEP BREATHS EVERYONE,
This is not a 'let's bash England' thread. I for one never knew England had such huge numbers playing rugby. Were one to go on the effect of numbers alone it is strange to see why they have not done better ? They have an incredible 200,000 more playing rugby than Ireland has, yet the All Blacks have just over double our numbers. But the performances are world's apart.
The three powerhouses over the last thirty years are the southern hemisphere's. South Africa, Austrailia and New Zealand. This should be proof alone that some nations have something different in the way they look at the sport or in the way they feel about it. Rugby to these nations is not just a sport, it's much more.
Look at the top five. Notice anything in the figures ?. All of them have greater numbers of adults than youth!! England has double (maybe as a result of the world cup ?)
Any true rugby fan here should click on the link below, you'll learn something, i swear. Then come back and tell us what you've learned ...without using crude language and bringing this thread down to a shouting match like the Irish rugby threads.....go on, i dare you.
Table 1: Participants in Each Major Country
RFU Strategic plan 2005/06 - 2012/13. The RFU's Environment
Table 1 sets out the number of participants in each major country divided into Adult, Youth and Junior/Mini categories as recorded by the IRB.
Table 1: Figures in '000
Countries Adult Youth Mini and Junior Totals Percent
England 211 100 317 627 32.6
South Africa 193 171 217 582 30.3
France 93 97 31 221 11.5
New Zealand 39 32 58 129 6.7
Australia 56 54 31 141 7.4
Ireland 12 27 13 52 2.8
Scotland 12 7 7 26 1.4
Italy 10 14 13 37 1.9
Argentina 25 15 10 50 2.6
Wales 18 31 6 55 2.8
Totals 670 547 703 1920 100.0
Source: IRB
http://www.rfu.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.simple_Detai l/StoryID/11013
But those All Blacks, something else.
http://mentals.canalblog.co m/images/allblacks.jpg
This is not a 'let's bash England' thread. I for one never knew England had such huge numbers playing rugby. Were one to go on the effect of numbers alone it is strange to see why they have not done better ? They have an incredible 200,000 more playing rugby than Ireland has, yet the All Blacks have just over double our numbers. But the performances are world's apart.
The three powerhouses over the last thirty years are the southern hemisphere's. South Africa, Austrailia and New Zealand. This should be proof alone that some nations have something different in the way they look at the sport or in the way they feel about it. Rugby to these nations is not just a sport, it's much more.
Look at the top five. Notice anything in the figures ?. All of them have greater numbers of adults than youth!! England has double (maybe as a result of the world cup ?)
Any true rugby fan here should click on the link below, you'll learn something, i swear. Then come back and tell us what you've learned ...without using crude language and bringing this thread down to a shouting match like the Irish rugby threads.....go on, i dare you.
Table 1: Participants in Each Major Country
RFU Strategic plan 2005/06 - 2012/13. The RFU's Environment
Table 1 sets out the number of participants in each major country divided into Adult, Youth and Junior/Mini categories as recorded by the IRB.
Table 1: Figures in '000
Countries Adult Youth Mini and Junior Totals Percent
England 211 100 317 627 32.6
South Africa 193 171 217 582 30.3
France 93 97 31 221 11.5
New Zealand 39 32 58 129 6.7
Australia 56 54 31 141 7.4
Ireland 12 27 13 52 2.8
Scotland 12 7 7 26 1.4
Italy 10 14 13 37 1.9
Argentina 25 15 10 50 2.6
Wales 18 31 6 55 2.8
Totals 670 547 703 1920 100.0
Source: IRB
http://www.rfu.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.simple_Detai l/StoryID/11013
But those All Blacks, something else.
http://mentals.canalblog.co m/images/allblacks.jpg