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Originally posted by bidoldalphamale
i have played club rugby in the us for years and years and have always listened to the funny talkers run thier mouths about how the US sucks at rugby, blah blah blah. and i see a little USA Rugby bashing here and so i must weigh in. the sport of choice in the US is football. Our best athletes play football. preist holmes and ricky williams at inside and outside center? jerry rice or champ bailey at wing? lavar arrington or urlacher at flanker? come on man. if we wanted to get serious about the sport and put our best athletes on it, the rest of the world wouldnt stand a fucking chance. i'm out.
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mate, even with the current Wallaby form, we´d thrash the best of the US... haha...
joking... i´m sure you guys would put up a good fight...
...except that all of your great athletes would be constantly penalised for tackling off the ball, forward passing, and shepherding... and after one of them was tackled, they´d all return to the bench for a 5 minute break while the defensive team took the field... haha..
further joking...
and don´t forget, Australia has 3 major forms of footy (not including soccer). Rugby Union is the smallest. so there are many many incredible athletes not playing rugby over here as well.
but that is not meant as an excuse for our poor form at the moment.
anyway, we all know that America is never ever going to get serious about Rugby, the money will never be enough to entice such athletes as rice and williams to play rugby.