we really are SO-O sorry.

Lowaicue

英語在香港
Little old Hong Kong knock the Giant USA out of the sevens. Better get some serious training before the Olympics guys. Pop 7m v pop300m lol.
 
We don't care about rugby. The population differences are not all that relevant when few play the sport here.
 
It's amazing that we could compete at all in Rugby, about 300 people in the US play the sport at anything resembling a truly competitive level...
 
Rugby is a sport? I thought it was a handicraft.

It has certain things in common with American football, but played by men....oh, and about 100 times faster.
You should try it - youll like it.
 
Rugby is a sport? I thought it was a handicraft.

It has certain things in common with American football, but played by men....oh, and about 100 times faster.
You should try it - youll like it. Take a look on you tube. Type hong kong sevens
 
LOL, of course it's a sport no one here plays...

I know. However it is played in almost every other country. Like so many things, if Americans find something too difficult they try to get the rules changed and if they cant do that they say 'well, we never liked it anyway.'
Actually the American Eagles put together a respectable team and each year their play improves. Rugby Union is faster than American football and Rugby Sevens is faster, much faster, than Rugby Union. You should try it.
It doesn't stop for 'bored' meetings and the players dont wear armour. oh its played on real grass too, not carpet.
 
Regardless of the popularity of the sport, we always have some interest here in it. Take soccer/football, which really didn't grain nationwide acceptance until my generation, but the women have dominated the Olympics since 1992, and the men are showing promise. It's just that rugby truly is dead, still. Even lacrosse has a much bigger following - I knew most of the lacrosse club guys at my college, while I have known only a single rugby enthusiast to date.
 
Interesting thread. The premise is flawed however in that for whatever reason, top athletes in the US have gravitated toward other sports.

As someone who has only ever watched rugby once, I cannot consider myself well versed in its nuances, however I dont doubt they are athletes. What is interesting is that the OP claims that the game is faster and we obviously know that they wear no protection like they do in American football. So the question I have is where are all of the head injuries in Rugby?

One last point is that as Goodell and Demaurice Smith continue to dismantle American football and turn it into a shell of its former self, which I predicted months ago and we see playing out with new rules changes, you will see these top athletes gravitate toward other sports and rugby may just be one of them. If that happens, I would suspect that it would not be long until the US completely dominated the sport.

Be careful what you ask for, one day you cold find yourself whining and crying because the US took over yet another sport
 
Interesting thread. The premise is flawed however in that for whatever reason, top athletes in the US have gravitated toward other sports.

As someone who has only ever watched rugby once, I cannot consider myself well versed in its nuances, however I dont doubt they are athletes. What is interesting is that the OP claims that the game is faster and we obviously know that they wear no protection like they do in American football. So the question I have is where are all of the head injuries in Rugby?

One last point is that as Goodell and Demaurice Smith continue to dismantle American football and turn it into a shell of its former self, which I predicted months ago and we see playing out with new rules changes, you will see these top athletes gravitate toward other sports and rugby may just be one of them. If that happens, I would suspect that it would not be long until the US completely dominated the sport.

Be careful what you ask for, one day you cold find yourself whining and crying because the US took over yet another sport[/QUOTE

Y'know you could well be right. But no one will moan or whine provided that the USA dont think they own the sport. Good luck to them. This shows the team that thrashed the US being thrashed in turn by the Fijians, now 14 times HK 7s champions. The camera work is atrocious but I guess it is amateur despite the on screen logo.
 
Interesting thread. The premise is flawed however in that for whatever reason, top athletes in the US have gravitated toward other sports.

As someone who has only ever watched rugby once, I cannot consider myself well versed in its nuances, however I dont doubt they are athletes. What is interesting is that the OP claims that the game is faster and we obviously know that they wear no protection like they do in American football. So the question I have is where are all of the head injuries in Rugby?

One last point is that as Goodell and Demaurice Smith continue to dismantle American football and turn it into a shell of its former self, which I predicted months ago and we see playing out with new rules changes, you will see these top athletes gravitate toward other sports and rugby may just be one of them. If that happens, I would suspect that it would not be long until the US completely dominated the sport.

Be careful what you ask for, one day you cold find yourself whining and crying because the US took over yet another sport[/QUOTE

Y'know you could well be right. But no one will moan or whine provided that the USA dont think they own the sport. Good luck to them. This shows the team that thrashed the US being thrashed in turn by the Fijians, now 14 times HK 7s champions. The camera work is atrocious but I guess it is amateur despite the on screen logo.

Well your premise was that the population if the country somehow impacts the strength of this particular sport. It does not
 
I think this says it all.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14725789
 
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