was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have
eels fan wrote:
You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.
was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have
eels fan wrote:
You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.
Yep, bar the English expats abroad and some other Commonwealth people having a read of English cricket news, I can't see it being that popular. I don't believe many Mexicans or Russians would know what Cricket is, let alone read about it.
Cricinfo.com is, I believe, the busiest sports website on the planet.......The BBC is one of, if not, the largest news organisation on the planet. I find it funny that certain insecure RL fans expect global coverage because 8k people in Bristol attended a game
Rather than mock my post in a playground kind of way, prove me wrong. Around 90,000 people play rugby league in the UK. Compare that to tennis (400k) and cricket (1.7million) and whilst participation rates in cycling are hard to come by, 200,000 people took part in sky rides across the uk last year.
So yes, rugby league is a minority sport, played in the main, by lower socia-economic groups.
Regards
King James
A lot of people play Tennis recreationally, rather than joining a club or league. It's the same as saying someone who goes down to the pool for a swim counts towards participation for swimming in the UK. You may now realise cycling is classed as the no.1 sport in England, again mostly due to recreational activities. 1.7m Cricket players? Try 148, 300.
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Cricinfo.com is, I believe, the busiest sports website on the planet.......The BBC is one of, if not, the largest news organisation on the planet. I find it funny that certain insecure RL fans expect global coverage because 8k people in Bristol attended a game
Probably down to India's huge population, but Cricinfo is fourth btw Yahoo is number one. I don't expect global coverage you numpty, but fair is fair. I don't agree with the claims that cricket is a huge global sport, just because India has a huge population. Where are the teams outside of the Commonwealth? All I see is mostly teams full of expats, yet if that was RL you'd be mocking them.
was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have
eels fan wrote:
You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.
Probably down to India's huge population, but Cricinfo is fourth btw Yahoo is number one. I don't expect global coverage you numpty, but fair is fair. I don't agree with the claims that cricket is a huge global sport, just because India has a huge population. Where are the teams outside of the Commonwealth? All I see is mostly teams full of expats, yet if that was RL you'd be mocking them.
Cricket is a more popular sport than RL both domestically in the UK and Australia, as well as globally. No amount of pigeon holing and pivoting is going to change that. Fair is Fair? How about supply and demand? as for ex-pats.......check out the 2 countries that supplied over 55% of ALL the players at the recent RLWC
A lot of people play Tennis recreationally, rather than joining a club or league. It's the same as saying someone who goes down to the pool for a swim counts towards participation for swimming in the UK. You may now realise cycling is classed as the no.1 sport in England, again mostly due to recreational activities. 1.7m Cricket players? Try 148, 300.
There are just short of 1m registered cricket players, with the remainder playing it recreationaly, which has never stopped rugby proclaiming that rugby league is played in khazakstan because some kid found a rugby ball on the beach and threw it to his friend. 148,300..dear lord. At least do some research.
which has never stopped rugby proclaiming that rugby league is played in khazakstan because some kid found a rugby ball on the beach and threw it to his friend.
which has never stopped rugby proclaiming that rugby league is played in khazakstan because some kid found a rugby ball on the beach and threw it to his friend.
If we're counting all forms of a sport then let's compare oranges with oranges and include touch footy/rugby in the RL participation rates as it is a form of RL. Woohoo, RL is a global game played by millions of people!