24-07-2007, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by BoyBrumby
No, a better analogy would perhaps be giving the US the football WC. Japan aren't much good as a team, but the sport has always had a pretty decent minority following in terms of participation at least (the IRB site says 125,000 players spread over 4000+ clubs, Linky), rather like saw-ker in t'states. In fact I'd actually guess that before the J-League was founded it was a bigger sport than football. |
Aha. No professional league for rugby union (I hate that you can't say "a rugby league") yet, then?
It's a bit simpler, I guess that's why it spreads. Stick some poles in the ground and get yourselves an egg. 
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