2006-07-25 05:12:37 · 12 answers · asked by Mr. Knowledgeable VI 7 in Sports ➔ Rugby
Rugby is somewhat popular in North America.
Of the Canada, USA & Mexico, I think you'll find that it is most popular in Canada, followed by USA then Mexico far behind either of those two.
This link has a chart of partipation levels:
http://www.rugbymag.com/archive/2003/august/edtorial.htm
Canada ranks 12th, USA 16th but given that Canada has about 1/10 the population of the USA, you can see that Rugby is much more popular in Canada than the US but even still it's not a major sport. An international game in Canada might draw about 5,000 may be 10,000 people at most. The game is most popular in BC and Ontario in Canada.
2006-07-26 09:49:59 · answer #1 · answered by Rockin' Mel S 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Rugby "major nations":Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, South Africa, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France.
All other countries are called "minor nations" in rugby terminology. Among them, rugby is VERY POPULAR in:
all the Pacific Island nations (Fiji, Samoa, Tonga among others)
Southern Africa: Namibia, Zimbabwe
Europe: Romania (Yuppie, I live there!), Georgia.
It is popular, in some quarters, in:
Italy (north)
Canada (students)
Japan (students)
Russia (the military)
North Africa, esp. Tunisia and Morocco (those who returned from studies in France)
the 2 bodies governing Rugby Union have 114 members;but in all other countries than the above, interest for rugby is marginal.
2006-07-27 15:33:04 · answer #2 · answered by Cristian Mocanu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rugby is becoming more and more popular worldwide. My opinion, ranking can tell alot about the popularity. Here's the latest World Rankings: Note that USA as well as Canada are in the Top 20.
1. NEW ZEALAND
2. FRANCE
3. AUSTRALIA
4. SOUTH AFRICA
5. IRELAND
6. ENGLAND
7. SCOTLAND
8. ARGENTINA
9. WALES
10. SAMOA
11. FIJI
12. ITALY
13. CANADA
14. USA
15. ROMANIA
16. TONGA
17. GEORGIA
18. URUGUAY
19.RUSSIA
20.JAPAN
2006-07-26 05:45:49 · answer #3 · answered by Raymond OConnor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The South Pacific especially NZ...they eat and sleep rugby!!
2006-07-28 16:18:14 · answer #4 · answered by Magicdirt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really......i live in North America and i don't think it is that popular
2006-07-25 12:26:34 · answer #5 · answered by Nick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's fairly popular in canada, but not nearly as much as hockey. in the usa it's pretty popular at the university level, with most university's having club teams.
2006-07-25 16:35:32 · answer #6 · answered by Cheesie M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not in USA. Is popular in:
Australia
New Zealand
England
France
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
South africa
Argentina
Fidji
Samoa
and then...
Italy
Canada
Spain
Romania
Tonga
Zimbawe
Uruguay
Chile
USA
2006-07-25 12:40:28 · answer #7 · answered by elgaita3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is getting more popular in america or just in my school we have 2 teams that we play and i love to watch it and play it
2006-07-26 03:40:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. I live in America and darts and poker are on tv while there is no rugby.
I wish it was more popular.
2006-07-25 18:22:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, all they have in America is American football.
try England
Ireland
Scotland
Philippines (just starting)
most European countries
2006-07-25 21:36:04 · answer #10 · answered by jenny_agnes_05 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋