How many years will be necessary?
Thanks to all.
Ciao and sorry for my english.
2007-02-24 04:33:22 · 11 answers · asked by Stilicone 5 in Sports ➔ Rugby
They have every Chance of becoming a Great Rugby Nation, It Takes a lot of training and hard work and plenty of Matches , Especially International Ones to get used to the way they play everywhere else. Rugby is a minority Sport in Italy you need to get a bigger Fan Base for it in italy. Youre English is very good.Buono Note. Arrivederci.
2007-02-24 10:23:17 · answer #1 · answered by janus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
America is definitely NOT a sleeping giant, not in the near future anyway. If you look at the countries that play world class rugby like: Australia, New Zealand, England, France, South Africa, they have been playing rugby for centuries. How long have the US had an international rugby team? Where did the Eagles star player grow up? Answers: Not bloody long. And Australia. First and foremost...a lot of money needs to be put in to rugby in the States to get it the publicity it needs to become a large following. Secondly, rugby is a sport unlike any other rugby oriented sport played in America, it is a sport of skill. NFL is just a bunch of blokes running into each other grunting a lot and throwing a ball. An NFL front rower would be crushed in a scrum, a quarter-back would never be able to land a drop goal from 40m out. And America would have to make sure that the rugby following was larger than NFL because players will be more attracted to play the more popular game. For example: In Australia rugby league is easily the more popular sport over union, thats why we trounce New Zealand all the time. However, in New Zealand union dominates the sport interest frontier and thats why the All Blacks are such a world-class team. Dependent upon the popularity of the sport will depend upon where football players prefer to develop their skills. Personally, of all the rugby oriented sports I think union requires the most skill, and is, by far, the fastest and most exciting. It's also a diverse game, where players are judged on their skills and merits, not size and strength. [EDIT- Mike, sheer size has nothing to do with it...I am a proud Australian yet despite having over 5 times the population of New Zealand (New Zealands population is roughly 4 million) we never happen to keep the Bledisloe for too long. Also New Zealand is the best performing rugby team in the world.
2016-03-28 22:41:51 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not a "great" team, for a long time. It's great to see them get better each year, it adds a lot to the six nations championships.
I think that the greatest thing for Italian Rugby has been the fact that so many of their players have had the opportunity to play in stronger leagues, such as in France and England. They now have experienced players who are first team selections at club level.
Ciao, my friend,
Great win today, thanks for thrashing the Jocks.
Good luck for the rest of the season.
2007-02-24 10:38:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Italy is already a good Rugby nation, all they need to do is work on Discipline and to keep up with the big teams developments
2007-02-24 09:12:16 · answer #4 · answered by Kevan M 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hey, they are improving all the time, they did well in the Autumn Internationals, but started the 6N weaker, with some reffing decisions going against them!.
but today they did well, they have brilliant forwards, just need to work on the backs!
Dread us playing you , that's all I can say!
2007-02-24 11:42:53 · answer #5 · answered by Welshchick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if they can ply like they did against the Scots and us (England) more often they will become a team that is thought of highly on the international circuit just like Argentina have
2007-02-24 21:00:02 · answer #6 · answered by johnstrangey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't see why not, with some hard work, but it's going to take a *lot* of hard work!
Mind you, you're better than Wales at the moment... Not difficult I know... :(
CG.
2007-02-24 06:36:47 · answer #7 · answered by cymraesgwyllt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they won't for a very long time-they beat a Scotland side who failed to show them enough respect. I think Scotland thought they just had to turn up to win and they paid the price for it.
2007-02-24 07:05:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes i dont see why not .. lots of hard work but not impossible !
2007-02-24 04:43:26 · answer #9 · answered by jizzumonkey 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yessssssssssss!!!! forza italia!!!
mirco mauro bergamasco with troncon are the best!!!!
2007-02-24 05:34:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋