[EricT.]

I think you’d have an easier time justifying Rugby to an American audience.
Rugby players don’t wear padding and helmets, and don’t stop playing every 2 seconds.

[Jakarta ex-pat]

I think you’d have an easier time justifying Rugby to an American audience.

You might be right!

And I think I made a mistake with my title ( it upset people where it wasn't supposed to)

My main thrust was point 3.

Knowing "Soccer" can and does help people in all sorts of situations abroad. It's pretty late now, so I'm going to sign off, but I might try to be more succulent tomorrow (presuming those death threats don't materialize!)

Keep smiling,

Philip

[Docbarleypop]

Rugby is growing faster in the US than soccer is, in St Paul/MPLS we have 12 mens club side teams, almost all of the colleges in MN has both mens and womens sides and its growing even faster in the high schools. Recently, in Texas of all places, 30k fans came out to watch our national team