The hype and furore that surrounds Welsh rugby annd the media blitz of it never ceases to amaze me.It's a sport only played to a significant level in a handful of countries around the world but the image the world holds is that we all love it.
Not here!
Wales lost to Ireland today missing a last kick that would have given them victory and a Triple Crown. Instead, Ireland win only their second ever Grand Slam and good luck to them.
Now the 6 Nations are over, the 'plastic' Welsh egg chasing fans will disappear until Wales next play. Unlike football fans who support their club, the overwhelming majority of rugby followers don't ever go near a club game. Indeed, Cardiff City and Swansea City attendances drawf the crowds of all 5 regions in Wales playing club rugby. Yte, come international day, the red tops are out, the pubs are packed, the newspapers and radio and tv give never ending coverage. It's not so much a sport in Wales as a social event.
It divides many football fans, some despise the game due while many who do watch it don't let it be know.
Personally, what Wales do at rugby is irrelevant to me and does nothing for me, it genuinely washes over me. I did mind the odd game but have become more disinterested by it in recent years.
Watched bits of today's game - tense at times and a great contest yet I found it a huge bore. It's reckoned that the average 80 minute rugby game has only 25 mintes play and maybe that's where I have a problem with it. Stop, start, stop, start and half the time the game is in play, the general view is a doxen blokes on the floor scrambling for the ball.
All the hype and fervour and Wales were 4th - you got to laugh at that!
2 comments:
80,000 fans fill the MS for every Welsh Rugby International. 20,000 in there for a Welsh Football International. They'll be lucky to scrape 10,000 together for the match against Germany.
The Blues will see more of a crowd for their game against Tolouse.
Hello Anonymous
Where do I start?
Maybe by telling you Wales have NEVER had 80,000 for any intenational. Or should it be by reminding you that Millennium Stadium isn't exactly bursting at the seams for Wales internationals when it's not 6 Nations or the Biggest Autumn internationals.
And as for Cardiff Blues crows, good to you to tell us one of the couple of times a year a crowd do show up to see them.
Cardiff City get the same crowds as Wales every week and roughly treble the size of a Blue average crowd.
I'm sure you have a point in there somewhere but it's lost on me sorry.
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