Rugby poll -thoughts

[chickenfeet2003]

A few observations:

• Northern hemisphere folk aren't much interested in southern hemisphere rugby despite the fact that it's usually much better! In fact, the overwhelming popularity of the Six Nations is quite a surprise given how many really poor games that tournament produces.
  
  
• The sample is too small to establish if the converse is true but my

Comments

[livredor]

Agree with lots of the other commentators. I don't really follow rugby except by the most generous interpretation your very loose definition of "follow". But I think I do fit your hypothesis. I am vaguely aware of the Six Nations competition, but I know nothing at all about club level rugby, and finding out would take fairly significant commitment. I also don't pay attention to southern hemisphere rugby, though I might at least notice an England v New Zealand game or similar.

Compare football. I wouldn't call myself a football fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I do know what's going on in the Premiership and follow the fortunes of my club. I also notice (and even occasionally watch) European level club events. I used to be more involved when league games were shown on terrestrial TV, because then I would actually watch them! Not religiously, but fairly regularly. But I don't care enough to pay money for subscription TV or go to a pub specifically for the purpose of watching a footie match.

So yeah, as someone with a vague interest in the scores, no more than that, I know a lot more about club football than club rugby.