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<blockquote data-quote="McTallshort" data-source="post: 434874" data-attributes="member: 53362">So&nbsp; are you saying we should play rugby to appeal to new people who dont&nbsp; know the sport? Sorry rugby has been around for well over a 100 years&nbsp; and I dont think it has ever been as popular. Soccer is the most popular&nbsp; game in the world and goals are very few and far between with an&nbsp; average of 2 being scored each game at pro level so what makes you think&nbsp; more tries will increase rugbys popularity?We have 7s for the&nbsp; occasional watchers if they want to see tries like Cricket has 20/20 but&nbsp; I like good defensive play, I enjoy strong scrummaging and aggressive&nbsp; work at the breakdown and hate watching highlights as they only show the&nbsp; tries as you never get a real feel for the game. We should be very&nbsp; careful about calling rugby a product because its a sport and its there&nbsp; first and foremost for the people that play it and we shouldnt tinker&nbsp; with it just on the off chance that some fat bloke sitting in his 3 bed&nbsp; semi in Guildford might decide to watch a rugby test match instead of&nbsp; darts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="McTallshort, post: 434874, member: 53362"] So are you saying we should play rugby to appeal to new people who dont know the sport? Sorry rugby has been around for well over a 100 years and I dont think it has ever been as popular. Soccer is the most popular game in the world and goals are very few and far between with an average of 2 being scored each game at pro level so what makes you think more tries will increase rugbys popularity? We have 7s for the occasional watchers if they want to see tries like Cricket has 20/20 but I like good defensive play, I enjoy strong scrummaging and aggressive work at the breakdown and hate watching highlights as they only show the tries as you never get a real feel for the game. We should be very careful about calling rugby a product because its a sport and its there first and foremost for the people that play it and we shouldnt tinker with it just on the off chance that some fat bloke sitting in his 3 bed semi in Guildford might decide to watch a rugby test match instead of darts. [/QUOTE]

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