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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 838916" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>Welcome Fernando. You may be our first Peruvian!</p><p></p><p>To your question. Scotland and Italy only have two franchises each but Romania has 7 professional teams. There is no real clear pattern behind it. Just different decisions taken by different countries depending on what level of access they are allowed to the big club competitions. </p><p></p><p>Plus although South Africa has a big population, the sport is mainly popular among the relatively small white minority (I think 5-8 million off the top of my head?). I'm sure countries like Argentina and Japan with large populations will get more franchise sides when they have enough good players to go on each team</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 838916, member: 74121"] Welcome Fernando. You may be our first Peruvian! To your question. Scotland and Italy only have two franchises each but Romania has 7 professional teams. There is no real clear pattern behind it. Just different decisions taken by different countries depending on what level of access they are allowed to the big club competitions. Plus although South Africa has a big population, the sport is mainly popular among the relatively small white minority (I think 5-8 million off the top of my head?). I'm sure countries like Argentina and Japan with large populations will get more franchise sides when they have enough good players to go on each team [/QUOTE]
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