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The decline of Australian rugby. Is there a way out?
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<blockquote data-quote="RedruthRFC" data-source="post: 1165661" data-attributes="member: 58362"><p>I suspect that commercial concerns (making the game marginally easier to understand by having everyone wearing the "right" number) overtook tradition. I always used to find it a bit confusing watching Leicester, as my brain didn't compute the letter quickly enough outside the ABC club and their friends in the second row. Bristol were even worse - the full back was the only player I could reliably identify. I wouldn't be surprised if numbers were standardised at the same time that letters were done away with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RedruthRFC, post: 1165661, member: 58362"] I suspect that commercial concerns (making the game marginally easier to understand by having everyone wearing the "right" number) overtook tradition. I always used to find it a bit confusing watching Leicester, as my brain didn't compute the letter quickly enough outside the ABC club and their friends in the second row. Bristol were even worse - the full back was the only player I could reliably identify. I wouldn't be surprised if numbers were standardised at the same time that letters were done away with. [/QUOTE]
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