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<blockquote data-quote="Big Ewis" data-source="post: 632674" data-attributes="member: 57076"><p>I'm not interested in replying to someone who calls a fact "garbage". I glanced at his reply and just gave up. Let ppl understand what they want out of other people's posts and call it garbage. This is just getting very, very tiring so I'll stop replying to those.</p><p></p><p>How do you deny the English-speaking world (Eng, Wal, Ire, Sco, Aus, NZ) has ties it doesn't nearly have with the rest of the world. You go to a party here in Doha, they're all English, Aus, Irish with a hint of American or NZ.</p><p>It's interesting to see apparently those within that world don't see it as such. I'm not calling anyone anything, or blaming aaaanyone at all. I'm just pointing out this rigid, rigid reality. As in everything, so in sports for that matter.</p><p></p><p>Back to the exact topic: it IS going to take Dulin a few more breaks and dancing around on the field bringing the ball up, more impressive catches, etc...to be noticed by the anglophone world. He's going to have to score another try on NZ, or make huge plays this summer in Australia for ppl to take notice properly.</p><p></p><p>It's certainly not "francophobic" or wtvr. It's just the way this world works. </p><p></p><p>Talk to any common Rugby fan who's, say, English - he'll know about the other UK sides, he'll know all about George North, Halfpenny, Rob Kearney, Stuart Hogg, Richie Gray etc...he'll know a lot of the Aussies and NZ'ers. The French and Italians and Argies will be more vague to him although they're all Tier 1 nations. There's undeniably this connivance, a certain complicity or at very least this knowledge of each other that just does not exist with areas like France.</p><p>France will always remain the odd side in top level Rugby. Even South Africa has the closeness of being SH with the other two SANZARs, but we are really alien and will remain that in the higher spheres of Rugby.</p><p></p><p>Same on the other side, although this is another topic. Fans in France are mostly preoccupied by the Top 14 and the XV de France (national side). There's quite a large separation from the 'other side'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Ewis, post: 632674, member: 57076"] I'm not interested in replying to someone who calls a fact "garbage". I glanced at his reply and just gave up. Let ppl understand what they want out of other people's posts and call it garbage. This is just getting very, very tiring so I'll stop replying to those. How do you deny the English-speaking world (Eng, Wal, Ire, Sco, Aus, NZ) has ties it doesn't nearly have with the rest of the world. You go to a party here in Doha, they're all English, Aus, Irish with a hint of American or NZ. It's interesting to see apparently those within that world don't see it as such. I'm not calling anyone anything, or blaming aaaanyone at all. I'm just pointing out this rigid, rigid reality. As in everything, so in sports for that matter. Back to the exact topic: it IS going to take Dulin a few more breaks and dancing around on the field bringing the ball up, more impressive catches, etc...to be noticed by the anglophone world. He's going to have to score another try on NZ, or make huge plays this summer in Australia for ppl to take notice properly. It's certainly not "francophobic" or wtvr. It's just the way this world works. Talk to any common Rugby fan who's, say, English - he'll know about the other UK sides, he'll know all about George North, Halfpenny, Rob Kearney, Stuart Hogg, Richie Gray etc...he'll know a lot of the Aussies and NZ'ers. The French and Italians and Argies will be more vague to him although they're all Tier 1 nations. There's undeniably this connivance, a certain complicity or at very least this knowledge of each other that just does not exist with areas like France. France will always remain the odd side in top level Rugby. Even South Africa has the closeness of being SH with the other two SANZARs, but we are really alien and will remain that in the higher spheres of Rugby. Same on the other side, although this is another topic. Fans in France are mostly preoccupied by the Top 14 and the XV de France (national side). There's quite a large separation from the 'other side'. [/QUOTE]
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