There is a massive difference between participation in a sport and the popularity as a spectator/tv audience sport.
I somehow doubt Rugby is less popular than badminton or bowls in England.
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There is a massive difference between participation in a sport and the popularity as a spectator/tv audience sport.
I somehow doubt Rugby is less popular than badminton or bowls in England.
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There is no way Bowls is more played than Rugby, only old people play that shit. Golf? I can't imagine many working class people especially in the north can afford to be a member of a golf club or even play it on a regular basis without going abroad to warmer climates.
Equestrian played more than rugby? i really don't think so, that is some made up shit right there
Football and Rugby is the 2 most common sports in most public and private schools in the country
However you look at it Rugby is by no means a niche sport in England, anything but, it just requires a field a some posts, pretty much something the country easily facilitates without much upkeep cost involved, I can't imagine there are many equestrian schools given the running costs
Equestrian played more than rugby? i really don't think so, that is some made up shit right there
Football and Rugby is the 2 most common sports in most public and private schools in the country
However you look at it Rugby is by no means a niche sport in England, anything but, it just requires a field a some posts, pretty much something the country easily facilitates without much upkeep cost involved, I can't imagine there are many equestrian schools given the running costs
thats not a sport, thats just an excuse to have a piss up with a mate down the pub
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fuck I don't want to end up like them, looks boring as fuck 
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seriously can't be arsed to sign up just to flick through a slideshow. Given that is data based on 2016 I still doubt that bowls and equestrian surpasses Rugby. I'm almost certain that field hockey is more widely played than bowls and equestrian especially given the success the ladies team have had in the last 2 olympics, and with the Olympic park in London hosting the forthcoming world cup this summer, as well as hosting some major european tournaments the last few summers which have been well attended, boosting huge numbers on the 'back to hockey' schemes that clubs around the country are setting up, a lot of the big clubs around the country have grown from having at least 5 or 6 sides in the men's section at least 9 or 10 in recent years, even the youth sector in some of these top clubs are over populated thus the club grows more when they become of age to compete in the adult league at 13
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There are a couple Lawn Bowling clubs in the area I live. Shit is ridiculously popular amongst the elderly.
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seriously can't be arsed to sign up just to flick through a slideshow. Given that is data based on 2016 I still doubt that bowls and equestrian surpasses Rugby. I'm almost certain that field hockey is more widely played than bowls and equestrian especially given the success the ladies team have had in the last 2 olympics, and with the Olympic park in London hosting the forthcoming world cup this summer, as well as hosting some major european tournaments the last few summers which have been well attended, boosting huge numbers on the 'back to hockey' schemes that clubs around the country are setting up, a lot of the big clubs around the country have grown from having at least 5 or 6 sides in the men's section at least 9 or 10 in recent years, even the youth sector in some of these top clubs are over populated thus the club grows more when they become of age to compete in the adult league at 13
Opinion vs Data.
https://www.sportengland.org/media/11746/1x30_sport_16plus-factsheet_aps10.pdf
Some of it surprises me a little too, but there you go.
https://www.sportengland.org/media/11746/1x30_sport_16plus-factsheet_aps10.pdf
Some of it surprises me a little too, but there you go.
Same here
The old anglos love it. Whilst the old Italians here have bocce clubs.
The old anglos love it. Whilst the old Italians here have bocce clubs.
Can't wait until I'm an old guy at the local lawn-bowling club, sipping a few drinks, tossing a few bowls, tottering down the lawn after them, showing off to the old broads.
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