Surprised no one has mentioned that our Rugby Team is officially No 1 in the World after beating England in Cardiff! Love to see our Football team also being No 1! Not bad for a country with a population of only 3million.
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Surprised no one has mentioned that our Rugby Team is officially No 1 in the World after beating England in Cardiff! Love to see our Football team also being No 1! Not bad for a country with a population of only 3million.
No 1 on the planet according to WOS headline.
Needless to say I didn't buy the useless rag.
They must have forgotten that New Zealand also play rugby
There's only about 10 teams play the game.
Spot on.Originally Posted by Harry Monk
Rankings bear no resemblance to reality in sport , I remember Welsh football being ranked soooo high it made me fall off my chair in laughter .
Someone has to be no1 so why not us.
Would've been the 3rd best though if England had scored a late converted try and drawn the game.
I just love the fact that journos and ex players from New Zealand are eying hysterical about Wales knocking them off the top spot.
Wales do not make up the rules.
New Zealand are second for a while. I am sure they will return to top spot in the next few weeks.
I have to apologise, there are more than 10 countries that play rugby.
Wales have played 22 other countries since they were formed in 1881.
Mind you, the Welsh football team have played 78 countries since they were formed in 1876.
Is that right?! Only 22 other countries?!
It is even more of a joke that I thought it was!
There are over 100 International Rugby teams and 200 International Football Teams, however Rugby is so physical that if the Top Teams played the bottom teams it would be dangerous! Whereas although the top football teams beat the SAN Marinos 6-0 physically there’s no problem!
That'd be a tough pub quiz tiebreaker. Name all 22.
can't you lot be happy about anything
It's never been the same since all the decent posters left.can't you lot be happy about anything
We still have you though.
Thats why they left
It's almost as if a country with a similar population size hasn't dominated the sport for as long as living memory stretches
There have been 21 football World Cup finals, with only 8 different winners.Is that right?! Only 22 other countries?!
It is even more of a joke that I thought it was!
Only 7 rugby union World Cup finals with 4 different winners. That’s a better way to look at it, except if your a bitter City fan, who doesn’t like rugby. 👍
That's an amazing stat. But Wales have played in 8 rugby World Cups. England have hosted 2 of those 8 finals.
Actually 8 Rugby World Cups
NZ - 3
SA - 2
Aus - 2
Eng - 1
Last 8 football world cups - 5 winners (one more than rugby)
Germany (West and unified) - 2
Brazil - 2
France - 2
Spain - 1
Italy - 1
How about we extend this to finalists
8 Rugby world cups contended by 5 countries
Finalists -
NZ 4
Australia 4
France 3
England 3
South Africa 2
Last 8 Football World Cups - 8 Finalists
Germany 3
France 3
Brazil 3
Italy 2
Argentina 2
Spain 1
Netherlands 1
Croatia 1
Semi-Finalists? OK
8 Rugby World Cups - 8 teams making the semis
New Zealand 7
France 6
Australia 6
England 4
South Africa 4
Argentina 2
Wales 2
Scotland 1
Most recent 8 Football World Cups - 16 teams making the semis
Germany 5
Brazil 4
Netherlands 3
France 3
Italy 3
Argentina 2
England 2
Croatia 2
Bulgaria 1
Sweden 1
South Korea 1
Turkey 1
Portugal 1
Uruguay 1
Spain 1
Belgium 1
I don't think the list of semi-finalists will grow in rugby, and I wonder how many tournaments it would take for them to get 16 different semi-finalists. Considering Scotland are the only ones with a solitary semi-final appearance, and considering the only notable exclusion at the moment is Ireland, I doubt we'll see 12 different semi-finalists in the rugby world cup in our lifetimes. Japan could make it 10, but who could ever get it to 12?
Well done, Wales went top. But, the sportsman that most of the world will name if you mention you are Welsh is Gareth Bale.
You've taken the time to do this just to belittle your own country's achievement of reaching #1 in the world rankings at a sport. That's such a weird reaction to something positive, I hope you're not like this in all aspects of your life.
Where have I belittled it you sensitive nonce? Someone claimed the rugby world cup was more competitive than the football one. I pointed out it isn't and the only response is "you took all that time".
Where have I belittled it you sensitive turd? Someone claimed the rugby world cup was more competitive than the football one. I pointed out it isn't and the only response is "you took all that time". You should have just said Fake News like the President that shares your attention span.
Where have I belittled it you sensitive turd? Someone claimed the rugby world cup was more competitive than the football one. I pointed out it isn't and the only response is "you took all that time". You should have just said Fake News like the President that shares your attention span.
F**king hell calm down princess
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