# How popular is Rugby Football in America?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 11, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-rugby-football-in-america/528609 "2010-02-11T22:30:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-rugby-football-in-america/528609/21 "2010-02-18T22:51:49Z")

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Not forgetting that rugby doesn’t have the constant pauses that American Football does.

But then American Football is America’s replacement for cricket, isn’t it?

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**Author:** ![mrpayday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@mrpayday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrpayday)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-rugby-football-in-america/528609/22 "2010-02-19T06:26:29Z")

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This is what they have been talking about in Australia [American National Rugby League - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rugby_League_USA) featuring some old Australian players.

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**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-rugby-football-in-america/528609/23 "2010-02-19T19:14:13Z")

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Did I mention American Football is for wimps?

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**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-rugby-football-in-america/528609/24 "2010-02-19T19:17:06Z")

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Rugby League, now thats a Mans game. The US always seems to take the wimpy way out in their bastardised sports, I mean fielders in baseball wear a glove, and you are not permitted to hit the batsman with you pitch. Whats the fun in that?  
**waits to be chucked out of the thread and for a drone to appear over house**

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