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  1. City Man

    City Man Well-Known Member

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  2. Citygirl

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    Very nice CM , you cannot beat a good Cote du Rhone , so please enjoy . Me and my partner are having Rose with our meal and could easily empty a bottle of Chilean red too.
     
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  3. City Man

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    Rose who?
     
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    Can you tell us the champions and Cup holders of most of those countries? Scotland for a start. Do they have leagues and cups? Lebanon aren't on the list though they play in World Cups. Then there are New Zealand Maoris , in World Cups but not on that list.
     
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    Rose West ?
     
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  6. Plum

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    No.
     
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  7. Barchullona

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    Nor can most people.
     
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  8. Barchullona

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    List or rugby union playing countries.

    1 NEW ZEALAND 93.99
    2 ENGLAND 90.87
    3 IRELAND 86.39
    4 AUSTRALIA 85.49
    5 SCOTLAND 84.11
    6 SOUTH AFRICA 83.81
    7 WALES 82.08
    8 ARGENTINA 78.22
    9 FRANCE 78.09
    10 FIJI 77.93
    11 JAPAN 75.66
    12 GEORGIA 73.46
    13 TONGA 71.87
    14 ITALY 71.25
    15 ROMANIA 69.58
    16 SAMOA 69.03
    17 USA 66.87
    18 URUGUAY 65.63
    19 RUSSIA 64.45
    20 SPAIN 61.68
    21 CANADA 61.13
    22 HONG KONG 59.66
    23 NAMIBIA 58.93
    24 CHILE 58.18
    25 PORTUGAL 57.79
    26 GERMANY 56.53
    27 NETHERLANDS 55.89
    28 BRAZIL 55.61
    29 BELGIUM 55.37
    30 KENYA 54.24
    31 KOREA 53.34
    32 SWITZERLAND 53.33
    33 CZECH REPUBLIC 53.28
    34 POLAND 52.14
    35 UGANDA 50.69
    36 LITHUANIA 50.68
    37 UKRAINE 49.05
    38 MOROCCO 48.97
    39 MALTA 48.89
    40 PARAGUAY 48.54
    41 COLOMBIA 48.36
    42 SRI LANKA 48.27
    43 KAZAKHSTAN 48.14
    44 TUNISIA 47.76
    45 ZIMBABWE 47.59
    46 MOLDOVA 47.48
    47 MALAYSIA 47.31
    48 MADAGASCAR 46.76
    49 GUYANA 46.56
    50 SENEGAL 45.85
    51 COTE D'IVOIRE 45.81
    52 LATVIA 45.65
    53 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 45.51
    54 CAYMAN ISLANDS 45.2
    55 MEXICO 45.12
    56 COOK ISLANDS 45.11
    57 CROATIA 44.71
    58 SINGAPORE 44.26
    59 ISRAEL 43.64
    60 PHILIPPINES 43.44
    61 SWEDEN 42.84
    62 VENEZUELA 41.87
    63 LUXEMBOURG 41.2
    64 CHINA 39.58
    65 CHINESE TAIPEI 39.35
    66 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 39.27
    67 BOTSWANA 39.22
    68 ANDORRA 38.88
    69 SLOVENIA 38.81
    70 JAMAICA 38.76
    71 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 37.93
    72 GUAM 37.85
    73 HUNGARY 37.76
    74 NIGERIA 37.71
    75 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 37.69
    76 THAILAND 37.68
    77 BERMUDA 37.39
    78 PAKISTAN 36.74
    79 ZAMBIA 36.72
    80 BARBADOS 36.48
    81 AUSTRIA 35.79
    82 INDIA 35.75
    83 PERU 35.7
    84 ST VINCENT AND
    THE GRENADINES 34.91
    85 DENMARK 34.89
    86 SERBIA 34.87
    87 NIUE ISLAND 34.45
    88 TAHITI 33.79
    89 BAHAMAS 33.76
    90 CAMEROON 32.33
    91 SWAZILAND 32.04
    92 UZBEKISTAN 31.29
    93 MAURITIUS 31.27
    94 RWANDA 30.98
    95 SOLOMON ISLANDS 30.4
    96 BULGARIA 29.94
    97 NORWAY 29.52
    98 MONACO 29.17
    99 INDONESIA 28.73
    100 GREECE 28.55
    101 FINLAND 28.53
    102 VANUATU 27.45
    103 AMERICAN SAMOA 25.53
     
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  9. DMD

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    To be fair, it's possibly gaining a bit, as previously it was below, but it looks like Sky are now ranking it just above ping pong.
     
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    Gosh, so there are more RU-playing countries than play RL? Thanks for enlightening me.
     
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    It may not enlighten you but it would surprise a lot in Hull. And Sports Talk who manage not to mention Rugby Union World Cups played in front of huge crowds whilst discussing cricket, golf and everything but. Enthralling games in the RL World Cup played in crowds most League One clubs would be embarrassed by are eagerly discussed.
     
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  12. HCAFC (Airlie Tiger)

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    To be fair, most people couldn’t tell you the Champions or Cup holders in almost all rugby union playing countries either.
     
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    I could. But don't want to show off.<laugh>
     
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  14. Mr Hatem

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    Fiji's Autumn Nations Cup match against Italy on Saturday has been cancelled after coronavirus tests found 29 positive cases in the Fijian camp.
     
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    Wales getting tonked at home by Ireland in the Six Nations 2023.
    The wooden spoon is between Cymru and Italia.
    Wales used to be good at rugby.
     
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  16. GEvans76

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    Ireland are a very good team as are France.
    Wales will target the weaker teams such as England & Italy
     
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  17. Plum

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    Is this Borthwick's first game?
     
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  18. SW3 Chelsea Tiger

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    as manager yeah
     
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  19. Sumatran_Tiger

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    Is van der Merwe a Scottish clan?
     
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  20. SW3 Chelsea Tiger

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    Great try by Scotland ….fantastic individual effort
     
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