It does suggest though to me that it is a bit more serious in Russia than the Jamaican bob-sleigh team though
I think in the case of rugby it is part of "natural" growth in the sport - it is still pretty low numbers compared to the whole population but Russia like other countries, including Sri Lanka for some reason, have seen participation in rugby growing rapidly over the last 10 years and the clubs have grown with that rather than people setting up clubs on a lark.
I think Russia might have set up some baseball teams in the early 1990s on a lark, too. The reality is no one watches any team sports other than soccer and hockey in Russia.
I think in the case of rugby it is part of "natural" growth in the sport - it is still pretty low numbers compared to the whole population but Russia like other countries, including Sri Lanka for some reason, have seen participation in rugby growing rapidly over the last 10 years and the clubs have grown with that rather than people setting up clubs on a lark.
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General knowledge!
08/07/2011 02:04:51 PM
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I prefer pot luck
08/07/2011 02:25:22 PM
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I'm docking you for spelling!
08/07/2011 02:34:25 PM
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Bad joke, very bad joke!
08/07/2011 02:36:09 PM
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I missed Question 4. I think that's hardly general knowledge.
08/07/2011 03:13:22 PM
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I knew it.
08/07/2011 03:18:20 PM
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Let's not get ridiculous here.
08/07/2011 11:04:14 PM
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Yes, but the way certain Kiwis around here gush over them we should all know the All Blacks.
08/07/2011 04:56:21 PM
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Or it's 94 of the world's countries.
08/07/2011 05:52:54 PM
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I don't know about Italy, but it's interesting in France...
08/07/2011 07:07:16 PM
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Don't make me laugh at your silly sport even more.
08/07/2011 11:11:55 PM
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Not quite
08/07/2011 11:45:08 PM
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I've never heard of Russia's professional league.
09/07/2011 03:07:07 AM
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I imagine most people haven't
09/07/2011 03:18:11 PM
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Asking a non-Rugby fan about the All Blacks ...
09/07/2011 12:15:24 AM
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Bad analogy.
09/07/2011 03:21:23 AM
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Actually, it's a pretty good analogy...
09/07/2011 09:44:50 AM
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So you're saying NZ culture is as relentlessly projected as American?
09/07/2011 03:00:33 PM
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Obviously not, but then American culture is projected in so many ways.
09/07/2011 04:37:27 PM
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7/10, missed 2, 3 and 4. Number 6 was a lucky guess and I've no idea how I knew Motown *NM*
08/07/2011 04:56:14 PM
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All of them. Although Motown was a guess and I tossed a coin for souvlaki. *NM*
08/07/2011 05:54:30 PM
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10, although I didn't actually expect my guess for #2 to be correct... *NM*
08/07/2011 07:52:27 PM
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