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Because New Zealanders are touugh! Football players are wussy, American footballers wussy in comparison. New Zealanders have to fight the bitter south, and the only other tough Rugby team is South Africa. This is because South Africans have to fight off blicks and lions and some of them live in the desert. Australians don't live in the desert so they aren't tough. So tough Kiwis prefer rugby, and traditionally it involved a lot more fighting and drinking: Kiwis and Australians are good at that. I don't if South Africans are good at drinking but they are also good at fighting. Australia's main sport is Rugby League which is possibly even touugher than Rugby Union.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoRugby is New Zealand's #1 sport. Rugby League and Union represents New Zealand in competitons such as NRL (Warriors), Four nations (New Zealand) and World cup (New Zealand). New Zealand brings back the heritage of the history at the start of every game, the haka in other words.
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∙ 10y agoNew Zealand has a long and storied history with Rugby Union. Even though NZ is a small country by population, it has a large pool of Rugby players to draw from as it is a very popular game, and is the national sport. The playerbase is further expanded by many pacific island nation's players who move to New Zealand to play club rugby, and go on to represent NZ at a National Level because of the prestige of playing for the All Blacks (NZ National team) and the considerably higher pay rate than would be obtained by playing for their own national side.
Furthermore, New Zealand usually has a very good training programme right through the high school, minor club and major club level.
A good comparison would be American Football, or Basketball in the USA and the training programmes employed there. There is a high level of professionalism involved in training and bringing through younger players into higher levels of the game.
Rugby is well funded in New Zealand at all levels and there is a high level of competition within the country itself, not just at provincial (state) level, but in men's club leagues aswell.
Lastly there is a lot of pressure placed on the All Blacks to succeed, if the All Blacks lose a single match it is front page news in all papers, and headlines on the television. The public demand a high level of success from the All Blacks.
This all contributes to a 75% win rate at international test match level.
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∙ 14y agoTwo reasons:
A) we are a british colony, and rugby is a popular british sport
B) NZ is really good at rugby union.
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∙ 14y agoBecause there is not much else to do in New Zealand
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∙ 12y agoIt is the national sport and the people of New Zealand are very passionate about it.
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What New Zealand national sport?
New Zealand`s national sport is Rugby, that is their most played and national sport. I was in a class before and we had to pick a country so we picked New Zealand and we had groups to find out about New Zealand, the groups are, Sports, Food, Clothes, Toys, Traditions, and Holidays. and i was in the Sports group. So that is how i no the answer.Thx,WildComet on Horse Isle 1
What is New Zealands most popular sport?
Rugby is the most popular in nz. New Zealands rugby team is one of the best in the world winning the tri nations 4 times. The second most popular sport is soccer but New Zealand only getting in the fifa world cup to win very few games.
What is dating like in New Zealand?
so good you'll get 20 babes in one day
What are the percentages of the popularity of sports in New Zealand?
OK, if you look at Males only and exlcude rugby league, which has a further 22,000 players but the detailed stats are not available, you can make the following estimations. Population of new zealand is approx 4.2million, of whom approx 129,000 pre-teen, teen and adult males are registered with the NZRFU as rugby players - i.e. 3.1% of the total population. The NZRFU recognises the U-7 age group, so if we these 129,000 players are all aged 7 - 40 years, this means they are drawn from about 870,000 people according to the 2006 NZ census. So as a proportion of male population aged 7 - 40 about 129,000 out of 870,000, or 15% play rugby. You can make some assumptions and chuck in the 22,000 who play Rugby League and the aggregate League/ Union figure rises to more like 17%. In reality, there is probably a big player number drop off after the age of 30, when guys start getting families, not to mention sore, so can't spend their saturdays playing. This would increase the percentage further, so it could be as high as 20% of males aged 7 - 30 in NZ play rugby.
What is moari?
Tena Kotou Tena kotou Tena Kotou Katoa That is one short greeting of the Maori language! Maoris live in New Zealand but do have a different culture to the New Zealanders Maoris have darker skin The word Haka is Maori which you may of seen the New Zealand rugby team perform the haka Maoris travelled to new Zealand in a canoe type boat called a waka In New Zealand we have a treaty with the maori people called the "Treaty of Waitangi" so that we can share the land with the maori fairly
What is the name of the new zealand rugby team?
Rugby league is thirds New Zealand most popular sport, so im guessing a fair few
What New Zealand national sport?
New Zealand`s national sport is Rugby, that is their most played and national sport. I was in a class before and we had to pick a country so we picked New Zealand and we had groups to find out about New Zealand, the groups are, Sports, Food, Clothes, Toys, Traditions, and Holidays. and i was in the Sports group. So that is how i no the answer.Thx,WildComet on Horse Isle 1
When is US rugby games?
September 11th, 15th, 23rd, 27th in New Zealand times so... :)
What countrie is the best at rugby?
Although South Africa has recently beaten New Zealand and South Africa are the reigning champions of the world in Rugby, New Zealand is commonly thought to be the team to beat. So New Zealand would be the answer to your question.
How much money is spent in New Zealand on rugby?
Obviously it depends how good you are. The better you are the more you get but almost all rugby players at the top still have to work in another job after they have retired from rugby to get enough for there pension! So put it this way, they don't as much as puffy footballers
Which player is known as sunny?
Are you talking about a player of a certain sports called Sunny? If so I believe you may talking about a rugby player called Sonny Bill Williams: Sonny William 'Sonny Bill' Williams (born 3 August 1985) is a New Zealand rugby union player, heavyweight boxer and former rugby league player. He is only the second person to represent New Zealand in rugby union after first playing for the country in rugby league. In rugby union he usually plays as a centre. He is particularly known in rugby league and rugby union for his ability to offload the ball in the tackle and, in rugby league, for his shoulder charges.
What is Sonny Bill Williams so well known for?
Sonny Bill Williams is well known for being a New Zealand rugby player. Sonny Bill Williams also boxes. Williams was born in August of 1985 in Auckland, New Zealand.
How many time has NZ been in the world cup?
New Zealand has been to two football World Cups in 1982 and 2010. It lost all of its matches in 1982 and has drawn its two matches so far in 2010. New Zealand has been a consistent participant in other world cups including rugby union, rugby league and cricket.
What is New Zealands most popular sport?
Rugby is the most popular in nz. New Zealands rugby team is one of the best in the world winning the tri nations 4 times. The second most popular sport is soccer but New Zealand only getting in the fifa world cup to win very few games.
Why do the New Zealand rugby team do a huka?
NZ does the Haka because its their islands tribal wardance, its like their national anthem and so instead of a normal national anthem they do a Haka
What teams have not yet played in Rugby World Cup 2011?
all of them have played but the 8 Oct sat the Quarter Finals start and the teams that are through are: Ireland ,Wales ,England ,France ,South Africa ,Australia ,New Zealand and Argentina. And then it is the semi-final that plays on the 15th and 16th Oct. After the semi-finals we have the final which is on the 23rd Oct and the final plays in Eden park in Auckland that is in New Zealant
Where is rugby league popular?
Broncos get the most crowd on average each week so Broncos. Dragons in my state of mind, dragons have the most membership on fans, most merchindise sold are dragons jerserys
