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Club rugby I could not give a flying fluck at a rolling donut about. Leeds Wombats against Wigan Moths or whatever, INSTANT channel-hop.

Why bother watching it ? Because it was a worldwide event taking place in my town, in my stadium. I was in town before the game at the fanzone on the beach for a couple of hours, taking in the atmosphere and chatting with some of the fans who'd made the trip. Just a bit of curiosity, and a bit...

Never claimed to be one. I pay some passing interest to the 6 Nations and the WC when it comes round, but I usually end up wondering why I bothered. Except that SA v Japan game. I watched the last 20 minutes of that and was genuinely gripped. THAT was epic - sport at its absolute best. You...

Fair enough. I'm aware I'm not very well versed with the subtleties of the sport, which is probably the main reason I find it a bit of a turnoff. Deliberately hoiking into touch isn't overly admirable in terms of a passage of play either IMO, but the chinless tweed brigade in the stands always...

Well, I gave it a go. But seems to me that most games are largely decided by a series of fairly inexplicable penalties constantly being given for some minor infringement or other (usually involving a scrum). They all hunker down, then 5 seconds later its "PEEEEEEEP" - penalty. Another 3 points...