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| Quote: Call Me God "Samantha Stosur won the 2011 US Open. She was the first Aussie slam winner since Leyton Hewitt won his second at Wimbledon in 2002....who in turn followed Pat Rafter who won the last of his slams in 1998. He followed Pat Cash who followed Christine O'Neill,who in turn followed Kerry Melville....at which stage we get to the same year that Virginia Wade won in the Queens Jubilee Year....
Tell us again about Andy Murray who was the first British man to win in 76 years and British player in 35 years since Wade....yeah...Let's talk some more about tennis...where the Davis Cup sees 47 Finals appearances and 28 wins for Australia whilst Team GB come in with 18 appearances and 10 wins.
Simply put....and I'll put it simply because the UK education system isn't all that....since Fred Perry won the last of his majors in 1936, Britain has won 5 Majors and 1 Davis Cup......compared to 111 ...that's ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN Majors and 22...that's TWENTY TWO Davis Cups for 'stalya!
So...that's the the top 7 team sports AND Tennis
Why are you now talkining about history?
When talking about RL or cycling or whatever you talked about the current rankings, being a bit selective aren't you
Also this is all a bit redundant, in England the only sport that the majority care about is football (which we rank far higher than you lot) all other sports are secondary by far
Just like in NZ with RU (which they rank higher at)
Aus is the only country where RL dominates the press (admittedly only in NSW and QLD) so they rank higher at that
The other sports that have a decent following in Britain we tend to do well in, boxing, cricket, athletics (though most people only watch the olympics)
I recon the majority of people in Britain prefer Federer to Murray and could not even name a single British basketball or netball or hockey player, or whatever other obscure sport you want to drag up that no-one watches or cares about
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| Quote: leedsnsouths "Why are you now talkining about history?
When talking about RL or cycling or whatever you talked about the current rankings, being a bit selective aren't you
Now, Cycling, Darts et al are all individual sports......but as the orif=ginal aside was aimed at ANZAC RL and RL being a team sport, I believe this is as "on point" as possible....
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| Quote: Call Me God "Not at all....you missed this post regarding current world rankings I presume?
Now, Cycling, Darts et al are all individual sports......but as the orif
Cycling is a team sport in many events.
England also regularly win the darts world cup, which is played in a team.
NZ also will not be ranked above England in RL after this tournament ![Laughing icon_lol.gif](images/smilies//icon_lol.gif)
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| Quote: leedsnsouths "Cycling is a team sport in many events.
England also regularly win the darts world cup, which is played in a team.
NZ also will not be ranked above England in RL after this tournament
...You forgot straw clutching.....You're excellent at that!
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| Quote: Call Me God "...You forgot straw clutching.....You're excellent at that!'"
SECOND ranked team at the premier multi sports event on Earth ?
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| Quote: rafsanjhani "SECOND ranked team at the premier multi sports event on Earth ?'"
Congratulations......but the Olympics isn't what was being discussed here. Team sports are though and in both the case of Australia and New Zealand, the Anzacs are better in 5 of the top 7.....which in the case of NZ v GB is shocking given the massive difference in Population......
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