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Domestic union is simply a bigger sport than league.
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You missed out tennis which gets more coverage in the papers
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Quote: Big Ask "Snooker/Darts etc. are not really sports'"


really, both get bigger viewing figures than league(?)
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Compared with Australia. I find Fox Sports goes to their MElbourne studio about every other story to give us some AFL tripe. These networks that put league second despite it being a high or even the highest rating program get on my goat.
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I think Horse Racing, Tennis, Golf, Boxing, Formula One are all missing from your list but get more national newspaper coverage than RL in the UK.

Also domestic RU, which is in your list but I reckon gets far more national newspaper coverage than domestic RL. Athletics and domestic cricket are also probably on a par, if not ahead of domestic RL in this respect.
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You missed billiards and cycling too which get far more coverage than RL.
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Quote: headhunter "billiards.'"


Comedy genius!
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Why are English people calling football, soccer?
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Quote: Poyser11 "Why are English people calling football, soccer?'"


Because it's a nickname for Association Football, one of many codes of football.
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Let's face it, Curling is more important to the southern based media than RL is. Until we change that the sport won't grow and flourish. Hopefully the move of BBC Sport up to Salford might help. Personally I think the RFL should be making a big push to get RL played at public schools.
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F1... top 4 I reckon
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Quote: Mr Carl "Because it's a nickname for Association Football, one of many codes of football.'"


Spot on. Nothing irritates me more than English people thinking "soccer" is an American isation.
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Quote: retro_muz "F1... top 4 I reckon'"


Aye and probably Horse Racing too.
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Quote: Him "Let's face it, Curling is more important to the southern based media than RL is. Until we change that the sport won't grow and flourish. Hopefully the move of BBC Sport up to Salford might help. Personally I think the RFL should be making a big push to get RL played at public schools.'"


Or just more schools, to be honest.

And trust me, just because rugby union gets played at public schools doesn't mean that public schoolboys like it.
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Looking at the two main media sites BBC and Sky makes an interesting comparison

The BBC Sports Website lists the sports from top to bottom:
Football
Cricket
Rugby Union
Tennis
Horse Racing
Golf
F1
League
Olympics


Whereas Skysports list reads
Football
Cricket
Onion
League
Golf
Tennis
Boxing
Racing
F1
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