Quote Originally Posted by JAG View Post
There are pockets of it. Rugby is traditionally a very middle class game, so you don't get that same kind of togetherness, but it is there in places - where I live Twickenham, is the centre of rugby in England so you feel it pretty strong.
Northern France, white South Africa, New Zealand and some of the Pacific islands affiliated with New Zealand are probably where rugby union are most ingrained in the culture. Rugby league has some fanatics oop north, but for most of the Britain, it's association football first and everything else nowhere, not even cricket.