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Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Nobody: 8:48pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
Obi1kenobi:Uhmm,,,,,,,,,, the 7s world series is international and its Rugby union bro!! 2 Likes |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Nobody: 8:49pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
TayserMahiri:No its just broadcasted on one of the channels. |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Nobody: 8:53pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
jln115: These guys know nothing. No Rugby beats HSBC 7s series, except maybe the WC. We should tell them its like a Champions League of Nations maybe they'll understand. 2 Likes |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Nobody: 8:55pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
jln115: Thats really awesome Is the broadcast govt sponsored? |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Obi1kenobi(m): 8:56pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
jln115: Beach soccer and indoor soccer are international and promoted by FIFA. No one considers it the REAL THING. Rugby 7's is pretty down the totem pole of Rugby codes. When people talk about the All Blacks, no one is thinking about Rugby 7's. |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Obi1kenobi(m): 9:01pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
TayserMahiri: I've never watched a Rugby match in my life, but I could still name loads of Rugby players: New Zealanders, English, Aussies, Saffers.....I can't name one single Rugby 7s player and I'm the kind of guy that absorbs pretty useless information and follow the most eclectic range of sports you'll see. |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Obi1kenobi(m): 9:03pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
TayserMahiri: You didn't make noise because no one really cares who won a Rugby 7s match. In proper Rugby, you'd get annihilated by the All Blacks. If you won Atlanta 96' soccer gold against the likes of Brazil and Argentina, you'd definitely make a lot of noise. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Nobody: 9:08pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
Obi1kenobi:Except Beach Soccer and indoor soccer are not OLYMPIC sports and Rugby 7s is. |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Nobody: 9:12pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
Obi1kenobi: What are you saying confused chap? You can name seven but you cant name a single Of cos you are confused. Name the few Rugby players you know. If you dont know the top 10 try scorers of all time then you just googled. Kenyan siblings Collins Injera and Humprey Kayange occupy position 2 and 9. https://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/statistics/all-time-tries?lang=en 1 Like 1 Share
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Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Nobody: 9:16pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
TayserMahiri:Its SABC bro?? South African Broadcasting Commission.....It's a state owned entity.....SABC is free for all citizens with a TV. |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Obi1kenobi(m): 9:23pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
TayserMahiri: Seems you're the confused fella. Where did I say I could name seven Rugby 7s players? Something must be confusing you in my comment so read it again. |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Nobody: 9:23pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
Obi1kenobi: Lol, the 90's Bro, we are in the new millenium. Forget Obasanjo and Kanu's golden eras Thats like last century. Liverpool fans are so fond of this. I came across a thread where Norwegians were reminiscing their golden days before Kenya emerged onto the scene in athletics. In that match, kenya eliminated NZ from the main cup in front of their crowd. Now, how many times have you done similar stuff on home soil of other players? 1 Like |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Obi1kenobi(m): 9:23pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
jln115: Because soccer is already an established Olympic sport (many argue it shouldn't be). Rugby wasn't, so they chose a version of it without much of a professional history (just like they chose softball over pro-baseball). Most international players of Rugby 7s play it for the love of the game and there are barely dozens of players worldwide that can make a real pro career out of it. |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Nobody: 9:26pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
jln115: Ofcos I know bro ! But streaming matches is not a free for all affair. They must dish out some cash to the league to get those rights, and its often expensive and why many national broadcasters dont provide free live sport. It can easily run the entity into financial strain if they dont make enough money and the govt decides to stop the funding for such. Not to mention it can negatively impact match attendance in stadia and be counterproductive in that way. |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Nobody: 9:29pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
Obi1kenobi: lol, those are teams dummy. Or the nations ! Players (in the sense used) in sport means the individuals participating. Why must I be the one to teach you English ? |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Obi1kenobi(m): 9:29pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
TayserMahiri: I think most people would consider beating soccer giants a far more difficult task than doing the equivalent in a niche sport that few countries play. |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Obi1kenobi(m): 9:32pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
TayserMahiri: Interesting considering what you typed here is pretty unintelligible. I'll assume they were typos rather than grammatical problems. Try it again, so it can attain some coherence. |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Nobody: 9:40pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
Obi1kenobi: player ˈpleɪə/Submit noun 1. a person taking part in a sport or game. I wrote : Players (in the sense used in sport) means the individuals participating. 1 Like |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Obi1kenobi(m): 9:47pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
TayserMahiri: What does any of this have to do with my initial point that I could not name one single Rugby 7s player? |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Nobody: 9:48pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
Obi1kenobi: Show me a country without Rugby. I once heard you have a rugby team. Rugby is definitely not a niche sport, except to you. When you suck in a sport you dont call it niche. You say : MY COUNTRY SUCKS IN RUGBY 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Nobody: 9:52pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
Obi1kenobi: I was trying it again as you requested but seems like you want unreasonable levels of specificity. You said : I could still name loads of Rugby players: New Zealanders, English, Aussies, Saffers... I was just trying to correct that with proper English. I even went to the dictionary ! YAWA ! 1 Like |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Obi1kenobi(m): 9:58pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
TayserMahiri: For goodness sakes, man........it doesn't take a genius to figure out that any team sport where major competitors include the likes of Tonga, Fiji and Samoa is a niche sport. And any sport where you could barely count a few dozen people in the world making a full-time professional living from it is a niche sport. My country doesn't suck in Rugby. My country doesn't play Rugby. I'm in my mid 20's and grew up in Lagos and Abuja and I have never seen any kind of Rugby match organized at any level. Not in school. Not in university. Not at the grassroots. Not in a tournament. Just nothing. I've never even met a Nigerian that watches the damn sport. |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Obi1kenobi(m): 10:02pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
TayserMahiri: I'm still trying to figure out what problem you had with the statement. I was saying I can name players from those countries, not listing the countries as players. I was saying even though I've never sat down to watch a Rugby match in my life (despite DSTV shoving it down our throats), I still know players like Dan Carter, Tuilagi, Habana, Lomu, Johnny Wilkinson etc. |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Nobody: 10:11pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
Obi1kenobi: What makes it niche? Because Fiji or Tonga are playing? The reason those countries are so good is because they adopted Rugby as their national sport! Not because they are small or whatever you are trying to say. In 2014 there were more than 6 million people playing Rugby worldwide, of whom 2.36 million were registered players. I have seen tiny island nations like Tahiti playing soccer, how niche has football become because of their participation? |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Nobody: 10:20pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
Obi1kenobi: Just accept your statement was ambiguous and we will stop all this. You said: but I could still name loads of Rugby players.... In the next sentence you said : I can't name one single Rugby 7s player. At least if you used the country names in their noun form e.g New Zealand, England, etc it would have made sense. Instead you used the demonyms; New Zealanders, English, Aussies, Saffers which refers to people as opposed to countries. So, when you say; but I could still name loads of Rugby players: New Zealanders, English, Aussies, Saffers you are indeed referring to the players! Seriously, all this trouble to teach you English from the comfort of my couch is worth compensation, and I need it from your English teacher. |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Nobody: 10:31pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
Obi1kenobi: Just before I forget, the reason why DSTV is shoving Rugby down yur throats is because they want your footballers to learn some good manners. They want them to stop faking injuries and beating refs and using juju. In Rugby we say, soccer is a gentleman's game played by hooligans, while Rugby is a hooligans game played by gentlemen. 1 Like |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Obi1kenobi(m): 10:32pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
TayserMahiri: Even tennis, far more of a global sport, with far greater grassroots participation than Rugby and far greater name recognition for its stars is considered a niche sport. Whether you consider Rugby generally as a niche sport or not, what is certain is that Rugby 7s is a niche sport, little different from indoor or beach soccer. Fiji and Tonga and Samoa are good in Rugby simply because not many countries on the planet give a shiit about Rugby. If enough countries gave a shiit, they'll be Rugby minnows. A country like Australia that is a Rugby giant and a football minnow, only 55,000 people play Rugby compared to 623,000 for soccer. South Africa have far more soccer participants than Rugby, but because Rugby is a niche sport, they excel among a few powerhouses while they are minnows in soccer, a truly global sport. In global sports like soccer, teams like Fiji and Tonga will always be useless so they choose one they have a comparative advantage at with little depth of competition. What does Tahiti playing soccer prove about it being a niche sport. All it proves is that every country on the planet play soccer. 2 Likes |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Obi1kenobi(m): 10:39pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
TayserMahiri: I'm honestly yet to grasp what you've been rambling about concerning this statement. It's a weird thing to be fixated about and I'm wasting my time here. If you couldn't comprehend that simple statement, why fixate pedantically over it instead of moving on to something else of substance? Instead, you've been swinging, trying to score whatever point off some schoolyard pedantism. 2 Likes |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Nobody: 10:49pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
Obi1kenobi: Phew! Goalpost shifted! We are off to Teniis !! Obi, what is it? Every country in the World gives a shiet about Rugby, except that its not for sissies. Those countries that do well in the sport have REAL MEN. You must be really joking to give SA as an example of a country that excels well in a niche sport. SA is global power in SPORT, not even comparable to you. You should even be ashamed of yourself. Just google NICHE SPORTS and come back here with the answers like a good student tomorrow. You can also google top sports in the world. Thank you 3 Likes |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Nobody: 10:54pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
Obi1kenobi: Well, I can see you and your 2 cheerleaders who liked that post have some really bad grammar. But its cool Btw, what is it with Nigerians and the love for cheerleading. I go through threads here and see how the dumbest posts get the most likes. 2 Likes |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by Nobody: 10:56pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
Obi1kenobi: Dude lets just say you have no idea what rugby is an ya trying to look smarty on the topic.. 1 Like |
Re: Kenya Is Ahead of Nigeria In All Aspect (Facts Don't Lie) by gallivant: 11:00pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
TayserMahiri: Straight talk! |
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