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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
I am not sure I am willing to put Canada in the same tier as Fiji, not yet at least....
Yeah I don't know if the sport is healthy.
I know a number of clubs are struggling to field teams in Alberta:
Airdrie, Drayton Valley, Red Deer, Calgary Rams just off the top of my head.
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Well rugby has a bunch of problems at the grassroots level. It's a very small group of people who play and are interested. I don't know the situation with those clubs in particular (although Rams seem to have been struggling for years from my limited view outside), but most of those are basically newer clubs?
I know that I loved playing club rugby, but it's an enormous time commitment for recreational rugby. Like Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday which turns into every weekend all spring/summer/fall. Then there are additional social things on top of that. I did love it, but I also love doing other things and that was difficult while playing.