How long before Rugby in New Zealand gets overtaken by Football as the number one winter sport?

[Booksurfer1]

Will it stay in top position until we are overtaken completely by the likes of America, Japan and other relatively insignificant players of the game or will it just become a game that mummies and daddies stop their kiddies from playing because they might get hurt for real instead of having to get pretend hurt to win a penalty?
Do I know or give a fuck? Not really as the game has already been infested by rule changes that make it nearly unwatchable for me. The stupidity of tv refs watching slow mo carnage and then determining that someone intended to foul when they are playing a contact sport and they only had a split second to react and can only obey the laws of physics (in most cases although have seen dudes do freaky shit that seem to disobey those laws) makes it just too painful to watch.
I used to care enough to want Rugby to stay at the top of the pile but now.......I just don't watch commercialized sport really at all!

 

[CuriousFiend]

Actually, ya know @Croot_Overlord might be able to bust out an interesting perspective here aye.

Pretty sure he's an American—& hearty as keen on Football (*definitely not the ghey soccer type)

As for me,...😂i can't fuckin stand watching ruggas, . . . always preferred playin it.(but only no rules rugby)

Think the last time i ever watched a game was probably the 2011[¿?] world cup.

 

[Booksurfer1]

Actually, ya know @Croot_Overlord might be able to bust out an interesting perspective here aye.

Pretty sure he's an American—& hearty as keen on Football (*definitely not the ghey soccer type)

As for me,...😂i can't fuckin stand watching ruggas, . . . always preferred playin it.(but only no rules rugby)

Think the last time i ever watched a game was probably the 2011[¿?] world cup.

All I do now is watch some highlights of anything if I watch anything at all!

 

[Croot_Overlord]

Will it stay in top position until we are overtaken completely by the likes of America, Japan and other relatively insignificant players of the game or will it just become a game that mummies and daddies stop their kiddies from playing because they might get hurt for real instead of having to get pretend hurt to win a penalty?
Do I know or give a fuck? Not really as the game has already been infested by rule changes that make it nearly unwatchable for me. The stupidity of tv refs watching slow mo carnage and then determining that someone intended to foul when they are playing a contact sport and they only had a split second to react and can only obey the laws of physics (in most cases although have seen dudes do freaky shit that seem to disobey those laws) makes it just too painful to watch.
I used to care enough to want Rugby to stay at the top of the pile but now.......I just don't watch commercialized sport really at all!

Is football 🏈 becoming popular in New Zealand?

 

[Booksurfer1]

Is football 🏈 becoming popular in New Zealand?

Hmmmmm, wrong emoji dude! We are fucked up our arses on RUGBY and starting to get a hard on for ⚽ but grid iron? I think it is a fucken outstanding sport but we are still playing the English game and we send all of the really smart Islanders over to you to score with your National sport! Good on them I say!!

 

[Croot_Overlord]

Hmmmmm, wrong emoji dude! We are fucked up our arses on RUGBY and starting to get a hard on for ⚽ but grid iron? I think it is a fucken outstanding sport but we are still playing the English game and we send all of the really smart Islanders over to you to score with your National sport! Good on them I say!!

Ahhhh ok. At first I assumed you meant ⚽️ , but when I read @Administrator’s post it threw me off. Can’t help you with ⚽️ 😂