It's a niche sport here but growing. The growth started in universities during the 70's. Women's rugby is actually the fastest growing sport in colleges today.
But as a very dandy Englishman once told me "watching you Americans play rugby is rather like watching a dog walk on hishind legs. He doesn't do it well but you're impressed that he can do it at all"
Argue all you want but this man was the best football player of all time. 1970
College rugby was cool in 1974
Famed photographer Margaret Bourke-White atop the Chrysler building in New York City. 1930
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Reply to Jackie Robinson stealing home base during the 1955 World Series by OregonTripleBeam
Yogi was right to be pissed.
Robinson was out.