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Old Apr 24th 2007, 2:02 pm
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Now we are getting down to the nitty-gritty, serious stuff. OH not so much interested in location, property and schools, etc. He wants to know if he can go to rugby matches and watch England on the TV in the Vancouver area. Can anyone put him out of his misery? He's got a few years to get used to the idea if BC is a rugby desert.

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Now we are getting down to the nitty-gritty, serious stuff. OH not so much interested in location, property and schools, etc. He wants to know if he can go to rugby matches and watch England on the TV in the Vancouver area. Can anyone put him out of his misery? He's got a few years to get used to the idea if BC is a rugby desert.

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What's Rugby?
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Old Apr 24th 2007, 2:34 pm
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... doesn't sound good, does it? Perhaps I can interest him in curling.
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Now we are getting down to the nitty-gritty, serious stuff. OH not so much interested in location, property and schools, etc. He wants to know if he can go to rugby matches and watch England on the TV in the Vancouver area. Can anyone put him out of his misery? He's got a few years to get used to the idea if BC is a rugby desert.

Lara
I was in Vancouver a couple of weeks ago at UBC and they had rugby posts upon their stadium. We were shown around the campus by a second row forward and the same day there was the trials being held there for the National Team squad.

We also saw a couple of touring Canadian rugby teams so it seems to be very popular in BC. In Calgary there are a number of clubs for both men and women and indeed it is played at my daughters school.

However, I don't seem to have found much on the TV - I couldn't find the Heineken cup semis anywhere this weekend - not that my wife let me look that hard. It's certainly not got the coverage like soccer does here.

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I think Rugby at the Club and 'minor' league level is quite popular in BC. (F'r example I know of a guy from the Rock playing semi-pro out there.) However finding it on TV will be virtually impossible whereever you are in Canada. Rugby just isn't popular compared to football (American style), hockey and curling.

I enjoy watching club Rugby here as the local team (The Rock) are Canadian Superleague Champs for the 2nd year running. Last year we had the Canada vs USA World Cup 2007 qualifier which whilst not and event on a par with the Calcutta Cup was a good match to watch. (Canada walloped the USA comprehensively). This year there is a UK team touring (Lancashire IIRC) and we have Canada playing the Rock as their last game before the World Cup.
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Rugby is not a major TV sport here, you might catch the occasional game on Sportsnet, especially during the world cup. For participatoin BC is one of the places its more common I believe. THe digital sports channels seem to show 5 nations games, although not always "live"

"The Score" (cable channel) has a 30min roundup of what I call "euro sports" (soccer, rugby, cricket, F1) every weeknight evening at 5.30 thats Ok for highlites and keeping in touch I suppose.
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Thanks for these replies. At least there is some access to rugby to keep him going until we ease him into American football or ice hockey! I think ice hockey sounds much more exciting.
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Default Re: But what about the rugby!?

Originally Posted by singingringingtree
Thanks for these replies. At least there is some access to rugby to keep him going until we ease him into American football or ice hockey! I think ice hockey sounds much more exciting.
...and once you get here we'll work on dropping the "ice".

It's just hockey.
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I think ice hockey sounds much more exciting.
Sorry. But it's not.
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Old Apr 25th 2007, 6:38 am
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Sorry. But it's not.
... but don't they have punch-ups on the ice just for the show of it?? (Sorry, taken my entire knowledge of the sport from the film Canadian Bacon.)
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... but don't they have punch-ups on the ice just for the show of it?? (Sorry, taken my entire knowledge of the sport from the film Canadian Bacon.)
I see we are starting from a low base......
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My OH loves to watch rugby. He keeps saying we should have gone to NZ recently. Why? No rugby on TV, he has to try and download matches through the internet and sometimes the whatjemacallit isn't strong enough and he misses bits etc And it's on at the wrong time too.
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I hate to say it, but its just a frigging game. I gave up field hockey (something of a passion for me at the time) when I came to Canada.

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I hate to say it, but its just a frigging game.
Life did not end.
How could you utter such bilge
No rugby, no life. Suicide note already written for when I get out there, I will be a martyr for game...And I'm not talking about that Canadian band.
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Default Re: But what about the rugby!?

I recently moved over to Toronto and am playing club rugby for a team here. The quality is actually a lot higher than I had anticipated, and within the league my team is in, there are quite a few current Canadian international players.
I've discovered that because rugby isn't as popular as is it back home, people who do like it, tend to be fanatics about it.

Apparently rugby is very big out in BC, so I'm sure he'll be able to watch most games! If he can't find a sports bar that shows the matches, he could always join a local rugby team as a social member. I'm sure they'll know where to go to watch England play! If not, try Setanta Sports (the PPV channel). I managed to watch the 6 nations games online through their website.

Hope that helps!
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