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By far my post with the highest number of impressions. If I was writing it today I would substitute Rugby with the words "All Professional Sport is Owned by the Fans" No fans = No Professional Sport. The Importance of Fans in Professional Sport   ·        Fans drive the financial success of sports through ticket sales, merchandise purchases, hospitality, support of sponsors and broadcast rights. Their support is the major contributor to the economic viability of teams and leagues. ·        Fans create an electrifying atmosphere in stadiums and arenas, enhancing the overall experience for both players and viewers. The energy and passion they bring can inspire athletes to perform at their best. ·        Fans develop strong emotional connections to their favorite teams and players, leading to long-term loyalty. This loyalty translates into continued support, whether through attendance, merchandise sales, or media consumption. ·        The presence of a passionate fan base attracts media coverage, which helps to promote the sport and increase its visibility. This, in turn, attracts sponsors and advertisers, further boosting revenue streams. ·        Sports fandom fosters a sense of belonging and camaraderie among supporters, creating a community around the team or sport. This shared identity strengthens social bonds and provides a platform for interaction and engagement. ·        Knowing they have the support of fans can motivate athletes to push themselves harder and strive for success. ·        Sports have a significant cultural influence, shaping societal values and norms. Fans contribute to this cultural impact by celebrating achievements, fostering traditions, and passing on their passion for the sport to future generations. Overall, fans are integral to the success of sports, providing not only financial support but also creating an atmosphere of excitement and belonging that enhances the experience for everyone involved.

🏉 Exciting times ahead in the world of rugby! 🌟 Our Managing Director, Martin Butterworth, is gearing up for Round 2 of the 6 Nations, and he's got some predictions that are sure to spark some lively discussions. 🔥 What are your thoughts on this weekend's games? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland vs. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏉 Ireland vs. Italy 🇮🇪🇮🇹 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales vs. France 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇫🇷 Drop your predictions below and let's see if you can outscore Martin's insights! 🤔🔮 #6Nations #RugbyPredictions #Round2 #RugbyTalk #SportsEnthusiasts

Here we are again for a new season of the #RugbyEuropeChampionship, gathering the 8 best European teams not taking part in the 6 nations. The likes of Georgia, Portugal, Romania or Spain will take on their europeans counterpart from Belgium, Netherlands, Germany and Poland. "Os lobos" will try to confirm their impressive performance at the Rugby World Cup by winning for the first time the competition. But the (multi) title holder Georgia won't let it go so easily, and they are still the big favorite of this competition. Romania will have at heart to rejoy their fans after a bitter outing during the World Cup. With a new management led by David Gérard (Frenchman, former Portuguese assistant coach), they already worked very hard to show a different facet of their skills. Below this World Cup trio, Netherlands and Spain will battle it out to join the semi-finals of the competition, while it will be a bit more difficult for Belgium, Poland and Germany, but who knows ? Beware for the least inspired of those teams, as the last from the cumulated ranking of the two last REC will be relegated immediatly to the Trophy division ! Worth noting as well that Rugby Europe upgrades its standards on the #playerwelfare front, with for the first time this season the implementation of the Head Injury Assesment (HIA) protocol on the Women's Rugby Europe Championships ! The Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish and Dutch women athletes will all benefit from the HIA. Hats off to Rugby Europe Chief Medical Officer Antonio Ferreira for this achievement, only possible with the joint support of World Rugby. Good Luck as well to those teams in this competition, which features for the first time 4 teams with the promotion of Portugal at this level. Let's finish this introduction by a fun fact: did you know that out of the 400 rugby players registered for the Men's competition, a bit more than 100 are playing in France ? Top 14, Pro D2, Nationale, Nationale and Fédérale 1, the Ligue Nationale de Rugby and the FFR - Fédération Française de Rugby are the playing ground of more than 25% of the REC contingent ! The competition kicks in tomorrow ! check it out here ➡ www.rugbyeurope.tv Rugby Europe #REC World Rugby

See how Vodafone and Irish Rugby and enhancing performance with private 5G When technology meets sports, it is always exciting and an insight into the future of the whole sporting community. watch the full video below: https://lnkd.in/g9iBCzFA

If you build it, they will come. More and more players will come up to standard of NRL as they get more exposure to it. There are less quality NRL players at the moment due to limited opportunities. Quality will dip for a short period 3-5 years but it will slowly grow back up along with population increases as well. If your serious about long term fundamental change and adaptation 3-5 years is a short amount of time. South Island of NZ is a must, another in Brisbane and Perth.

World Rugby I recommend one minor addition to the rules of T1. Defenders need to be punished for 3 defenders not reaching the breakdown.  This is a key aspect of wearing down an opposition.  I propose that if 3 defenders are not in contact at the breakdown then the halfback can run/score and the 1-2 defenders at the breakdown are out of play - ie. cannot effect a touch.  However if 3.defenders reach the breakdown then all three can 'break' and immediately effect a touch.  Without incentive to reach the breakdown, defenders will fan across the field and it will become rugby league touch. https://lnkd.in/guDTAFjz

Going into the 2024 Championship, these are the highest-rated Six Nations players, as per Oval’s Player Ratings. Top-ranked James Lowe will face Thomas Ramos and Damian Penaud in the Championship opener tomorrow night, with Manuel Zuliani named on the bench for Italy against England. Oval’s Player Ratings - which power the United Rugby Championship Top 100 - evaluate the impact of a player’s actions on their team’s performance. Each action is contextualised by factors including pitch location, scoreline, match clock, and the quality of the opposition. These ratings inform Oval’s highly accurate Win Predictors and Season Simulators, testifying to their ability to evaluate player quality. #sixnations #poweringrugby

Really excited for the start of Six Nations Rugby tomorrow, and to see some of the world's best players on display. Our AI-powered ratings are optimised to calculate how much players contribute to their teams' probability of winning. Oval's expected points (xP) algorithm analyses the impact of every action on a team's chance of scoring or conceding next, across the thousands of matches and millions of data points that we collect every year. A lot of the names that you would expect to see are at the top of the charts (e.g. James Lowe, Thomas Ramos and Damian Penaud). But there also some unsung heroes - such as Manuel Zuliani, Benetton's 23-year-old flanker. Across the last 12 months of rugby in the United Rugby Championship, European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) and Rugby World Cup France 2023, Zuliani has won more turnovers per 80 (2.25) than any other player who has featured for at least 400 minutes in those competitions. Hence his extraordinary defensive rating of 97.6! This is where data science in sport can be most powerful - as well as highlighting the household names, our algorithms can spot hidden gems who contribute huge amounts to their team. #rugby #data #datascience #sixnations

We are here to answer your questions on life. So to the caller from Devon who asked how many sausages to fill a rugby ball ...... To determine how many 4-inch sausages would fit inside a regulation size 5 rugby ball, we need to calculate the volume of both the rugby ball and the sausage and then see how many sausages would fit into that volume. The volume of a rugby ball can be approximated by using the formula for the volume of a prolate spheroid: V=34πab2 where ( a ) is the semi-major axis (half the length of the ball), and ( b ) is the semi-minor axis (half the width of the ball). A regulation size 5 rugby ball has a length of about 28-30 cm and a short diameter of about 18.46-19.74 cm123. Using the average values: a=229cm=14.5cm b=219.1cm=9.55cm The volume of the rugby ball is then: Vrugby=34π(14.5cm)(9.55cm)2≈5534.8cm3 For the sausage, we’ll use the volume of a cylinder to approximate: V=πr2h where ( r ) is the radius and ( h ) is the height (or length in this case). A 4-inch sausage is approximately 10.16 cm long, and if we assume a diameter of about 2 cm (which is a standard sausage diameter), the radius ( r ) would be 1 cm. The volume of one 4-inch sausage is: Vsausage=π(1cm)2(10.16cm)≈31.84cm3 Now, we divide the volume of the rugby ball by the volume of one sausage to find out how many can fit inside: 31.84cm3/sausage5534.8cm3≈173.8sausages So, it would take approximately 174 4-inch sausages to fill a regulation size 5 rugby ball.