Talk:Sport in Wales

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[edit] National sport

I've nitpicked this as "national sport" is a rather vague term. It implies that the sport is the most popular sport in Wales. This is debatable as soccer has higher participation number, higher attendences and is more popular across Wales rather than rugby union which isn't that big in mid and north Wales.

I know that rugby union is considered by many to represent the essence of "Welshness" so I haven't removed the reference completely.GordyB (talk) 20:13, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

I would be interested to see the figures. There are many, many ways of measuring this. Participation in clubs at all age levels, watching league teams play etc. etc. I think in terms of national identity we should look at internationals. There is no content here with the Millenium stadium full for the six nations and most other matches, not to mention the television viewers and coverage. I modified the entry on that basis. A participant measurement system might end up with angling being the national sport! --Snowded (talk) 06:21, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Even in New Zealand soccer is the number one sport by participation. I will grant you though that attendences at internationals is the one things that Welsh rugby union does have over soccer.GordyB (talk) 09:48, 14 December 2007 (UTC)