London Irish v Saracens may not last half an hour on US television unless rugby union pulls its socks up and does so quicklyThis is a stout week for rugby union and the Six Nations is only a modest part of it. The first Premiership game to be staged external Britain is taking dwelling in novel Jersey on Saturday,with an American audience being politely invited to advance and see how London Irish and Saracens compares with watching the novel York Jets against the novel England Patriots. To say a cultural collision looms is an understatement.
It is fair, too, and to propose the timing could have been better. It is not just that this historic occasion clashes with a moderately interesting fixture between England and Wales at Twickenham. The call last week by 70 “experts for tackling to be outlawed in schools rugby attracted plenty of debate,none of it designed to encourage US soccer moms to steerBradley junior towards the muscular novel sport on the block. “Where are your helmets, guys?’ will inevitably be the most-asked question Stateside this week.
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Source: theguardian.com