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If we are not careful, the Rugby World Cup is less than a month away.
The tournament opens on September 20 with a match between Japan and Russia, and runs for 40-odd days until the final on November 2. Japan has been doing quite well in the pre-match recently, so maybe they can do something big. I have high expectations.
To tell the truth, I am not an avid rugby fan, and considering that I started booking tickets for the 2002 Soccer World Cup in Japan and Korea as soon as they opened, my enthusiasm for the sport is quite different. When I checked the tickets this year, hoping to be able to watch this year's tournament, I found that all the tickets were already sold out. I guess it was only to be expected.
Rugby was born in England. It is an upper class sport compared to soccer, which is from the same country. The players and the supporters are also more upper class than their homegrown counterparts. This is true worldwide, with reasonably well-off people from all over the world coming to watch the games. Of course, they will be well mannered.
No other international event contributes so much to the inbound economy as the increase in the number of wealthy foreigners in Japan, where even free tourism is flourishing. From a Westerner's point of view, prices in Japan are bargain priced. I am sure they will drop a lot of money.
According to the survey, the average length of stay for those who come to watch the tournament is 351 TP10T for 14 to 20 days and 251 TP10T for 7 to 13 days. I wonder how much beer will be consumed during the convention. If you want, you can buy stocks of beer makers.
By the way, many people still do not understand the rules when it comes to rugby. It is true that some of the rules are more difficult to understand than those of soccer, but they are not so complicated. It is rather the same with soccer, but it is just difficult to understand what is a foul. Like in soccer, it is just difficult to understand what is a foul. Other than that, it is not so difficult. You can't throw the ball forward and you can't spill it forward. Kicks are about as good as no, except that the person behind the kicker is allowed to participate in the play rather than the person who kicked it.
Minor infractions, such as spilling the ball forward, restart the game with a scrum; after a punch, a lineout, in which both teams line up parallel to each other and throw in the middle to restart the game; offsides and other infractions are penalized, and so on.
I can't count mahjong scores, but somehow I know the rules of rugby. I even know the rules of football. Well, watching sports is my hobby, so I learned the rules when I was young. Well, I learned the rules when I was young, but only by watching on TV.
By the way, I know that all the games in this tournament will be broadcast on TV, but I have a request to the Japanese TV stations. I don't want them to make a star out of a certain player, or give special treatment to him or her. I also don't want them to give nosy commentary to viewers who don't know the rules. Please give us fair and in-depth commentary that real fans can understand.
Hinoko Shibuno won the Women's British Open golf championship. She literally appeared like a comet, to everyone's surprise and delight. She has achieved a great feat and is bright and very charming. And strong. It is no wonder that many people flocked to this rising star who has all the qualities of a big star.
The week after her return from England, she participated in a match in Hokkaido, despite her fatigue.
A commercial broadcaster had the broadcasting rights and was broadcasting live, but I was following Shibuno's every move more than the battle for the championship. Even during the intervals of play.
True golf fans would like to see a championship game. Or even their own favorite players other than Shibuno. Such broadcasts are a betrayal of real fans.
I really thought it was stupid to watch.
Japan is already a nation of "mature sports spectators". Those in the news media who have not caught up there should come back out.
So, rugby, let's get excited.
Don't know the rules? You'll learn if you watch the games. Or rather, forcing them on people who don't want to know won't make them fans. Remember the Goromaru fever. Who keeps going to the stadium? That kind of coverage is transient and consuming. Instead, I would like to see more convincing commentary that will please the true fans, and calm commentary that is not too loud.
I have so much to say about this matter that I could talk about it all night long, but for now I'll just let it slide and call it "no side.
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