Rugby Union - worlds worst sport?

Old rugby union was the worst sport, back when it was a winter game, played on ploughed fields by unfit amateurs apparently unable, even at international level, though perhaps owing to the freezing, muddy conditions, to catch the ball or run more than a few yards.

a weight limit wouldn't hurt.

Unusually perspicacious from the bed-wetter ; yes it one of the world’s worst sports if only for the fake “chumminess” perfected by the narcissistic practitioners.

Smell the faecal slime , push , retract , stand up , go down again , another sniff , push , retract and repeat ad nauseam until the dainty-footed prima donna blows his whistle ; kick the ball 4 miles in the air , run forwards 10 yards , retrieve ball , kick ball up in the air for 3 miles , run forward 11 yards , offside , lose ball ; repeat for 80 minutes.  And these troglodytes are paid for this tripe.

Reminds me of the time I watched an American football game in London. 20 minutes of action stretched over 4 hours. All the stoppages and breaks mentioned by @topshot but they stop the clock as well. In America, these gaps are presumably filled by cheerleaders and marching bands, or more adverts.

Formula 1 end of fred

another vote for F1 here - the one sport none of the viewers can participate in themselves at amateur level

The following are all way worse than rugby...Basketball, Baseball, Wrestling of any sort, MMA.

squash for me, worst game/sport ive ever seen yawnnnnnnnnnn

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A fred without curling i presume? The singlemost stoopid farkin 'sport' it's ever been my chagrin to watch..

Only sport I can think of where it is a legitimate ploy to kick the ball out of play at every opportunity

personally i think its the best sport

I think Slippy means until Thursday when the world biathlon champs start.

Never got into Cricket   ,so i'd probably vote that if i had to pick one .

I can't class Formula 1 etc as a sport  -

O'Slips is correct in what he says, but the singlemost reason Union might be lost to the masses is refereeing. Without question they are utter fukwits who are ruining the game (for the uninitiated only) It's going the same way as football, they are more interested if their hair is straight and if the camera is on them for 79 of the 80 minutes. They blow for farting, there's no rucking anymore. In fact ye will be lucky to see any groundwork. And the worst ref is Engerlish.

.... offside , kick ball to touch , line-out , not straight , scrum , smell ...., push,  retract , stand up , move to where pitch isn’t porridge , down , sniff , push , pull back , stand up , listen to some gobbledegook from prima donna with whistle ,  down , sniff , push , retract , stand up , move to where pitch isn’t porridge , down , sniff , push , retract , stand up , listen to some gobbledegook from prima donna with whistle , down , sniff , push , retract , prima donna gives penalty ; kick ball to touch ; line-out , not straight , scrum , smell .... , push , retract , stand up .....

You get the drift.

Yes Muntz, there's been changes, but as usual it's the way they are interpreted. Ye is just giving more power to the coiffered head of some tart. No point in having linesman anymore, 90% are scared to death of upsetting 'he who is in control' Forward passes are missed regularily, not throwing straight at the lineout is now the 'feeding' of the game. The advantage rule is 500% worse than the offside rule in footy. No consistency in most things. I love the game, but refs are driving me utter bonkers..

g2d the advantage Rule puts me off watching the game now. They let it go for minutes then bring it back.

so if they advance the ball 5yds+ it can`t come back?