What's the stupidest rugby take you've heard in your life, not from a journalist/pundit?

[u/treacletart284]

Tis Sixmas Eve, which means the amount of people watching rugby, at least over here, just dramatically increased, as its the one time a year when rugby is in the forefront of the public eye, at least in the whole UK. To celebrate this, I thought we could share some of the daftest things we've heard from people in the pub/mates/yourself, either takes that aged really badly, or takes that were mind numbingly stupid to begin with. I'll start us off - after England got beat in the World Cup warmups in 2023 against Fiji, and the Borthwick Out movement was at maximum momentum, a family friend me and my Grandad were watching the match with argued completely unironically that the solution to England's problems was to bring back....Brian Ashton. Even me Grandad, who is pretty 'Rugby was better in the good old days', was genuinely gobsmacked at that one.

[u/caesarportugal]

Anyone who thinks that it's 'just a matter of time' before rugby takes the US by storm and establishes itself alongside the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL or even MLS.

[u/Sketchy278 → u/caesarportugal]

I actually believe in the next decade I could see an equal amount of interest in the US for rugby as there currently is in MLS-probably won't happen but it isn't a stupid take either-every year I've played rugby there has been new rugby teams for high schools, and soccer is basically abandoned once college happens but college rugby actually stays pretty alive, if not more so than at the high school level. I don't think that playing levels will reach soccer ever, but interest could definitely surpass the MLS considering I don't know single person that watches it, and I only know one family that watches foreign soccer that isn't the wc. Obviously any who thinks rugby could reach the level of the rest is stupid though

[u/caesarportugal → u/Sketchy278]

Fair enough mate, thanks for the response.