Favourite sport? (Cricket excluded)

[Tom Halsey]

Football: Brilliant game, prefer this to cricket.
Rugby union: Mostly boring, jumped on the bandwagon during the last World Cup though.
Rugby league: As above, without a decent World Cup.
Golf: Majors and Ryder Cup are excellent, other than that, no.
Snooker: Whenever I watch this I like it, but then never get round to watching it again for another year or two.
Aussie rules: Know nothing about this.
Field hockey: As above.
Ice hockey: When I was in the US on holiday I got into this a bit, then got bored again upon return.
Tennis: Apart from Wimbledon, this doesn't exist to me.
Badminton: No idea.
Boxing: Boring.
Volleyball: No idea about this.
Beach volleyball: As above.
Athletics: As for several above, I know nothing about it, but it is brilliant to watch.
Wrestling: No interest.
Swimming: No interest.
Darts: Have grown to like this recently.
Baseball: No idea.
American Football: Know very little about this, no interest whatsoever.
Netball: No idea.
Handball: As above.
Cycling: As above.
Gaelic football: As above.

 

[GIMH]

So basically you like footy

 

[Tom Halsey]

Haha yeah, that'd be about right.

 

[Matt79]

There are sports besides cricket and Aussie rules?

 

[Precambrian]

Where is Kabbadi in that list? The only sport I used to get selected to when I was in school.

 

[GIMH]

What is it? Never heard of it!

 

[sledger]

It's a bit like British Bulldog iirc.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Yeah Kabaddi is a classic, used to be played at my school during the charity week to make money, it got banned when I was in about year eight though due to the exorbitant number of broken bones.

 

[Langeveldt]

I'd say now, I prefer Rugby Union to cricket, which is in second place, and then Badminton, then Soccer..

I don't really follow other sports any more.. I'd like to get back into Baseball but there is no coverage where I live..

Massive fan of Poker, and getting better by the week.. But whether or not it is a sport is up for debate

 

[Uppercut]

Football. This would be a much more difficult poll to answer if cricket was included

 

[The Baconator]

Would have to say it's baseball comfortably now.

 

[Craig]

There are sports besides cricket and Aussie rules?

Which proves Victorians are about as open minded about other sports as Ricky Ponting's spot in the Australian team

 

[nightprowler10]

Basketball, quite comfortably.

 

[Smudge]

Oh, and my favourite sport (which most of you won't consider a sport) is harness racing. I'm lucky enough to have a job in the industry.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Oh, and my favourite sport (which most of you won't consider a sport) is harness racing. I'm lucky enough to have a job in the industry.

It's certainly a sport, just one that's rather selective in its appeal.

 

[Johnners]

Actually, that reminds me of a discussion I heard on the radio last week re: Bart Cummings. He (rightly or wrongly) won Australian Sportsman of the year in '75 I think, and one of the blokes hosting this radio show mentioned him being a candidate for this years award because of the Melbourne cup etc.

Basically, that caused a debate all afternoon between callers, and hosts (2 of the hosts were for, the other against) about whether Bart Cummings could/should be considered a sportsman or not. Thoughts?

I'd be more inclined to say no due to the fact that he's only training the horses, and not actually riding & winning the races. That said, he's most definitely an influential figure in the sport of Horse Racing.

 

[Precambrian]

What is it? Never heard of it!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabaddi

The most popular non-ball contact sport in India. Skill sets involve sheer physical strength, stamina, ability to hold breath for longer period, dexterity etc.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Actually, that reminds me of a discussion I heard on the radio last week re: Bart Cummings. He (rightly or wrongly) won Australian Sportsman of the year in '75 I think, and one of the blokes hosting this radio show mentioned him being a candidate for this years award because of the Melbourne cup etc.

Basically, that caused a debate all afternoon between callers, and hosts (2 of the hosts were for, the other against) about whether Bart Cummings could/should be considered a sportsman or not. Thoughts?

I'd be more inclined to say no due to the fact that he's only training the horses, and not actually riding & winning the races. That said, he's most definitely an influential figure in the sport of Horse Racing.

Pleased you gave us a clue as to who he is & what he does...

Racehorse trainers aren't sportsmen for me, the clue's in the job description.

 

[Smudge]

Yeah, if I had to place a trainer in any category, it'd be "coach". Jockeys/drivers are the "sportsmen" as such - in fact, Dexter Dunn, NZ's leading driver last season (at just age 19) won the Canterbury Junior Sportsman award a month or two back.

And Boybrumby, from what I understand harness racing is pretty terrible in England - know much more about it? I see it seems to be more popular in Wales if anything.

The major areas for the sport are NZ, Australia, Canada, US, France, Sweden, Holland, Germany and a little bit in Italy, I hear.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Yeah, if I had to place a trainer in any category, it'd be "coach". Jockeys/drivers are the "sportsmen" as such - in fact, Dexter Dunn, NZ's leading driver last season (at just age 19) won the Canterbury Junior Sportsman award a month or two back.

And Boybrumby, from what I understand harness racing is pretty terrible in England - know much more about it? I see it seems to be more popular in Wales if anything.

The major areas for the sport are NZ, Australia, Canada, US, France, Sweden, Holland, Germany and a little bit in Italy, I hear.

Almost literally nothing. Gets no coverage in the mainstream sporting media, but I have seen it on closed curcuit tv shown in bookies. Although, to be fair, it could've been from anywhere.