Because they are tremendous athletes and rugby is the dominant sport in the country. If they had hurling and Gaelic football they wouldnât be near as good.
its tragic that everything of basic common sense needs to be explianed these days
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Social media sure, something can only be true if itâs on oneâs Twitter feed.
Which is a worse statistic, only 8 countries out of 200 have won the soccer WC or only 4 countries out of 20 have won the rugby World Cup.
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Just before the last Rugby World Cup, over 150,000 New Zealanders â around three percent of the population â considered themselves to be active rugby players. So the vast majority of the country does not play the game.
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they are average athletes mate
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What percentage of Irish people are âactiveâ rugby players? 0.3%?
Itâs a lot easier to win a world cup in a minority sport. Way more people in Ireland play soccer than rugby yet we have a much greater chance of winning a rugby world cup
Weâve been closer to winning a soccer WC than a rugby world cup.
Lads typing essays in meltdown over a sport they apparently donât watch. 
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Its easy enough to win a soccer World Cup if youâre from the largest/richest/most populous economic and political powerhouses of Western Europe or the largest/richest/most populous Europeanised countries of South America. If youâre from Asia, Africa, Oceania, Eastern Europe, Scandanavia, North America, Central America or the northern end of South America, forget about winning a soccer World Cup.
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They are going absolutely ape over this tournament. We are talking stage 5 here and it has barely started 
the likes of @chocolatemice and @the_man_himself getting up at 6 o clock of a Saturday morning to watch a sport they hate and complain to strangers on the Internet
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name and shame.
One lad who claims to hate rugger with over 100 posts in this thread after just 1 game in the tournament.
The rugby world cup has taken over their lifes.
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Rent free.
Heâs glued to the rugby all morning mate.
England are a rich and populous western European country and they fluked one soccer world cup.
He missed the thrilling Oz Fiji game.
Yes Geoff thatâs what happens when a sport is truly global