RWC

Some early thoughts on the Rugby World Cup:
- A northern hemisphere team is definitely not going to win.  It'll probably be the All Blacks again.
- Love the haka.  Love the other Pacific Island equivalents of the haka.  Sent me on a YouTube dive of looking at the best hakas ever, not necessarily all in rugby and not necessarily male.
- Already missed a load of good games that didn't air here - a finals preview in New Zealand vs South Africa, and a key game in England's group France vs Argentina.  Since I am extremely unlikely to watch a lot of games live since they are on at ungodly hours, I might be relying a lot on YouTube highlights
- I am extremely tempted to try to make plans to watch some games in person in France in the 2023 World Cup.  Anyone else interested?
- Very confused by the US coverage - some games have had their own commentary, some have had what seems to be an Australian feed.  And choice of games they are airing is perplexing to say the least.  For sure, doesn't look as though they will broadcast any mid-week games - without paying for the inordinately expensive online sports package, which I'm not going to do. 
- Rugby is, apparently, the fastest growing sport in the US - though I haven't seen much evidence of this.  Mind you, the TV coverage of internationals and the English domestic league is noticeably better than it ever used to be.  I think the presence of rugby as an Olympic sport has been invaluable - especially as the US is one of the better teams at sevens.  Hope they host a World Cup here in the near future.  I know nothing about "Major League Rugby" - the professional club league here.  But apparently the Seattle Seawolves are a team in it - wonder if I should try to see a game of theirs?