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literally never uttered the words that rugby contained the best athletes. But they do have great athletes just like any other sport.
Lmao at listing black athletes 'worldwide' in baseball and american football, these are almost exclusively american sports. Basketball is increasingly international, but has historically been dominated by the USA because like the previous two was a very insular sport. Now that the game is being opened up in we are seeing more and more quality international players in the NBA, USA will always be dominant but I would expect this to be questioned more and more in the next 20-30 years.
And the notion of 'black athletes' being dominant in soccer (either historically or currently) because France happened to win the world cup this year is just hilariously dumb.
As for 'blacks' in rugby. There are and have always been plenty of top black players, like
Maro Itoje:
Anthony Watson:
Christian Wade:
Bryan Habana:
Siyi Kolisi:
Gael Fickou:
But true, still a minority in the grand scheme of things. But this largely because of the places that rugby is played and from where it draws it's talent pools..black folks are a minority in general. How many pacific islanders even attempt to play any of those other sports? These are very small countries, but in terms of athletic talent they punch well above their weight. They have fantastic natural talent, but this is pretty much all directed towards the various codes of rugby. Even more so those of pacific ancestry; the same can be said for the NFL. In the USA pacific islanders are such a small minority that their NFL representation makes them something like 25 times more likely to play there than any other ethnic group.
How are you defining 'black' anyway? Do you not consider Semi Radradra and Josua Tuisoiva to be black?
What about indigenous australians? Are they not 'black' enough either?