Each Nations favourite rugby club based on Social Media followers
Rugby NewsSunday, 06 March 2016 at 04:14
Reddit user PetevonPete has put together this amazing map based on the most popular club in each rugby playing nation. The full breakdown can be found below, and you can find further discussion on Reddit.
| Country | Club | Club Followers (fbook+twitter) | national union followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Afghan United RFC | 1093 | 14,523 |
| Argentina | La Plata Rugby Club | 40044 | 319,000 |
| Australia | Queensland Reds | 225353 | 651,000 |
| Belgium | Royal Kituro | 2684 | 4,100 |
| Bolivia | La Paz Rugby Club | 4716 | 2,900 |
| Brazil | Rio Branco | 11,315 | 212,000 |
| Canada | Dog River Howlers | 3,852 | 102,000 |
| Chile | Troncos | 6,940 | 27,000 |
| Colombia | Jaguares | 4,773 | 25,200 |
| Cook Islands | Tupapa Panthers | 1237 | 4,544 |
| Costa Rica | Universitarios | 3,566 | 3,000 |
| Croatia | Rugby Klub Sinj | 1709 | 1,776 |
| Cyprus | Paphos Tigers | 882 | 3,700 |
| Czech Republic | RC Slavia Praha | 1,266 | 1,457 |
| Denmark | Aarhus Rugby Klub | 903 | 3,200 |
| Ecuador | Yaguares | 5,100 | 3,600 |
| England | Leicester Tigers | 269,000 | 2,200,000 |
| Fiji | Daveta Rugby | 12,565 | 279,000 |
| Finland | Helsinki | 2,156 | 1,752 |
| France | Stade Toulousain | 680,262 | 697,000 |
| Georgia | RC Armia | 7,878 | 215,000 |
| Germany | Heidelberger RK | 1,884 | 7,200 |
| Greece | Panathinaikos | 3,556 | 926 |
| Guatemala | Guatemala Rugby Club | 4,309 | 2,590 |
| Hong Kong | SCAA Causeway Bay | 8,680 | 19,200 |
| Hungary | Budapest Exiles | 1,384 | 2,080 |
| Iceland | Haukar | 469 | 1,800 |
| India | Delhi Hurricanes | 2,403 | 4,789 |
| Indonesia | Jakarata Benteng | 3,823 | 18,300 |
| Ireland | Leinster Rugby | 332,772 | 1,000,000 |
| Italy | Benetton Treviso | 24,520 | 307,000 |
| Japan | Sunwolves | 37,560 | 136,000 |
| Kenya | Mwamba RFC | 10,299 | 76,000 |
| Laos | Vientiane Lions | 248 | 10,802 |
| Latvia | Livonia | 2,651 | 577 |
| Lithuania | Vairas | 2,673 | 5,650 |
| Malaysia | Borneo Eagles | 33,330 | 14,357 |
| Malta | Stompers | 1,897 | 4,300 |
| Mexico | Guadalajara Diablos Rojos | 20,346 | 16,000 |
| Namibia | Rehoboth | 1,007 | 11,500 |
| Netherlands | Castricumse | 2,181 | 4,000 |
| New Zealand | Crusaders | 409,000 | 4,100,000 |
| Norway | Bodo Barbarians | 1,096 | 1,900 |
| Pakistan | Lahore RFC | 1,576 | 4,800 |
| Paraguay | San Jose | 6,966 | 16,000 |
| Peru | Universidad de Lima | 7,181 | 13,300 |
| Philippines | Cagayan de Oro | 3,402 | 71,100 |
| Poland | Arka Gdynia | 4,703 | 1,723 |
| Portugal | Sporting CP | 9,355 | 16,600 |
| Romania | Steaua Bucuresti | 105,000 | 43,300 |
| Russia | Enisey STM | 1,028 | 11,000 |
| Samoa | Marist St. Joseph’s | 4,704 | 91,000 |
| Scotland | Glasgow Warriors | 79,100 | 357,000 |
| Senegal | S’En Fout le Score | 745 | 3,800 |
| Serbia | Partizan | 8,563 | — |
| Singapore | Saints RFC | 2,505 | 8,000 |
| Slovakia | Slovan Bratislava | 1,662 | 1,040 |
| South Africa | The Sharks | 559,800 | 1,400,000 |
| South Korea | Seoul Survivors | 1,095 | — |
| Spain | FC Barcelona | 38,872 | 30,700 |
| Sri Lanka | Kandy SC | 14,345 | 34,773 |
| Sweden | Stockholm Berserkers | 2,085 | 4,409 |
| Switzerland | Nyon | 3,148 | 3,430 |
| Thailand | Royal Thai Navy | 41,388 | 8,562 |
| Tunisia | Stade Nabeulian | 1,998 | — |
| Turkey | Kadikoy Ragbi Kulubu | 2,242 | 1,300 |
| UAE | Jebel Ali Dragons | 3,998 | 26,500 |
| Uganda | Gulu Elephants | 1,533 | 4,400 |
| USA | Glendale Raptors | 8,701 | 255,600 |
| Venezuela | UCAB | 3,368 | 6,300 |
| Wales | Cardiff Blues | 129,859 | 798,000 |
| Zimbabwe | Old Georgians | 1,632 | 8,300 |
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- Jordie Barrett over Damian de Allende is far from being correct. The hype around Dupont is also overreaching, he's probably 4th in the world and has been since the 2023 WC. He also avoids certain matchups which is strange. The rest of the list is pretty good apart from minor subjective biases.JasonMarlow16-09-2026
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