Most Played Sport In NZ

Most Played Sport In NZ

Obviously had no idea where to put this, but it'll get answered in this thread.
Is football actually the most played sport in NZ? having an arguement with a mate of mine who claims touch rugby is?

Most registered players is the official stat I believe.

I.e. more people might play tiddlywnks or chess or touch but there are more people playing for football clubs than any other sport in NZ.Addicks2010-06-06 22:42:08

pocket billiards?

Out of date, cos the links don't work but worth a look:

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

is drinking beer a sport?

Is cougar hunting a sport?

2006/2007 SPARC Participation Levels report - most recent study

Activity Percentage(%)| 95% Confidence Interval| Population Number| Ranking

Cricket (total) 7.3 ( 6.0 - 8.6 ) 237,965 *
Football (total) 6.8 ( 5.6 - 8.0 ) 227,266 *
Cricket (outdoors) 6.8 ( 5.6 - 8.0 ) 221,219 14
Touch rugby 6.7 ( 5.5 - 7.9 ) 219,953 15
Netball (total) 6.5 ( 5.3 - 7.6 ) 209,771 *
Canoeing/kayaking 6.4 ( 5.2 - 7.5 ) 209,648 16
Basketball 6.3 ( 5.1 - 7.4 ) 209,427 17
Snowsports (total) 6.3 ( 5.2 - 7.5 ) 206,071 *
Cycling (mountain biking) 6.1 ( 5.0 - 7.3 ) 202,237 18=
Callisthenics/stretch 6.1 ( 4.9 - 7.2 ) 198,879 18=
Table tennis 5.9 ( 4.7 - 7.0 ) 194,198 20
Rugby 5.7 ( 4.6 - 6.8 ) 189,661 21=

Seriously, who plays rugby anymore? More people play stretching!

Those confidence intervals means that none of those sports outranks any of the others when it comes to statistical significance.

I always thought golf was the most played sport in NZ.

Azevo2010-06-07 13:12:15

Canoeing? Someone is telling porkies there

Odds of that guy having a tiny cock: 99/100 Cosimo2010-06-07 15:47:38

Not quite, but the numbers are not quite what they might seem.

They are the result of a SPARC survey re participation, and they indicate the percentage of the population that has participated at least once in the given activity over the past 12 months.

Borrowing your mate's kayak for a quick spin on Hataitai Beach carries the same weight as playing 18 matches for the Wharfies on sodden pitches.

Hence weird results.

Golf isn't a sport, it's a hobby. So is rugby, I suppose.

Odds of that Cougar finding out, within 5 mins of the photo being taken...99/100

I suppose that walking or swimming is not noted as a sport because of that.

No. But it would be the most lucratively participated sport.I would imagine that the high subs for members to maintain ground upkeep but also for the SkyTV coverage of golf.

Here is a story:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/3789188/Can-football-threaten-rugby-in-NZ

Remember seeing a SPARC report a few years back which suggested that it was, but can't seem to find it now.

Wiki seems to suggest that it's the most played sport among NZ adult males.

Does the guy think we are stupid, or has he had too many rucks to the head? The article was a beat up though, I agree.

The article did give some interesting stats about sport participation. SPARC....185,292 NZ adults took part in football in 2007. In addition there were 23,500 secondary school players and 57,000 5 to 13 year olds playing football last year(up 12% )

I found a couple of pdfs (one for adult sport, one for junior) on the sparc website a few months ago that had football as the number one for junior, and as the number two for adults, both next to rugby. but adding 1 and 2 together, it had football as the highest participation, ever so slightly over rugby. i thought the date was fairly recent, but i havnt had any luck tracking them down since.

AJ13, that can't be right - football is well ahead of Rugby at participation at Senior level