Rejected petition Make rugby the official national sport of England.

Football has been the de facto national sport of England for decades but has brought nothing but embarrassment.

Make Rugby Union the official national sport with funding for grass roots development and give the county something to be proud of.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 27 June 2016
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.