Football has overtaken rugby as Wales’ national sport, according to an independent audience research report.
A poll by Nielsen for UEFA has asked a representative sample in Wales in 2016, 2019 and 2022 which is their favourite sport. And, for the first time, football came out on top this year.
In 2016, rugby and football were even at 43% each, with rugby having a narrow 42% to 39% lead in 2019. But the poll for this year shows football opening up a 47% to 45% lead as the nation's favourite interest sport.
