What kind of sick soccer rugby sport is this?

**Mr.Miyagi** · Posted On: 6/14/2012 9:08pm

Rollerball, guys; Jon-o-than, Jon-o-than, JON-O-THAN!

I'm the worst Australian...I dislike Cricket, I dislike AFL, I dislike Rugby League, I can stand Rugby Union and it's really the only game I don't dislike that involves a ball that's a national sport thing but I still neither watch or follow it.

Rugby at least doesn't have stupid rules to stop the game every 5 meters because you've been "tackled" and then the other guys are nice enough to line up again and give you another attempt; how sporting...JUMP ON THAT MOTHER-RUCKER!

And in regards to the OP...I don't know what that is...but that's something I could play, for sure!

**RWaggs** · Posted On: 6/18/2012 4:34pm

Originally Posted by Mr.Miyagi

Rugby at least doesn't have stupid rules to stop the game every 5 meters because you've been "tackled" and then the other guys are nice enough to line up again and give you another attempt; how sporting...JUMP ON THAT MOTHER-RUCKER!

Yep, American football is not rugby. It's the quick action, start and stop action which makes it very unique, and probably not for everyone. It's a chess match, with one team trying to break down differences in somewhat impenetrable defenses in hopes of making a big play in a very crowded and contended space.

It's really almost nerdy in it's complexity, and sometimes I'm surprised that my countrymen like it as much as they do. I'm a friggin superfan, myself.

**RWaggs** · Posted On: 6/18/2012 4:39pm

Originally Posted by Mr.Miyagi

Rugby at least doesn't have stupid rules to stop the game every 5 meters because you've been "tackled" and then the other guys are nice enough to line up again and give you another attempt; how sporting...JUMP ON THAT MOTHER-RUCKER!

Yep, American football is not rugby...I honestly don't know why the sports are even getting compared on here. Being tackled stopping the action is part of what creates the sport in the first place. It's the quick, shifty, start and stop action which makes it very unique, and probably not for everyone. It's a chess match, with one team trying to break down tiny openings in somewhat impenetrable defenses in hopes of making a big play in a very crowded and contended space. Our offensive and defensive linemen are often men in excess of 300 lbs who can run sub 5 second 40s.

It's really almost nerdy in it's complexity, and sometimes I'm surprised that my countrymen like it as much as they do. I'm a friggin superfan, myself.

**Lindz** · Posted On: 6/18/2012 5:34pm

Originally Posted by RWaggs

Yep, American football is not rugby...I honestly don't know why the sports are even getting compared on here.

Probably because one evolved out of the other, and they both involve large men smashing each other over an oval ball.

**Big Bear** · Posted On: 8/07/2012 5:10am

Originally Posted by Colin

Seriously Vince - who the hell measures toughness by felony?

Uh... Dallas?

**erezb** · Posted On: 8/07/2012 7:32am

Rodeo clowns and bull riders are the toughest sportsmen..
by the way isn't it that the best and biggest rugby players go and play football in America?

**Big Bear** · Posted On: 8/07/2012 7:47am

Originally Posted by erezb

Rodeo clowns and bull riders are the toughest sportsmen..
by the way isn't it that the best and biggest rugby players go and play football in America?

Nah, they'd constantly be on the bench for 'Unnecessary Roughness' and besides, Romo would cry.

**Dave Reslo** · Posted On: 11/28/2012 7:38pm

All the team sports you people have listed are for bum-chums. Florentine football is where it's at:

**Mr. Machette** · Posted On: 11/28/2012 7:51pm

Originally Posted by judoka_uk

You're all faggots compared to this

My high school gym coach (one of the most macho, chauvinist a-holes I've ever met) once said in no uncertain terms:

"Never fight with a ballet dancer. Oh they look like prancy delicate fariy folk, but what you may not have considered is that the man-child you see in a unitard can hold a grown woman above his head with one arm and balance their combined weight on the toes of one foot. Think about how stong someone has to be to do that. You pick a fight with those "pansies" and they will rip your freaking head off."