Gridiron/American Football vs Rugby

Cheesecakemouse wrote:  But again I cannot confirm this, but if its true then American Footballers can't cut it on the rugby field

But that was a hundred years back, so you can't make assumptions based on that.  I'm sure with the proper training NFL'ers could definitely cut it on the rugby field.  But you would have to raise the pay scale significantly, there is no incentive for them to play rugby otherwise.

moonlapse wrote: magnus wrote: Rugby's a lot cooler in my eyes. English red-headed, hard-assed blokes with few or no  teeth at all left in their mouth, running through muddy wet fields with a look in their eyes as if they'll murder whoever's standing in their way compared to a bunch of fast-running, padded playboys backed up by their 200-kg friends running on some fresh, newly-cut grass with their mothers cheering at them....... We have a clear favorite! According to Wikipedia, there can be as many as 38 players on an AFL team, and: "The (AFL) salary cap for the majority of clubs in 2006 is $6.47 million (AUD)." There are individual NFL players making more than that in a year. So if the Rugby boys are so tough, and football players are such pansies, why don't they try cutting it in American football? Because, they can't

Edited by Cheesecakemouse - March 15 2007 at 20:05

magnus wrote: Rugby's a lot cooler in my eyes. English red-headed, hard-assed blokes with few or no  teeth at all left in their mouth, running through muddy wet fields with a look in their eyes as if they'll murder whoever's standing in their way compared to a bunch of fast-running, padded playboys backed up by their 200-kg friends running on some fresh, newly-cut grass with their mothers cheering at them....... We have a clear favorite!

According to Wikipedia, there can be as many as 38 players on an AFL team, and:

"The (AFL) salary cap for the majority of clubs in 2006 is $6.47 million (AUD)."

There are individual NFL players making more than that in a year.

So if the Rugby boys are so tough, and football players are such pansies, why don't they try cutting it in American football?

Because, they can't

As for Rugby's popularity worldwide, well, it costs a lot more to field a football team with all the equipment and such, so it's not a fair comparison.

And for the record, I'm not American

I'm an American, so football it is.  I don't even know the rules of rugby.

BTW, @ our Aussie members:  is there a difference between rugby and Australian rules football?  if so, what is it?

I don't think that American Football has really caught on overseas, huge in the USA but thats about it, while Rugby is spreading and has popularity in diverse places, eg Argentina, Romania, Sth Africa.

Rugby's a lot cooler in my eyes. English red-headed, hard-assed blokes with few or no  teeth at all left in their mouth, running through muddy wet fields with a look in their eyes as if they'll murder whoever's standing in their way compared to a bunch of fast-running, padded playboys backed up by their 200-kg friends running on some fresh, newly-cut grass with their mothers cheering at them....... We have a clear favorite!

(okay, maybe that was just a smidgeon exaggerated and filled with silly, surreal stereotypes of mine)

I vote Rugby because its cooler. And pads in American Football aren't "body armor" they are useful to do some of the things like blocking but it hurts when doing that. From personal experience by the way. And when you hit somebody hard they hurt 10 times worse than you do. Pretty painful.

Rugby much more enjoyable to watch and better rules. Also American football is clearly just a rip off of Rugby, plus they all wear body armour the pansies. Not like Rugby players!

PROGMAN wrote: Rugby is a National Sport in Wales, and many others too!!

Edited by Cheesecakemouse - March 06 2007 at 18:07

Rugby!!

PA should have their own Rugby team.