Another favorite sport question: does anybody play RUGBY

[AlbinoPanther]

So i play rugby(and nobody like that i do that except my girlfriend even she fear for my health).
Is there anybody who play it.
What do you think about it?


RUGBY vs NFL ?

[Squinky]

You won't play Rugby with your girlfriend because she has scars?

And no, I don't play rugby, but I think the NFL is lamness incarnate also. I have played Cricket though.....does that count?

[IM NOT TEH SPAM]

I used to play football with my friends... but I stopped because my tackles hurt them.  Wusses.

IMO all televised sports suck.  I would never watch sports on tv, there are so many better things to do...

[Las Naranjas]

I prefer Rugby League to Rugby Union.

That's what happens when you go to a public school.

[AlbinoPanther]

You won't play Rugby with your girlfriend because she has scars?

LOL that was funny (my english is not excelent)

Las Naranjas:

Is rugby realy popular in Australia cause we heared it is.
In our country there are only 10 teams.

[Las Naranjas]

Rugby League is the second most popular form of football in terms of money, crowds and TV ratings, and 3rd in terms of player numbers. Rugby Union is third and fourth respectively. League is the most popular sport in NSW and Queensland however.

Since you may not know what Rugby League is, a century ago the working class players in Yorkshire and then Sydney realised they couldn't continue being amateur since they got injuries and thus couln't work. So they professionalised and tweaked the rules to make it more spectator friendly. The Middle class players remained amateur a class divide emerged (the olympics prohibited professional players as well in this period, to keep out the working class sportsman who couldn't afford to do sports at that level just for fun).

The main difference in rules are the fact that there are no lineouts, rucks are replaced by  simple restart of play called the "play the ball" and a team can only be tackled 6 times before they have to give over possesion [a bit like 4 downs in gridiron except you can't get another down, so they usually kick after the 5th tackle].

There's subsequently alot less ruck penalties and penalty goals are far far less important than in Union.

Of course, Rugby Union is now professional, and the successful teams (not the Austalian team) begin to look more and more like they're playing league, so maybe professional play is a vector.

The only other country where League is more popular than union is Papua new Guinea though, and elsewhere it's restricted to Maoris in New Zealand and Yorkshire in England.

There's a rough guide to Rugby League and Rugby Union then.

[Phemar]

Rugby is like THE sport here in South Africa. Everybody plays rugby.

Except for me (I can't stand the sport (then again, I can't stand most sports!)), all my friends and I play Field Hockey.

[scourge]

I am one of those million people in South Africa that does play rugby

[i k a r i]

Here in South America we play soccer...best sport in the world 
And I am a professional player    ...well not really, but I could be, I consider myself a very very good player.. :'(

And about rugby, I think is a great sport too, I love all sports..

[aussie]

I play rugby too, but contrary to Las, I play Union.

League is good fun, though. Touch is also ok.

[RickJ]

I am a Rugby player (second row mostly).   I also played American football in high school but had more fun playing Rugby.  So what position do you all play, back or scrum?

As for Socer we always said that "Socer is a gentleman's game played by  holigans and Rugby is a holigan's game played by gentlemen...".   

[Kinoko]

Las Naranhas: I'm so happy there's someone like you around on these forums to back me up when I wanna go on about Rugby League ^_^

Best sport in the world and no exceptions.

[Privateer Puddin']

I played Rugby for school, and now at college.

[AlbinoPanther]

Las Naranjas:
Thanks for information.

RickJ:
I play scrum second row just like you and

As for Socer we always said that "Socer is a gentleman's game played by  holigans and Rugby is a holigan's game played by gentlemen...".

tihis was one clever thing to say 

So let's make rugby adventure game :o   

[aussie]

So what position do you all play, back or scrum?

Wing.

Although I'm not precisely the small type.

Las Naranhas: I'm so happy there's someone like you around on these forums to back me up when I wanna go on about Rugby League ^_^

Hey, I like it too. Go the Broncos! (I used to soooo like Gorden Tallis... inspirational!)

[gameboy]

In Estonia rugby is not very popular... at least I have never played it.

[i k a r i]

As for Socer we always said that "Socer is a gentleman's game played by  holigans and Rugby is a holigan's game played by gentlemen...".   

So what is that suppose to mean.. I think is stupid..Is a very snob phrase..

Here is as phrase as good as that one: "Soccer is a sport played by people with abilities...rugby for big people who can run"

[Paper Carnival]

I prefer mini-soccer... Infact, I have a mini-soccer match to attend to in exactly an hour and 20 minutes. I don't like playing normal soccer because the way I play is suitable for the smaller field, 5 people per team instead of 11.

[Mordalles]

Las Naranhas: I'm so happy there's someone like you around on these forums to back me up when I wanna go on about Rugby League ^_^

Best sport in the world and no exceptions.

ure just saying that cause australia is loosing to everybody in rugby these days. haha.

im a rugby player, but i too love soccer.

[rodekill]

My girlfriend plays rugby and football (american).
She can kick my ass.
Which is hot.