02-07-2005 18:26									#1
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Basically, the tougher version of Union. Instead of grabbing balls in the scrum and being in a big slumber party called a ruck, this sport actually involves people running into each other at full pelt. Every five seconds. The only sport that probably comes close is Australian Rules Footie.

Anyway, come on you Reds, Salford vs Huddersfield on Sky Sports 1 for those that can get it. I'll be there. SALFORD! SALFORD! (bashes skull)

	02-07-2005 18:32									#2
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I'm from Hull. All I can say to your Salford is 'Hah!'

	02-07-2005 18:35									#3
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Yeah. At least we're second to you in car robbing league.

	02-07-2005 18:48									#4
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I know that it is a game played by neanderthals.

I also suspect that fans of Rugby League have either an overt homosexual inclination, or else a subconscious one. I can see no other reason for watching a game where men physically brutalise each other and then affectionately caress each others buttocks.

I like watching women's tennis and women's diving myself. Netball is good viewing too.

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At least I don't have to live there any more

	02-07-2005 18:59									#6
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But they're actually pretty good at the British Bulldog sport. Unlike us Salford lads who have lost eight on the bounce..never mind, we'll win today, just you watch....

	02-07-2005 19:01									#7
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Well Hull isn't doing too bad nowadays...it's got two pretty decent rugby teams and the football team doesn't seem to be doing too bad either (with it's phoenix-like rise to the championship). I'm not really interested in the sports themselves, but I do consider it to be a matter of civic pride...

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Same here. I acknowledge Salford's a bunghole but I came from there therefore I have to support them.

Yanks don't get this feeling I reckon as they are all immiggies

	02-07-2005 19:11									#9
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Well I think despite the incredible problem with petty crime in Hull (has anyone been there recently? It's like a high-tech CCTV police state, they're on every corner) the place is looking fairly smart...there is a lot of redevelopment going on and I don't think it is too bad a place to live (I prefer it to Leeds easily, but not to Manchester or London, but that is probably more to do with my draw to large urban centres as well). But it's the job situation. There is nothing there for someone like me. The career opportunities here are great, but back in Hull I would just be stuck in some low-paid dead end job...and that is doing chemistry! It kind of leaves a bit of a bitter taste about the place.

I don't know whether there is much of a correllation between what teams Americans support and their locality...only they can tell us

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I don't like Leeds.

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quote: The only sport that probably comes close is Australian Rules Footie.

Please explain how Rugby League is similar to Aussie Rules.

Aussie rules is not about running at your opponent, its about avoiding the opponent by keeping the ball in play. Hence the high level of kicking and passing.

Aussie rules has more similarities with Rugby Union than League.

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My flatmate has offered his description of American Football.

Basically it involves being soft, intellectually challenged, and taking a break every five seconds.

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quote: Originally posted by Dracon II My flatmate has offered his description of American Football. Basically it involves being soft, intellectually challenged, and taking a break every five seconds.

An American Football player wouldn't last two seconds in Rugby League.

(BTW, we won )

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I don't care - Huddersfield is almost Manchester anyway

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quote: Originally posted by Bkeela I know that it is a game played by neanderthals.

I played from the age of 6 to 16

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QED!

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What's the difference between Rugby Union rules and Rugby League rules? AFAIK, over here we have only played Rugby Union as an organized sport.

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League is simpler and more fun to watch.

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quote: Originally posted by Park Avenue An American Football player wouldn't last two seconds in Rugby League. (BTW, we won )

Why do people always make this type you camparision? Rugby League players wouldn't last two minutes in heavyweight boxing...it's still irrelevant.

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quote: Originally posted by Dracon II My flatmate has offered his description of American Football. Basically it involves being soft, intellectually challenged, and taking a break every five seconds.

At the turn of the 19th century, American rules football was considered a great deal more violent than Rugby Union, at least.

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quote: Originally posted by DanS At the turn of the 19th century, American rules football was considered a great deal more violent than Rugby Union, at least.

That was before pads.

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quote: Originally posted by DanS What's the difference between Rugby Union rules and Rugby League rules? AFAIK, over here we have only played Rugby Union as an organized sport.

League is closer to American Football.

In rugby league, when you get tackled, you start again, and notch up 1 on the tackle counter. When it gets to 5, the ball is turned over. In rugby union, when you get tackled, a ruck or maul forms around the tackle as both teams fight for the ball.

That's the main difference, rugby league is stops and starts, rugby union is left to flow. The scorings slightly different - in union a try is 5, a drop goal or penalty kick 3 and a conversion 2; in league a try is 4 and a drop goal, penalty kick or conversion is 2, IIRC. Also, League has always been professional, whereas Union was amateur for a long time. And the ball's are slightly different, with League's being shorter and fatter like an American football, compared to Union's.

In Australia, NZ and South Africa both are pretty big, whereas in the Northern Hemisphere only Union is a large sport, though League is one of the fastest growing in the UK.

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That was before a lot of rule changes. FYI, NFL players are now getting rid of many of their pads.

	03-07-2005 22:22									#24
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Cool. Thanks for the rundown. Sounds somewhat like old Harvard rules football.

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its a much faster game than union, where the play always breaks down

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quote: a drop goal

Is only one point in League

quote: with League's being shorter and fatter like an American football, compared to Union's.

Union balls are fatter less pointy than League balls

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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse its a much faster game than union, where the play always breaks down

Yeah, too many of those lame line throw-ins.

When I first saw Union I thought they were idiots because they kept on kicking the ball into touch.

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I think league is the superior game if you look at the 2 games objectively without all the snobbery about union.

The best team almost always wins in a league game, its an exciting fast game, whereas I don't think you can say the same for union.

A set of 6 tackles in league takes about 30 seconds so in an average game of 80 minutes you get about 150 sets of 6 plays, that's 900 plays in 80 minutes - taking into account stoppages for tries and kicks and scrums - a lot of footy action in one game. The players do half a marathon in running alone.

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From a Union player's point of view, League is very stereotypical running into opponent hoping they'll miss the tackle.
And there's beauty in Union's mauls. If you really want a spectacular game, consider sevens. It's way more entertaining to watch than either Union (15 players)or League (13 players), as there is far more available space and many more tries than in either of the bigger games.

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7 player rugby is actually fun to watch.