The most biased and baseless post "ever"Originally posted by Rat Faced@15 January 2004 - 22:43
Thought i'd share this i found on another board telling of the difference between Rugby and American Football..
Firstly American 'football' isn't football. They call it football but they also drive on the wrong side of the road so clearly their judgement is suspect.
Secondly, American football teams have roughly 437 players on each team. One to hold the ball, one to pass, one to catch, one to block, one to be blocked, one to be on the side while the other guy is blocking, one to be on the side while being blocked.
The rules, as far as I can make out are that a handful of players from each team wander onto the field. One side has the ball and the other doesn't. The team with the ball attempts to get the ball past the other team. This involves one guy passing the ball behind him to another guy who then runs backwards while trying to find someone else to throw the ball to. Note the lack of foot on ball here. The other team is, at this stage, mostly made up of walking examples of how evolution can go wrong. They attempt to kill any of the team with the ball, thus rendering the ball holder's attempts to pass the ball to another player moot.
After a few seconds the ball is passed safely or the ball holder is dismembered. Everyone leaves the field.
The teams then pick another hand full of players and prepare to do pretty much the same thing again. Sometimes someone on the team with the ball will be passed the ball and will have to run with the ball. Note that, since this is "football", they are not actually allowed to kick the ball. All they are allowed to do is throw the ball to the other end of the field where someone has to catch it without ending up as a statistic.
Everyone wears armour that accounts for half their body mass. Each play means that players are forced to run upwards of 10 yards at a time, but with 425 players in reserve on the benches there is enough players to rotate onto the field without any fear of players dying from exertion while carrying all that armour.
Eventually someone manages to throw the ball in the right direction to a player who can catch (and who is at the correct end of the field) and they get a touchdown. Note that they don't actually have to touch the ball down. Alternatively some brave soul can actually run with the ball to the end zone.
Teams change, dead bodies are removed, and everyone lines up again.
Rugby, on the other hand, is a team of 15 guys (in rugby Union, 13 in Rugby League, 7 in seven-a-side)who face another team of 15 guys. One team has the ball and they can either pass it to other team members (but only if the pass travels backwards) or can kick it forward. Players can only attempt to kill other players if that other player is holding the ball. If this is the case then it's on for young and old. Note that the very first play of the ball is a kick-off, where one team kicks the football (literally means 'ball meant to be kicked by a foot'to the other team.
No armour is worn. Maybe a headpiece, definitely a mouthguard, and for those who want to see Fathers Day, maybe some further judicious protection. The team with the ball must do what it can to get the ball past the other team, and once the team member carrying the ball is attended to with sufficient prejudice and is no longer moving, the team will then regroup and try again. No breaks, no changing players, no sutering of wounds. 5 more attempts later the team with the ball must give the ball up to the other team, and the delicate dance proceeds back the way it came.
If one team gets the ball over the try line, and physically touches the ball to the soil, it's called a 'try' (as opposed to a 'did it', which would make more sense). The team can also kick the ball through the upright posts for a field goal.
Occasionally when a ball goes out of the field everyone gets together in a big huddle, called a ruck, loops arms around each others shoulders and attempts to force the other team's ruck to collapse, potentially breaking some players necks and giving the attacking side a distinct advantage. Occasionally teams members go missing inside rucks.
As Jonno would say..
I'll get me coat.....
The poster talks about Football by exagerating certain aspect while, I can only guess, tones it down a bit when describing Rugby. What a joke!!!
1. I agree it is weird us calling it Football. Thanks to hobbes I now know why.
2. "437" players, "425" players. Again what joke in exagerating the number of players. He ven got the numbers different each time.
3. The armor does not account for half of the body mass.
Take a full back in Football and a joeblow Rugby player with no pads.
The Rugby player would get run over or knocked out from the contact.
Our players are for the most part faster, stronger and heavier.
These guys not only are big but fast and that's with pads.
No comparison bud.
4. The poster also trivializes any rule in Football that is NOT a rule in Rugby.
Again biased and baseless.
5. The ruck in Rugby is GAY. Now is that biased or baseless or both.
to the other team.
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