Poll: (American) Football, or Rugby?

[Midnight Crossroads]

I watch both. I play more football than rugby though, as the only people who play rugby in the US are pretty much all college intramural teams.

 

[megasilly]

I prefer rugby of football mainly due to living in New South Wales, Australia (damn you maroons!), however once the game of football was described to me, my interest peaked.
I have 2 mates at uni how are banging on about football and the selection process the players go through and the teams standing in for the super bowl finals.

It's always fun to ask'em questions on the subject.

But my preference will be rugby. Specially when "State of Origin" roles around.

 

[Kaytastrophe]

Rugby has short shorts. Rugby wins.

P.S. Is there really a position in rugby suitable for skinny guys?

Edit: Apparently it's something called a scrum. Sounds like something that grows on old shower curtains...

dude there are lots of positions available for skinny guys. I played rugby for years and the great thing about the sport whether your 5 or 7 feet tall 100 pounds or 300 pounds there is a position for you. If your skinny you can probably play a fly half, a winger, 8 man (possibly), almost any of the positions that play in the back. You could probably also play as a hooker. Its an awesome game to play.

 

[FalloutJack]

I live in Pittsburgh. What do YOU think?

 

[anANGRYkangaroo]

Rugby all the way.

And also, you wear a cup? No one in Australia that I know of wears a cup.

We don't even wear cups in Australia.

Rugby is actually played here. Grid Iron (as it's known here) is pretty much a myth that none of us believe in.

I prefer Football (soccer) to both, then rugby league, rugby union, Aussie Rules Football, Grid Iron.

Grid Iron is shockingly boring, overly complex and really not that much fun to watch, they've even banned the stupid dancing and shit which was the only good bit.

We used cups because I was on a highschool team at the time, and it was more of a liability issue than a need.

 

[tthor]

Frankly, i find [American] Football to be incredibly boring, even tho i live in the US

From what I've heard about rugby, it sounds awesomely intense, (and makes all the guys who play Football seem like pussies). I seriously would like to watch Rugby games!

 

[infohippie]

Rugby. It's a man's game because you don't wear ten kilos of body armour, you just try to stomp the opposing team into the mud. And occasionally pick up a ball, but that's really kind of incidental.

 

[Zorak the Mantis]

As an American who has played both sports; I think Rugby is way better to play and more fun to watch. Rugby is a tough game, but you still have to use your head. My ex played Rugby in college and damn, she was strong!

 

[Mimssy]

I watch American Football and I'm looking forward for college football to start up again.

 

[anANGRYkangaroo]

As an American who has played both sports; I think Rugby is way better to play and more fun to watch. Rugby is a tough game, but you still have to use your head. My ex played Rugby in college and damn, she was strong!

Hell yeah! Girl rugby is just as awesome to watch, the women have just as much, if not more force than some of the men

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

And also, you wear a cup? No one in Australia that I know of wears a cup.

Cups? That'd take all the fun out of rucks.

Only protective gear I ever saw in my playing days were mouthguards and a few hookers who wore soft shinpads.

 

[anANGRYkangaroo]

And also, you wear a cup? No one in Australia that I know of wears a cup.

Cups? That'd take all the fun out of rucks.

Only protective gear I ever saw in my playing days were mouthguards and a few hookers who wore soft shinpads.

Right, I forgot about mouthguards There are also scrum caps for the wimps out there who dont want their little ears to get scraped

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

Rugby has short shorts. Rugby wins.

P.S. Is there really a position in rugby suitable for skinny guys?

Scrum halfs usually aren't too huge. And some of the backs positions can be played by small guys.

Scrum Half and Fly Half are probably best. Fly Half needs better pace and usually a decent boot on them while Scrum Half needs cleaner hands and absolute fearlessness.

If you've got mad pace and lateral movement it doesn't matter what shape you are you'll do good on the wings.

Some people have mentioned Locks but locks need to be tall more than anything.

Possibly Hookers but only if the team plays their hooker traditional style instead of playing them as a 3rd prop. Can't be too much height difference between the hooker and the props though or the scrum formation is unbalanced and relatively fragile... and speaking as someone who's had their left shoulder dislocated 5 times from collapsed scrums, you really don't want that.

Skinny bloke could do well as a flanker if they were ropey with muscle, hard as fucking nails, and fearsome tacklers with a good burst of speed.

 

[direkiller]

From what I've heard about rugby, it sounds awesomely intense, (and makes all the guys who play Football seem like pussies). I seriously would like to watch Rugby games!

http://www.badassoftheweek.com/shelford.html this got posted last time this thread came up and

OT: From Pittsburgh i think its a law that i must love football, hockey, pierogies, and col slaw

baseball may be added to that list because the pirates are doing well for once in my lifetime(not an exaggeration)

 

[Condor219]

I don't play football (not in anything official anyway; that space goes to hockey), but I prefer it over rugby (if only because there aren't any leagues for it for miles around: I live in the US).

As for watching, the amount of intellect that goes into playcalling (especially if the quarterback audibles, or changes the play on the fly) is a lot greater than you'd think. A LOT of variables are present on both offense and defense, and as the season progresses and stakes of games get higher, they can be very entertaining to watch.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

And also, you wear a cup? No one in Australia that I know of wears a cup.

Cups? That'd take all the fun out of rucks.

Only protective gear I ever saw in my playing days were mouthguards and a few hookers who wore soft shinpads.

Right, I forgot about mouthguards There are also scrum caps for the wimps out there who dont want their little ears to get scraped

Hahaha... You're not a real forward if at least one of your ears isn't cauliflowered.

See more than a few backs wearing soft helmets these days. Even a couple of Locks and 2nd Rowers.


As an aside, I never wore a mouthguard. Annoying fucking things.

 

[Lionsfan]

....Hand-egg.....

It's called football. Please don't be a smartass and use the "cool edgy" name.



OT: I prefer football, although rugby isn't too bad either. Football has the edge probably because of where I grew up (the States) so I was never really exposed to Rugby that much, and plus I've got a lot of fond memories involving football

 

[StBishop]

Rugby all the way.

And also, you wear a cup? No one in Australia that I know of wears a cup.

We don't even wear cups in Australia.

Rugby is actually played here. Grid Iron (as it's known here) is pretty much a myth that none of us believe in.

I prefer Football (soccer) to both, then rugby league, rugby union, Aussie Rules Football, Grid Iron.

Grid Iron is shockingly boring, overly complex and really not that much fun to watch, they've even banned the stupid dancing and shit which was the only good bit.

We used cups because I was on a highschool team at the time, and it was more of a liability issue than a need.

Again, I never knew of anyone playing highschool, local club level, or semi-professional wearing a cup.