2007-10-12 03:54:23 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Rugby
nice 360 photo's mate! now i know what you look like all i need is your address so i can send my under 9's round to bounce you all over the place....lol!
2007-10-12 08:33:32 · answer #1 · answered by tee 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I assume from your photo that you desperately want people to mistake you for a Gallagher brother and that by football you mean soccer. Never mind all the ponsy arguments about American Football vs. Real Football, if I write soccer there is no confusion. Soccer has to be the simplest game which is why it's the most popular. Rugby is played by fewer people around the world because it requires a greater commitment. Although in the England rugby union is largely an upper middle class sport, in Canada and the US and other parts of the world there are a large number of working class males who grew up playing ice hockey or football who find the physicality and social elements surrounding rugby subculture to be appealing. There are a lot of out of shape people playing the sport in North America due to the fact that the game is played at varying levels and hence while some commitment to specialized physical skills such as scrummaging, rucking, mauling, lifting, jumping, tackling is required fat dudes can find a spot in the pack on a 3rd or 4th team. At high levels incredible levels of physical fitness and strength are required. Some soccer players might be able to play at the skilled positions of scrum half, fly half, winger or full back but they would need to be a lot tougher. There is no room for feigning injuries in rugby. If you don't think rugby is a finesse game watch some 7's rugby. The only team sport that even comes close to the speed, skill and ball movement of 7's rugby is basketball played at an uptempo pace like the Phoenix Suns.
2016-05-22 02:01:19 · answer #2 · answered by margarite 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rugby is the most 'Dangerous Sport' in the Planet!
In football you dont FEEL crunching tackles that break your bones, thuds that shake the root of your hair that you might think you have only minutes to live, players walking over you like a roller smoothing a tarmac, and injuries that will affect you for the rest of your life!
Welcome to Rugby my Friend!
We Play for the Love of the Game!
2007-10-12 14:19:54 · answer #3 · answered by redzonecash 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well some of the forwards are quite big but i wouldn't say they fat! Footballers are woosies and wouldn't last two mins in a rugby game they would run away from fright especially when they saw Jerry Collins running towards them at full speed!!
2007-10-15 16:35:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who can argue with Oscar Wilde? But don't take his word or our word for it. Get out there and play some rugby and you'll figure out pretty fast that its a fast game for fit people.
P.S. - Oh, and rolling around on the pitch pretending to be hurt isn't part of the game.
2007-10-12 04:03:48 · answer #5 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I haven't seen any fat blokes playing rugby lately ITS ALL MUSCLE. Football players are far too thin and would probably shite themselves if they came anywhere near a ruck or a scrum and have to go home to mummy.
2007-10-12 04:01:10 · answer #6 · answered by neogriff 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Football is a game for nancy boys! Rugby players are real men.
2007-10-12 03:58:41 · answer #7 · answered by Mimkat hate the new Yahoo Answers so has retired. 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Rugby is a game for men who don't fall over clutching their shins every time an opponent come within spitting distance to them. Really, how often can you watch those poofs run around screaming "MY OVARIES HURT! MY OVARIES HURT!" before you watch a sport where the players are a little more manly, like hopscotch.
2007-10-12 07:00:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
In reality I dont know many (any?) footballers who would step foot on a rugby pitch so I would rephrase your question and say:
Is football a game for nancy boys who are too scared to play a real mans game?....
2007-10-12 04:06:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Rugby players are usually fitter and stronger than football players. But you are probably right that they can't play football, they have no idea how to fall over, harrass referees and spit at each other.
2007-10-15 08:08:40 · answer #10 · answered by Mancloud 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rugby is a game for real men, football is for wimps!! lol. would love to see the look on a footie players face when placed in a scrum!!
2007-10-12 04:06:44 · answer #11 · answered by KET 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋