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I grew up with Rugby League and Football.
I loved playing football but the Rugby lads are better for a night out.
There's just beautiful moments in football, where it all just slots into place. You hit that pass without even thinking about it, because you know your mate will be on it.
Rugby is a scrap with a few rules and a lot of mud. It's alright I suppose. |
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By *glyBettyTV/TS 38 weeks ago
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Rugby Union is basically the eton wall game without the wall. Absolutely abysmal spectacle.
Even the alleged origin story for the sport demonstrates just how inferior and devoid of skill it is.
Basically, during a football match, a fat kid sat on the ball, and, because he was obviously rubbish at football, decided to pick the ball up & run with it. Apparently this was some kind of eureka moment & it was decided that 'being bad at football & cheating' should be a standalone sport itself. 
Football is the world's most popular sport for a reason  |
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Rugby - no contest . Whist football is still a beautiful game it has been ridiculed by the overpaid nancys that throw them selves around trying to pretend to the referee that they are injured and then abuse him/her when they don’t agree with the decision .
Appalling bad sportsmanship which is becoming a complete farce. |
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By *avinaTVTV/TS 38 weeks ago
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I grew up in South Africa. The only country where rugby is more of a religion is New Zealand  .
I played soccer at primary school. Meh.
I played rugby up to first team level at high school, and then played club rugby at uni. I found it far more varied and exciting, and team-intensive.
I prefer rugby.  |
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"Rugby - no contest . Whist football is still a beautiful game it has been ridiculed by the overpaid nancys that throw them selves around trying to pretend to the referee that they are injured and then abuse him/her when they don’t agree with the decision .
Appalling bad sportsmanship which is becoming a complete farce."
This |
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Rugby, I can watch a match with a beer stood with the other teams fans and feel safe, the players (in general) on pitch mortal enemies but have respect off the pitch will go buy each other a beer and have a laugh.
Football, fans have to be separated or they fight each other, no drinks in the stands, the players fall over and get paid more money than sense to roll on the floor from the slightest touches where it is more about the falling over than playing the game. I get the passion but the fans and top level players ruin it for me.
I am a firm Rugby lad. |
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Football. Where we come from rugby was for the posh kids.
Rugby is also brutal with the amount of injuries and now potential brain damage. Would not be surprised if rugby is a very different game in 20 years due to legal claims. |
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"Rugby
More professional and no prima Donna’s taking dives "
No, they just bite and gouge in a maul/ruck and then use spiked tackles which were deliberate and which they have had to introduce new laws to stop because it's dangerous .
Very professional |
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By *glyBettyTV/TS 38 weeks ago
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You often hear from egg-chasing fans that they believe they're more civilized because they can be trusted to have a beer at the stadium.
The truth is, it's because you have to be at least half-cut to possibly enjoy watching 30 public school graduates in booty shorts, grunting at each other through gum shields whilst moving slowly across a muddy field
Even the shape of the ball is like a willful perversion of nature.
Any sane sport uses a round ball, a ball where a repetitious technique can be honed, because the ball can be trusted to react predictably to it's environment & not bounce off in random directions.
The fact that rugby used an egg as it's focal point is another example of how the skill level of the sport is so much lower than footballs.
You'll get rugby fans saying they have more "diverse skill sets" which is just another way of saying " even shit players can play"  |
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As an actual sport, I prefer rugby. I also like the fact you can go to a Premiership game, and each side’s supporters sit/stand with each other.
I like football as a game where you go kick a ball around the park with your mates. I do like watching the women’s game, as they just get on with it, the way you should. None of the primadonnas of the ‘top flight’ men’s games, the ridiculous acting antics with supposed fouls. When the modern game relies so heavily on video replays, they should use the technology to penalise for taking dives… |
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By (user no longer on site) 38 weeks ago
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"You often hear from egg-chasing fans that they believe they're more civilized because they can be trusted to have a beer at the stadium.
The truth is, it's because you have to be at least half-cut to possibly enjoy watching 30 public school graduates in booty shorts, grunting at each other through gum shields whilst moving slowly across a muddy field
Even the shape of the ball is like a willful perversion of nature.
Any sane sport uses a round ball, a ball where a repetitious technique can be honed, because the ball can be trusted to react predictably to it's environment & not bounce off in random directions.
The fact that rugby used an egg as it's focal point is another example of how the skill level of the sport is so much lower than footballs.
You'll get rugby fans saying they have more "diverse skill sets" which is just another way of saying " even shit players can play" "
Nothing like inverted snobbery  |
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"You often hear from egg-chasing fans that they believe they're more civilized because they can be trusted to have a beer at the stadium.
The truth is, it's because you have to be at least half-cut to possibly enjoy watching 30 public school graduates in booty shorts, grunting at each other through gum shields whilst moving slowly across a muddy field
Even the shape of the ball is like a willful perversion of nature.
Any sane sport uses a round ball, a ball where a repetitious technique can be honed, because the ball can be trusted to react predictably to it's environment & not bounce off in random directions.
The fact that rugby used an egg as it's focal point is another example of how the skill level of the sport is so much lower than footballs.
You'll get rugby fans saying they have more "diverse skill sets" which is just another way of saying " even shit players can play" "
“Wilful perversion of nature”……….from a t-girl?  |
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If this is based on the game then football or from a straight man's point of view if I had to watch the women's version of either sport then female football players are a better looking bunch for sure |
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"Football. Where we come from rugby was for the posh kids.
Rugby is also brutal with the amount of injuries and now potential brain damage. Would not be surprised if rugby is a very different game in 20 years due to legal claims. "
Agree , I grew up in glasgow and it was only football, rugby was for the toffs.
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By *glyBettyTV/TS 38 weeks ago
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And let's be honest guys....
You see that one guy in the pub, you know.....the one with his rugby shirt on that's tucked into his jeans..he was always a bit of a twat, wasnt he?
That one who wants to chew your ear off about Owen Farrell when you & your mates just want to talk about last night's Champions League..
The one that wants to ask people where they were when Johnny Wilkinson scored that drop goal, because coincidentally it was when this shameless glory hunter decided to become a rugby fan in the first place.
I suggest 60-70% of match going rugby fans actually have no idea what they're watching |
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Certainly football for me but I think it’s definitely gone to the dogs. After following football home and away for over twenty years I stopped after they made it an all seater stadiums, the atmosphere certainly changed for me but I understand the safety aspect needed to change especially at certain grounds. Fast forward to today and the whole game has changed, no more entertaining skills it’s more about cheating, diving about all over the place and generally a garbage example of football. Even the pundits and fans are now shouting foul when clearly it wasn’t and please do t get me started on VAR!! I’ve never really been into rugby but my brother is…he says the cheating the referee is coming into rugby too! I hope not for all you rugby fans out there.
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"And let's be honest guys....
You see that one guy in the pub, you know.....the one with his rugby shirt on that's tucked into his jeans..he was always a bit of a twat, wasnt he?
That one who wants to chew your ear off about Owen Farrell when you & your mates just want to talk about last night's Champions League..
The one that wants to ask people where they were when Johnny Wilkinson scored that drop goal, because coincidentally it was when this shameless glory hunter decided to become a rugby fan in the first place.
I suggest 60-70% of match going rugby fans actually have no idea what they're watching "
Because football shirt wearing fan's are so wonderful they'll like try to spark you out for wearing the wrong team shirt in a public bar FFS you can't even be trusted to leave a stadium together and have to be corralled because the fragile little egos can't bear it when the other team win.
It's simply no contest. Rugby all the way and union at that. Yes league may be a faster paced game but it's a little like a participation even at primary school.....now then Danny, you've had the ball for a while now and we've given you 5 attempts to score some points, it's only fair that Ethan's team gets a go now. Sharesies
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By *glyBettyTV/TS 38 weeks ago
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Here's another joke : The Rugby "World" Cup.
Firstly, because of rugbys global insignificance, it needs to preface its showpiece tournament with the name of the sport itself, just in case you confuse it with anything else & end up disappointed when you expected something else, but got egg-chasing instead
The world cup of Association Football is simply "The World Cup". It does not need to announce itself, because what is understood, does not need to be explained
Secondly, "world" cup?
Only about 6-7 countries even take it seriously, and 4 of those are in the British Isles
The rest of the tournament is made up of tiny Pacific Island nations who have populations smaller than Reigate, or countries who only started bothering to field a national team about 15 years ago.
World Cup? It should be called The Oceania and Ex-Colony International Cup (Or T.O.X.I.C for short  ) |
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"Here's another joke : The Rugby "World" Cup.
Firstly, because of rugbys global insignificance, it needs to preface its showpiece tournament with the name of the sport itself, just in case you confuse it with anything else & end up disappointed when you expected something else, but got egg-chasing instead
The world cup of Association Football is simply "The World Cup". It does not need to announce itself, because what is understood, does not need to be explained
Secondly, "world" cup?
Only about 6-7 countries even take it seriously, and 4 of those are in the British Isles
The rest of the tournament is made up of tiny Pacific Island nations who have populations smaller than Reigate, or countries who only started bothering to field a national team about 15 years ago.
World Cup? It should be called The Oceania and Ex-Colony International Cup (Or T.O.X.I.C for short )"
Isn't it called the FIFA world cup? What does FIFA stand for?
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By *glyBettyTV/TS 38 weeks ago
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"Here's another joke : The Rugby "World" Cup.
Firstly, because of rugbys global insignificance, it needs to preface its showpiece tournament with the name of the sport itself, just in case you confuse it with anything else & end up disappointed when you expected something else, but got egg-chasing instead
The world cup of Association Football is simply "The World Cup". It does not need to announce itself, because what is understood, does not need to be explained
Secondly, "world" cup?
Only about 6-7 countries even take it seriously, and 4 of those are in the British Isles
The rest of the tournament is made up of tiny Pacific Island nations who have populations smaller than Reigate, or countries who only started bothering to field a national team about 15 years ago.
World Cup? It should be called The Oceania and Ex-Colony International Cup (Or T.O.X.I.C for short )
Isn't it called the FIFA world cup? What does FIFA stand for?
Evie "
The official name is FIFA World Cup, but colloquially, when someone says to you "the world cup", it's immediately obvious to everyone the world over what sport they're talking about |
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By (user no longer on site) 38 weeks ago
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I’ve grown up playing, watching and enjoying both Football and Rugby League. It’s been a love/hate relationship with Everton for 32 years (have my dad to thank for that) but I wouldn’t change it. I do lean more towards football but growing up in a Rugby League town I’ve always followed Warrington Wolves as well. Couldn’t care less about Union. |
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By (user no longer on site) 38 weeks ago
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Football -getting tackles and hitting the floor pretending you've just been shot by a sniper.
Rugby - 80 mins pretending you're not injured.
I'll take rugby every day, but then I'm biased as I only stopped playing 2yrs ago after playing the sport for 43yrs.... and the banters better between fans in the pub. |
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Football. Yes there's issues in the game. But I still love it.
Rugby League next. Faster paced and more exciting.
Then Rugby Union. Still great, but too cuddly scrummy for me.. game doesn't seem to flow as much as league does. That being said.. I still watch it as much as possible.. as I do the other ones. |
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By (user no longer on site) 38 weeks ago
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Like rugby , prefer to play than watch. Played a few games with mates on local fields.
Definitely have the build for it but took a step back from playing following elbow surgery |
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By (user no longer on site) 38 weeks ago
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I prefer football just because I think it's a better sport to play/watch. I won't say anything negative about rugby though, people can enjoy what they want despite their massive inferiority complexes |
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"Football - 90 minutes pretending to be hurt
Rugby - 80 minute pretend your not
Rugby all the way "
Let’s not forget; football only came about, when one day, somebody overinflated a rugby ball, and people realised they could play a game without getting their hands dirty….. |
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I could never mange to get into football at all, as a player or a spectator I was always bored by it.
Rugby however, I got a great deal of enjoyment from playing back in the day.... and love to watch too.
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"Football - 90 minutes pretending to be hurt
Rugby - 80 minute pretend your not
Rugby all the way
Let’s not forget; football only came about, when one day, somebody overinflated a rugby ball, and people realised they could play a game without getting their hands dirty….. "
Unlike rugger when someone comes to cuddle them, they throw the ball away.. what's that all about |
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By *ripfillMan 37 weeks ago
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I played Rugby at a very senior level till I was in my early 30’s
It’s often said …
Football is a beautiful game played by louts while rugby is a rough tough sport played by gentlemen
But that difference is no more -
Football is so fast and tactical I love both
Well done Pompey !! And Havant rugby both for going up a league
If your into sport you love both
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I’m gonna have to say football… simply from an entertainment standpoint. I like Rugby sure but it just doesn’t come with the same jeopardy, drama, agony, ecstasy & high stake that football does especially at the highest level |
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By *avinaTVTV/TS 37 weeks ago
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"Football - 90 minutes pretending to be hurt
Rugby - 80 minute pretend your not
Rugby all the way
Let’s not forget; football only came about, when one day, somebody overinflated a rugby ball, and people realised they could play a game without getting their hands dirty….. "
Which takes me back to the oooold joke in South Africa about Naas Botha (the Northern Transvaal and Springbok flyhalf back in the 1980s) never getting his shorts dirty because he never got near the action or put in a tackle. |
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By *avinaTVTV/TS 37 weeks ago
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"I’m gonna have to say football… simply from an entertainment standpoint. I like Rugby sure but it just doesn’t come with the same jeopardy, drama, agony, ecstasy & high stake that football does especially at the highest level "
Have you ever seen the Springboks play the All Blacks? |
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