(August 28, 2021 at 11:25 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(August 28, 2021 at 11:18 am)Spongebob Wrote: Yeah, it's funny how the game you grow up with is generally the one you understand and appreciate more. Rugby and AFL are more like soccer in that there is less structure and more action/fluidity. American/Canadian football is far more rigid and structured. The format of starting a play that lasts for maybe 10 seconds vs moving the ball around the field and getting into position to score is the biggest difference.
There are lots of other sports that have a format more like soccer and rugby, so I think American style football is more of the oddball. Interesting note, to many Americans the most attractive component of the sport is the violence.
I played rugby from age ten until I was in my late forties, so yeah - rugby play and rules are second nature to me. I’ve never found gridiron style particularly compelling (nothing against it, just not to my taste).
Interesting factlet: Early on, American and Canadian football were considered variants of rugby.
Boru
I think it is widely understood that what people outside the United States call "football" and not "European footbol" or "soccer" stems from what is commonly known as rugby.
