Stephen Elliott
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Joined: Oct. 2005
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| Quote (Louis @ Sep. 16 2009,15:23) | | Quote (dheddle @ Sep. 16 2009,21:12) | [SNIP Nonsense]
No Rugby player would ram his head at 25 mph* into the back of another player. But in football that happens--a polycarbonate instrument O' death (the helmet) is directed into the opponent's kidneys at high velocity. Why, your average Rugby player would run and hide.
[SNIP irrelevancies about soccer, an utterly pointless game, and Wales, an utterly pointless principality] |
Ok, I know we're joking and all, but I've heard this piece of nonsense from Americans before. It is simply untrue. Watch rugby for a season and you'll see plenty of this kind of thing sans helmet. And a lot worse besides.
You'll also see very fast gentlemen of many ethnic backgrounds.
I know you consider it optional to be minimally informed before holding forth on a subject, but really Heddle, this is bad even for you.
Anyway, American footballers keep stopping and swapping teams over and the like. I could make some allusion about them nipping into the changing rooms to make sweet man-love to each other, but I am far too classy to descend to this kind of senseless national bickering. After all I am an Englishman and a European and therefore better. Not better at anything per se, just better. You wouldn't understand.
Louis |
Watch rugby league for class players at club level and union for international.
Union and League are different. A bit. Both are better than (USA) "football" though. 
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