Metal Iain wrote:

MartinC wrote:"Oooh be nice to the referee!!" - Shut it, you puff!

It actually involves skill

Have you ever watched the likes of Kaka, Ronaldinho, Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo play? Obviously not, because they're absolutely amazing. Any cunt can run into another cunt at full pelt, it doesn't take much.

What?!

All Ronaldo does is run at full pelt at slow defenders. OK, the boy's got skills but it's so much easier to control a football than it is a rugby ball. I'd like to see him do anything that Shane Williams couldn't.

Rugby players are also expected to do way more things than a football player and with less time to think about them. Have you ever tried drop-kicking a rugby ball? It's fucking brick if you haven't done it before. Then you get players like Francois Steyn that can score drop goals from 55 metres and penalties from 60. On last week's evidence, Ronaldo can't score them from 12 yards.

With football, you don't need as coherent a strategy or team work as rugby. A game of football, on the other hand, can come down to a moment of genius from one player. Sure enough, in rugby you get players that'll do something completely amazing but it'll seldom win the game.

In summation, any tit can play football hence why all football players are tits and working-class. However, you need brains to play rugby and that's why all rugby players have been to Uni and pronounce words properly.

And with regards to the ref, a good scrum half will tend to try and influence him but you'll rarely see a rugby player showing the complete attitude problem that football players tend to have.

thrashduck wrote:That is the most bollocks I've ever heard from you Iain. And that says something.

Much easier to control a football?! Are you suggesting it's easier to use your legs than your hands? All your points are wank and can be easily shot down with unbias. Your rugby bias is amazingly bad. Ban.

Lev - Pulverizer wrote:Leeds just scraping their arses in. Tssh.

We lost today, but thank fuck Doncaster lost n all. I were shitting a brick.

boovidge wrote: i have no interest in Rugby

boovidge wrote:this is exactly what i didnt want this thread turned into. Well done Iain, you like rugby, make a rugby thread or a rugby vs football thread if you want (infact maybe you already did ). I can't be bothered to talk about it as i have no interest in Rugby and arguing about which is better is pointless.

Lev - Pulverizer wrote:how...why?..but...how?...it jus'...but..

Defeator wrote:So whats everyones predictions for Euro 2008? (If that hasnt been talked about already)

ThrashConvert wrote:You can be a fan of both though!!
I goto every home game and a few away games for spurs, yet i try to get to see munster in the rugby whenever they are in the uk, i travelled to edinburgh when they were over and will be going upto coventry this afternoon for the semi final.
The whole tension between the sports is completely bullshit! There are good and bad sides to both sports.