Rugby is indeed a challenging sport
Not many other sports have a the entry requirements of: Running. Carrying something. Being large.

It requires skills that your average 8 year old has in the playground (watch kids trying to evade the big kids) and thats about it.

Yes some footballers are a bunch of overpaid sissys but its not entirely their fault that the money involved is out of control. If Rugby was popular (and it isnt) it would attract big money and you'd see the same thing happen, and dont tell me otherwise.

Football is so much harder, scoring goals is UBELIEVABLY difficult and the penalties are dished out relatively infrequently.

The reason for some of the theatrics can be explained by the money to an extent. ONE kick can mean the difference between winning ZERO and £60 million in some cases. Its a business and the players are highly paid employees expected to return on the investment. Every single kick, throw in, pass becomes very important at this level, as one wrong pass and the financial security of your club can wiped out. So every chance to take advantage is often taken.

So dont give me that crap about rugby players being bigger men and all that bollocks. Any hard man can knock over others, try running, keeping control of the ball, getting past 11 other people who are trying to stop you from doing anything, and kicking it accurately in to the net WITH YOUR FEET ONLY is frickin hard.

They simply dont have anything like the pressure put upon the the pro footballers. And there are plenty of players (the majority) who arent the roll-about-the-floor types.

And rubgy players/public school boys can be unbelievable twats as well. Youre telling me if they were suddenly on 100K a week, they wouldnt be doing EXACTLY the same things as the footballers? Bollocks. They're 20/30 something blokes. Nothing changes.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Mon 9 Feb 2009, 15:17, Reply)