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In reply to the discussion: Rugby vs American 'football' [View all]T_i_B
(14,764 posts)14. Well by the same token....
...Brits watching an NFL game are liable to comment that it just looks like five seconds of barging followed by a committee meeting!
Although in reality NFL & both codes of Rugby are all very structured.
I'd make a cheap comment about all the ad breaks, but my beloved Rotherham Titans have had sponsored yellow & red cards in the past. So if a player got sin binned you'd hear an announcement that the yellow card is sponsored by a local solicitors!
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AFL Grand Final is almost here. Will be televised here in the States on October 2nd....
Tikki
Sep 2015
#54
If you're 63 and a Hawg fan, you undoubtedly remember the "Game of the Century"
Art_from_Ark
Aug 2015
#12
Both soccer and rugby move at about 4 times the speed of American "football".
GoneOffShore
Aug 2015
#18