Is this not Rugby? Is it close?

Rugby in its various forms is international, teams of 7, 13 or 15 and is quite structured, more like American football (which evolved from Rugby) and played on a square pitch. Australian Rules is played only (really) in Australia, on a larger oval, teams of 18 and is a more free flowing running game like basketball.

Thank you.

WIKI says all these games sort of solidified as to structure/rules just past 1850 (+30 years). English Rugby form was being defined 20-30 years earlier from 1850.

Everyday Americans just don't know......

I do remember drunk in a London pub a guy was explaining silly on and silly off to me. Cricket. How close?

Legalized mayhem with rules......it rocks, wankers wear pads. Says a football referee. :rolleyes:

A rugby ref says, the guy is dead, dona hit him anymore....

There is skill for not getting yourself shiet mixed without pads.

Rugby
No helmets
No pads
Just BALLS

You can also watch Rugby now on the NBC Sports App

All blacks
 

New Zealand has rugby for breakfast, lunch, and Dinner,and its still
not enough for them,The All Blacks are best there is.

Game for thugs, played by gentlemen, mostly!
Forgot where that quote came from.

Umm, around here sport is not sport as we know it, it's rugby (ruby, rugby, f**** rugby) I was pretty pissed off about TV coverage of the Olympics. The worlds finest athletes competing and we had to listen to some prick droning on about rugby then a quick five minutes about the Olympics.