if rugby is so good,why does`nt it come on the telly more often 
commonrail:
if rugby is so good,why does`nt it come on the telly more often
I`m sure rugby fans and players and associates are asking the same question 
commonrail:
if rugby is so good,why does`nt it come on the telly more often
Simple, ££££££. All the ■■■■ fans that pay insane amounts on tickets and poxy shirts have turned it into a ridiculous money machine. Is got sod all to do with sport its all ££££. Don’t even start me on bloody players wages.
Shame football is so big in the media, because as a nation WE ■■■■ at it!!! Hahaha i love this argument!! 
to be fair…football is far more competitive than rugby
commonrail:
to be fair…football is far more competitive than rugby
In what respect
Why + how 
Even as kids at primary school we used to play `British bulldog’ 
simply the fact that more countries have established national sides…
commonrail:
simply the fact that more countries have established national sides…
Fair point mate. Good answer.
Thats just not cricket . 
cricket…now there`s a proper game for you 
bazdub:
FarnboroughBoy11:
So is he a full time pro then? I don’t know I dont really watch rugby, it’s for public school boys and “sportsman” that arnt technically gifted enough to play a proper sport like football.HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA now that’s funny. I think what you actually is they ain’t all girly pansy poofs who fall over at the slightist knock and ain’t brave enough to play a real contact game. GIFTED■■? MY ARSE. Pro footballers are all woosy [zb]. Hahaha fact.
LOL!!! Funny but true I’m afraid.
Falling over/diving or “simulation” as its now known is just sadly now part of the game. Doesn’t make them ■■■■■■.
How the ■■■■ all the rugby fans on here can argue that catching a ball that went wrong In the factory and running with it is more technical than controlling a ball that’s coming to you at 50mph then keeping it under control with your feet whilst running at full pace I don’t know.
If that was true we would all be driving and opening doors with our feet wouldn’t we!!!
trux:
FarnboroughBoy11:
And there are more injuries in football than rugby that reflect this :Football is for ■■■■■■■ and rugby is for men ! That’s funny, ain’t there a bender that plays for England?
.Sorry to burst your nancy football ethic homophobic bubble , but,
infact , no i`m not sorry , … fast hand shuffling numpty.
But I think the rugby player you are thinking of may be actually Welsh and played for Wales , earning 100 caps.
Or are you that ■■■■■■■ in watching your poncy kiss acting football flossies that you know jack [zb].
I’m not homophobic.
Oh he’s welsh is he, poor ■■■■■■■ aint got a chance has he.
FarnboroughBoy11:
How the [zb] all the rugby fans on here can argue that catching a ball that went wrong In the factory and running with it is more technical than controlling a ball that’s coming to you at 50mph then keeping it under control with your feet whilst running at full pace I don’t know.
Pound for pound profesional (international) rugby players are considerably more fit than their football counterparts, they need much higher muscle mass & are therefor heavier placing a greater emphasis on their endurance, which given the physical nature of the (full contact) sport means that they have to work much harder in training.
Footballers only need to be able to run, (& that’s how their fitness is measured) sure the top few pro’s do have extraordinary skills but rugby players need enormous strength from head to toe and most pro football players would puke & pull out of an average training session from a 1st team session @ a club like Preston Grasshoppers. (where I’m an age group coach with my sons team)
Let me tell you, If my (U13) son rugby tackled most premiership footballers they’d be taken from the pitch on a stretcher & need at least 3 months recouperation, bunch of tarts.
Ross.
bigr250:
FarnboroughBoy11:
Let me tell you, If my (U13) son rugby tackled most premiership footballers they’d be taken from the pitch on a stretcher & need at least 3 months recouperation, bunch of tarts.Ross.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA now that’s funny.
My nephew is 18 and would put every pro football player in a coma with a half hearted tackle so know exactly what ya mean mate.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA still laughing at that comment :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
bigr250:
FarnboroughBoy11:
How the [zb] all the rugby fans on here can argue that catching a ball that went wrong In the factory and running with it is more technical than controlling a ball that’s coming to you at 50mph then keeping it under control with your feet whilst running at full pace I don’t know.Pound for pound profesional (international) rugby players are considerably more fit than their football counterparts, they need much higher muscle mass & are therefor heavier placing a greater emphasis on their endurance, which given the physical nature of the (full contact) sport means that they have to work much harder in training.
Footballers only need to be able to run, (& that’s how their fitness is measured) sure the top few pro’s do have extraordinary skills but rugby players need enormous strength from head to toe and most pro football players would puke & pull out of an average training session from a 1st team session @ a club like Preston Grasshoppers. (where I’m an age group coach with my sons team)
Let me tell you, If my (U13) son rugby tackled most premiership footballers they’d be taken from the pitch on a stretcher & need at least 3 months recouperation, bunch of tarts.
Ross.
LOL, forgotten all about puking during mid - week training ,thanks for the memories
bigr250:
FarnboroughBoy11:
How the [zb] all the rugby fans on here can argue that catching a ball that went wrong In the factory and running with it is more technical than controlling a ball that’s coming to you at 50mph then keeping it under control with your feet whilst running at full pace I don’t know.Pound for pound profesional (international) rugby players are considerably more fit than their football counterparts, they need much higher muscle mass & are therefor heavier placing a greater emphasis on their endurance, which given the physical nature of the (full contact) sport means that they have to work much harder in training.
Footballers only need to be able to run, (& that’s how their fitness is measured) sure the top few pro’s do have extraordinary skills but rugby players need enormous strength from head to toe and most pro football players would puke & pull out of an average training session from a 1st team session @ a club like Preston Grasshoppers. (where I’m an age group coach with my sons team)
Let me tell you, If my (U13) son rugby tackled most premiership footballers they’d be taken from the pitch on a stretcher & need at least 3 months recouperation, bunch of tarts.
Ross.
Hahahahaha your mate is right, that is funny.
What a load of bollox.
Typical comment from a father standing on the touch line who has blinkers on and really hasn’t a clue what he’s talking about lol!!!
Cardio vascular endurance. Theres not even an argument, footballers are fitter than their rugby equivalents.
Football is played at a much faster pace and rugby stops and starts every 10 seconds, its pathetic.
Why does Rugby last for 80 minutes and football last for 90?
I would smash any pro rugby player now in a bleep test and I drive a lorry all day.
FarnboroughBoy11:
Hahahahaha your mate is right, that is funny.
What a load of bollox.
Typical comment from a father standing on the touch line who has blinkers on and really hasn’t a clue what he’s talking about lol!!!
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I won’t even comment on that as you’ve stereotyped me without having a clue about me, my coaching credentials or the level at which I coach.
FarnboroughBoy11:
Cardio vascular endurance. Theres not even an argument, footballers are fitter than their rugby equivalents.
Football is played at a much faster pace and rugby stops and starts every 10 seconds, its pathetic…
You clearly know nothing about rugby union and your ‘in depth ignorance’ on the subject couldn’t have been made any clearer by anything I could’ve said, yes, you did it all be yourself.
FarnboroughBoy11:
Why does Rugby last for 80 minutes and football last for 90?.
I don’t make the rules up but I think it’s to do with the physical pounding the players body’s take during a game, but footballers don’t do this, the odd pull of a shirt is about as physical as it gets, no, I’ve just remembered that Beckham bloke laying on the floor kicking out another player!!! Real physically challenging stuff this football.
FarnboroughBoy11:
I would smash any pro rugby player now in a bleep test and I drive a lorry all day.
If you’re previous drivvel on this subject is bad, this makes it all pale into insignificance!!!
Dream on farnboroughboy, that’s clearly what your good at.
Ross.
FarnboroughBoy11:
So is he a full time pro then? I don’t know I dont really watch rugby, it’s for public school boys and “sportsman” that arnt technically gifted enough to play a proper sport like football.
Then that just shows how very little you know about sport!
football is a game played by hooligans watched by gentleman
Rugby is a game played gentlemen watched by hooligans
Or it used to be anyway
bigr250:
FarnboroughBoy11:
Hahahahaha your mate is right, that is funny.
What a load of bollox.
Typical comment from a father standing on the touch line who has blinkers on and really hasn’t a clue what he’s talking about lol!!!
.I won’t even comment on that as you’ve stereotyped me without having a clue about me, my coaching credentials or the level at which I coach.
FarnboroughBoy11:
Cardio vascular endurance. Theres not even an argument, footballers are fitter than their rugby equivalents.
Football is played at a much faster pace and rugby stops and starts every 10 seconds, its pathetic…You clearly know nothing about rugby union and your ‘in depth ignorance’ on the subject couldn’t have been made any clearer by anything I could’ve said, yes, you did it all be yourself.
FarnboroughBoy11:
Why does Rugby last for 80 minutes and football last for 90?.I don’t make the rules up but I think it’s to do with the physical pounding the players body’s take during a game, but footballers don’t do this, the odd pull of a shirt is about as physical as it gets, no, I’ve just remembered that Beckham bloke laying on the floor kicking out another player!!! Real physically challenging stuff this football.
FarnboroughBoy11:
I would smash any pro rugby player now in a bleep test and I drive a lorry all day.If you’re previous drivvel on this subject is bad, this makes it all pale into insignificance!!!
Dream on farnboroughboy, that’s clearly what your good at.
Ross.
You do make me laugh. Without getting into figures or statistics, if you put a rugby player and a football player side by side it’s obvious just by looking at their bodies that a footballer is a much fitter athlete than a rugby player… This is a stupid discussion anyway because two bodies built for two different aspects. However it’s a fact that footballers are fitter.
The real discussion/argument is that you have to be more technically gifted to play football than you do rugby. You shouldn’t be offended by this fact.
Me and another player from the football team at school got thrust into the rugby team and was told to play, ■■■■■■ is it? ■■■■ knows but we would both stay on the wings and the team got instructed to give us the egg, I mean ball whenever possible and just got told to run. Me and my mate must of scored about 15 - 20 try’s each in the 5 or so games we played. I never had a scratch on me. And I certainly wasn’t a rugby player so you don’t have to be technically gifted at all and we managed just fine.
However turn it around and sling two rugby players into a football match and they would go dizzy getting turned inside out every time the ball got near them.
Boss & Driver:
FarnboroughBoy11:
So is he a full time pro then? I don’t know I dont really watch rugby, it’s for public school boys and “sportsman” that arnt technically gifted enough to play a proper sport like football.
football is a game played by hooligans watched by gentleman
Rugby is a game played gentlemen watched by hooligans
You’ve clearly never been to West Ham Millwall
I live in Rugby.
And its ■■■■ as well.