Although I am a football man there is no doubt that

International rugby is a superb spectacle. I love watching my country play in a way you only get with our football team every 4 years or so. Football has lost this with the meaningless nature of most games and the fact the home nations are generally not competitive.

The World Cup will be excellent.

Posted By: Jim on February 6th 2015 at 22:27:14

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Although I am a football man there is no doubt that (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 6, 22:27:14
- Rugby is for posho twats (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 6, 22:53:32
  - Rugby League isn't. (n/m) (NCFC) - bird table, Feb 6, 23:23:45
    - I am not so keen at that, although I dont mind watching the internationals, but that is (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 6, 23:25:25
  - Is what brandonio and you think and it's why you dislike it (NCFC) - Tony Martin, Feb 6, 23:06:18
    - different genre (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Feb 6, 23:29:07
  - no its not. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 6, 22:56:01
    - Tennis is for the working class. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 6, 22:56:22
      - ROFL. Class. (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Feb 6, 23:00:36
      - All classes not just poshos (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 6, 22:57:34
  - Maybe but does not mean it can't be great sport. (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 6, 22:54:39
- The key thing here is that rugby is only played seriously by very few nations (NCFC) - Brandonio, Feb 6, 22:48:26
  - In a reverse way thats why I love it, every single game is a war, although there are (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 6, 22:55:07
    - Bore not war (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 6, 22:58:21
      - I get that people don't like Rugby but I can never understand why people say they hate a (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 6, 23:06:31
        
        The government force it to be played at school (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 6, 23:10:57
        
        tennis was the forced sport at ours (NCFC) - CWC, Feb 6, 23:22:02
        
        We had courts but only at high school but no coaches (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 6, 23:25:46
        
        that's because everybody was playing a decent sport. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 6, 23:26:33
        
        Not when rugby was on the menu (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 6, 23:27:25
        
        In fairness I remember Autumn and the groans if a rugby ball came out, everyone wanted to (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 6, 23:29:15
        
        Often some of us would be allowed to play a separate football match (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 6, 23:31:25
        
        I was quite good at Rugby (NCFC) - Brandonio, Feb 6, 23:31:03
        
        Rugby just wasn't popular in my day, I use to watch the 5 nations but no one else did, (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 6, 23:33:28
        
        I don't mean they just done a broadcast for me and me alone. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 6, 23:36:31
        
        (: (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 6, 23:27:03
        
        I done tennis at school and had a pretty good teacher, I like playing but dont like (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 6, 23:22:52
        
        rofL (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 6, 23:14:59
        
        Kids should be playing tennis it's a national disgrace (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 6, 23:19:11
        
        my kids can go and play for free but they don't because they find it boring. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 6, 23:22:00
        
        All computer games and social media these days (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 6, 23:26:49
        
        sadly that is true, he says tapping away at a keyboard. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 6, 23:27:46
  - That's what makes the games so engaging. Bit like (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 6, 22:52:54
    - There's never really an upset though (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 6, 22:58:28
      - vmt. Football is so flexible that's why it became the monster it did (NCFC) - Brandonio, Feb 6, 23:22:21
        
        and very low barriers to entry (NCFC) - CWC, Feb 6, 23:31:02
        
        yeah, I think I meant to type accessible rather than flexible TBH. haha. (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Feb 6, 23:31:55
      - What about when England beat the Aussies with Johnny Wilkinsons drop goal, (NCFC) - Vivid Data Shark, Feb 6, 23:11:18
      - Ahem what the fuck do you think just happened in Cardiff? (n/m) (NCFC) - Tony Martin, Feb 6, 23:03:11
        
        lol - spot on. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 6, 23:07:02
        
        That's hardly an upset akin to non league beating premier league (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 6, 23:04:09
        
        And is there really any need for the aggressive attitude? (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 6, 23:04:55
        
        Rugby a very aggressive 'sport' (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 6, 23:05:43
        
        all sport is aggressive. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 6, 23:09:05
  - Yeah better spending a day round the snake pit with some dumb (NCFC) - Tony Martin, Feb 6, 22:51:12
    - Personally I find football attracts a greater diversity of people (NCFC) - Brandonio, Feb 6, 22:52:58
- I think rugby is really boring (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 6, 22:39:34
  - I really feel that to say that you either (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 6, 22:43:33
    - this is all a bit daft (NCFC) - matt in london, Feb 6, 23:00:51
      - Not at all. Whether you like a particular sport or not (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 6, 23:08:53
        
        agreed. It was a great contest, of collective and individual will as well as ability, and (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Feb 6, 23:29:43
        
        That's not what you said though. (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 6, 23:09:47
        
        I didn't. At least I didn't mean to. You said (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 6, 23:13:20
        
        I didn't. (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 6, 23:42:07
        
        Calm down (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 7, 08:16:51
      - Quite. (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 6, 23:01:28
    - I'm welsh. I don't like rugby, so I didn't watch it. (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 6, 22:49:30
      - Fair enough. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 6, 22:51:08
    - I agree, you have to understand the game If you don't and you say you hate it (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 6, 22:48:01
- I think egg chasing is shit and England footy has recently.., (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 6, 22:38:11
- I love International Rugby and Cricket much more than football, but NCFC is (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 6, 22:34:52
- Cricket starts a week tomorrow though, wc i mean. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 6, 22:31:27
  - I love my cricket as well. We all do the club v country debate and (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 6, 22:34:49
    - Offer me all the money in the world to be a prem player in footy or a county cricket playe (NCFC) - DrDublin, Feb 6, 22:44:31
      - cricket is just so relaxing, I love it when on a shitty dark day in Nov . Dec, I plan my (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 6, 22:50:34
        
        I've only hit 4 centuries in Saturday Cricket, loads of 50's but too exitable but.. (NCFC) - DrDublin, Feb 6, 22:57:29
        
        mate you would be more than welcome, spot on I was not the greatest batsman, I only hit 1 (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 6, 23:01:00
        
        Heh heh it's a feeling isn't it!! (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Feb 6, 23:53:56
      - Me too in a playing sense but I think Norwich winning the (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 6, 22:45:52
- 4 years? Not enjoyed an england football match for about 10 years (n/m) (NCFC) - Tony Martin, Feb 6, 22:30:22

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