More differences between rugby and American Football:
You have something called a scrum to restart play. where 8 men (forwards) from each team (1 hooker, 2 props(loose+tight head), two second rows, 2 flankers and a number 8) push against the other team in a big low huddle to try and hook the ball ou with their feet the back via the scrum half to the rest of the team (Backs).
You then have rooks and mauls. A maul is like a huge scrum that is disorganised and the ball is held and basically you try and rip it backwards. A rook is when a maul goes down to ground and you try to drive the other team off it and hook it back like a scrum.
You have line outs too where the hooker throws the ball back into play from touch and forwards lift up 1 of their players to try and catch it.
You also don't have those big blokes (I think you call em blockers) who stop the fast bugger getting tackled as it's against the rules to go into a contact situaltion without the ball involved.
Oh yeh and you dont wear pads or helmets either.
Very fun sport to play, but impossible to learn the rules of.
Aussie rules does rule from what i've seen but it looks a brutal sport to play. Some of those injuries.....
ooooh!
Edit:
Quote: "Ha! I read in an interview somewhere that Jonny Wilkinson's kick was adapted from an AFL kick also."
Doesn't that make it even worse? The kick that made us beat you was something you taught him!
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