Tank McNamara by Bill Hinds for February 27, 2023

“Ever heard that rugby has hookers?”

There are no rules in Rugby only Laws !

Send two D-linemen over the top, one grabs the right arm, one grabs the left, and the ball goes free.

As an old offensive center, I’ve gotta say those short-yardage pushes by the Eagles O-line where a thing of beauty.

Rugby League is a fun game, lots of running, lateral passes and tackling, all with no helmets or pads and no forward passes.

That’s in the US; in other places, I’m sure the ratings are probably quite satisfactory!

Ain’t football and rugby the same thing?

@ Ellis97 Nah, rugby’s cooler. No wimpy breaks every 30 seconds. No hiding behind pads or using helmets or shoulder pads as weapons. Running all the time. I wager that the average pro rugby player is in better overall physical condition than the average NFL player. And yes, I like both sports

And I’ll remind everyone that in the early 1900’s a bare-knuckle prize fighter told the college presidents in the US if they didn’t establish a league with rules to make football safer, he would ban it.So the colleges formed the NCAA and made Rugby into Football.We were here first.

To avoid injuries during these “short runs”,football players should wear “Flubbershoes”

The team here was doing it until the prize quarterback landed wrong and was out with a knee injury.

Quite frankly, even though I’ve been bleeding Giant blue since 1976, I prefer both forms of rugby to American football.

Rugby would have better ratings if it were easier to find out when and where games were televised. They don’t even mention the local games in the local newspapers or tv news shows.

That will change when the USA hosts the 2031 Rugby World Cup. (Remember what happened to soccer after the 1990 World Cup. At least the USA already has a major rugby league. Of course it’s called Major League Rugby!)