Well, technically it hasn't been banned; they have simply made it a reportable offence to make contact with the head, for whatever reason. A good shoulder bump with no head contact is still allowed...rEvolutionist wrote:Well, until recently when they banned the shoulder charge in Aussie Rules, it was a much tougher game. The reason why is that Aussie rules doesn't have an on- and off-side. So you can get smashed from any direction. You don't see it coming, and you can't stiffen up and lower your centre of gravity to prepare. In the rugby codes, you can usually see what's about to hit you. Of course, when you don't, that's when the really big hits happen.
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Ah ok. I thought they'd banned it. They've banned it in both League and Union. Well in that case, then AFL is definitely tougher than both Rugby codes (unless you are playing against Western Samoa
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I always thought team games like Rugby and its mutants would be more exciting if all the players had scythes. I'd maybe watch some games then without thinking, "this is all really just a bit gay".
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Most sports are going gay.Audley Strange wrote:I always thought team games like Rugby and its mutants would be more exciting if all the players had scythes. I'd maybe watch some games then without thinking, "this is all really just a bit gay".
Even womens' football. They just look like a bunch of dykes in those shorts.

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I don't like american football, but at least the skirts are sexy.

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No not going gay, but overtly homoerotic by their nature.mistermack wrote:Most sports are going gay.Audley Strange wrote:I always thought team games like Rugby and its mutants would be more exciting if all the players had scythes. I'd maybe watch some games then without thinking, "this is all really just a bit gay".
Even womens' football. They just look like a bunch of dykes in those shorts.I used to think, '' why don't they wear hockey skirts ? '' until I saw the latest hockey skirts, which are pretty foul too.
I remember when hockey skirts were the sexiest thing possible that a girl could wear. Now they are pretty yuk.
I don't like american football, but at least the skirts are sexy.Why can't women soccer players wear something like that?
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Isn't wanting to take-up professional violence when you're older a personality problem.Cormac wrote:Horwood Beer-Master wrote:Surely they have those before they take up rugby/boxing?klr wrote:...Symptoms, which usually appear between 12 and 16 years after the boxer's career begins, can include memory, speech and personality problems...![]()
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mistermack wrote:Most sports are going gay.Audley Strange wrote:I always thought team games like Rugby and its mutants would be more exciting if all the players had scythes. I'd maybe watch some games then without thinking, "this is all really just a bit gay".
Even womens' football. They just look like a bunch of dykes in those shorts.I used to think, '' why don't they wear hockey skirts ? '' until I saw the latest hockey skirts, which are pretty foul too.
I remember when hockey skirts were the sexiest thing possible that a girl could wear. Now they are pretty yuk.
I don't like american football, but at least the skirts are sexy.Why can't women soccer players wear something like that?

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Rollerball, that's the ticket.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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Just the correct mixture of sex and violence to keep teenage lads enthralled...laklak wrote:Rollerball, that's the ticket.
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