Rugby League not Football its world cup year!

[Giallorosso]

Reading a lot of media stuff this week concerning he Australia v NZ test match I noticed a lot of people are refering to this years Rugby League World Cup as the 'Football' World cup.....

Now before anyone goes off I know that here on the eastern seaboard of Australia we call rugby league 'football' but in the majority of the world the word football is what we in Australia would call soccer!

The Football World Cup the biggest and most popular single sporting event on the planet,the worlds game and a tournament that is watched and loved by billions...

When I was in the UK everyone I met called 'soccer' football... rugby league fans included

If we want our game to get serious international attention we have to get away from calling it 'football' and not take the name that everyone else (except the yanks) goes by for soccer.

Rugby league is 100 years old and we should be proud of the name Rugby League!!

 

[roopy]

Reading a lot of media stuff this week concerning he Australia v NZ test match I noticed a lot of people are refering to this years Rugby League World Cup as the 'Football' World cup.....

Now before anyone goes off I know that here on the eastern seaboard of Australia we call rugby league 'football' but in the majority of the world the word football is what we in Australia would call soccer!

The Football World Cup the biggest and most popular single sporting event on the planet,the worlds game and a tournament that is watched and loved by billions...

When I was in the UK everyone I met called 'soccer' football... rugby league fans included

If we want our game to get serious international attention we have to get away from calling it 'football' and not take the name that everyone else (except the yanks) goes by for soccer.

Rugby league is 100 years old and we should be proud of the name Rugby League!!

You'll have to wait till i die, because i've called RL football for 50 years now - and anyone who wants me to change can f**k themselves.

 

[screeny]

I call both football and RL 'football'. It's up to the context of the conversation to decide which sport I'm talking about.

 

[NK Arsenal]

I call football football and RL footy.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Soccer can try and dictate to people as much as it likes but in Australia it's called soccer. Live with it.

 

[roopy]

Soccer can try and dictate to people as much as it likes but in Australia it's called soccer. Live with it.

I'm prepared to compromise and start calling it sissyball.

 

[Once Dead]

Who cares? It's football.

 

[The Tank]

If football is used as a term in any official capacity then I'd agree. But if it's the Oz media then who cares - RL is football in NSW/QLD/ACT.

 

[flamin]

Reading a lot of media stuff this week concerning he Australia v NZ test match I noticed a lot of people are refering to this years Rugby League World Cup as the 'Football' World cup.....

Now before anyone goes off I know that here on the eastern seaboard of Australia we call rugby league 'football' but in the majority of the world the word football is what we in Australia would call soccer!

The Football World Cup the biggest and most popular single sporting event on the planet,the worlds game and a tournament that is watched and loved by billions...

When I was in the UK everyone I met called 'soccer' football... rugby league fans included

If we want our game to get serious international attention we have to get away from calling it 'football' and not take the name that everyone else (except the yanks) goes by for soccer.

Rugby league is 100 years old and we should be proud of the name Rugby League!!

I haven't heard anyone refer to it as the "Football World Cup".

Note: there is a reason why the soccer's is called the "FIFA World Cup" rather than Football.

 

[herbert henry1908]

not this sh*t again !

the word football is not exclusive to the round ball code.

many rugby ( league and union) and AFL clubs have been called football clubs for over 140 years.

Hull FC 1865
Carlton FC 1864
Melbourne FC 1859
Sale FC 1861

and many more.

None of them played with a round ball.

 

[Simo]

You'll have to wait till i die, because i've called RL football for 50 years now - and anyone who wants me to change can f**k themselves.

Amen (except for the 50 year part you old bastard

 

[Misty Bee]

Just because soccer can't think up another name apart from football (which is a generic name used by 6 different sports). Accept it. It's SOCCER. Besides, a real football is ovoid. When you use a real football, you can call it football. When you use a netball, well, it's probably safer to call it "soccer".

 

[dallymessenger]

Reading a lot of media stuff this week concerning he Australia v NZ test match I noticed a lot of people are refering to this years Rugby League World Cup as the 'Football' World cup.....

Now before anyone goes off I know that here on the eastern seaboard of Australia we call rugby league 'football' but in the majority of the world the word football is what we in Australia would call soccer!

The Football World Cup the biggest and most popular single sporting event on the planet,the worlds game and a tournament that is watched and loved by billions...

When I was in the UK everyone I met called 'soccer' football... rugby league fans included

If we want our game to get serious international attention we have to get away from calling it 'football' and not take the name that everyone else (except the yanks) goes by for soccer.

Rugby league is 100 years old and we should be proud of the name Rugby League!!

call it what you want in italy.

in this country football means RL, not poofball which is soccer.

hope this helps you catch on with the aussie vernacular

 

[screeny]

not according to the SMH it aint, it's football.

 

[NK Arsenal]

call it what you want in italy.

in this country football means RL, not poofball which is soccer.

hope this helps you catch on with the aussie vernacular

football only means RL in nsw, qld and the act..

 

[dallymessenger]

football only means RL in nsw, qld and the act..

well since we are talking about a RLWC held there, i guess the original post was dumb,

thanks for agreeing with me