AFL vs NFL vs Union

[Mr Saab]

Didn't sirro play NFL at some stage?

he went to the uni of hawaii and played some college football but never hit the big time

 

[strong_latte]

It's funny though you know... all you guys are sticking up for NFL, but ask an American which he prefers out of league and Union and 90% (in my experience) of the time they'll say union! One guy told me that league looked like "Union trying to be american" but without the tactics...

 

[CanadianSteve]

It's funny though you know... all you guys are sticking up for NFL, but ask an American which he prefers out of league and Union and 90% (in my experience) of the time they'll say union! One guy told me that league looked like "Union trying to be american" but without the tactics...

Many more Americans would not know that there are 2 codes of rugby.

Whenever I talk to a Canadian RU guy I ask them if they know anything about league. Some know little. Two had travelled in England and/or Aus, and had seen RL. They both said it was a great game to watch, the players had amazing fitness, etc. One other guy had lived in Aus for a year, and is a rugby coach in a high school here. He said league seemed like an Americanized version of rugby (union), similar to the comment above. Some North Americans look at league and equate the 6 tackles to the downs in American football, so they think league is trying to be like American football. People like that don't know the history of league.

 

[strong_latte]

It's funny though you know... all you guys are sticking up for NFL, but ask an American which he prefers out of league and Union and 90% (in my experience) of the time they'll say union! One guy told me that league looked like "Union trying to be american" but without the tactics...

Many more Americans would not know that there are 2 codes of rugby.

Whenever I talk to a Canadian RU guy I ask them if they know anything about league. Some know little. Two had travelled in England and/or Aus, and had seen RL. They both said it was a great game to watch, the players had amazing fitness, etc. One other guy had lived in Aus for a year, and is a rugby coach in a high school here. He said league seemed like an Americanized version of rugby (union), similar to the comment above. Some North Americans look at league and equate the 6 tackles to the downs in American football, so they think league is trying to be like American football. People like that don't know the history of league.

Yeah, thats the comment I most hear... It's true not many of them know about the two different codes of rugby, but by the same token I haven't met an Aussie who had ever heard there was a different code of gridiron in the CFL either...

 

[Kurt Angle]

Erhh, I've met more Americans who prefer League to Union, and that has been after they've actually been exposed to RU for some time, then only seen RL after visiting Oz.

A friend come out last year, knew of RU.

He saw the Bledisloe cup, then saw SOO.

He was hooked after SOO that's for sure, he then used to join me for every Super Saturday on Fox down at the pub.

:thumnn for this American

 

[strong_latte]

I work with a few Americans, and have spoken to about 10 about it (we get alot of back-packers where I work) in the last 2 years there and I only met one who preferred league... It comes down to personal experience though.

 

[Raider_69]

NFL, love the madden series and watch it late night from time to time
its annoying how long between snaps thou #-o

 

[strong_latte]

NFL, love the madden series and watch it late night from time to time
its annoying how long between snaps thou #-o

The madden games are very very well designed, but because I have such a disliking for NFL it just makes me irritated that there are no good League or Union games... I usually end up playing the FIFA or pro-evo games.

 

[Raider_69]

NFL, love the madden series and watch it late night from time to time
its annoying how long between snaps thou #-o

The madden games are very very well designed, but because I have such a disliking for NFL it just makes me irritated that there are no good League or Union games... I usually end up playing the FIFA or pro-evo games.

i play the madden series cause its the closest thing to a GOOD league game i can get, also buy the rugby series and me and my mates play league rules... 6 phases then if you dont kick it you have to turn it over, not a bad way to substitute... fifa games ive always played, anything made by EA is quality... i hope one day EA see the market for a League game, f**k they could do some good things with it

 

[strong_latte]

NFL, love the madden series and watch it late night from time to time
its annoying how long between snaps thou #-o

The madden games are very very well designed, but because I have such a disliking for NFL it just makes me irritated that there are no good League or Union games... I usually end up playing the FIFA or pro-evo games.

i play the madden series cause its the closest thing to a GOOD league game i can get, also buy the rugby series and me and my mates play league rules... 6 phases then if you dont kick it you have to turn it over, not a bad way to substitute... fifa games ive always played, anything made by EA is quality... i hope one day EA see the market for a League game, f**k they could do some good things with it

Most EA games are good, but Rugby 2004 was pretty bad... It had some good idea's but over all it felt like they'd abandoned the project half way through but decided to release it anyway because it was the RWC.

 

[simostorm]

Neither of them, there all shit.

 

[Chief_Chujo]

fifa games ive always played, anything made by EA is quality... i hope one day EA see the market for a League game, f**k they could do some good things with it

Fifa is a steaming pile compared to the Pro Evo series. It's got a massive learning curve but once you get the hang of it you'll never look at Fifa the same.
Geez it'd be sweet if EA got on the league wagon. Imagine an NRL game with the depth and budget of the Madden series :shock:

 

[thuganomics]

NFL

 

[sunny]

I'm a HUGE NFL fan, even bigger than NRL. Either it or cricket would be my favourite, with league probably third. Don't mind AFL, was a reasonably big fan a while back, but watch league instead now.

GO THE DENVER BRONCOS AND THE CANTERBURY BULLDOGS!

 

[sunny]

double post whoops

 

[strong_latte]

I'm a HUGE NFL fan, even bigger than NRL. Either it or cricket would be my favourite, with league probably third. Don't mind AFL, was a reasonably big fan a while back, but watch league instead now.

GO THE DENVER BRONCOS AND THE CANTERBURY BULLDOGS!

Why don't you move to the states?

 

[sunny]

http://www.nrl.com.au/season2004/matchreview.cfm?MatchID=639

Still hurts I see, good to know :lol:

 

[kia ora storm]

I still watch union and follow the Hurricanes in Super 12 but like league a lot more due to the ball being in field of play more.

 

[Surandy]

Out of curiousity, how many of those Aussies that are saying NFL have been to a local comp grid iron game? Or better yet, played grid iron themselves?

Also, when did the game of grid iron originate? Before or after Rugby League?

 

[JW]

"HISTORY OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL

Football historians, those who have studied the game and its origins, place the game’s beginnings in rugby, an English game played with many similarities to football. Rugby began in eighteen twenty-three at the famous Rugby Boys’ School in England. Another cousin of the game of football is soccer; its beginnings can also be traced to English origin, being played as early as the eighteen twenties."

http://wiwi.essortment.com/americanfootbal_rwff.htm

And to further answer answer your question, I chose NFL because the poll asked which do I 'prefer' out of the 3 options.

I'm not a massive fan of American Football, far from it, but compared to Union and Vic Rules, it takes the cake.

I used to think American Football was quite tedious, but once I became familiar with the rules and could understand it properly, I could really get into a game form time to time and I can appreciate it's finer points. Kind of the same mentality as Vic Rules fans - they believe League to be slow and boring, but thats usually through a lack of knowledge of our game.

Cheers.