LESStar58
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Most Victorians STILL call league RUGBY so the code lives in a false shadow.
God that sh*ts me to tears! I've often had conversations not unlike this one:
"oh, you like rugby?"
"no, I like rugby LEAGUE. rugby is rugby union"
"pfffft. same thing."
And then when you tell them its NOT the same thing and try to explain the difference they don't care anyway.
Total ignorance on behalf of the general Melbourne public.
Having said that a great deal of AFL followers like RUGBY but don't like League, I would have guess that it has something to do with the "free for all" that AFL and Rugby can have in common.
Again, another argument i hear is that rugby union is "proper rugby" :lol:
Most AFL types fancy themselves to be cultured, sophisticated, educated well-to-do types in much the same way as GPS rugby union products do. They are basically a match made in heaven!