Reasons why football is better than rugby?
459840
Easy to understand?  Both Rugby and Football are difficult for someone you has never seen the game to follow.  They need to be sitting with someone who has really played the game to get a good explaination. Rugby is a bit easier because the action follows the ball and the ball is easier to see, however football on tv is well explained with glowing yellow lines and announcers. Tie\n\nToughness- I'd love to watch an 80 minute rugby game in slow motion because man, these boys are bad!  They give out some brusing hits and then just get up and do it again.  The contact however is not head on like in US football. Rugby- it's better than watching a toughman contest\n\nSounds - BLUE 38, BLUE 38, football is a great game for the sounds, the crunch of the O line and D line colliding, the pop of a good hit, the linebackers and Qb giving audibles. Also include the music and cheerleaders.\n\nStrategy and depth of the game- rugby- like soccer- has little strategy compared to football.  Football is mind over matter, the smartest, most together teams win, not the ones with the most talent.- Football\n\nRouting for the team- RUGBY -  When you have an entire country behind you, that is something else. I love the 6 nations and rugby world cup for this.  It is more exciting to watch New Zealand play Austrilia, US play Japan or even Fiji vs Tonga than Cleveland vs Tennesse.\n\n\nScore is tied 2 vs 2\n\nTie breaker - The SHOW!  Watching (or playing) Football is filled with brilliant moments, the brusing sack, the interceptions, one handed catchs, pancake blocks, juke left juke right stiff arm then run for a 80 touchdown, leaping TD catchs, Punt + kickoff returns, and the Hail Mary Pass to win it.  Sure it is a game that stops and starts more, but if you know what to look for, the wait is worth it.\n\nand the winner is: Football
65230
let me put it this way, if youre not watching football and youre a man, then there is something wrong with you. but football is fun mainly because of the intensity that is shown and the hard hitting that the players do. it is also fun if you have playing experience, if you do, it will just remind you of your old days playing high school ball or college.
430535
Because we already have another sport we call football. And it is AWESOME!\n\nP.S.\nF-ck dea_ro7 and duno.
444985
I don't think you can really compare the two besides the fact that you have to be very athletic to play either professionally.  Football is much more physical and requires different skills.
675667
ok, I've seen some rugby games and let me tell you, i was scared for all of them, those men BEAT the crap out of each other..i saw grown man breakin legs intentionally, I saw things I have never seen in a sport. They are competetive, strong, and fast. and its not all about the money and glamour of football..they actually love the game. so my answer is rugby. Ever see them butthead each other?..bloodiest sport ever.
520895
I played soccer from about age 6 to age 12 then switched to American football until 18.  I started playing rugby at age 14 and played through college until an elbow injury caused me to quit.  I would say soccer is the easiest game to learn, followed by rugby, then American football.  In terms of how hard each is to play, soccer is the easiest followed by American football and then rugby.  American football is the hardest to learn because there are so many plays you have to learn and you have to be able to read what the other team is going to do, then put it all together.  It is a little easier to play than rugby because you have specialized positions and only have to do what your position asks you to do.  In rugby there isn't much to learn and there aren't that many plays.  You use more of your instincts than intelligence.  And it doesn't matter what position you play.  Once you are past the scrums and line-outs everyone on the team has the same responsibilities.  You'll see the big forwards in the back line, smaller backs in the rucks, everyone tackling and everyone scoring.  Plus rugby has by far the most fit atheletes in the world.  Its like an 80 minute sprint while running into a brick wall over and over again.  When I was in high school my American football season (including summer practices) was from June until November and rugby went from December to May (including winter practices).  I was at my fittest at the end of the rugby season and most out of shape at the end of the football season.
15906
New Zealand.  Superior passing...teamwork...and sometimes kicking!  They don't get tired out after the 1st half & don't waste time kicking the ball away every time they have posession.
1069380
American football has to have pads because of the size and speed of the players.  Many guys that play rugby would not stand a chance in American football as they would not be powerful enough.  All you have to do is take a look.  Rugby is a tough game I do agree but don't knock ours because it's actually more violent and faster.  Soccer is just what it is and we can't very well call it football when we already have football now can we? Also, why is it Europeans or wherever you come from why don't you quit bashing America.  Tired of it man.  Do you understand?
528535
I think more than anything it is how you come up trough the system.  There are so many pro players that started as kids in pee-wee and pop warner, high school, and so on.  Had their families move to a school district with a good football reputation, spent their off season training, and their summers at football camps. Had thier Dads on the booster clubs, donating and raising money. I also saw many young men suffer life-long injuries (not so common in rugby , soccer, LaCrosse and hockey - all tough tough sports). \n\nThe same for many rugby players that play year round.  Many of whom have the ability to compete and accell in American Football (or just about any sport) and get overlooked, seek not to go that way, or try out and even when good enough might not get a chance because they werent part of the "system".  \n\nI used to get so put off by the high school and college players that got chances because of the influence and monetary status of thier parents while better atheletes sat down.  \n\nI think rugby is an awesome sport and sometimes wonder if the gents in the NFL would make it thru one rugby game with out thier pads on.
486325
Rugby sides are comprised of 15 (or 7's) and American football is 11.  In Rugby, the side stays on the field pretty much the whole game.  In American football, there are specialist teams, offense, defense, special teams.  The teams some on and off the field during time outs and get plenty of rest compared to Rugby.  \n\nThe ball is slightly different.\n\nAmerican football is scored 6 points for a touchdown, 3 for a field goal, 2 for a run or passed extra point and 1 for a kicked extra point.  Rugby is Try is 5, conversion 2, penalty 3 points.  \n\nIn American football, each play starts on the iniative of the offensive side, following a break in the action.  The ball can be advanced only by certain positions who can move the ball by running it or by passing it to another player.  Plays from "scrimmage" usually only last about 10 seconds until the ball is down, upon which the players reform and start over.  In American football, players wear equipment and pads because of the frequent contact at scrimmage and the nature of hits caused by high velocity of the forward pass (getting hit by a middle linebackers after catching a slant at full speed is no joke...I haven't been hit that hard on a rugby field.  Also, players on offense are allowed to block defensive players at will, within certain guidelines.  There are no scrums in football...possession is determined by control of the ball.  No throw ins either.\n\nThat said, Rugby requires more stamina and delivers some hard knocks and dangerous encounters of its own.  I find Rugby more grueling and demanding than football.  The players are certainly more fit and seem to be hardier than American football players.
511556
The popularity of the sports vary depending on where you live. In the UK football dominates all over sports and has by far the greatest following. The UK has a long history of football and a passion for the game that stretches back over many years. And by football i mean soccer (as it would be classed in the US). \n\nAs for US football i have to confess i know very little about it considering i live in the UK. Not quite sure why it's even called football considering the players throw and catch the ball throughout most of the game! It seems to have a big following in the US though so it must have some appeal.\n\nFor me personally Football (Soccer) is the much greater game. It's fast, tactical and gives license to players to pull off some amazing tricks. For me the large following over here in the UK is another factor. Rivalry between clubs is fantastic and it creates a passion for the game that i feel is unequalled. I also think Football (Soccer) is a very international sport and can help bring large communities together - as will be seen at the World Cup in the summer. Football can often get bad press through hooligans and thugs but they are in the minority. It has the potential to bring people together in a way no other sport can.
618297
I can't speak to the comparison between the two because I have no idea what rugby is like.  Essentially...  The team with the ball has four chances (called "downs") to advance the ball ten yards.  If successful, they get four new downs to advance the ball another ten yards, and they try to keep going, ten yards at a time, until they reach the end zone (this is a "touchdown," which is worth six points plus a chance for one more if they kick a short field goal).  Probably 95-99 times out of 100 if the team hasn't advanced the ball ten yards after third down, they'll use fourth down to either punt it to the other team or attempt to kick a field goal (for three points).  Football is far too complex to fully explain here (check that wikipedia link that the other person left), but those are the most basic of the basics for the new football-watcher.
78884
The biggest difference is that play doesn't ever stop until the ball goes out of bounds or somebody scores.  Players can run forward but have to pass the ball backwards.  There is no blocking allowed.  In rugby union rules, a try is worth 5 points, the kick after is worth 2, and a drop kick, which is legal at any time in play, is worth 3.  The offense essentially can hold on to the ball until they score or the defense takes it away.  There's a ton of other rules differences, but that at least is the skeleton of play.  Also, it's played all over the world, second only to soccer in popularity.
717637
If you're talking about gridiron, I don't like it because 90 minutes of footy takes about 5 hours, the players wear too much protective gear, and it's incomprehensible. But it's still better than soccer. At least there is some scoring.
393793
It won't we have football instead which is more widely played and is similar to rugby.
579012
Rugby is played on a rectangular field and points are awarded for tries (when the ball is touched on the ground past the try line), conversions and field goals (when the ball is kicked through the goal posts above a horizontal bar). The ball can only be passed backwards.\n\nAustralian Rules is played on an oval field, there is no restriction on the direction of foot or hand passes and points are awarded for goals kicked through the two larger sticks or behinds kicked just missing the goals but within a smaller stick (two of which sit laterally to the goal posts). In Australian Rules a player must make an effort to dispose of the ball when tackled, which they need not do in rugby.\n\nIn Australia, rubgy is the main sport of New South Wales and Queensland, whilst Australian rules is the main sport of Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania.\n\nAnd for the record, the NFL has NO right to be referred to as football. I suggest cocky Americans take a good look at what's about to happen in Germany (at least support YOUR team!!!).
761450
American football wasn't developed in the UK, Rugby was developed in the UK. Rugby was introduced to the US, then the rules changed to differentiate American football from Rugby. All the changes, rules, and regulations were made in the US so that American football is a completely different sport than rugby. Therefore, American Football was loosely based on Rugby, but developed into it's own sport. \n\nAnd Einstein was German, not American.