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Aussie rules is not very similar to American football, though. Rugby Union is pretty different, too. Rugby League is about the closest thing to American footbal

• jessaustin 14y ago
  They all feature teams of players throwing, kicking, carrying, and sometimes punching an oblong ball on a long field with goal posts at either end. The object of all games is to advance the ball in a direction opposite to that of the other team, and then to score a varying number of points depending on how one moves the ball into a scoring area or kicks it between goal posts. Rough play is encouraged, and body tackling is the basic means of defense, so these games are all (with the exception of rugby union: the entire game is spent listening to the referee holler "pause, engage!" while the scrum falls apart) more enjoyable to play and watch than the sport upon which they're allegedly based. They're all more similar to each other than any of them are to baseball or tennis. Besides, the only similarity that counts for this analysis is the nature of the head trauma involved: men carrying a ball run while other men attempt to tackle them bodily to the ground.
  • aidenn0 14y ago
    The hits and tackles are very different in Aussie rules or League not only because of the equipment difference, but because of rule differences. Look at some of the hits NFL line-backers put on receivers over the middle 2+ years ago (there was a rule change to partly address this). There just aren't many situations where a rugby player would get that sort of look at someone who is blind to them.