CoolHandLuke
Inactive User
can't agree here.
Soccer and Rugby (either code) have the same skill level.
its just rugby union is far more cerebral than soccer.
in soccer, if you see the ball, all you do is go for it, then decide what to do with it.
in union you have to decide, on seeing the ball, if its legal for you to go for it.
people say the soccer off side rule is difficult to understand, quite why is beyond me its not that complicated, (unless you have a footballers brain that is. lol)
try working out how to avoid being off side in a union match! (and not while you are watching it, try it whilst playing)
I did not mean the game rules it's self, I mean like the players to play the game the skill involved any 17 stone monkey can catch a ball and run and knock people out there way, but ask the monkey to dribble a ball past 4 defenders and chip the keeper and score a goal.
The above is Not a good example like :0) But you catch me drift, you cant compare Johnny Wilkinson to Pele really can you ?