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Gridiron is one dimensional as players only learn one skill. Rugby union/league demands players learn a vast array of skills in order to play the game.
Gridiron is made up of mere set plays rather than tactics and has no creativity.
As gridiron was invented to avoid global competition then it is inherently a lesser sport than rugby union or league.
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While gridiron requires greater specialization in general (one cannot generally switch from position to position), it does not require that each player on the field have a fairly decent grasp of all abilities (occasionally a back or scrumhalf may need to ruck or maul). Also gridiron players play for only about 10-12 minutes in each game (being generous) while a rugby player will play for the entire 80 minutes (probably around 70-75 minutes when taking pauses in play into account), and thus, rugby players must focus for longer. Also kicking in rugby (which ALL backs must be able to do), is much more difficult. Drop-kicks anyone? --------------------------------- It depends what you define skill as. Rugby requires a lot more mental strength. You need to be switched on and focused for the full eighty minutes or you won't have a fun game. Passing and kicking in rugby is also a lot harder to master. So in my opinion, having played eight years, and having seen rugby players play gridiron , and gridiron players play rugby, there is a lot more skill envolved in rugby.
The wages are increasing in rugby compared to soccer and American football
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Rugby/football.
RUGBY
Pro rata its rugby
Obviously football! You don't see people on t.v playing rugby... ~Madi(:
Football is the second most popular sport... before golf! Rugby is 3rd.
Rugby players because they get more recognition
Association football (Soccer), Five-a-side soccer, Gaelic football, Rugby League, Wheelchair rugby,Freestyle football, Rugby Union, American football, Canadian, Australian football, Subbuteo, Table football and quite a few more.
American Football is more violent than rugby because in American football you have 22 players crashing into each other while in rugby, except in a scrum, you only have people going after one player.
ANSWERSoccer is the most popular sport around the world by farANSWERRugby Union, however, is much more popular in the Australian and in the Pacific Regions and in South Africa.Soccer is not a viable sport in Australia compared with the other Australian football codes (Rugby League, Rugby Union, AFL - Australian Football)In the Australian case, taking Queensland and New South Wales: the rugby codes are more popular by a country mile.However, in the southern, western regions of Australia and in Northern Territory, by far the most popular football code is AFL [Australian football].
Football (Soccer) has the greatest following. However, Rugby is not becoming one of the emerging teams sports