Austrlian rules football is also a pretty hard game. Plus the pitch is huge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football


>>>>Truly the toughest, hardest men in sport are world class rugby players. No other sport even comes close <gr&d> ...
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>>>>GO BOKKE!
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>>>I've gotta say you're right. In college we thought lacrosse was tougher than football ( mainly because there was much less protection and you had a weapon in your hands to hit people with - oh, and because as a very preppy private school we could beat Ohio State <g> ) And then my senior year they introduced rugby and we decided that was the sport for guys who were just too mean or too drunk <s> to play either football or lacrosse.
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>>Have you ever seen Irish Hurling?
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>Every St. Patrick's day <bg> Usually comes up some shade of green.
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>Those people are just dog nuts. No protection, and very practical weapons.
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>I haven't seen the sport, but now you've got me interested. Weapons and unprotected violence - what's not to like?
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>>>I troll the sports channels looking for big league rugby. I have Argentian/Scotland and England/France on TIVO now and plan to watch tonight( DON'T tell me who won - you can actually read the sports page here without finding out <s> )