I haven't seen very much of it, but I seem to recall striped shirts on the refs.

>Don't think that was the case. I watched several different games a few years back and they alwyas had on the coats and hats.
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>>Dunno. Maybe it was cold that day. But like I said, nobody understands the game, so asking questions is terminally fruitless.
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>>>What's with the referees and the white trench coats and hats?
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>>>>One of the things that makes it interesting is that nobody, including the referees, can figure out the rules to Australian Rules Football. ;)
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>>>>>Austrlian rules football is also a pretty hard game. Plus the pitch is huge.
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>>>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football
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>>>>>>>>>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> )