Watching a rugby match is exhilarating and the action is so fast paced if you flinch, you'll miss something. It's hard enough to watch it on TV, going to an actual match makes it even harder to see it all. Lately, soccer has been giving rugby quite a run for its money. Plus there have been problems at many of the games. For instance, there was a recent shooting where several fans were hit. Also there was a recent player who bit off another player's ear in the heat of battle, yes, like Hockey it gets a tad bit competitive indeed.
The South African teams want the rules standardized so when they play elsewhere they have the same rules, unfortunately, over the years, the rules in various nations have changed and this is making global competition tougher. In soccer the rules have been standardized. Many believe that soccer is loved by fans more, because anyone can play the game, where as in rugby, if you are not one tough SOB, you may not make it out alive, as they say.
And if you think the players are tough and sometimes out of control, being ejected from games and being penalized or banned from one or more future games, you ought to see some of these unruly fans. This year a man axed his wife to death over an argument stemming from a rugby game, apparently he could not control his temper, of course, now he lives in a gated community for the rest of his life, but it just goes to show you how nuts some of the rugby fans have gotten lately.
It's hard to say if rugby will ever lose its flair, it is a great game, much harder than American Football or Soccer and it has a loyal following, not nearly as many as soccer, but plenty enough to survive, as the sport continues to grow.
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