I'm a big NFL fan....but I played rugby for years before wrecking my knee in a game. I also played a little American Football for a year or 2....you need those pads....trust me, it's a completely different type of contact than you get in rugby.
I hate football (soccer to the Americans

) ... 90 minutes of effeminate whiney over-paid woosies throwing themselves to the ground and crying like babies everytime somebody comes within 6 feet of stepping on one of their shoelaces...and nil nil is a common score.
Dullsville
