anyone follow the rugby im on my way to italy this weekend to see ireland hopefully conquer the italians, and take the first small step towards the championship and maybe a grand slam
I really don't think you have much to worry about this weekend, you'll pound us quite badly. To be honest I'm not a big fan of egg-chasing, I don't even have a clue what's going on!
My only experience with rugby is when couple of years ago I ordered an Italia longsleeve jersey from kappastore, and it turned out to be one of the Italian Rugby federation, no the football one.
I wouldn't say rugby is better than American Football, it's just different. I personally like fast sports, so American Football is too damn boring for me, but locals here love it.
You will NEVER see empty seats in stadiums, NEVER!
The players may be the fastest athletes in the world, but when I see a play ran during 15 seconds... and then "preparations" for the next play for 3 minutes- it pisses me off and I lose interest.
And timeouts! Who needs timeouts? If you suck- you'll lose anyways... and commercials...