The whole point of rugby is that the violence is contained on the pitch where it belongs whereas in football nothing much happens on the pitch with the violence being on the stands with the hooligans. Plus, unlike pathetic American Football, rugby players at least have the courage not to go around wearing huge pads for protection, so they get more respect as a result.
of course rugby is better than american football, any sport is better than american sports. Football is rough though, when played locally but unfortunatly many of the pros (especially strikers) dive like fairies. I still love it, and when i play in Canada, it is a rough sports and preety physical but still requires smooth gracefullness :p
