Cap K notes: We play basically the same game (rugby and rugby league), but without the reinforced helmets, the Kevlar armour and the ad breaks.

American football has been described as embodying the two worst features of American life. It is violence punctuated by committee* meetings. Rugby may qualify for the former but, unless you count a scrumdown as a committee meeting I don't think it qualifies for the latter.

*Aha! We were looking elsewhere for a second word with three double letters. Did they have to be consecutive?