Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "Vocativ" channel.

  1. By the rules you can't hit a man on the ground, but you can block him down and, with 27 players for team in a relatively small field, you have to clear the field of much of the opposing players in order to score. That's the reason of all the fights. Mind that the match lasts for 50 minutes in scorching hot without pauses or substitutons, that's why exhausted players blocked that way often don't fight to get back up, loosing further energies, but rest a little until the next change of ball.
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  2. Rugby and Football (soccer) had been clearly set apart only at the end of 19th century. Before, the matches resembled more football or rugby depending on the agreements on the rules made before the matches.
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