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Submitted by iryan on Wed, 2013-02-06 18:18

kathycf wrote:

iryan wrote:
It can actually be confusing talking about "Football" over here as we play so many types. It could be very confusing to visitors. For instance there's Australian Rules Football, Soccer, Rugby League and Rugby Union.

Eek. I guess here is where I continue to expose my lack of knowledge regarding sports. My ex-husband is from Ireland, so my frame of reference is simply his soccer=football view, probably because he would laugh when I referred to "American" football as football. "That's not REAL football, silly american woman!" Hehe

It's funny that as Ireland has its own version of football as well called Gaelic football. Its has similarities with Australian Rules Football which is why Ireland and Australia play regular Test matches with a hybrid version of both sports called International Rules Football, which is the only way the players of those sports can ever play internationally against other countries.

Soccer has the distinction of being the most widespread form of football played in the world, though the other versions tend to be more popular in their respective countries.

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[quote=iryan]<p><div class="bb-quote"><b>kathycf wrote:</b><blockquote class="bb-quote-body"><div class="bb-quote"><b>iryan wrote:</b><blockquote class="bb-quote-body">It can actually be confusing talking about "Football" over here as we play so many types. It could be very confusing to visitors. For instance there's Australian Rules Football, Soccer, Rugby League and Rugby Union.</blockquote></div><br />
Eek. I guess here is where I continue to expose my lack of knowledge regarding sports. My ex-husband is from Ireland, so my frame of reference is simply his soccer=football view, probably because he would laugh when I referred to "American" football as football. "That's not REAL football, silly american woman!" Hehe<br />
</blockquote></div><br />
It's funny that as Ireland has its own version of football as well called Gaelic football. Its has similarities with Australian Rules Football which is why Ireland and Australia play regular Test matches with a hybrid version of both sports called International Rules Football, which is the only way the players of those sports can ever play internationally against other countries.</p>

<p>Soccer has the distinction of being the most widespread form of football played in the world, though the other versions tend to be more popular in their respective countries.</p>[/quote]

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