Just to add to the Rubgy nonsense -
there are two kinds of Rugby - Union which is played by gentlemen and League which is played by town louts.
That is, Private Schools (OZ) play Union as part of their upper-class certification (UK this is of course Public Schools) - working class "louts from the town" play League to certify their class. There are trips to heaven for upper class non-louts whereas the town louts just get paid lots of money.
The other possible origin for the tag of "lout" comes from the one true form of Football which we in OZ call Soccer. That is, for true Football players, Rugby is a lout's game no matter whether you are from town or Public School. This doesn't explain "town" which the Union/League account does.
No wonder the second largest book sales for Oxford are for their English-to-English dictionaries. (Bible comes first)
keith russell
non-footballer
OZ newcastle
In OZ the Union dudes are known as Rugger-Buggers (does that need elaboration?)
"Rugby" has come to be the common name for "Rugby Union" and "League" has come to be the common name for "Rugby League".
>>> Ken Friedman <[log in to unmask]> Sometimes it is difficult to believe things that
may actually be true. Also I certainly didn't mean to imply that Rugby was
actually a "game played by town louts" although to be completely accurate, town
louts (whoever they may be) probably have been seen to play rugby at some time.
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