Now thats a different game, plenty of scuffle. Seems to me (opinion only) if the players had any smarts, they'd wear same sort of protection, or otherwise they might as well just go out and duke it out in a gang fight. Come to think of it, thats pretty much what it is anyway, they just throw in a ball and a couple a goalposts. Geeze, pass the cheeze, please. I find the Brits to be pretty violent people (commoners anyway) at sporting events, soccer and rugby for example. They have riots in the streets, sort of like our football fans after a big win, and what was that post about a general protest once in a while, where you all go into the streets and riot and break windows and such. How the hell did we ever win the war of independence?