I much prefer football over rugby and believe iit requires much more skill and that the world cup is much more world than rugby will ever be.
however, rugby players are just as passionite but respect the refereee (i am fed up with footballers with no discipline insulting referees) and I hate diving (and yes steven gerrard is a diver) and I went to lots of england v ireland rugby games where we stood side by side and had banter and went for drinks after and a bit of a laugh.
Is there a desire in england to get all the bad stuff out of the most beautiful sport in the world.