World Sport: Codes at War

AFL admit: “Our game is confusing and strange”

AFL officials have finally admitted what many outside of Victoria have long suspected, that the game is confusing and strange to the uninitiated.

In a statement issued to the press, AFL spokesperson Angela Dukakis said, “Our game has traditionally led the way in terms of confusion and bewilderment for those unversed in the rules. Despite attempts by Rugby Union to make their game nonsensical and incomprehensible, we plan to remain innovative in our attempts to confuse the public.”

The IRB hit back strongly by saying “No other code has made more rule changes or has been less adept at enforcing them, than Rugby. We will continue to make Rugby dull and boring until the day that even the Welsh and South African’s would rather watch soccer.”

Meanwhile, in the US, NFL officials have suggested that their game is “both perplexing and dreary,” and that other codes just cannot compete with their mind-numbing marathons.

“In what other football code do cameras spend more time on the coach that on actual play? People from all over the world ask me all time ‘what the heck is going on?’ If you like you action repetitive, stagnant and confusing, then Gridiron is the game for you!”