"Casper van Nimwegen" <neverroads@soneramail.nl> wrote in message news:Fyr5yx.H6t@lugnet.com... (...) There are many sports which feature contact between the foot and the ball. In Australia, the popular foot-and-ball sports are historically rugby (...) (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.sports, lugnet.loc.au)
With Rugby, League and AFL (1), the ball is in the players hands for most of the time. So I don't see how it can be called Football. Call me picky but I use the term football or "footie" to mean exactly that: Game played with the foot. Bear in mind (...) (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.sports, lugnet.loc.au)