I grew up in a southern college town, so sports were a huge part of the culture--to the degree that they closed the schools for the college football team's homecoming--but I never got into it. I tried for a brief period in law school when I had it in my head that it would help my career to be able to make sports small talk, but I could never learn the rules well enough to follow what was happening. And then I got a job and realized it wasn't actually a necessary skill, so I stopped bothering. I enjoy basketball well enough to watch it happily with other people who are more invested (it moves fast, the rules are simple, and there's usually lots of scoring), but that's about it.

I've never actually seen a rugby match, but I understand it's even rougher than American football, which is already pretty violent.