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I don't mind Aussie Rules--I think the athletes are actually pretty good, like a field full of cornerbacks. Plus, it's a real contact sport. Not really comparable to American Ball, though. The usual complainers are Rugby League (different from traditional Rugby Union) fans. Here's why I disagree with them. Rugby League is non-contact unless you have the ball. Shoulder hits are illegal. Rough play is illegal. Only arm-tackling is allowed. If you drop the ball and there's >1 person tackling you, you just get the ball back. If someone strips the ball from you, the "stripper" is penalized and the ball carrier awarded the ball + penalty yards. The players are slow. There is little strategy.
Where rugby league has some merit is that all the players play both offense and defense, and the ball has to be put on the ground in the endzone in order to score. Rugby guys will say that clock stoppages in American ball detract from the game, and they're right. But if you watch Rugby League carefully, you'll notice that the ONLY offensive player on the field doing ANY running at all is the one with the ball. The rest of the time, the guys are just standing around with their hand on their hips.
I don't know about the beer. There's not much beer I've ever turned down, and only once has beer ever knocked my socks off.