Played Football (Soccer) wing, back and goalie for my school. Plenty of blood noses. Even played a version of Football on ashphalt courts using a tennis ball... plenty of skinned knees.

Played Rugby League at lunch breaks at school and cricket too. Chipped my teeth down to the point that they are level with the rest despite starting at least 3mms longer.

Played Union on the weekends. Wing. Starting playing after a mate got his arm broken by the rest of my mates and said 'This is the game for me.'

Played American Football, Corner Back and Special Teams. Broke my collar bone in two places... but denied the running back his touch down.

I have played both Baseball and Softball (mainly softball as we played mixed teams). Pitcher and fielder... not so good at batting, for some reason I could only really hit balls with a lot of spin on them.

Played a tiny amount of Aussie Rules. Watched a lot more, great spectator sport.

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Cricket people do die... check out the amount of padding in Cricket, the hardness of the ball (it is like a field hockey ball (played that too) with a hard ridge) and the speed at which it is bowled.

Rugby Union... the forwards (the stocky, big guys... Orcs) tend to get their necks broken in the scrums.