Surely you will have played rugby, cricket, tennis as a kid? I doubt they are new sports to many people really. You will know the rules and be able to recognise good play. The only sports that I can say that are truly new to me as an adult are the US sports, and NFL in particular. I’m sure lots of people played madden so the basics would be known, but it does help to watch with someone who knows the sport very well.

Sport is the best theatre that there is. I can’t think of many sports that aren’t capable of serving excellent drama. I could never watch just football and I think there are far better spectator sports, although it is far and away the best sport to play and is so accessible.