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Hi Guys! I've watched several of your sports reaction videos, Aussie rules, cricket and here rugby and I'm sure you know what hockey is. Let me invite you to Ireland where we play a game that is all of the above! We call it hurling th-cam.com/video/TmzivRetelE/w-d-xo.html Bear in mind that hurling is completely amatuer but the elite players may as well be pros they train so hard. Enjoy!!
The issue with many of these 'big hits' rugby videos is that they don't make clear which tackles are illegal and why, which is important to know when your learning about the sport.
Came to the comments hoping to see this at the top. Yea it's rough and actually players do have a touch of padding built into the jerseys for collarbone etc... but it's SOOO important to highlight that most of these are illegal or at least have since affected changes in the rules to reduce/discourage.
@@RNTV In the older days you used to get away with a lot more but in more recent years there's been players suing orgs for not protecting them. You're not allowed to pick someone up and spear them into the ground, past horizontal anyway. You must attempt to wrap your arms too, you can't just stick your shoulder into someone's chest. But, you still see it and they're picked up more now.
I once heard an American say that the reason American Football isn't played much outside the US is people in other countries can't afford the helmets and pads and that's why every other country plays rugby as the cheaper version. I was like, no we play rugby because we don't need padding and head protection and like games that don't stop every 10 seconds of play for commercials. It's the same with baseball and cricket, we don't need a massive glove to catch a ball... 😜
that's what's so special about Rugby, 6'4, young, heavy, angry men calling an older 5'8 jockey's whip of a man "Sir" total contrast to the prima donnas in footie
@ Absolutely. The understanding that physical power does not override constraining power. The power of of the rules of the game overall are more important than than the outcome of an individual game. We sadly look the U.S. and will see if this is something they understand over the next week or so.
Girls play rugby too. I was watching the England national team, the red roses, against New Zealand, the black ferns, a while back, and they were amazing
Female Rugby being the exception confirming the rule on how Female sports are less entertaining than male's. We've got a very good female club in my city, they actually do better than men in terms of results. Vive la France.
I asked to play rugby when I was in highschool, this was nearly 30 years ago (😩) all we were allowed was hockey and netball. Not dissing those sports at all but love rugby
Played for 25 years. Portugal, England and Northern Ireland. Had to stop because of a knee injury. And still going back into the pitch every now and then :)
To answer Mike's question. Any contact with the head or neck area even accidental in rugby is now a big no no and could result in the aggressor being sent off (made to leave the field) and not allowed to be replaced. So your team plays a man light for the rest of the match. These rules were tightened pretty recently due to the number of concussions players received from playing. My great uncle played professional rugby union for London Irish as a forward and you'd often find him post match with a black eye or his nose relocated half way across his face!!
I love both sports. NFL is a totally different proposition to Rugby Union (which I definitely prefer), once you get into the NFL though, the skills of the players are phenomenal too, just in a different subset from Rugby players. Rees Zammet couldn't make the cut at Kansas City Chiefs, which I was personally a bit gutted by, I was really looking forward to seeing him play.
@@jonathanbradshaw2665yes my son used to play both. Have to admit when I took him to play rugby I stood and watched but when it was American football I used to get bored after about 15 minutes and go and sit in the car or do some shopping
I'm a Rugby fan since I'm a kid, I live in Toulouse, France. I like NFL too. Of course not as much as I love Rugby, but still, NFL isn't a children's sport come on. Soccer is.
I met him in a pub on a Scottish island. He was the nicest guy in the world. He also had a Scottish accent, explained he wasn't Sebastian Chabal, and then asked if i'd ever watched "Game of Thrones". It was Rory McCann; the guy who plays The Hound. I'm such a tit. Was plastered.
@@petes9524 Not many sports in the world where you do serious physical damage to yourself and in the real world would be sidelined for quite a long time and yet are prepared to do it again a few hours later.
If I recall, the average live time of an American football game is about 10-15 minutes of actual play despite games lasting for hours on end. (And they say cricket is a long-winded, subdued affair, hahaha) And of course, as rugby fans we know that is boring as our games are nigh-on constant action for 80 minutes excluding half time.
I like us football I prefer to call it gridiron football for that reason it is a game of starts and stops the game of inches it's the tactical one hit throws that make it a watchable sport @@scrappystocks
Another rugby video you should do is 10 Minutes of Nigel Owens being Nigel Owens. He's the best and wittiest rugby referee ever. See how he has those man-giants completely under his thumb.
My favourite Nigel Owen’s quote, which you need to know he is openly gay to get the humour, throw ins from the sideline have to be straight down the middle and not to your team mate. On a throw in that was blatantly to a team mate “I’m straighter than that” 😂
I played for one of the top English teams in the 1970s. I took and gave lots of hard tackles, and barely took any injuries. Of course there were plenty of bruises, but I only ever had two injuries that necessitated me leaving the pitch. One was a sprained ankle, which was treated with pain killing spray, an ice pack and a support bandage. I only missed about 5 mins of the match because I suffered the injury just before half time. The other one was in a tackle, when I was struck in the face by a boot. It was totally accidental, but split the skin under my eyebrow. I had to be taken to hospital for stitches, and missed the rest of the match. 50 years later, and my eyebrows still never grow evenly! Football (soccer) players seem to get worse injuries than rugby players.
It does look like, to give and take those Rugby tackles you have to be stocky. Either in fat or muscles mass and good bones too. Majority of todays soccer players are pansies, they scream and yell and trash about as soon as someone is in a 10 foot radius around them.
Rugby players are trained on how to tackle and hit relatively safely. There are some American football teams that train their players in rugby tackle techniques to improve player safety. A number of hits and tackles shown are actually illegal and players then get carded and even suspended for a number of games. Above the shoulder hits, head contact by the tackler, tip/spear tackles and in the air tackles are now illegal but some may have been legal at the time of the specific clip. That dive through the air try at 8:24 didn't stand as he placed the ball on the line, therefor in touch
@@kylegrace4718 Look both rugby and American football (and boxing) are contact sports so the risks are never going to be completely eradicated but with training (and laws/regulations/rules) the risks can be reduced.
@chrisalldis3375 it's not about noticing the ref although I take your point. The respect for refs in this brutal sport is absolute so it is definitely worth a watch.
You really need to check out Jonah Lomu..He was a total machine who played his international career while being hooked onto a dialysis machine Also Nigel Owens. The Best referee to ever officiate a game. Total respect from all the all the players
The Six Nations starts on the 31st of January 2025. I'm sure there must be a sports channel in America that broadcasts it. Or there's the internet. Defo worth watching.
Pity the great Jonah could never score against the Springboks of South Africa, the only team to have won Rugby World Cup FOUR times (including the last two events).
@@wouterswanepoel5753 remind me of SA score against the PUMAS? no top tier team had been decimated by Argentina like that..... PS taking the 95 RWC win against a AB team which was %75+ poisoned.... the Boks eh... won by ONLY 3 points ?????!!!!!! AND you are bragging.... No pride in that ... ABs lost that game because that was noooo win
One thing worth mentioning is that disrespect towards the ref is an absolute no no, punishable in some cases by a loss of ten meters territory for dissent. Check out referee Nigel Owens, for a master class in rugby refereeing.
I love your reaction to this wonderful sport. Thank you. The thing to remember about this sport, is that regardless of size, the referee is in complete control and their word is law. I love all of your content. Thank you so much for your awesome reactions to what we Brits love.
Now you know what Dricus Du Plessis meant when he said, "hulle weet nie, wat ons weet nie" (they dont know what we know) South Africa (Springboks) have won the rugby world cup 4 times, 1995, 2007, 2019 and 2023. The rugby world cup innaugral year was 1987, because of being boycotted, we were only allowed to participate in the rugby world cup from 1995 onwards. Played in 8 rugby world cups, won 4, not too shabby. South Africans - we live for rugby!
The thing with watching rugby on TV is you dont realise how big and powerful some of these lads actually are. Im 6ft4 and was 17 stone when i played in the army and i felt small when i met some of the england team. Also i would like to add i got injured more playing rugby than when i was boxing its one hell of a tough sport but it ls one if not the best sports to play if your an adrenaline junkie that dont mind getting hurt.
Thank you Stu you keep on pulling up my memories. Makes me feel sad to a certain extent but knowing I am not the only one does make me feel better. Keep me feeling nostalgic. Well done
Greetings from Scotland! I was born in South Wales and rugby was played in my school. I remember the day that the games teacher wanted to introduce us to football - we all sat on the side-lines and point blank refused to play it! So it was never "introduced" again! 😂 The best thing about rugby matches is that all the violence happens on the pitch during the game. VERY rare to see crowd battles, and normally, both teams supporters go down to the local pubs to drink together! Not something you see in football............. It is a brutal sport, but you know that before getting into the game. I was put in hospital at 13yo with damage to my hip. I was happy because it meant I had a month or two off school - the hospital had good food, it was warm, comfy beds and we all got on very well in the ward! 😊 Best of all, it was quite a way from my home and my parents couldn't afford to visit me very often - BONUS! 😂😂
Great reaction Mike and Jess. Yes, for sure Rugby is a pretty brutal sport. Maybe check out "Greatest Solo Tries In Rugby History" (8.25 mins) and not forgetting the greatest ever rugby player of all time Jonah Lomu "He was IMPOSSIBLE to stop! | Jonah Lomu" (8.39 mins). 🏉
Totally agree! Jonah Lomu was a legend! In a full run he was like a train and watching players attempt to bring him down and just fall away is brilliant!
Hey again! Nice! Actually the majority of the hits they show in this video are illegal and were probably punished by the ref. You can't hit a defender with the elbow, you can't tackle above the shoulders, you can't tackle a player in the air, you can't tackle a player in such a way that he would land upside down on his head and so on. I am watching rugby regularly but I don't get to see such phases very often.
If you notice, the play doesn't stop when a player is injured. As long as the play is moving away, the medics can attend the players laying on the ground (i have seen several players being attended). But if the ball starts returning to the injured players or if the team scores, the game will pause until the players rejoin the team or taken away. RUGBY, NFL, AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL etc are impact sports. Everything else is a contact sport
You are 100% correct when you were talking about the shoulder in rugby vs how they use their head in NFL, rugby is completely based on shoulder to shoulder contact basically
That was the world champs that made those moves, the south African Springboks, I've watched them consistently lately, man ' they have talent, speed, massive forwards, Ali really injoy watching them
yeah the south Africans train right next to the wildlife parks so every once in a while a lion or a leopard chases them so they gotta be quick to escape
always look forward to you two...the bro's kinda low energy quietly laughing and the wife flat out cackling high energy...😅love the way ya's are, sheers muchly for the company...and hello from New Zealand🖐
It is true he was born in South Africa but totally allowed to play for Scotland and I would say the best try in this clip....... speaking as a Scot lol
@@PjRjHj Nah. We're keeping him. He's fun to watch at Murrayfield. I live close to the stadium and if I can hear the crowd with the windows closed, it's probably his doing :D
Spot ON with "hit differently", that is the difference. In rugby there are laws to protect the hit, in NFL there are more concussions due to players leading with the head. Loved your reaction and great observations.
I watch the NFL and not rugby... mainly because I haven't taken the time to understand what the rules in rugby are. From what I can tell, they superficially look similar but have very different dynamics and so are probably as comparable as football (soccer) and rugby. I am pretty sure if some of the tackles allowed in NFL were done in rugby, there would be a lot of serious injuries, which is why they wear pads.
I tried watching the Superbowl a few years ago. But I had to switch off after about 45 mins. It was so frustrating. They spend more time standing around talking, than they do playing. I found myself shouting at the TV (Hurry up! Just hurry up!). They played for 10 seconds. Then spent 2 mins talking about what to do next. No wonder the game takes 4 hours. I bet they play less than 1 hr. I'm really sorry, I gave it a shot. But never again. I thought Rugby and NFL were going to be similar. But they're completely different. One is a sport. The other is a social club.
Rugby as those who know is, “a savage game played by gentlemen”. I played for six years and it’s absolutely a wonderful game and when all said and done, win or lose; both sides celebrated a good game over pints of beer and camaraderie. I played second row in the scrum and even after nearly fifty years; I smile with all the good memories and friends I made. 🇨🇦🏉
You should totally learn about the GOAT Jonah Lomu. He was a New Zealand all blacks player. I'm Australian, and he's still my favourite player. Unfortunately, he passed away very young due to a rare disease called nephrotic syndrome. He was never at 100% really, watch his tribute documentary Lord of the Wings called that because he played on the wing for New Zealand, and imagine if he'd never been sick...damn.😊
I am South African and after Jonah Lomu passed away, my 13 year old rugby mad son would say his prayers and say...." and God, please take care of Jonah Lomu."
You are watching professional players. They’re 6ft 4”, weigh 200 lbs and do 100 yds in 11 seconds. Amateurs don’t get tackled so hard or block with this impact. Club players are like anybody and don’t get hurt a lot. BTW some of these tackles are now illegal. Choking, kicking (people) , punching for example. Elbow in the face also.
Rugby is a great sport, it teaches you respect, discipline, sportsmanship and true team bonding, having played Rugby through school from the age of 8, to club rugby into my late 20’s, exiting the game, having retained my good looks and all my own teeth, 😂😂…however my shoulder and knees, is another matter 😮😂😂
Right. They shouldn't include illegal tackle in these videos, or at least make a note that those tackles are illegal. We don't want to confuse potential new fans.
To be fair, Rugby Union is a pretty complex sport and the ultimate team game. Many folks in rugby playing nations don't properly understand the rules and dynamics. I love it because it's so inclusive, there's a position in a rugby team to suit literally every physique, from the shorter and stockier types to the longer and thinner types.
What you say about NFL players leading with the head is exactly the argument against helmets! Another point is that the vast majority of concussions are caused by the brain impacting the inside of the skull NOT a boot or shoulder impacting the outside of the skull...in other words rapid deceleration or whiplash causes concussion, and helmets don't reduce these forces...if any thing they accentuate them especially as regards whiplash (added weight - added force)
Fun fact: the guy in red who you said was getting ragdolled is Mike Tindall, he's married to Queen Elizabeth II's oldest granddaughter/King Charles's niece; the Princess Royal's daughter Zara
From the town of Rugby. Played for 15 years. If I could take a magic potion that would keep my body together long enough to play another ten minutes i'd pay anything. Them were the days.
NFL hits are harder because of the stop start nature of the game. Players in the NFL have a couple of minutes to rest before the next player meaning the hits are more explosive. Still prefer rugby though.
you are literally delusional. the start and stop nature of NFL makes it less harder hits.. what will create more force on collision 1 team running at a static team or 2 teams running directly at each other. the fact rubgy is played by 2 opposiing teams running at each other and not like NFL where plays are made from a standstill. you can't even generate the force created in rugby plays by starting and stopping hence some of these big hits are when 2 teams collide, not one offence player just jumping at the defensive line.
Great Video you guys. Love your Content. The Michael Jordan of Rugby according to me is Cheslin Kolbe. Theres is a video called "The Ultimate Athlete | Is Cheslin Kolbe The Best Rugby Player In The World?" Unreal Athlete!
Mike, as an ex rugby player and school teacher from the UK. I applaud you for your accurate observation on the tackling differences. I am a looong time NFL fan, going back to my first Superbowl game and winners, the 1985 Bears starring Walter "Sweetness" Payton, Mike Singletary and William "The Fridge" Perry and one of my favourite coaches, Mike Ditka. The history lesson is just to point out I know both games intimately, so I can confidently state that I believe that NFL players seem to be just taught to hit as hard as possible without consideration for technique. So many tmes I see missed or poor tackles due to this approach. I know there are many examples of missed tackles in rugby as well, but most of these are due to the skills of the attacking players than to the poor technique of the defender. In rugby you ARE taught to tackle with your shoulder and even more specifically to tackle cheek to cheek. face to bum. i.e. if you tackle from the side with whichever shoulder will mean that your cheek will end up against the attackers backside, or small of back. This will rmainly esult in you the tackler landing on top of the attacking player due to their momentum taking them forward. If you don't do that there's a higher chance of injury as the player will in all likelyhood land on your head at speed, and a 200 to 300 lb man landing on your head isn't a good iidea. because you are taught that, you think about how you are going to make the tackle and soon you instinctively know the correct angle and height to take to tackle safely. A lot of the examples in this video were also poor tackling examples which is why they look so brutal. Ironically the one you slowed down as it seemed so hard and fast was probably the best technique out of all of them as if you do it correctly and you are facing a player, you again go in with your shoulder and here I will admit that I would always go in as hard as I could in the first few tackles and I would also try and get my shoulder to hit up into the solar plexus and come down onto the player in the same place and knock the breath out of him. Do this to a couple of players especially the biggest or fastest and your whole day becomes so much easier. I am 6ft 2 and even back in the 80's I wasn't always the biggest player on the pitch, so any psychological advantage helped. I can guarantee after that tackle the team in white would hot potato that ball all game, leading to mistakes and poor decision making. As hard as we all think we are, sometimes we make business decisions. On business decisions THE best ever player of either NFL or rugby to consistently cause players to make business decisions was New Zealand's Jonah Lomu , he made well regarded international players look like clowns or rag dolls including famously my England team in the 1995 Rugby World Cup semi-final. Jess if you want a classic game to watch that may be one, although it pains me to say so that day Jonah put the fear of God into 15 well respected and acomplished players. Also try and catch some of the ladies games as they are highly entertaining and it is wonderful to see them gaining more and more support and as in the mens game England and New Zealand are 2 of the best teams in the world .Try and watch some of their games and you won't be disappointed.
The gesture that amazed you is called a chistera, pronounce she-stare-at without the final t, it's very hard to perform it properly, and i have to agree, when it is, it's magnificient !!! The guy with the look is Sébastien Chabal, 1 of the best french player of the last 2 decades, a guy you don't want to mess with (obviously ^^). A french commercial slogan for the french beef compagny named Charral was "Charral, the meat is good", in the rugby it quickly became "Chabal, the meat is good" 😅 Another comment suggested you react to Nigel Owens, presumably the GOAT rugby's referee, i can only approve and suggest you just do that 😉 A mix of serious and fun like no other ! Thanks for the fun 👍 have a good day everyone 🖖
We can see a kid from the age of 7; How he runs, how he falls, how he crashes without getting hurt. Rugby is really hard but much less brutal than you would perceive. Players are just built for it. BUT, when it comes to international games and especially the World Cup, players will put their lives on the line. I suggest you watch the 2019 World Cup Final between South Africa and England. You will enjoy that.
I tell ye.. They are fast. There are guys that runs the 100m in just above 10seconds. And their bodies are freaking hard as a brick outhouse. You should look at pics of the players at the end of the 6 Nations tournament. It looks like they went through the battle of Stalingrad.
I used to work with a guy that played Rugby. He used to come into work on a Monday morning with black eyes or a broken nose and wouldn’t think anything of it.
as an australian who has played rugby league, rugby union and american football, you are correct about the difference in tackling styles. being padded up with a helmet you tend to smash a bit harder. i believe nfl teams are starting to employ rugby coaches to teach tackling techniques to reduce the risk of bad injuries.
Heads and necks are red card out of bounds - further than that its almost anything goes. Soccer/football is a game for gentlemen played by hooligans. Rugby is a game for hooligans PLAYED BY GENTLEMEN.
It's awsome at the game in person, the sounds of the teams running up and down the field is like a cattle stampede and the tackles ring out with a loud smack and are akin to a small car crash.
Notice how they often dive to the ground when scoring... The difference between a 'Try' and a US Football 'Touchdown' :- Touchdown - The player must touch the ground in the endzone, while he is touching the ball. Try - The ball must touch the ground, while the player is touching the ball. Which is why rugby players either dive to the ground, or put the ball down by hand - And US Football players often run through the endzone with the ball held high to celebrate.
The difference is essentially that in rugby you must make an attempt to tackle the opponent by (trying) to wrap your arm(s) around them, while in American football you can just body check them. This means that, on average, NFL hits are harder, but this is mitigated by the greater use of protection.
Awesome video. Great to see more Americans watching rugby. You need to watch Cheslin Kolbe - The ultimate athlete. He plays for the 4 time world champions, the Springboks from South Africa. (Only team in the world to do so).
When I played, I was THAT guy who, when I had the ball, would just barge through the opposing team's backline attempts to tackle me. Now, 30 years later, the old knocks are back to haunt me - but I had fun whilst it lasted :)
Any hit above the shoulders is a penalty. Depending on the severity and intentions the punishment ranges from a ten minute suspension to a long term ban from the sport. It also the rule that a tackler must try to wrap their arms round to make a true tackle not just a take out- it is a blurred area, no one wants injuries but big hits are part of rugby culture so some referees may let more go than others. It is a cleaner safer game now than it was in amateur days- back then broken necks were not uncommon injuries.
You really need to be there to appreciate a Rugby match..It's amazing..Listening to you though makes me feel like a savage! 😂😂😂..AND...After the matches.You need to go ito the Rugby club..Where there's lots of drinking and laughing...Great reaction! 😅 ☮️🇬🇧
You can see here, especially in the slo-mo moments that it's not all about toughness and aggression..there's a lot of quickness of thought, speed and supreme athleticism in rugby.
The best comment I've ever seen about rugby is "Football ⚽ is 90 minutes of players pretending they're hurt, Rugby 🏉 is 80 minutes of players pretending they're not"
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Just to let you know, there is Women's Rugby tournament being held right now in Canada, called WXV it involves the USA women's team.
We don’t wear big helmets, metal visors and lots of body padding because Rugby is a man’s game 😁
@@kramalbion even when it's played by women
Hi Guys! I've watched several of your sports reaction videos, Aussie rules, cricket and here rugby and I'm sure you know what hockey is. Let me invite you to Ireland where we play a game that is all of the above! We call it hurling
th-cam.com/video/TmzivRetelE/w-d-xo.html
Bear in mind that hurling is completely amatuer but the elite players may as well be pros they train so hard. Enjoy!!
The issue with many of these 'big hits' rugby videos is that they don't make clear which tackles are illegal and why, which is important to know when your learning about the sport.
yes, a lot of these tackles would be penalised now and the "tackler" would be off the pitch for 10 minutes - if not for the rest of the game.
Came to the comments hoping to see this at the top. Yea it's rough and actually players do have a touch of padding built into the jerseys for collarbone etc... but it's SOOO important to highlight that most of these are illegal or at least have since affected changes in the rules to reduce/discourage.
I was wondering about that while watching
@@RNTV In the older days you used to get away with a lot more but in more recent years there's been players suing orgs for not protecting them. You're not allowed to pick someone up and spear them into the ground, past horizontal anyway. You must attempt to wrap your arms too, you can't just stick your shoulder into someone's chest. But, you still see it and they're picked up more now.
@@CagedPaps The spear tackle has been banned since 1976. Yes its policed further now, but even nearly 50 years ago it was banned.
I once heard an American say that the reason American Football isn't played much outside the US is people in other countries can't afford the helmets and pads and that's why every other country plays rugby as the cheaper version. I was like, no we play rugby because we don't need padding and head protection and like games that don't stop every 10 seconds of play for commercials.
It's the same with baseball and cricket, we don't need a massive glove to catch a ball... 😜
so bloody true very few nfl players would last a full game of union ore rugby leage
I agree. Football is an extravagant and toned-down version of rugby, and baseball a more extravagant and overpaid version of cricket
And they also like to pretend that that "armor" does anything when ex-players can't hold up a spoon at 40 years of age.
True..i love the fluidity of rugby..the stopping to set up plays kill us football for me..
Snakes & Ladders is more exciting than American Football
I would recommend you watch a video of the referee Nigel Owens. He's mic'd up so you can hear what he says to the players. A great ref!
Greatest ref ever.
I'm straighter than that one🤣🤣🤣
Nigel Owen’s is brilliant,an absolute must watch
good advice !
that's what's so special about Rugby, 6'4, young, heavy, angry men calling an older 5'8 jockey's whip of a man "Sir" total contrast to the prima donnas in footie
@ Absolutely. The understanding that physical power does not override constraining power. The power of of the rules of the game overall are more important than than the outcome of an individual game. We sadly look the U.S. and will see if this is something they understand over the next week or so.
There is a saying; Football (soccer) players spend 90 minutes pretending they are injured, Rugby players spend 80 minutes pretending they aren't...
American Rules players spend 60 minutes pretending they play 60 minutes.
There's also a saying: rugby fans can't go 5 minutes without mentioning football. Every video without fail the same comments 💤
Footballers are to worried about social media an how they look mommy's boys
Never seen a football player using a fake blood capsule
Joshua Tuisova The Beast in Rugby
Girls play rugby too. I was watching the England national team, the red roses, against New Zealand, the black ferns, a while back, and they were amazing
Female Rugby being the exception confirming the rule on how Female sports are less entertaining than male's.
We've got a very good female club in my city, they actually do better than men in terms of results.
Vive la France.
I (female) played rugby at school many years ago. Got so many jokes when I was playing in the hooker position....
You are right, great open play, a very high standard.
I asked to play rugby when I was in highschool, this was nearly 30 years ago (😩) all we were allowed was hockey and netball. Not dissing those sports at all but love rugby
I am 44 years old, I have been playing Rugby for 41 years!
Played for 25 years. Portugal, England and Northern Ireland. Had to stop because of a knee injury. And still going back into the pitch every now and then :)
Super proud, thank you, one of the Clips is from my high School in Paarl South Africa. Indeed a crazy sport that is a religion over here!!!
To answer Mike's question. Any contact with the head or neck area even accidental in rugby is now a big no no and could result in the aggressor being sent off (made to leave the field) and not allowed to be replaced. So your team plays a man light for the rest of the match. These rules were tightened pretty recently due to the number of concussions players received from playing. My great uncle played professional rugby union for London Irish as a forward and you'd often find him post match with a black eye or his nose relocated half way across his face!!
Yep. You’ve also got to attempt to wrap with the arms in a tackle. You can’t just spear with your head or shoulder
Now you understand why the rest of the world doesn't take the NFL seriously.
The NFL is commonly known as Children's Rugby.
I love both sports. NFL is a totally different proposition to Rugby Union (which I definitely prefer), once you get into the NFL though, the skills of the players are phenomenal too, just in a different subset from Rugby players. Rees Zammet couldn't make the cut at Kansas City Chiefs, which I was personally a bit gutted by, I was really looking forward to seeing him play.
@@jonathanbradshaw2665yes my son used to play both. Have to admit when I took him to play rugby I stood and watched but when it was American football I used to get bored after about 15 minutes and go and sit in the car or do some shopping
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I'm a Rugby fan since I'm a kid, I live in Toulouse, France. I like NFL too. Of course not as much as I love Rugby, but still, NFL isn't a children's sport come on. Soccer is.
@@guiguijol firstly a french person would never call Football, soccer!!
Stop lying,.. you ain't french The NFL is embarrassing compared to Rugby.
This makes NFL look like an afternoon tea...LOL!
The guy with the long hair you said "that's a scary looking dude" was Sabastien Chabal.... his nickname is "The Caveman".
I met him in a pub on a Scottish island. He was the nicest guy in the world. He also had a Scottish accent, explained he wasn't Sebastian Chabal, and then asked if i'd ever watched "Game of Thrones".
It was Rory McCann; the guy who plays The Hound. I'm such a tit. Was plastered.
Only in the english speaking world ; in France his name is the "animal"
The Anesthetist
Also known as Sea Bass
@@antoinedescours2459LOL...in South Africa we call him Cupcake
I suggest you look at a clip of the late great Jonah Lomu, s big man with speed! A skilled and much loved player of his day.
Unfortunately battled illness and died too young. Even while sick, an exceptional talent.
RIP Jonah
@@noone-f1p Good to hear, Jonah was not Maori but of Tongan lineage.
Need to watch the Royal Naval Field Gun runs from the Royal Tournament, to see the ultimate team sport..
This is the most dangerous game demonstration
Gordon Tallis dragging a player towards and over the sideline in State Of Origin which is Rugby League and differs from Rugby.
@davidhoward5392 Absolutely! Awesome "sport"..
Nah, it's too one-sided, the guns can't fire back.
@@petes9524 Not many sports in the world where you do serious physical damage to yourself and in the real world would be sidelined for quite a long time and yet are prepared to do it again a few hours later.
You guys seem to grasp the concept of the game more than others I’ve seen, good job. Well worth watching top tries and Nigel Owens referee videos
Plus they play 40 min each way no stopping every 20 seconds
That's true. You can fall asleep in the breaks in NFL which make it become boring
If I recall, the average live time of an American football game is about 10-15 minutes of actual play despite games lasting for hours on end. (And they say cricket is a long-winded, subdued affair, hahaha)
And of course, as rugby fans we know that is boring as our games are nigh-on constant action for 80 minutes excluding half time.
Yes, to fit in around the regular Advertising breaks perhaps???
I like us football I prefer to call it gridiron football for that reason it is a game of starts and stops the game of inches it's the tactical one hit throws that make it a watchable sport @@scrappystocks
Every 4 seconds, then 25 seconds to reset the next play
Another rugby video you should do is 10 Minutes of Nigel Owens being Nigel Owens. He's the best and wittiest rugby referee ever. See how he has those man-giants completely under his thumb.
I think thats one of the biggest differences.
My favourite Nigel Owen’s quote, which you need to know he is openly gay to get the humour, throw ins from the sideline have to be straight down the middle and not to your team mate. On a throw in that was blatantly to a team mate “I’m straighter than that” 😂
I played for one of the top English teams in the 1970s. I took and gave lots of hard tackles, and barely took any injuries. Of course there were plenty of bruises, but I only ever had two injuries that necessitated me leaving the pitch. One was a sprained ankle, which was treated with pain killing spray, an ice pack and a support bandage. I only missed about 5 mins of the match because I suffered the injury just before half time.
The other one was in a tackle, when I was struck in the face by a boot. It was totally accidental, but split the skin under my eyebrow. I had to be taken to hospital for stitches, and missed the rest of the match. 50 years later, and my eyebrows still never grow evenly!
Football (soccer) players seem to get worse injuries than rugby players.
It does look like, to give and take those Rugby tackles you have to be stocky. Either in fat or muscles mass and good bones too. Majority of todays soccer players are pansies, they scream and yell and trash about as soon as someone is in a 10 foot radius around them.
Rugby players are trained on how to tackle and hit relatively safely. There are some American football teams that train their players in rugby tackle techniques to improve player safety.
A number of hits and tackles shown are actually illegal and players then get carded and even suspended for a number of games. Above the shoulder hits, head contact by the tackler, tip/spear tackles and in the air tackles are now illegal but some may have been legal at the time of the specific clip.
That dive through the air try at 8:24 didn't stand as he placed the ball on the line, therefor in touch
Was going to make the same point
they need to be training better tackling because behind boxing NFL is the 2nd highest sports with players suffering from CTE
@@kylegrace4718 Look both rugby and American football (and boxing) are contact sports so the risks are never going to be completely eradicated but with training (and laws/regulations/rules) the risks can be reduced.
Check out Nigel Owens, a former referee, brilliant.
I second this. Want to learn more about rugger, then watch this guy referee....LEGEND!
A game where you notice the referee, not for me!
@@eumaeus”I’m straighter than that throw” 😂
I thought the same thing, The respect for the ref is a big part of the game.
@chrisalldis3375 it's not about noticing the ref although I take your point. The respect for refs in this brutal sport is absolute so it is definitely worth a watch.
You really need to check out Jonah Lomu..He was a total machine who played his international career while being hooked onto a dialysis machine
Also Nigel Owens.
The Best referee to ever officiate a game. Total respect from all the all the players
There were two different games being shown, Rugby Union and Rugby League. The two games are very different, but both are tough sports.
The Six Nations starts on the 31st of January 2025. I'm sure there must be a sports channel in America that broadcasts it. Or there's the internet. Defo worth watching.
6 Nations baby! 🏴🏴🏴
Nice reaction... Try "Jonah Lomu Lord Of The Wings" .... the GOAT
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Pity the great Jonah could never score against the Springboks of South Africa, the only team to have won Rugby World Cup FOUR times (including the last two events).
Yeah, how many times did he get taken down by a guy named ’Small’?
@@Incog781 😉 Rumour has it that the mythical Goliath was also taken down by a small guy.
@@wouterswanepoel5753 remind me of SA score against the PUMAS? no top tier team had been decimated by Argentina like that..... PS taking the 95 RWC win against a AB team which was %75+ poisoned.... the Boks eh... won by ONLY 3 points ?????!!!!!! AND you are bragging.... No pride in that ... ABs lost that game because that was noooo win
Funny watching your reaction, being raised in a country where rugby is played from a young age, and seems normal, I seem to be desensitised 😊
One thing worth mentioning is that disrespect towards the ref is an absolute no no, punishable in some cases by a loss of ten meters territory for dissent. Check out referee Nigel Owens, for a master class in rugby refereeing.
I played rugby from the age of 10 till I was 42 , a true game , my legs are f****d now fingers too but loved the sport
I played Rugby for my school team. Nothing quite like getting rammed into ice cold frozen pitch while running the ball down the field on a Sunday 😂
Rugby is forbidden in frozen ground
@ Well, no one told UK schools that in the 1980s 😅
New Zealand legend Jonah Lomu. 6'4" 120 lbs and ran 100 meters in ten seconds. Look that up.
6'4" 120 pounds? Do you mean kilos as 120 pounds is tiny.
@@buckodonnghaile4309 120 kg
262 lbs
Beast mode
These clips are a mix of Rugby Union and Rugby League, two different games, albeit both brutal.
I love your reaction to this wonderful sport. Thank you. The thing to remember about this sport, is that regardless of size, the referee is in complete control and their word is law. I love all of your content. Thank you so much for your awesome reactions to what we Brits love.
Now you know what Dricus Du Plessis meant when he said, "hulle weet nie, wat ons weet nie" (they dont know what we know) South Africa (Springboks) have won the rugby world cup 4 times, 1995, 2007, 2019 and 2023. The rugby world cup innaugral year was 1987, because of being boycotted, we were only allowed to participate in the rugby world cup from 1995 onwards. Played in 8 rugby world cups, won 4, not too shabby. South Africans - we live for rugby!
awe!
The thing with watching rugby on TV is you dont realise how big and powerful some of these lads actually are.
Im 6ft4 and was 17 stone when i played in the army and i felt small when i met some of the england team.
Also i would like to add i got injured more playing rugby than when i was boxing its one hell of a tough sport but it ls one if not the best sports to play if your an adrenaline junkie that dont mind getting hurt.
Jonah Lomu ….. big big guy …. In the NZ team… died of kidney disease …. Huge man moving at tremendous speed. His memorial was v sad …. The haka …
And was said to play at 45-55% of his ability because of his kidneys in the later part of his career because of his kidneys
6'5", 265lbs, 100m in 10.7s. that's some athlete.
@@paulncott4587 He was a rare man.
Thank you Stu you keep on pulling up my memories. Makes me feel sad to a certain extent but knowing I am not the only one does make me feel better. Keep me feeling nostalgic. Well done
Greetings from Scotland! I was born in South Wales and rugby was played in my school. I remember the day that the games teacher wanted to introduce us to football - we all sat on the side-lines and point blank refused to play it! So it was never "introduced" again! 😂
The best thing about rugby matches is that all the violence happens on the pitch during the game. VERY rare to see crowd battles, and normally, both teams supporters go down to the local pubs to drink together! Not something you see in football.............
It is a brutal sport, but you know that before getting into the game. I was put in hospital at 13yo with damage to my hip. I was happy because it meant I had a month or two off school - the hospital had good food, it was warm, comfy beds and we all got on very well in the ward! 😊 Best of all, it was quite a way from my home and my parents couldn't afford to visit me very often - BONUS! 😂😂
I could watch both of you react to paint dry and still have a smile on my face! lol!
Great reaction Mike and Jess. Yes, for sure Rugby is a pretty brutal sport. Maybe check out "Greatest Solo Tries In Rugby History" (8.25 mins) and not forgetting the greatest ever rugby player of all time Jonah Lomu "He was IMPOSSIBLE to stop! | Jonah Lomu" (8.39 mins). 🏉
Totally agree! Jonah Lomu was a legend! In a full run he was like a train and watching players attempt to bring him down and just fall away is brilliant!
You need watch Jonah Lomu - giant of a man RIP
Hey again! Nice! Actually the majority of the hits they show in this video are illegal and were probably punished by the ref. You can't hit a defender with the elbow, you can't tackle above the shoulders, you can't tackle a player in the air, you can't tackle a player in such a way that he would land upside down on his head and so on. I am watching rugby regularly but I don't get to see such phases very often.
These may well have been legal when they happened, the rules have been tightened over the years to protect the players
If you notice, the play doesn't stop when a player is injured. As long as the play is moving away, the medics can attend the players laying on the ground (i have seen several players being attended). But if the ball starts returning to the injured players or if the team scores, the game will pause until the players rejoin the team or taken away.
RUGBY, NFL, AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL etc are impact sports. Everything else is a contact sport
You might like a best tries (touchdowns) video. Worth mentioning that there’s a very well developed women’s game.
Fnarr, fnarr!
You are 100% correct when you were talking about the shoulder in rugby vs how they use their head in NFL, rugby is completely based on shoulder to shoulder contact basically
That was the world champs that made those moves, the south African Springboks, I've watched them consistently lately, man ' they have talent, speed, massive forwards, Ali really injoy watching them
yeah the south Africans train right next to the wildlife parks so every once in a while a lion or a leopard chases them so they gotta be quick to escape
always look forward to you two...the bro's kinda low energy quietly laughing and the wife flat out cackling high energy...😅love the way ya's are, sheers muchly for the company...and hello from New Zealand🖐
Love the reaction. Try reacting to NRL (rugby League). Similar to rugby but way more exciting.
Times 10
5 tackles kick ..
@@rodeo4-p6u25 tackles spanning 10 minutes with a penalty at the end of each sequence
Fair one love your comments, it's brutal but the best game in the World, I believe that, I'm from Devon in England.
The Scots player scoring that incredible try is 6’4 and weighs 235lbs. He’s quite quick for a big lad!
He is from South Africa and the scary part is he will not even make the current Springbok squad.
It is true he was born in South Africa but totally allowed to play for Scotland and I would say the best try in this clip....... speaking as a Scot lol
@@gerhardpotgieter840 🥱🥱🥱
@@gerhardpotgieter840 he'd be in contention if he returned to RSA
@@PjRjHj Nah. We're keeping him. He's fun to watch at Murrayfield. I live close to the stadium and if I can hear the crowd with the windows closed, it's probably his doing :D
Best. Sport. Ever. Good times playing this at school.
My Tibia bone came out of my leg at 16, ending my career, which was looking promising for Wales. Shit happens.
You weren't playing for wales anyway😂
@@jikacemo 2 Months away from signing a club contract and had scouts watching. Decent scrum half m8.
Spot ON with "hit differently", that is the difference. In rugby there are laws to protect the hit, in NFL there are more concussions due to players leading with the head. Loved your reaction and great observations.
Rugby Union! The reason the rest of the world doesnt watch the NFL
That and the ads!!!!
Yep and the silly Taylor Swift concert(or similar unrelated warbling) in the middle🤣🤣👍
I watch the NFL and not rugby... mainly because I haven't taken the time to understand what the rules in rugby are.
From what I can tell, they superficially look similar but have very different dynamics and so are probably as comparable as football (soccer) and rugby.
I am pretty sure if some of the tackles allowed in NFL were done in rugby, there would be a lot of serious injuries, which is why they wear pads.
And that they stop every 5 seconds
I tried watching the Superbowl a few years ago. But I had to switch off after about 45 mins. It was so frustrating. They spend more time standing around talking, than they do playing. I found myself shouting at the TV (Hurry up! Just hurry up!). They played for 10 seconds. Then spent 2 mins talking about what to do next. No wonder the game takes 4 hours. I bet they play less than 1 hr. I'm really sorry, I gave it a shot. But never again. I thought Rugby and NFL were going to be similar. But they're completely different. One is a sport. The other is a social club.
Well said my friend.......also the continuity; No downs or whatever their called! (RL is bad enough).
Rugby as those who know is, “a savage game played by gentlemen”. I played for six years and it’s absolutely a wonderful game and when all said and done, win or lose; both sides celebrated a good game over pints of beer and camaraderie. I played second row in the scrum and even after nearly fifty years; I smile with all the good memories and friends I made. 🇨🇦🏉
You should totally learn about the GOAT Jonah Lomu. He was a New Zealand all blacks player. I'm Australian, and he's still my favourite player. Unfortunately, he passed away very young due to a rare disease called nephrotic syndrome. He was never at 100% really, watch his tribute documentary Lord of the Wings called that because he played on the wing for New Zealand, and imagine if he'd never been sick...damn.😊
I am South African and after Jonah Lomu passed away, my 13 year old rugby mad son would say his prayers and say...." and God, please take care of Jonah Lomu."
My nephew started playing rugby from every young age. We all breathed a sigh of relief when he eventually gave it up.
You are watching professional players. They’re 6ft 4”, weigh 200 lbs and do 100 yds in 11 seconds. Amateurs don’t get tackled so hard or block with this impact. Club players are like anybody and don’t get hurt a lot. BTW some of these tackles are now illegal. Choking, kicking (people) , punching for example. Elbow in the face also.
Rugby is a great sport, it teaches you respect, discipline, sportsmanship and true team bonding, having played Rugby through school from the age of 8, to club rugby into my late 20’s, exiting the game, having retained my good looks and all my own teeth, 😂😂…however my shoulder and knees, is another matter 😮😂😂
Watch Wales v England 2013 the full game but the anthem to the game will move you , how proud us Welsh are ..
Jess the one you liked the most was a Scotland player scoring from behind the half way line against England, as a Scot very happy
I think NFL players can hit harder without injuring themselves, I think Rugby players don't care about injuring themselves.
According to statistics rugby players get injured more often but gridiron players have more severe injuries.
Saw on bumpersticker outside a bar where the local rugby clubs hang out......."Give Blood, Play Rugby"
I hate most of these hard tackles videos. Most of the tackles shown are red cards, many of them resulting in a ban.
Right. They shouldn't include illegal tackle in these videos, or at least make a note that those tackles are illegal. We don't want to confuse potential new fans.
To be fair, Rugby Union is a pretty complex sport and the ultimate team game. Many folks in rugby playing nations don't properly understand the rules and dynamics. I love it because it's so inclusive, there's a position in a rugby team to suit literally every physique, from the shorter and stockier types to the longer and thinner types.
Plus no adverts every 5 minutes!
Lay carries on even if your lying there and the medocs are coming intol lay stops
Great channel. I'm hooked!😂
Check out what a rugby players cauliflower ear is... 😂😂
5:41 That would definitely get you a red card under modern rules
What you say about NFL players leading with the head is exactly the argument against helmets!
Another point is that the vast majority of concussions are caused by the brain impacting the inside of the skull NOT a boot or shoulder impacting the outside of the skull...in other words rapid deceleration or whiplash causes concussion, and helmets don't reduce these forces...if any thing they accentuate them especially as regards whiplash (added weight - added force)
Fun fact: the guy in red who you said was getting ragdolled is Mike Tindall, he's married to Queen Elizabeth II's oldest granddaughter/King Charles's niece; the Princess Royal's daughter Zara
No it wasn’t, that was Martyn Williams playing for the British Lions against the Sprinkboks
No way was that Tindall.
Not a fact... it's Martyn Williams, you can tell that by looking at his face, and he has number 7 on his shirt and not 12/13.
From the town of Rugby. Played for 15 years. If I could take a magic potion that would keep my body together long enough to play another ten minutes i'd pay anything. Them were the days.
NFL hits are harder because of the stop start nature of the game. Players in the NFL have a couple of minutes to rest before the next player meaning the hits are more explosive. Still prefer rugby though.
i disagree totally, having played both, Rugby players hit harder
you are literally delusional. the start and stop nature of NFL makes it less harder hits.. what will create more force on collision 1 team running at a static team or 2 teams running directly at each other. the fact rubgy is played by 2 opposiing teams running at each other and not like NFL where plays are made from a standstill. you can't even generate the force created in rugby plays by starting and stopping hence some of these big hits are when 2 teams collide, not one offence player just jumping at the defensive line.
Played this daily at school ahh the good times. Yes the grass tasted great by the way.
Great Video you guys. Love your Content.
The Michael Jordan of Rugby according to me is Cheslin Kolbe. Theres is a video called "The Ultimate Athlete | Is Cheslin Kolbe The Best Rugby Player In The World?" Unreal Athlete!
Mike, as an ex rugby player and school teacher from the UK. I applaud you for your accurate observation on the tackling differences. I am a looong time NFL fan, going back to my first Superbowl game and winners, the 1985 Bears starring Walter "Sweetness" Payton, Mike Singletary and William "The Fridge" Perry and one of my favourite coaches, Mike Ditka.
The history lesson is just to point out I know both games intimately, so I can confidently state that I believe that NFL players seem to be just taught to hit as hard as possible without consideration for technique. So many tmes I see missed or poor tackles due to this approach. I know there are many examples of missed tackles in rugby as well, but most of these are due to the skills of the attacking players than to the poor technique of the defender.
In rugby you ARE taught to tackle with your shoulder and even more specifically to tackle cheek to cheek. face to bum. i.e. if you tackle from the side with whichever shoulder will mean that your cheek will end up against the attackers backside, or small of back. This will rmainly esult in you the tackler landing on top of the attacking player due to their momentum taking them forward. If you don't do that there's a higher chance of injury as the player will in all likelyhood land on your head at speed, and a 200 to 300 lb man landing on your head isn't a good iidea. because you are taught that, you think about how you are going to make the tackle and soon you instinctively know the correct angle and height to take to tackle safely.
A lot of the examples in this video were also poor tackling examples which is why they look so brutal. Ironically the one you slowed down as it seemed so hard and fast was probably the best technique out of all of them as if you do it correctly and you are facing a player, you again go in with your shoulder and here I will admit that I would always go in as hard as I could in the first few tackles and I would also try and get my shoulder to hit up into the solar plexus and come down onto the player in the same place and knock the breath out of him. Do this to a couple of players especially the biggest or fastest and your whole day becomes so much easier. I am 6ft 2 and even back in the 80's I wasn't always the biggest player on the pitch, so any psychological advantage helped. I can guarantee after that tackle the team in white would hot potato that ball all game, leading to mistakes and poor decision making. As hard as we all think we are, sometimes we make business decisions.
On business decisions THE best ever player of either NFL or rugby to consistently cause players to make business decisions was New Zealand's Jonah Lomu , he made well regarded international players look like clowns or rag dolls including famously my England team in the 1995 Rugby World Cup semi-final. Jess if you want a classic game to watch that may be one, although it pains me to say so that day Jonah put the fear of God into 15 well respected and acomplished players. Also try and catch some of the ladies games as they are highly entertaining and it is wonderful to see them gaining more and more support and as in the mens game England and New Zealand are 2 of the best teams in the world .Try and watch some of their games and you won't be disappointed.
The gesture that amazed you is called a chistera, pronounce she-stare-at without the final t, it's very hard to perform it properly, and i have to agree, when it is, it's magnificient !!!
The guy with the look is Sébastien Chabal, 1 of the best french player of the last 2 decades, a guy you don't want to mess with (obviously ^^). A french commercial slogan for the french beef compagny named Charral was "Charral, the meat is good", in the rugby it quickly became "Chabal, the meat is good" 😅
Another comment suggested you react to Nigel Owens, presumably the GOAT rugby's referee, i can only approve and suggest you just do that 😉 A mix of serious and fun like no other !
Thanks for the fun 👍 have a good day everyone 🖖
Hi friends , glad to see you watching more rugby
We can see a kid from the age of 7; How he runs, how he falls, how he crashes without getting hurt. Rugby is really hard but much less brutal than you would perceive. Players are just built for it. BUT, when it comes to international games and especially the World Cup, players will put their lives on the line. I suggest you watch the 2019 World Cup Final between South Africa and England. You will enjoy that.
I tell ye.. They are fast. There are guys that runs the 100m in just above 10seconds. And their bodies are freaking hard as a brick outhouse.
You should look at pics of the players at the end of the 6 Nations tournament. It looks like they went through the battle of Stalingrad.
I used to work with a guy that played Rugby. He used to come into work on a Monday morning with black eyes or a broken nose and wouldn’t think anything of it.
Jonah Lomu once dragged one of the Underwood brothers off like a rag doll in an England v New Zealand match.
love your reactions that i've seen. jess is a wonderfully expressive.
as an australian who has played rugby league, rugby union and american football, you are correct about the difference in tackling styles. being padded up with a helmet you tend to smash a bit harder. i believe nfl teams are starting to employ rugby coaches to teach tackling techniques to reduce the risk of bad injuries.
Heads and necks are red card out of bounds - further than that its almost anything goes.
Soccer/football is a game for gentlemen played by hooligans.
Rugby is a game for hooligans PLAYED BY GENTLEMEN.
It's awsome at the game in person, the sounds of the teams running up and down the field is like a cattle stampede and the tackles ring out with a loud smack and are akin to a small car crash.
Notice how they often dive to the ground when scoring... The difference between a 'Try' and a US Football 'Touchdown' :-
Touchdown - The player must touch the ground in the endzone, while he is touching the ball.
Try - The ball must touch the ground, while the player is touching the ball.
Which is why rugby players either dive to the ground, or put the ball down by hand - And US Football players often run through the endzone with the ball held high to celebrate.
The difference is essentially that in rugby you must make an attempt to tackle the opponent by (trying) to wrap your arm(s) around them, while in American football you can just body check them. This means that, on average, NFL hits are harder, but this is mitigated by the greater use of protection.
another difference, in american football you can tackle a player even if he is in the air, not in rugby !
Jonah Lomu GOAT! Lord of the wings, Best video for a reaction :)
Awesome video. Great to see more Americans watching rugby. You need to watch Cheslin Kolbe - The ultimate athlete. He plays for the 4 time world champions, the Springboks from South Africa. (Only team in the world to do so).
I knew Peter O'Mahony would pop up somewhere in this vid, absolute warrior and legend.
When I played, I was THAT guy who, when I had the ball, would just barge through the opposing team's backline attempts to tackle me. Now, 30 years later, the old knocks are back to haunt me - but I had fun whilst it lasted :)
PE was my favourite lesson at school, but absolutely hated rugby, especially at 9am on a frosty grass. I respect the sport, just too scary for me!!
Any hit above the shoulders is a penalty. Depending on the severity and intentions the punishment ranges from a ten minute suspension to a long term ban from the sport. It also the rule that a tackler must try to wrap their arms round to make a true tackle not just a take out- it is a blurred area, no one wants injuries but big hits are part of rugby culture so some referees may let more go than others. It is a cleaner safer game now than it was in amateur days- back then broken necks were not uncommon injuries.
I definitely echo the calls for you to watch Nigel Owens, GOAT referee!
as other comments have said check out the Legend that was Jonah Lomu tragic life story but the world of rugby loves him even to this day
You really need to be there to appreciate a Rugby match..It's amazing..Listening to you though makes me feel like a savage! 😂😂😂..AND...After the matches.You need to go ito the Rugby club..Where there's lots of drinking and laughing...Great reaction! 😅 ☮️🇬🇧
You can see here, especially in the slo-mo moments that it's not all about toughness and aggression..there's a lot of quickness of thought, speed and supreme athleticism in rugby.
The best comment I've ever seen about rugby is "Football ⚽ is 90 minutes of players pretending they're hurt, Rugby 🏉 is 80 minutes of players pretending they're not"
6:27 "that was crazy". Scotland (Blue) scoring against England (White) in the oldest international rugby fixture in the World (started in 1887)
Loved your reactions. Cheers
After watching this video I discovered that three former US Presidents :- John F Kennedy, Bill Clinton & George W Bush, all played Rugby at college.