As a proud kiwi I can happily say I'm glad the all blacks lost to Ireland. Years ago as a kid I always picked Ireland as my second team. To see how far you've come in 30+ years is awesome. Bring on Japan 2019 rwc, good luck.
I am English. I was playing full-contact interschool competitive Rugby from age 7. Like you, to me, Rugby is a bit rough but totally normal and it was a good way to work out aggression.
Being Welsh you mean u where trying to play rugby, I bet you gave it a good go tho . 😂😂😂😂🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹. Just a bit of banter mate 😉. You are the second best team in the northern hemisphere ✌️✌️🤙🤙
its so slow. I enjoy watching their best hits on youtube but thats about it. Also I find it crazy how much they dont care about their heads. They tackle with helmets, they can high tackle and shit. I used to play football and rugby changed my world. Never going back.
Rugby league is the way to go for me, I play both football and rugby and I have got to say I love them both but there is nothing like hitting a guy straight up in rugby and clearing him out. Its hard to run or even see with the armour though in football
@Ambrose Burnside Aussie rules footy is like playing soccer with a rugby ball, spend all day kicking the ball and crying out for penalties, dumbest game ever! Lol
All American, All State Hooker here: lots and lots and lots of truth being laid out. I’ve watched this three times and still Laughing My Azz Off. Any person can play American football with pads, but WARRIORS play RUGBY. I even had a chance to play with my kiwi brothers in the mountains of Afghanistan. (Yes the middle of a war zone) Talk about being grateful to share that experience. Love your stuff Josh keep up the great work, blessings to you from Your Bright Cousin.
@@oscarlee.mp3 If you say that you need to play some higher level rugby and watch some pro rugby. I've had the pleasure of meeting Dan Cole and he was faster than me at the 100m (im a 7/8 in union).
I can't watch American Football anymore since I became a Rugby Fan. I'll just watch clips and highlights but I find it boring in general now with all the stopping and talking. Move it Men! Move it! lol
Same here, I just started getting into rugby and I love it. @JoshPray love watching your videos, you're off the chain. I tell everyone to check you out.
If you take a stopwatch and time how long the ball is actually in play in gridiron, you will get something UNDER 3 MINUTES. It's getting to where it takes close to 4 hours to play for 3 minutes. I ask friends why they watch it. The invariable response is "For all the action." Most of them refuse to let me show them rugby. /shrug
@@rittherugger160 Denial is a river in Egypt. I honestly feel like I am trying to convert someone to show them some Rugby. They don't know what they are missing. And don't seem to want to. Their loss! Best sport on EARTH!
I played Rugby in college in Detroit. I saw one guy take a cleat to the head, which ripped his scalp open and shoved dirt and grass under the skin. I tooked like the grass was growing out of his head. We keep playing with broken, bloody noses, dislocated shoulders, dislocated legs, blood blisters the size of pickles, broken fingers, etcetera. I miss Rugby.
I seen a guy take a cleat to the side of his calf same deal his calf muscle had spilled out that was my first game I played I'm thinking I'm in with a great bunch guys luv this sport
AND you played FRONT ROW TOO (sounded like Hooker) during scrum time .......... SERIOUSLY MAD RESPECT. Real dangerous on your neck when you're learning ... and have the weight of the forward pack behind you, driving forward. OUCH
@@pathallahan3016 RUFC is Rugby Union Football Club. RLFC is Rugby League Football Club. Its commonly called a version of football. Football has a bunch of different branches including American Football which I understand was started at Westpoint as a simulation of tank battle tactics I'm from the NW of England so Rugby is pretty big up here
@@s.g.3898 I've played rugby. Been to the rugby world cup. Rugby is also my favourite sport. I know the league/union differences, but have only ever heard of all four letters being used (RUFC for example, or Rugby union/league. Never rugby football. It is just one of those things that sounds weird to first hear it. But I'm more than ok with it. Rugby ice cream, rugby New England Patriots.....should add rugby to more things to make them better! Lol Go Pats
@@gooderish prop 1st game without a training session in a local derby. The team said 'Dougie, he alsways scores and is dirty as hell. Make sure you hit him hard'. He got the ball and I flew in like a missile and hit him in the neck. Started a massive fight, even my team were asking what the hell I was thinking. Finished the game with a bleeding nose and a bruised eye but never looked back. Did have to learn to tackle properly the following week though. 1990's rugby was great fun.
it goes like this: "football (aka soccer) is a gentleman's game, played by thugs and rugby is a thug's game, played by gentlemen". you cant have that level of controlled violence without being a gentleman. people would die every match. also, MEGALOLZ, they made you play hooker. its a kind of rugby joke. you make people play that position to hurt them! all in good fun, of course - we're gentlemen after all...
Running a sports medicine program in high school let me see all kinds of sports related injuries. Primarily football. Then a friend on a rugby ‘club’ wanted me to go with them as a trainer. I saw more injuries in that one game than almost an entire season of high school football.
3DayPriest That sounds like a crazy game! I played for 5 years in college and club. Lots of bumps and bruises but nothing too serious. Pulled a muscle in my hamstring and hyper extended a toe but thats all. The worst ive seen in my games are concussions, blown out shoulders and knees. Only a few of each in 5 years..
Andrew Eisele ... I exaggerate by not qualifying with ‘serious’. But I had a severe laceration, a cracked tooth, possible fracture and a concussion. Of course a huge difference is the lack of protection.
@@3daypriest I am really concerned with what you've said here. I played rugby union at school, and have played occasionally since (I'm in my 40's, a 150lb beanstalk at 6ft), including the odd "seniors" game. Get in touch with me by email at (thomas at londonvisa dot co dot uk). I would like to talk about how to make those club games much safer. it's clearly a problem in either the training, the exercise or the umpiring in my opinion, because whilst rugby games are inherently incident prone with cuts, bruises and you'll normally need to have at least one player "glued back up" (these days) or stitched up, you should almost never see accidents like cracked teeth, concussion rates are normally much lower for rugby than high school gridiron rates, and whilst fractures do (occasionally) happen - these should not be the norm). Please contact me directly. I'd love to discuss with you. Finally, my eldest son (now 22 odd) who probably weighs about the same as me, whilst being the best part of 6'8" was forced to play rugby at school (he was a book worm). The only serious injury he had, playing for 6 years or so at school, was when he tore half his ear early in a game when he was about 16 y/o. he was sent off the field, We went to the emergency room, had it glued back on in the right place (it looked worse than it was) which took about 10 minutes, once the glue had set, they put a compression bandage on it, and he was back on the field for the 2nd half (having put on a scrum cap) and scored a try. (he may well have then been sent off the pitch to the sin-bin for having allegedly performing an "illegal" tackle on the boy who had been the cause of his injury or something like that.. but I'm sure that the tackle was perfectly legal (says his father)...
They probably had a bad coach teaching them technique if you saw more injuries than football....I grew up playing rugby than transitioned to basketball and came back to play Division 1 men’s club rugby (in the U.S.) and I had easily more injuries on the court than on the field ....Thats probably because I was taught the techniques of tackling, rucking, getting the high balls etc....Probably saved my life too being 6’2 190 lbs on the field and being the skinniest islander on the field 😂😂😂😂
I played semi-pro for two years. Tight-head prop (front right of the scrum). I scored once in my high level career, and I can confirm it really it like Josh says it is.
It really does depend what sort of position and kind of player you are. I play 2nds for my local club as inside flanker and I find I score a try almost every game, as I'm one of the bigger forwards but I also have a lot of pace, so I can keep up with most of the back line without any trouble. Thanks to this I get a lot of ball time, hence scoring a try almost every game.
Alex Bax : 'inside flanker'! That's a new one for me. When and where did you pick up the term? I have played 'blind-side flanker' and 'right wing' for over 30 years in Union and 'right wing' and 'loose forward' in League.
Absolutely fantastic !!. I'm English and an ex rugby player and its really great to hear your wonderful, funny description of the game. I'm subscribing. Cheers mate. 😎
Ben Andrews The east coast has more high school rugby but it's spreading across the country. Collegiate rugby is pretty common but is still growing in popularity. Cheers!
You shouls try partying with those rugby boys!!! Lord, i never seen such an interesting drunk af ruckus at a bar. It was peacful tho, no fighting, just banter, loud, full of energy moving around n shit banter. Love your vids dude. Keep up the good work! 👍😸
One of the things I love about Rugby is that you can have a hard game, everyone comes of with scrapes cuts and bruises. But when it stops you form a tunnel, shake the hand of every player and all sit down together to have a few drinks.
You should be the main rugby promoter for america my friend entertaining from start to finish and if you have played a bit of rugby you would know that was a great description lol cheers from ireland
I was an Italian rugby player (I was a number 5) and I can say a thing, it doesn't true that when you get tackled the play don't stop, when you get tackle the fun starts! Anyway good job, I was dying from laughing! 😂 👍
@Mark Jones last time i checked the R.W.C is the pinnacle of R.U competition, yall may have the money to facilitate the players in regards to being a tier 1 nation, but its in our D.N.A as Pacific Islanders to play games like rugby and do it so graciously yet like no other.
Played rugby my freshman year. I was walking by the field and seen a variation of football I had never seen before. I made try outs, and got to start my first game. They put me on far wing because of my short stature. First time I caught the ball I was full speed (never met anyone faster than me), and found out real quick what it means to hit a brick wall at 25 miles an hour. Also found out that there is no man in the world I can't take a hit from 😂😂
@Cayleb Mladenovic I couldn't play much due to my injuries off the field, but I get it, I'm also used to that pain. it's like your daily dose of motivation(pushing through the pain).
@@DylanBegazo learning to tackle proper..wrapping the legs and driving into the thighs with your shoulder (if you want to be able to tackle anyone no matter the size advantage over you)....practice running and passing keeping your attention on your surroundings is also very important(line drills)... practice picking up the ball at game speed stepping over the ball and forming a strong structure as you pick it up is very important to staying safe and playing. ( i have seen dozens of people get serious injuries picking up the ball) . I played club rugby for 9 years (age 11-20) always with the age group above mine because my birthday was a midway through summer .. it was fun/more competitive to play with the older age groups but I got screwed over every year though for the provincial team cause they wouldn't let me be on the team even after I made the team every year, except once when the coach faked my age lol. I also was not that built either 5'8"-6' 2" and 120-165lbs.. in all that time I played full back and winger.... I mostly played full back cause my open field tackling ability.. I never got seriously injured once..just few broken fingers, broken nose, and more cuts, scraps and bruises than I can remember😊.
When I was (much) younger and still playing scrum-half, I saw a bumper sticker that summed the game up perfectly. It simply stated "Rugby players eat their dead".
Josh Pray you only get better !....your observations are spot on !....please come to England soon, I would happily take you to a few games... Leicester Tigers, London Irish..need I say more ?.......and, of course, the pub afterwards....if you think rugby's a tough game, the drinking afterwards is tougher !!.....and.....our kids,.... yes, boys and girls..... play rugby from six years old in all weathers !!
@@hassenkacem2324 Respect to Toulouse my friend.....Lyon also.....but my invite is still open to Josh to come and watch rugby here in the UK.....better still .....Rugby Six Nation Cup starts 1st February....see you at Stade de France !!
@Andrew Smith Well....heaven help us all if you run this world ....your grammar is appalling..... your spelling is atrocious ...and your understanding of American...let alone European or world history seems woefully lacking....then let's not forget your use of abusive and disrespectful language.......so many mistakes in less than two lines...that really does take some doing !!.....rather than commenting on which country might..or might not....play a better game of rugby.... I would suggest you enroll in some basic English classes
Grew up in a small American town in Washington state. Played rugby most of my childhood. Absolutely loved every second of it. Plan to play for my high school and possibly college if I could get a scholarship
Rucks, mauls, and scrums..... organized chaos!!!! Played competitive Rugby for many years, your description is spot on!!! Paying the price now for those years of physical brutality, but it was crazy fun!!!!
Played US Football one season, hated it. Kind of boring. Played Prop for 6+ seasons.... I miss it to this day. I Coached it for three seasons when my kid started to play; is 11 and has hair on his chest....
@@zN8cH you're right. Although the Dream Team has dominated since arriving on the scene in 1992, the overall record of the US men's basketball team brings that percentage down. The ABs just may be the most successful international sporting team of all time
@@SinicizedTurk I respect your opinion but when the dream them have a 77% win record over a 112 year period then I will happily admit they are the better team.. (stats from 1902 - 2013)
Josh, you bring the funny. I appreciate it, truly. It's why I keep coming back to your channel. TL;DR Decades ago in college, rugby was one of the "intramural" sports. We thought we were tough playing other intramural sports. Those rugby guys had -- I am not making this up -- bumperstickers on their cars that said: - Give blood, play rugby - Rugby players eat their dead
Josh this has just come up on my TH-cam suggested videos! I moved from the UK to Florida 4 years ago and one of the biggest things I am missing is playing rugby after playing for 10 years for fun back home! I love hearing the way you talk about it, it brings back so many memories of playing but also trying to explain rugby to Americans! I will never be able to do it in such an articulate fashion as you do which is why I share this video to everyone I can!
Lol. Glad you enjoyed it. I'm not a player, but it's one of the few sports I'll happily watch. My 2yr old nephew has just started rugby tots so I'm sure I'll be watching him learning the ropes.
Most accurate description of Rugby I’ve heard from you. No other youtuber can describe what you could and I’m Aussie and know that Rugby is a pretty full on sport
Who ever said Jonah Lomu is small compared to today's wingers must have his eyes deceiving him. Jonah Lomu was like 120 kg at least. Most wingers are 90 to 100 kg and few of them are above 110 kg.
@@faiththomas1749 Ireland's call is not our national anthem in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland. It's so that the Irish and Brits from northern Ireland don't feel alienated. Our country is divided but the rugby team are from both sides of the border.
@@faiththomas1749 Ireland's call is only used for the mens, womans and under 21 national rugby teams. No it's not used for the Olympics and we have not been part of the commonwealth.since 1949 when we became a Republic.
I'm Irish,and that is one of the best descriptions of rugby I have ever heard😂
would love to hear about him tryna play rugby
Josh pray watch usa's Carlin Isles one of the fastest players in rugby
Eileen Murray the best ive seen any American youtuber describe rugby imo
As a proud kiwi I can happily say I'm glad the all blacks lost to Ireland. Years ago as a kid I always picked Ireland as my second team. To see how far you've come in 30+ years is awesome. Bring on Japan 2019 rwc, good luck.
@Mally mal I had some inner joy wat that game. Giant slayers, the Irish are.
I'm a New Zealander and grew up thinking Rugby is a normal sport, but your description is crack up bro 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He makes it sound crazy asf aye
Aye ghee what a crack up 😂
It is crazy as f***! Y'all do the real thing! American football had nothing on rugby!!
I am English. I was playing full-contact interschool competitive Rugby from age 7. Like you, to me, Rugby is a bit rough but totally normal and it was a good way to work out aggression.
Hhh:-))))
God created beer to prevent Prop-forwards from taking over the world.
My beer team has a rugby problem.
Truth!!
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Damn straight
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I'm Welsh, grew up playing rugby. I haven't smiled and laughed that hard in ages. Thank you .
Welsh too.... rugby is in the blood....
Being Welsh you mean u where trying to play rugby, I bet you gave it a good go tho . 😂😂😂😂🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹.
Just a bit of banter mate 😉. You are the second best team in the northern hemisphere ✌️✌️🤙🤙
Josh, you just made New Zealand news my bro... That's the best description of rugby I've ever heard! ❤
You might right but I didn't understand what he was saying half of the time
I wish people would speak english that I understand
Australias taken all the credit mate sit your ass down.
@@carosardahenriques.de-gran7533 That's on you, not him.
That's cool! Is the video of news available??
@@kurtgannon94 thank you.
We are from South Africa, My son( A Rugby player, 8 years old) laughed so hard at this. Best Description ever lol
I played rugby professionally and this is the greatest description of rugby by an American ever ...... In fact anyone ever 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love LOVE Rugby players lol 😝
Honestly after playing Rugby I never saw American Football the same I look at American Football now and I just laugh
its so slow. I enjoy watching their best hits on youtube but thats about it. Also I find it crazy how much they dont care about their heads. They tackle with helmets, they can high tackle and shit. I used to play football and rugby changed my world. Never going back.
Aussie rules is for poftas
@Ambrose Burnside aussie rules stops more often than rugby union unless your referring to rugby league.
Rugby league is the way to go for me, I play both football and rugby and I have got to say I love them both but there is nothing like hitting a guy straight up in rugby and clearing him out. Its hard to run or even see with the armour though in football
@Ambrose Burnside Aussie rules footy is like playing soccer with a rugby ball, spend all day kicking the ball and crying out for penalties, dumbest game ever! Lol
All American, All State Hooker here: lots and lots and lots of truth being laid out. I’ve watched this three times and still Laughing My Azz Off. Any person can play American football with pads, but WARRIORS play RUGBY. I even had a chance to play with my kiwi brothers in the mountains of Afghanistan. (Yes the middle of a war zone) Talk about being grateful to share that experience. Love your stuff Josh keep up the great work, blessings to you from Your Bright Cousin.
@Scotty Storm all our front rowers are fat. and not even the buff strong type of fat. they just fat :(
@@oscarlee.mp3 If you say that you need to play some higher level rugby and watch some pro rugby. I've had the pleasure of meeting Dan Cole and he was faster than me at the 100m (im a 7/8 in union).
That is an excellent story and memory !
Christopher Dupont what a time and place to play rugby lol
@Ons Huis don't be silly hahaha youre yearssss behind rugby union
Rugby is the complete sport and rugby players are the toughest and loyal players in sport. Rugby has it all.
I love rugby
Come on Pumas!
first tip in rugby: Cardio
2nd is hit the weights, 3rd is cardio, 4th is eat your carbs, 5th is cardio, 6th is weights.
I can't watch American Football anymore since I became a Rugby Fan. I'll just watch clips and highlights but I find it boring in general now with all the stopping and talking. Move it Men! Move it! lol
Same here, I just started getting into rugby and I love it. @JoshPray love watching your videos, you're off the chain. I tell everyone to check you out.
so many ads and so much stoppage. I cant handle it anymore.
If you take a stopwatch and time how long the ball is actually in play in gridiron, you will get something UNDER 3 MINUTES. It's getting to where it takes close to 4 hours to play for 3 minutes.
I ask friends why they watch it. The invariable response is "For all the action." Most of them refuse to let me show them rugby. /shrug
@@rittherugger160 Denial is a river in Egypt. I honestly feel like I am trying to convert someone to show them some Rugby. They don't know what they are missing. And don't seem to want to. Their loss! Best sport on EARTH!
Try digging up some old footage from the 80s, it's a different game these days. Rucks snd mauls are no longer a guessing game for the spectators.
I played Rugby in college in Detroit.
I saw one guy take a cleat to the head, which ripped his scalp open and shoved dirt and grass under the skin. I tooked like the grass was growing out of his head.
We keep playing with broken, bloody noses, dislocated shoulders, dislocated legs, blood blisters the size of pickles, broken fingers, etcetera.
I miss Rugby.
You're a true believer
I seen a guy take a cleat to the side of his calf same deal his calf muscle had spilled out that was my first game I played I'm thinking I'm in with a great bunch guys luv this sport
THANK YOU!!!!!! Finally, an American that gets the difference between Rugby and NFL football.
Mad respect for giving it a shot, Mate.
AND you played FRONT ROW TOO (sounded like Hooker) during scrum time .......... SERIOUSLY MAD RESPECT.
Real dangerous on your neck when you're learning ... and have the weight of the forward pack behind you, driving forward. OUCH
I played Rugby when I was in the Marine Corps. It was fun and everything you said was correct :)
@Kevin Olschesky Mcas Yuma Az
Nobody in the history of the world has called it Rugby football... Until now.
But I think I'm ok with it....lol
@@pathallahan3016 RUFC is Rugby Union Football Club. RLFC is Rugby League Football Club. Its commonly called a version of football. Football has a bunch of different branches including American Football which I understand was started at Westpoint as a simulation of tank battle tactics
I'm from the NW of England so Rugby is pretty big up here
@@s.g.3898 I've played rugby. Been to the rugby world cup. Rugby is also my favourite sport. I know the league/union differences, but have only ever heard of all four letters being used (RUFC for example, or Rugby union/league.
Never rugby football. It is just one of those things that sounds weird to first hear it. But I'm more than ok with it. Rugby ice cream, rugby New England Patriots.....should add rugby to more things to make them better! Lol
Go Pats
I'm from Nova Scotia. Its ok up here, but more so on the west coast. I'm one of few rugby fans in these parts. It's all hockey. Ugh
You know what they say......
"Rugby players eat their dead."
@John Gault
Love the NZ Blacks doing their Haka.
Ahh!! The haka is GREAT! ❤
Damn, that's cold
Drink blood, play Rugby!
@@baskervillebee5748 watch the all blacks haka Vs the Tongan sipi tau or Vs the Samoan Siva tau it's full on!
any person from any rugby-playing country gonna enjoy this alot! absolute gold brother!
They stuck you in the front row without any experience??????? !!!!!!! Wow that's dangerous!
Yup!...I would say he is a lucky guy coming out of that without any serious injuries...lol
Funny , I also had no experience the FIRST time I played hooker.
@@gooderish that is when you realise what the word pretzel means!
@@gooderish same
@@gooderish prop 1st game without a training session in a local derby. The team said 'Dougie, he alsways scores and is dirty as hell. Make sure you hit him hard'. He got the ball and I flew in like a missile and hit him in the neck. Started a massive fight, even my team were asking what the hell I was thinking. Finished the game with a bleeding nose and a bruised eye but never looked back. Did have to learn to tackle properly the following week though. 1990's rugby was great fun.
“Rugby Football” haha best fukin description of rugby ever😂😂😂🇮🇪
"And put that Egg down" 😂
That was brilliant, extremely funny....😂 Greetings from the Mother City (Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦).
Sean van Horsten Durban boy here 🖐
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Josh you need to see some rugby playing ladies. They’re the true Amazons. ❤️
it goes like this: "football (aka soccer) is a gentleman's game, played by thugs and rugby is a thug's game, played by gentlemen". you cant have that level of controlled violence without being a gentleman. people would die every match. also, MEGALOLZ, they made you play hooker. its a kind of rugby joke. you make people play that position to hurt them! all in good fun, of course - we're gentlemen after all...
That's accurate AF man 🤝🤝🤝❤
Andrew Hore was a Hooker for the All Blacks!!! True story!!!
Hooligans*
I'm more of a football guy, and this is on point! I'm going to use that line. Thanks.
Those crazy Aussies made you play Hooker your first time on the pitch... dang!!!
Sounds like he was playing tighthead prop. Still tough though
I'm south african and here playing rugby was expected, broke my arm and tore my ligaments you have to be extremely fit to avoid injuries
Cheers South Africa!! 👋
I tore my acl and meniscus while playing american football in my left knee
Max DeBorde I’ve played both and I can definitely say that Football is a tougher sport.
Wait. You niggas got rugby but not food? Wtf did I donate that penny for🧐
Have you ever been outside your state you close minded prick
I'm glad someone finally acknowledged how tough rugby is
I'm from South Africa and we grow up playing rugby. It's crazy how much I can relate! 😂
I'm a kiwi and I played rugby all of my sporting life. I can't remember when I laughed so much. Much love to my Black Uso.
Running a sports medicine program in high school let me see all kinds of sports related injuries. Primarily football. Then a friend on a rugby ‘club’ wanted me to go with them as a trainer. I saw more injuries in that one game than almost an entire season of high school football.
3DayPriest That sounds like a crazy game! I played for 5 years in college and club. Lots of bumps and bruises but nothing too serious. Pulled a muscle in my hamstring and hyper extended a toe but thats all. The worst ive seen in my games are concussions, blown out shoulders and knees. Only a few of each in 5 years..
Andrew Eisele ... I exaggerate by not qualifying with ‘serious’. But I had a severe laceration, a cracked tooth, possible fracture and a concussion. Of course a huge difference is the lack of protection.
Sounds like the students need more training..
@@3daypriest I am really concerned with what you've said here. I played rugby union at school, and have played occasionally since (I'm in my 40's, a 150lb beanstalk at 6ft), including the odd "seniors" game.
Get in touch with me by email at (thomas at londonvisa dot co dot uk). I would like to talk about how to make those club games much safer. it's clearly a problem in either the training, the exercise or the umpiring in my opinion, because whilst rugby games are inherently incident prone with cuts, bruises and you'll normally need to have at least one player "glued back up" (these days) or stitched up, you should almost never see accidents like cracked teeth, concussion rates are normally much lower for rugby than high school gridiron rates, and whilst fractures do (occasionally) happen - these should not be the norm).
Please contact me directly. I'd love to discuss with you.
Finally, my eldest son (now 22 odd) who probably weighs about the same as me, whilst being the best part of 6'8" was forced to play rugby at school (he was a book worm). The only serious injury he had, playing for 6 years or so at school, was when he tore half his ear early in a game when he was about 16 y/o. he was sent off the field, We went to the emergency room, had it glued back on in the right place (it looked worse than it was) which took about 10 minutes, once the glue had set, they put a compression bandage on it, and he was back on the field for the 2nd half (having put on a scrum cap) and scored a try. (he may well have then been sent off the pitch to the sin-bin for having allegedly performing an "illegal" tackle on the boy who had been the cause of his injury or something like that.. but I'm sure that the tackle was perfectly legal (says his father)...
They probably had a bad coach teaching them technique if you saw more injuries than football....I grew up playing rugby than transitioned to basketball and came back to play Division 1 men’s club rugby (in the U.S.) and I had easily more injuries on the court than on the field ....Thats probably because I was taught the techniques of tackling, rucking, getting the high balls etc....Probably saved my life too being 6’2 190 lbs on the field and being the skinniest islander on the field 😂😂😂😂
Bro. You have summed up rugby in such an amazing way. It’s a most amazing game played by amazing athletes. And a joy to watch.
Without a doubt the best description of rugby I've ever heard. I laughed all the way through that. New subscriber.
I played semi-pro for two years. Tight-head prop (front right of the scrum). I scored once in my high level career, and I can confirm it really it like Josh says it is.
It really does depend what sort of position and kind of player you are. I play 2nds for my local club as inside flanker and I find I score a try almost every game, as I'm one of the bigger forwards but I also have a lot of pace, so I can keep up with most of the back line without any trouble. Thanks to this I get a lot of ball time, hence scoring a try almost every game.
@@Baxinator4 good on ya
@@Baxinator4 I do love the way you invent new names for positions in the team.
@@TheTheotherfoot I am fully aware the correct term is Openside. I just call it inside out of habit, as that's what I was taught as a little kid.
Alex Bax : 'inside flanker'! That's a new one for me. When and where did you pick up the term? I have played 'blind-side flanker' and 'right wing' for over 30 years in Union and 'right wing' and 'loose forward' in League.
Absolutely fantastic !!. I'm English and an ex rugby player and its really great to hear your wonderful, funny description of the game. I'm subscribing. Cheers mate. 😎
The only thing tougher than rugby is war!!!!!!
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@@DB-qv2sf MMA *
MMA
And losing a kid at birth
Boxing! One on one! No one else around to help. Just you, your mind and fitness
Love from Australia
You would be a hit on the pub circuit over here
Your a very funny man lol
I was already subscribed before watching this video and now I'll never leave.
Former college rugby player from America here, Hooked for 5 years.
What's the rugby scene like in the states?
Why, didn't it pay well?
Winston Brown Why what?
Ben Andrews The east coast has more high school rugby but it's spreading across the country. Collegiate rugby is pretty common but is still growing in popularity. Cheers!
@@icecl0ud - Winston Brown was making a joke regarding the other meaning of the word 'hooker'! :)
I played rugby all 4 years in high school. I'm glad someone finally realizes how crazy the sport is
Much love from South Africa, well described hahaha.
2:25 "this ball is like holding a VCR" got me dying hahahahaha #chadrick
You shouls try partying with those rugby boys!!! Lord, i never seen such an interesting drunk af ruckus at a bar.
It was peacful tho, no fighting, just banter, loud, full of energy moving around n shit banter.
Love your vids dude. Keep up the good work! 👍😸
So true!! Used to go to a rugby house after the games, w/ wives & friends. No fighting. Decent blokes & sportsmanship.
Rugby players are the best to party with. So much testosterone, yet so much peace!
We expend our aggression on the field. Some of my best mates have been opposition players in the past.
One of the things I love about Rugby is that you can have a hard game, everyone comes of with scrapes cuts and bruises. But when it stops you form a tunnel, shake the hand of every player and all sit down together to have a few drinks.
@@Chilukar "a few drinks"...lol
This is honestly the best description of the game I love and that description of the try scoring moment is so accurate. There is no better feeling
I was sceptical when i started this.... But bravo sir. Bravo. Yours faithfully, a Brit
You should be the main rugby promoter for america my friend entertaining from start to finish and if you have played a bit of rugby you would know that was a great description lol cheers from ireland
MAN I NEEDED THAT LAUGH...NOW MY RIBS HURT.
100%
I saw Jonah Lomu play and he was the greatest player ever from New Zealand please watch the Master
I'm still annoyed at him running over Mike Catt.
RIP Lomu, you monster!
What was Jonah Lomu's training like?
@@DylanBegazo No idea, but it must have involved a lot of eating...he was massive!
The lord of the wings!!! RIP big man!
Met him in Mangere a month before he died, So humble.
Anyone else here from New Zealand?
nzherald led me here
@@mojoejojo6675 me too 😊
Yesir
Kia ora lol
Chur ma bro
Im a Kiwi... Made me laugh man! Much love from New Zealand! 😂🤣
I was an Italian rugby player (I was a number 5) and I can say a thing, it doesn't true that when you get tackled the play don't stop, when you get tackle the fun starts! Anyway good job, I was dying from laughing! 😂 👍
New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, England, Wales and Ireland is the real '6 nations'
Cymru Am Byth
It should be 7 nations, the last team being the Pacific Islands.
Hell yeah brother
Mark Jones yeah......nah
@Mark Jones last time i checked the R.W.C is the pinnacle of R.U competition, yall may have the money to facilitate the players in regards to being a tier 1 nation, but its in our D.N.A as Pacific Islanders to play games like rugby and do it so graciously yet like no other.
im fijian and thats the best description of rugby iv'e ever heard
Played rugby my freshman year. I was walking by the field and seen a variation of football I had never seen before. I made try outs, and got to start my first game. They put me on far wing because of my short stature. First time I caught the ball I was full speed (never met anyone faster than me), and found out real quick what it means to hit a brick wall at 25 miles an hour.
Also found out that there is no man in the world I can't take a hit from 😂😂
😂😂 that feeling when you getting tackled... no words can describe it mate..
@@buddhimalramanayaka i was shocked and thrilled at the same time lol
@Cayleb Mladenovic it's hurts after the match though.
@@drippydrrizzttv2320 It's a experience!!!!!
@Cayleb Mladenovic I couldn't play much due to my injuries off the field, but I get it, I'm also used to that pain. it's like your daily dose of motivation(pushing through the pain).
South African and I played rugby in school and I agree 100% but stop saying rugby football just say rugby ;)
TheOfficailTribe champions
😂 he ain’t lying! Up the ABS🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿
As someone who plays rugby I can confirm all of these
What is the best training practices you've experienced? Any advice? I am a student of many schools, I enjoy learning.
@@DylanBegazo learning to tackle proper..wrapping the legs and driving into the thighs with your shoulder (if you want to be able to tackle anyone no matter the size advantage over you)....practice running and passing keeping your attention on your surroundings is also very important(line drills)... practice picking up the ball at game speed stepping over the ball and forming a strong structure as you pick it up is very important to staying safe and playing. ( i have seen dozens of people get serious injuries picking up the ball) . I played club rugby for 9 years (age 11-20) always with the age group above mine because my birthday was a midway through summer .. it was fun/more competitive to play with the older age groups but I got screwed over every year though for the provincial team cause they wouldn't let me be on the team even after I made the team every year, except once when the coach faked my age lol.
I also was not that built either 5'8"-6' 2" and 120-165lbs.. in all that time I played full back and winger.... I mostly played full back cause my open field tackling ability.. I never got seriously injured once..just few broken fingers, broken nose, and more cuts, scraps and bruises than I can remember😊.
Try watching rugby super 7s you may like that better or go to las Vegas on 1.3 march 2019
From oz
I'm from south Africa and I play rugby I've played it since gr2 and I'm in gr6
I'm an Aussie and I love this yank describing Rugby, fucking love you mate! 😂🔥🤘
😂😂😂😂 Brilliant. You would be an asset to any team, mate!!
Very funny-you need to experience the social life that goes with it👍
When I was (much) younger and still playing scrum-half, I saw a bumper sticker that summed the game up perfectly. It simply stated "Rugby players eat their dead".
Josh Pray you only get better !....your observations are spot on !....please come to England soon, I would happily take you to a few games... Leicester Tigers, London Irish..need I say more ?.......and, of course, the pub afterwards....if you think rugby's a tough game, the drinking afterwards is tougher !!.....and.....our kids,.... yes, boys and girls..... play rugby from six years old in all weathers !!
I think that at the highest competitive level domestic English Rugby should be a franchise system.
If he wants to see real rugby in Europe, he needs to come to Toulouse!
@@hassenkacem2324 Respect to Toulouse my friend.....Lyon also.....but my invite is still open to Josh to come and watch rugby here in the UK.....better still .....Rugby Six Nation Cup starts 1st February....see you at Stade de France !!
@@musafawundu6718 No...Never...No Way......and thats all I have to say about that !
@Andrew Smith Well....heaven help us all if you run this world ....your grammar is appalling..... your spelling is atrocious ...and your understanding of American...let alone European or world history seems woefully lacking....then let's not forget your use of abusive and disrespectful language.......so many mistakes in less than two lines...that really does take some doing !!.....rather than commenting on which country might..or might not....play a better game of rugby.... I would suggest you enroll in some basic English classes
Grew up in a small American town in Washington state. Played rugby most of my childhood. Absolutely loved every second of it. Plan to play for my high school and possibly college if I could get a scholarship
Thank you for your support and appreciation for our great game.
Rugby is a game for gentleman played by thugs
bob billy
*Rugby is a game for thugs played by gentlemen
Three sentences were spoken and I had to subscribe, your delivery, bruh I'm speechless, thats the best explanation of rugby I've ever heard
Playing Rugby Union is compulsory in the Southern Hemisphere
Rucks, mauls, and scrums..... organized chaos!!!! Played competitive Rugby for many years, your description is spot on!!! Paying the price now for those years of physical brutality, but it was crazy fun!!!!
Played US Football one season, hated it. Kind of boring.
Played Prop for 6+ seasons.... I miss it to this day. I Coached it for three seasons when my kid started to play; is 11 and has hair on his chest....
Josh, you just made my year. Thank you, it was the best description of rugby vs American football I've ever heard. :D
All Blacks from New Zealand. Most successful sports team in history (any sport)
what about the US Dream Team
@@SinicizedTurk They are up there but still dont have the record the All Blacks do.
@@zN8cH you're right. Although the Dream Team has dominated since arriving on the scene in 1992, the overall record of the US men's basketball team brings that percentage down.
The ABs just may be the most successful international sporting team of all time
@@SinicizedTurk I respect your opinion but when the dream them have a 77% win record over a 112 year period then I will happily admit they are the better team.. (stats from 1902 - 2013)
mate remember lights out in NewZealand 10 years back, how the tables turned
Josh, you bring the funny. I appreciate it, truly. It's why I keep coming back to your channel.
TL;DR
Decades ago in college, rugby was one of the "intramural" sports. We thought we were tough playing other intramural sports. Those rugby guys had -- I am not making this up -- bumperstickers on their cars that said:
- Give blood, play rugby
- Rugby players eat their dead
"This ball is like holding a VCR!"
Josh this has just come up on my TH-cam suggested videos! I moved from the UK to Florida 4 years ago and one of the biggest things I am missing is playing rugby after playing for 10 years for fun back home! I love hearing the way you talk about it, it brings back so many memories of playing but also trying to explain rugby to Americans! I will never be able to do it in such an articulate fashion as you do which is why I share this video to everyone I can!
Lol!! Just reading the title made me chuckle! Going to listen now, you nut!
Lol!! You deliver! Laughed the whole stinkin' time!! Go play more rugby!! 😉
Lol. Glad you enjoyed it. I'm not a player, but it's one of the few sports I'll happily watch. My 2yr old nephew has just started rugby tots so I'm sure I'll be watching him learning the ropes.
NZ All Blacks top rugby team in the world!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_League_World_Cup
@@director2105 That's Wikipedia, and rugby league which no-one except Australia cares about www.world.rugby/rankings/mru?lang=en
This is genuinely, bloody brilliant. Probably the best thing I’ve ever seen ahaha
“It’s just football” HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
😂 love your energy and your respect for Rugby! You had me laughing pretty hard... you’re good at this bro! Great character!
You should do a rugby video reaction to rugbys biggets hits and tackles
Most accurate description of Rugby I’ve heard from you. No other youtuber can describe what you could and I’m Aussie and know that Rugby is a pretty full on sport
Look up the late Jonah Lomu. If you think rugby players are tough, he is a gorram tank.
Yeong Ben Ngeow : compared to today's top wingers, JL was small.
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That is false. Jonah would still be one of the biggest wingers even today.
A 120 kg winger is small sure bruv xD
Who ever said Jonah Lomu is small compared to today's wingers must have his eyes deceiving him. Jonah Lomu was like 120 kg at least. Most wingers are 90 to 100 kg and few of them are above 110 kg.
Jonah would be small today😂
I'm from New Zealand, this was suggested on my phone news. Funniest shit I've seen in ages. Keep up the good work More rugby videos please bro!
My dad use to play for th us national team sadly he quit bc he couldnt travel as much with a familu
I played for 2 years and loved every minute of it. Thoroughly enjoyed your description!
oh I laughed so much.
WE are talking rugby here not the inferior game you play in Leeds or wakefield.
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I'm Kenyan I picked up rugby in high school, your description is too funny
NEW ZEALAND ALL BLACKS NUFF SAID
Iiiiiiireland!
ChrisHasVideos best national anthem " Ireland's Call " heard it for the first time during a Celtic Thunder concert nearly bawled my eyes out
@@faiththomas1749 Ireland's call is not our national anthem in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland. It's so that the Irish and Brits from northern Ireland don't feel alienated. Our country is divided but the rugby team are from both sides of the border.
John Gallagher I know it's the rugby union anthem but is it used for the commonwealth games & Olympics as well just asking for clarity
@@faiththomas1749 Ireland's call is only used for the mens, womans and under 21 national rugby teams. No it's not used for the Olympics and we have not been part of the commonwealth.since 1949 when we became a Republic.
South African here I have never been entertained this much in an intro to rugby
Subbed for life bro😂💦
New zealand and ireland are top dogs 💪💪
Nah m8, Wales is where its atttt
@@DrTiger-qn5gv ha your right there mate welsh on flying form good win lad 💪 well get yes next time 😉
Let's look at the World Cup history...
How dare you leave the springboks out😠
@@papimagagula6016 who
Dude, from an Englishman you're comments are both hilarious and priceless! Cheers!
I’m 13 and I can catch and grip a rugby ball with one hand
We love rugby for what you have described so well..😀😂👏..best and hilarious description todate
Sorry you had to learn the hard way my son...
Ah man you've had me crying marvelous description of rugby 🇬🇧😂😂😂
As a winger, what I'd this scrum you speak of?
You wouldn't like it it'd mess your hair up
@@jgoodson6326 ahhh so its universal then. the backs on my team put gel in their hair before games. like holy fuck.
@@blackwiza24 Well, don't your forwards smear gel all over their faces and ears?
I admit the reasons each group does what they do are different.
The thing you stand and watch after knocking on :)
Ooow look it’s one of the PRETTY BOYS SAYING HI!
Can I suggest something! “put some glue on your hands before the games! “
🤣🤣🤣
You are the man! Funniest and most accurate description of rugby! Salute yah souljah
Im from nz we got kids playing that
I played lots of rugby in England. I have never heard such a fantastic description of the game ever. This is brilliant !!!!!!
Comin from a 45 yr old white chic from Texas, I just think your fantastic!! I love these videos.
What's The Purpose For Including Your 'Age And Race' ?