Rugby vs. American football

**no_brains_no_worries** · 03-25-2009, 04:07 AM

Originally Posted by sailor jack

aint no football player that could last 5 minutes without a helmet and pads, nevermind 80

Ha! The average line man has at least fifty pounds on the rugby player, maybe more. Besides, football gives you great power collisions nearly every play, while the scrummage is just a bunch of guys pushing each other back and forth for a few inches.

**monaroCountry** · 03-25-2009, 06:05 AM

Originally Posted by no_brains_no_worries

Ha! The average line man has at least fifty pounds on the rugby player, maybe more. Besides, football gives you great power collisions nearly every play, while the scrummage is just a bunch of guys pushing each other back and forth for a few inches.

Fifty pounds isnt gonna help you when matching up against some of these brutes in rugby, weight isnt the only factor that makes rugby players so good. One thing that football linesmen lacks by a very wide margin is the technique in tackling properly and how to be tackled. A rugby forward wouldnt do too bad in football but a linesman would absolutely die in a rugby pitch, probably from a heart attack.

What do you mean great power collisions on every play, im most plays ive seen the ball carrier either runs out of bounds or dives before getting tackles. Those around him are not tackling but blocking. Sorry but for me collisions are actual collisions and tackles.

A scrum is one of the most dangerous component in rugby, it is also one of the most dangerous thing to do in all of sport. A collapsed scrum could mean paralysis and death (im not kidding on this), your neck and spine is in a very dangerous position. When a scrum collapses you have 7 other players weighing 900kg pushing behind you and another 8 players with a combined weight of 1000kg pushing infront of you. When it collapses your head and neck goes straight down the ground, when this happens its very easy to snap and break it.

**SneeBeezums** · 03-25-2009, 07:39 AM

Originally Posted by no_brains_no_worries

Ha! The average line man has at least fifty pounds on the rugby player, maybe more. Besides, football gives you great power collisions nearly every play, while the scrummage is just a bunch of guys pushing each other back and forth for a few inches.

Have you ever been in the scrum? Seriously? When a scrum collapses it is the scariest shit. Especially if you're play hook or second row and everything is on top of you.

**sailor jack** · 03-25-2009, 06:50 PM

Originally Posted by no_brains_no_worries

Ha! The average line man has at least fifty pounds on the rugby player, maybe more.

i didnt name call, i observed. the only factor that football players have on rugby players is their weight, as stated in many posts in this thread on both sides of the argument. hence my comment on overfeeding.

and the fact that they are angry thugs can be proved by the fact that more football players have been convicted of serious crime than rugby players.

im not saying ALL football players are criminals, but im also not saying every Rugby player is better than a football player