Quote Originally Posted by no_brains_no_worries View Post
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.