Yeah, I see these videos and always think of the line from St. Trinian's (2007): "OK girls, let's play clean. No biting, no scratching... kicking, no gouging, no kickboxing, no punching, no slapping, no spitting... uh... no gouging!" -- Sure it's fiction, but it's funny because it's true.
The club I played with had a women's team. The coaches of each team wanted to set up women vs men games but the club management wouldn't let it happen. So the coaches decided to practice with coed teams - they mixed and matched the players from each squad. I gotta tell you, one of the most skilled and hardcore players I've ever faced was my opposite number on the wing of the women's team. That lass was fast, strong, could change directions on a fucking sixpence and was one of the SMARTEST rugby players I've ever met. Have to admit she put me firmly on my arse more than once, because her tackle technique was just about perfect. I don't care how big or strong your opponent is, how fast they are steaming down the field, hit them just right and wrap up their legs, they going DOWN. It just hurts (a lot, sometimes.) This gal could do that to almost anyone, and could take it too - return the compliment and she's eating a big mouthful of turf, she'd be back up on her feet and back into the game. She and I were never picked on the same team - we played the same position and so we almost always ended up facing each other. Honors were about even between us. Bottom line, you weren't going to outrun her, you had to outTHINK her to either stop her or avoid her stopping you. Hard as the game is, rugby is a game of skill and technique, much more than one of raw power. Women and men CAN play on an equal footing as a result. It's one of the few field sports where that's true, even though the governing bodies of the game don't tend to allow it.
@@ront2424 mortal enemies for 80 minutes, trying with all your might to smear each other all over the field... Best mates the rest of the week, laughing over beers and comparing bruises with the only dispute being whose shout it is :)
The beauty of rugby is that whatever your body size there is a position on the field for you. If you are are big then you are perfect for the scrum, if you are thin you are perfect for the forward line. That's why it is so good for school kids. Teach them properly how to tackle and they won't get injured.
Thanx for supporting womens rugby yall , my cousin is Crystal Murry of the Black ferns , she was a starter over the boys growing up , big hitter . She also played rugby League for New Zealand
I used to be a volunteer first aider with St John Ambulance in the UK. I was helping to cover a local junior girls rugby tournament, ages ~10 to 17. (Each age group played separately.) I was called to a 16yo game where a girl had injured her knee quite badly. She was in floods of tears. NOT because of the pain, but because her mother had told her that if she injured her knee again she would be banned, by her mother, from ever playing again. She was begging me not to tell her mother as she wanted to play again, but sadly due to the legal requirements we could not hide it. We had to send her off to hospital, but I've no idea what happened afterwards.
Yes, and initially, they didn't choose this physical appearance. On the other hand, they were able to turn a handicap into an advantage when it was time to enter a stadium.
@@andydevereux2195 À l'heure de pointer les noms sur la liste : « Michèle, Michel ? Dominique ? Mmmm Pascale, Pascal ? Gabriel, Gabrielle ? » - Appelez-moi Gaby… 😅😋
Thank you. This whole notion that women must compete with men is crazy. Women would get broken. I love women's rugby but never allow men, or people that were born as men and changed sexes to compete with women
my daughter played rugby for England. there is no co-ed rugby. but she also played Amrecan Football at Uni which is co-ed. she was the only girl in the country but still bashed those boys.
When she said of the women "It's probably not as hard core as the men" it had use rolling around the floor in hysterical laughter. I've played rugby for years and even I would have some serious second thoughts in taking on some of those girls. Sort of nice and dainty until they throw you over the horizon.
World Cup Rugby Sevens is coming up in 2026 venue yet to be decided but it is a fast paced version with Seven in each team short games but great competition played by men and women. It is an Olympic sport too and will be played in Paris this summer.
I am glad you both enjoyed this.... thankyou for your reactions...... Yes! This great entertainment..... Kudos to all you ladies out there who loves, and play this game..... Cheerio
Love your reactions. No co-ed rugby at this level. For sure these women play as hard as the men. You can't head high tackle, can't pile drive a player's head into the ground, can't tackle a player in midair, can't clothesline a player, just a few but all = red card, you're out of the rest of the game with a possible suspension. Yellow card for minor infringement = off to sin bin for 10 minutes. You cannot substitute the player sent off, so can end up playing the game a woman short. 15 players aside at start. Injuries are substituted. We are all taught how to tackle correctly, just remember you are using a player's momentum to your advantage, and yes, some tackles can be brutal. No, the girls weren't playing against guys, some girls sport short hair cuts, reason is obvious. The only safety measures worn are mouth guards and the odd head gear. Check out the New Zealand International Womens Rugby "The Black Ferns", the men are "The All Blacks" Yes USA do have an internation women's and men's team. I think you guys were watching some highlights from the world cup games. All the best to ya, Stephanie (fanatic Kiwi rugby fan)
And because the players can't be substituted en masse as in American football, the runners have to be able to block and defend and the big ones have to be able to run.
The thing about the tackles is the need to get straight up and play on. It's like kids - no time to cry. Edit: lol 'they look like kids' - well we start around 5 years old. Teach them while it hurts - if they grown and built then they can more easily think they all that and get permanently hurt.
I was in a park with a friend, his 6 year old daughter, and her 10 year old cousin, thinking we could do with a Rugby ball for a game. Two vs two. Get touched and have to pass back. The two girls would have run rings round us, but they’d have finished tired and happy. There are many ways to chase the egg.
@4:05 That tackle was a straight red car (send-off). You can the the ref's right arm shoeing the penalty. You ARE allowed to lift a player above the horizontal but then you must put the player down safely.
There was a women's team in the USA where they had a trans player and he inflicted a lot of damage to the opposing team. Not sure what the final outcome was, but it was dangerous.
It's a great time for yall to watch some rugby and learn about it, as the next Rugby World Cup is set to be held in America 2031! It's a while off as they are only held every 4 years but that gives you time to put some money aside should you be keen to go see some of the best rugby on offer. It's the first time the US will host a RWC so it would be cool to see more Americans get in and support it ❤
@@johnhunt3071 Nothing, im sure the OP got their misunderstanding up, but the RWC 27 is in Aus. I think they were referring to the next WRC in US. Which is wherein the confusion lies
The 'handoff' is an essential rugby skill. You use your hand to push the other player out of balance. Some players use it as a mortal combat 'fatality' to stop someone. So long as you have the ball you can pretty much do what you like. I've got two first cousins that went pro but both were put out by serious injuries. One was double cruciate failure the other was concussions. He had over 10 heavy concussions due to how hard he hit. I experienced it as a kid and you do not want to be hit by someone like that. It's broken bone territory even if you're bigger than the attacker. To get dump tackled is one of the most painful experiences of your life. It's technically illegal but happens all the time. It's when you pick someone up during a tackle so you dump em on the ground.
You should try it out. Find a club and try it. Im from South Africa (our country are the current world champions) the world cup was last year, next is 2027. check some of the South African matches from the world cup. The game against France was exceptional. Anyway Rugby really is one of the best sports in the world, really fun. Alot of the stuff you see is actually illegal and is punished. Still fun though. Love the videos. Keep going!
I played rugby 1 year at age 12, I was skinny, frail, short and not that fast, BUT because I was terrified of being smashed to the ground, law of conservation led me to be the fastest ball passer and people dodger, and one of the best passers & quick-reactionists in class. I got hold of the rugby ball more often than any other player (or in any other field sport I played) because teammates knew I would pass the ball ASAP after I was given it. Rugby to me in memory = slippery itchy long-slides in wet mud in the rain with a shoe-studs after-smash pain on my leg and the taste of blood in my nose and fatigue in my throat - but I never gratefully felt more alive playing any other sport. There was only 1 American in my UK-school-in-Belgium class rugby, and he kept hitlariously forgetting he wasn't playing American football, and he was 2 years older (14) and a ridiculous bulky foot taller than all the other kids - needless to say...he made a lot of fouls, and opposing players avoided him like the plague during gameplay. Ironically that same year (1974) he was the first person that I ever met in my life (that I knew of) who did drugs ("black beauties", mid-1970s amphetamine) and I'd never even heard of ANY recreational drugs before then at age 12 in Belgium (yet I had been [lightly] drinking beer and wine since age 9 - there is/was no age limit for beer or wine or pubs in Belgium*), it wasn't until 3 years later in a school in the US that I even ever heard of marijuana (on the first day of urban elite private school in USA, where within the first 15 minutes of my first ever day of any school in America, the first kid I had a conversation with asked me if I smoked marijuana and if I wanted to sniff some glue he had with him, I declined). * most pubs in Belgium are well lit family and communal places of recreational congregation that don't smell of beer and the bathrooms are clean, most pubs in Belgium, even in the centers of cities, serve food, often good food (often at reasonable prices), bars like in the US style are/were for 18+ year olds and called 'bars' or 'American bars' in Belgium and decidedly not 'family friendly'. Note: in 1974 anything stronger than wine in Belgium had an age limit of 18+. The minimum age for driving and hard-liquor in Belgium is still 18. The age of sexual consent in Belgium and UK is 16 (and 16 is the highest age of consent in all of Europe, and most of the world...which may shock Americans and Canadians...in Scandanavia it is 14, France only a couple years ago raised their age of consent from 14 to 16, but few Americans know that in many Republican states and some Democrat states, the age of consent is 14 to 17 if both parents of the minor give permission, and in some states, mostly Republican, the age of consent is 16 (like Nevada, but is 18 there for prostitution and pornographic sex) and until less than a decade ago exceptions were made in half a dozen states ('liberal' and 'conservative') to give 'cultural exemptions' (on 'religious' grounds, with added parental consent) for minors (i.e. overwhelmingly girls) as young as 12 or 13 to marry in 'arranged' marriages - not kidding, younger than 13 was very rare however, the last 11 year old girl legally married off to a man in the US (in his late-50s) was in New York State about a decade ago).
You really looked like you became Rugby fans there, I’ve been watching it all my life and the rules are baffling I’m still learning and I’ve played “Rugby Sevens “ now that is a great fast short passing game worth looking at
The USA women's rugby team play Australia in Melbourne tomorrow at 4:55 local time. Alas, your gut feeling of how well they travel is correct, but they will improve. I can't guarantee this but they may be live streamed on Peacock and RugbyPassTV.
There are actual co-ed competition in Wheelchair rugby. Each player 'costs' a certain number of points, based on gender and how disabled they are. A team is allowed a certain number of points to build a team. It's known as 'murderball'. Yes, some of the moves in this video (such as grabbing the hair), were illegal. Since Rugby became a sport at the Olympics and the disabled Olympics, it has been played more in many more countries.
There is co ed rugby in New Zealand when you are like 7 years old, but it ends once you get to high school. The player you thought was a guy, everyone seems to do a double take, is a woman. Jessica Javerlay. Was on the USA sevens team.
You have 5 national rugby teams.. Rugby Union womens (rank 7th in the world) Rugby Union Mens (ranked 19th) Rugby League Womens (Ranked 16th) Rugby League Mens (Ranked 31st) Wheelchair Mens (Ranked 7th)
Back in late 90's we had a few girls in my year of school who wanted to play rugby, ended up they had to for a team from several schools as there were only a few at each wanting to play🙂
Actually there is a USA women’s Rugby team they made history in the Olympics this year. Being the first ever USA women’s team to ever get a medal. They placed 3rd 🥉 and man the woman who won it for them made highlights for days. She a beast I forgot her name but she is awesome. Hope rugby catches on a lot more in the USA. It should cuz as much as we love football here this has to catch on real quick. Cuz it’s more hardcore than football. Lol
Yes, the US does have both a Woman's and Men's National Team as well as Rugby Sevens National Teams. The US Men have been very good at Sevens Rugby over the years. You also have a Rugby League in the US, called Major League Rugby.
the USA 15 women team is the Women's Eagles, there are two kinds of rugby, in teams of 13 and the more popular and official in teams of 15 (22 members = 15 on the field and 7 substitutes), that's why here in France, we call the rugby national team the XV of France
One of the most vicious team sports has to be Aussie Rules Football, just about anything goes in that and there's no pads. The Irish sport Hurling is another good one. Hurling is the fastest field sport in the World. It's kinda like Hockey mixed with Le Crosse but without the pads (some players wear helmets but it's not required)......Plus they don't get paid because it's considered an amateur sport, even though they pack out stadiums (the GAA are just greedy F'ers)
2.08 If tackled a player can release the ball on the ground. Has to show that both hands are off the ball then she she can pick it back up and continue playing. Here in Wales rugby is mixed until 11 yrs of age then they separate.
I thought I'd take a minute to give you some of basic rules of rugby, but after an hour pondering, I realised I can't, it is just 80 mins of non stop action with the odd rule through in.
lol… welcome to the world of equality!!! Fair play to the women. They don’t f around!! Not a fan of club rugby, but ABSOLUTELY LOVE international rugby. Cool sport
Suggest a reaction to the Atherstone Ball Game. Many English towns have their own versions of what are called Medieval, Mob, Shrovetide or Royal Football. These games were the history of all these types of sport. The Atherstone game involves almost the whole town and takes place each year on the Main Street. Just one rule - No Murder.
you have heard how the American women's world champion soccer players took on the U15 boys school boy champions team and got soundly beaten. same with the basketball and NFL BUT these women are the only ones who have taken on the junior men team and held their own
If you're playing to win, it's always gonna be brutal - men, women or kids. We started playing at 11 y.o., and every season we'd have one or two fractures and numerous minor injuries.
Played rugby during high school, now I’m a big Fijian (Pacific Islanders) girl, big big, now getting tackle by white skinny girl is the worse, 🤌🏾💯 their bones do dig in your side when they tackle you. I got tackled and had somebody’s knee up my jaw, still played after the games I realised one of my corner teeth was stuck on my mouth piece. 😂😂😂 Oh 6:59 Fijians Vs I think it’s Canada Women’s team. ALL WOMEN no men, it’s the haircut. 🙂
Men playing rugby against women would literally be murder. There's no way a woman's frame could take the hits from a male in the same grade. It's possible she'd die on the field. These women are good but would very likely be beaten by a high school senior team or First Fifteen as we call them. Among the women the best of the best is Heather Fisher who played for England. She's a beast and a total sweetheart. She features in dark blue number 7 shirt making a tackle in this video at 8:31. She is bald because she has alopecia. Weight class? The good thing about rugby is that there's a position for every body type. The big heavy ones are forwards and the leaner sprinter/speed merchant types are backs and wingers. The super tall go in the forward pack for line out throw-ins and the battle tank shaped forwards are in the scrum, and you're going to have to look up all those terms if you want to know more :)
I'd just ridden the Mae Hong Song loop in northern Thailand, had a beer and sat on the deck of my hotel room watching women's international rugby on my phone. I decided that there is an argument to be made that women's rugby is better than mens - on average, not always... Sacrilege!
They’re all women, even the ones people tend to assume otherwise. Just like everyone else, there are women who have larger builds and women who enjoys or chooses short haircuts for practicality. As that is not uncommon. As such let’s be respectful towards women rugby and thank you for the reaction. Chur
Yeah no, we don't have mixed gender teams (at this level, at least - I will readily admit most of the women playing could beat me up). Side note: if you want to see more consistent women's rugby instead of just hard tackles and smacking people out of the way in runs, the Women's Six Nations finished a couple of weeks ago so all the highlights are up on RUclips and it'd be nice to see someone react to some of it - as an England fan I'm pretty happy with things.
Was waiting to see if you check out women's rugby... Rugby is the most exciting sport... many years ago you would see really hard-core stuff...they have changed rules for safety
That nasty collision just after 4 minutes is known as a spear tackle and is highly illegal in both codes. I notice your video is a mixture of both Rugby Union and Rugby League. Two similar looking but very different games. And I think either way that tackle will get you Sin binned. 10 minute off field penalty so your team will play one person down.
When I was at university ( many years ago ) I knew a number of girls who played. Some of the nicest girls that you could ever hope to meet off the field - on the field however they were as hard as nails.
Watch a complete game . These days you have to take care of the person you tackle !! Legs and torso only. But both men's and womens at the end they shake hands and all is good
Definitely hard core sport on the field but also even more hard core after parties and i learned the womens post match parties make the mens afterparties look like a sunday church party...not for faint of heart
No way is there any co-ed Rugby. That concept would be insanity.
These women are hard as nails.
Yeah, I see these videos and always think of the line from St. Trinian's (2007): "OK girls, let's play clean. No biting, no scratching... kicking, no gouging, no kickboxing, no punching, no slapping, no spitting... uh... no gouging!" -- Sure it's fiction, but it's funny because it's true.
The club I played with had a women's team. The coaches of each team wanted to set up women vs men games but the club management wouldn't let it happen. So the coaches decided to practice with coed teams - they mixed and matched the players from each squad.
I gotta tell you, one of the most skilled and hardcore players I've ever faced was my opposite number on the wing of the women's team. That lass was fast, strong, could change directions on a fucking sixpence and was one of the SMARTEST rugby players I've ever met. Have to admit she put me firmly on my arse more than once, because her tackle technique was just about perfect. I don't care how big or strong your opponent is, how fast they are steaming down the field, hit them just right and wrap up their legs, they going DOWN. It just hurts (a lot, sometimes.) This gal could do that to almost anyone, and could take it too - return the compliment and she's eating a big mouthful of turf, she'd be back up on her feet and back into the game.
She and I were never picked on the same team - we played the same position and so we almost always ended up facing each other. Honors were about even between us. Bottom line, you weren't going to outrun her, you had to outTHINK her to either stop her or avoid her stopping you.
Hard as the game is, rugby is a game of skill and technique, much more than one of raw power. Women and men CAN play on an equal footing as a result. It's one of the few field sports where that's true, even though the governing bodies of the game don't tend to allow it.
@@cmlemmus494 😁😁😁😁 only the best schools
@@davebooth5847 and after the game shake hands and have a drink. Total respect.
@@ront2424 mortal enemies for 80 minutes, trying with all your might to smear each other all over the field... Best mates the rest of the week, laughing over beers and comparing bruises with the only dispute being whose shout it is :)
The beauty of rugby is that whatever your body size there is a position on the field for you. If you are are big then you are perfect for the scrum, if you are thin you are perfect for the forward line. That's why it is so good for school kids. Teach them properly how to tackle and they won't get injured.
The forwards are the big guys
and they get to work of some agression keeps them more grounded
Thanx for supporting womens rugby yall , my cousin is Crystal Murry of the Black ferns , she was a starter over the boys growing up , big hitter . She also played rugby League for New Zealand
I used to be a volunteer first aider with St John Ambulance in the UK. I was helping to cover a local junior girls rugby tournament, ages ~10 to 17. (Each age group played separately.) I was called to a 16yo game where a girl had injured her knee quite badly. She was in floods of tears. NOT because of the pain, but because her mother had told her that if she injured her knee again she would be banned, by her mother, from ever playing again. She was begging me not to tell her mother as she wanted to play again, but sadly due to the legal requirements we could not hide it. We had to send her off to hospital, but I've no idea what happened afterwards.
Yep, true Brit tough Gal. 👍
Those were all women, even the more masculine ones😅, can't have mixed rugby, the difference, especially in the tackles, would be too big
Yes, and initially, they didn't choose this physical appearance. On the other hand, they were able to turn a handicap into an advantage when it was time to enter a stadium.
No there is no mixed teams 😅😅
@@andydevereux2195 À l'heure de pointer les noms sur la liste :
« Michèle, Michel ?
Dominique ? Mmmm
Pascale, Pascal ?
Gabriel, Gabrielle ? »
- Appelez-moi Gaby…
😅😋
Thank you. This whole notion that women must compete with men is crazy. Women would get broken. I love women's rugby but never allow men, or people that were born as men and changed sexes to compete with women
misgendered, rough....
Well, there is a saying... "Soccer is 90 minutes pretending you are hurt. Rugby is pretending you are not..."
I liked football but as it is a cheats game now I went off it and I never bother with it.
Black Ferns fan all the way here. Watching them play. Simply beautiful.
There are no guys in Women's Rugby, only a some buffed ladies who look like their fathers...
Except in Canada
and hit like them too. no wonder they single as hell.
And so are you. Sad ass punk ass kid. Eew@@TaliNonna
@@TheLargino and AUS has a couple, smh
I used to work with one, she had 'love' and 'hat' tatooed on her knuckles it used to say hate till she lost a finger in a bar fight
1:24 That's Georgia Page. She's an Aussie. played for a university in Missouri. She had a broken nose and was known as Rugby War Goddess
my daughter played rugby for England. there is no co-ed rugby. but she also played Amrecan Football at Uni which is co-ed. she was the only girl in the country but still bashed those boys.
you must be so proud of your baby ! ( even if as a Frenchman I don't really like to say good things about an English international player )
What's her name?
@@bayamonterenaud8683 lmaoooo mood
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Welcome! I’ve loved Rugby (union) for two decades and it’s great to see new people getting into this amazing sport
The bald girl has alopecia
Isn’t that the name of Will Smiths wife ?
and is an awesome player
@@paulbromley6687 no, that's Jada, she also has alopecia though
Ilana mahar is a us rugby player
When she said of the women "It's probably not as hard core as the men" it had use rolling around the floor in hysterical laughter. I've played rugby for years and even I would have some serious second thoughts in taking on some of those girls. Sort of nice and dainty until they throw you over the horizon.
World Cup Rugby Sevens is coming up in 2026 venue yet to be decided but it is a fast paced version with Seven in each team short games but great competition played by men and women. It is an Olympic sport too and will be played in Paris this summer.
I am glad you both enjoyed this.... thankyou for your reactions...... Yes! This great entertainment..... Kudos to all you ladies out there who loves, and play this game..... Cheerio
Love your reactions. No co-ed rugby at this level. For sure these women play as hard as the men. You can't head high tackle, can't pile drive a player's head into the ground, can't tackle a player in midair, can't clothesline a player, just a few but all = red card, you're out of the rest of the game with a possible suspension. Yellow card for minor infringement = off to sin bin for 10 minutes. You cannot substitute the player sent off, so can end up playing the game a woman short. 15 players aside at start. Injuries are substituted. We are all taught how to tackle correctly, just remember you are using a player's momentum to your advantage, and yes, some tackles can be brutal. No, the girls weren't playing against guys, some girls sport short hair cuts, reason is obvious. The only safety measures worn are mouth guards and the odd head gear. Check out the New Zealand International Womens Rugby "The Black Ferns", the men are "The All Blacks" Yes USA do have an internation women's and men's team. I think you guys were watching some highlights from the world cup games. All the best to ya, Stephanie (fanatic Kiwi rugby fan)
There's no weight categories because it's tactical, skinny ones for speed and agility and the big ones for blocking and defence👍
And because the players can't be substituted en masse as in American football, the runners have to be able to block and defend and the big ones have to be able to run.
The thing about the tackles is the need to get straight up and play on. It's like kids - no time to cry.
Edit: lol 'they look like kids' - well we start around 5 years old. Teach them while it hurts - if they grown and built then they can more easily think they all that and get permanently hurt.
English translation on that last part please!
The British are Tough. Whichever gender. Proud to be British. 😂
over 80% of secondary schools in the UK still play Rugby. That's 12 to 16 year olds
I was in a park with a friend, his 6 year old daughter, and her 10 year old cousin, thinking we could do with a Rugby ball for a game. Two vs two. Get touched and have to pass back. The two girls would have run rings round us, but they’d have finished tired and happy. There are many ways to chase the egg.
The first clip of the girl with a bloody face was in college, she played for Long Island University which is a D1 school.
@4:05 That tackle was a straight red car (send-off). You can the the ref's right arm shoeing the penalty.
You ARE allowed to lift a player above the horizontal but then you must put the player down safely.
Yup
Un magnifique placage cathédrale... carton rouge.
He Tee and Tasha,there is no mixed rugby,they were all women,best wishes from Scotland.Ian.
There was a women's team in the USA where they had a trans player and he inflicted a lot of damage to the opposing team. Not sure what the final outcome was, but it was dangerous.
@@me38443 a trans player is a she not a he. And you are just making things up USA is not a strong female rugby team
@@me38443 Have got no idea what that has to do with my comment?
yes you have a womens rugby team and they won the first ever world cup in 1991, i think they now rank 6 or 7 in world
That kart wheel hit....omg, I lost my soul as a man today.
love the description of the scrum..."that was like a sneak throw" 😅
Any sport fan must stand up and salute these players of women's rugby. Anything less is an insult.
It's a great time for yall to watch some rugby and learn about it, as the next Rugby World Cup is set to be held in America 2031! It's a while off as they are only held every 4 years but that gives you time to put some money aside should you be keen to go see some of the best rugby on offer. It's the first time the US will host a RWC so it would be cool to see more Americans get in and support it ❤
What happened to World Cup 2027?
@@johnhunt3071 Nothing, im sure the OP got their misunderstanding up, but the RWC 27 is in Aus. I think they were referring to the next WRC in US. Which is wherein the confusion lies
Damn I feel like I got a concussion just watching this video.
The 'handoff' is an essential rugby skill. You use your hand to push the other player out of balance. Some players use it as a mortal combat 'fatality' to stop someone. So long as you have the ball you can pretty much do what you like. I've got two first cousins that went pro but both were put out by serious injuries. One was double cruciate failure the other was concussions. He had over 10 heavy concussions due to how hard he hit. I experienced it as a kid and you do not want to be hit by someone like that. It's broken bone territory even if you're bigger than the attacker. To get dump tackled is one of the most painful experiences of your life. It's technically illegal but happens all the time. It's when you pick someone up during a tackle so you dump em on the ground.
Im from Scotland and played rugby most of my life
That was a scrum when two side scrum down and fight for the ball if ball goes out you get a lineout
Rugby 7s is also apart of the olympics since rio olympics that was the first time it was included
You should try it out. Find a club and try it. Im from South Africa (our country are the current world champions) the world cup was last year, next is 2027. check some of the South African matches from the world cup. The game against France was exceptional. Anyway Rugby really is one of the best sports in the world, really fun. Alot of the stuff you see is actually illegal and is punished. Still fun though. Love the videos. Keep going!
Rugby Sevens World Cup 2026 venue yet to be decided
I played rugby 1 year at age 12, I was skinny, frail, short and not that fast, BUT because I was terrified of being smashed to the ground, law of conservation led me to be the fastest ball passer and people dodger, and one of the best passers & quick-reactionists in class. I got hold of the rugby ball more often than any other player (or in any other field sport I played) because teammates knew I would pass the ball ASAP after I was given it. Rugby to me in memory = slippery itchy long-slides in wet mud in the rain with a shoe-studs after-smash pain on my leg and the taste of blood in my nose and fatigue in my throat - but I never gratefully felt more alive playing any other sport. There was only 1 American in my UK-school-in-Belgium class rugby, and he kept hitlariously forgetting he wasn't playing American football, and he was 2 years older (14) and a ridiculous bulky foot taller than all the other kids - needless to say...he made a lot of fouls, and opposing players avoided him like the plague during gameplay. Ironically that same year (1974) he was the first person that I ever met in my life (that I knew of) who did drugs ("black beauties", mid-1970s amphetamine) and I'd never even heard of ANY recreational drugs before then at age 12 in Belgium (yet I had been [lightly] drinking beer and wine since age 9 - there is/was no age limit for beer or wine or pubs in Belgium*), it wasn't until 3 years later in a school in the US that I even ever heard of marijuana (on the first day of urban elite private school in USA, where within the first 15 minutes of my first ever day of any school in America, the first kid I had a conversation with asked me if I smoked marijuana and if I wanted to sniff some glue he had with him, I declined).
* most pubs in Belgium are well lit family and communal places of recreational congregation that don't smell of beer and the bathrooms are clean, most pubs in Belgium, even in the centers of cities, serve food, often good food (often at reasonable prices), bars like in the US style are/were for 18+ year olds and called 'bars' or 'American bars' in Belgium and decidedly not 'family friendly'. Note: in 1974 anything stronger than wine in Belgium had an age limit of 18+. The minimum age for driving and hard-liquor in Belgium is still 18. The age of sexual consent in Belgium and UK is 16 (and 16 is the highest age of consent in all of Europe, and most of the world...which may shock Americans and Canadians...in Scandanavia it is 14, France only a couple years ago raised their age of consent from 14 to 16, but few Americans know that in many Republican states and some Democrat states, the age of consent is 14 to 17 if both parents of the minor give permission, and in some states, mostly Republican, the age of consent is 16 (like Nevada, but is 18 there for prostitution and pornographic sex) and until less than a decade ago exceptions were made in half a dozen states ('liberal' and 'conservative') to give 'cultural exemptions' (on 'religious' grounds, with added parental consent) for minors (i.e. overwhelmingly girls) as young as 12 or 13 to marry in 'arranged' marriages - not kidding, younger than 13 was very rare however, the last 11 year old girl legally married off to a man in the US (in his late-50s) was in New York State about a decade ago).
You really looked like you became Rugby fans there, I’ve been watching it all my life and the rules are baffling I’m still learning and I’ve played “Rugby Sevens “ now that is a great fast short passing game worth looking at
Gum shields are probably the main protection
who else noticed the Sesame Street line up in the back at 7:12 XD
The USA women's rugby team play Australia in Melbourne tomorrow at 4:55 local time.
Alas, your gut feeling of how well they travel is correct, but they will improve.
I can't guarantee this but they may be live streamed on Peacock and RugbyPassTV.
The American National Rugby teams are called the Eagles. There is also Rugby Sevens which is a lot faster.
By the way, we just won the olympics gold medal in rugby sevens. I'm french, of course...
07/27/2024
There are actual co-ed competition in Wheelchair rugby. Each player 'costs' a certain number of points, based on gender and how disabled they are. A team is allowed a certain number of points to build a team. It's known as 'murderball'.
Yes, some of the moves in this video (such as grabbing the hair), were illegal.
Since Rugby became a sport at the Olympics and the disabled Olympics, it has been played more in many more countries.
There is co ed rugby in New Zealand when you are like 7 years old, but it ends once you get to high school.
The player you thought was a guy, everyone seems to do a double take, is a woman. Jessica Javerlay. Was on the USA sevens team.
Love seeing you enjoy our National Game!
You have 5 national rugby teams..
Rugby Union womens (rank 7th in the world)
Rugby Union Mens (ranked 19th)
Rugby League Womens (Ranked 16th)
Rugby League Mens (Ranked 31st)
Wheelchair Mens (Ranked 7th)
Back in late 90's we had a few girls in my year of school who wanted to play rugby, ended up they had to for a team from several schools as there were only a few at each wanting to play🙂
The girl's game is purist rugby, great to watch.
You should try watching Fiji rugby and see how beautifully hard the game is. Like poetry
You may like to try a Rugby 'tries and passes' compilation
Look into the All Blacks!!! They have they highest winning rate out of all sports!!🙏🏽
Those girls are tough.
Don't let the short hair fool you, she just wears flat comfortable shoes.
New favourite channel, awesome job guys 😇👍🏻
Actually there is a USA women’s Rugby team they made history in the Olympics this year. Being the first ever USA women’s team to ever get a medal. They placed 3rd 🥉 and man the woman who won it for them made highlights for days. She a beast I forgot her name but she is awesome. Hope rugby catches on a lot more in the USA.
It should cuz as much as we love football here this has to catch on real quick. Cuz it’s more hardcore than football. Lol
Yes, the US does have both a Woman's and Men's National Team as well as Rugby Sevens National Teams. The US Men have been very good at Sevens Rugby over the years. You also have a Rugby League in the US, called Major League Rugby.
the USA 15 women team is the Women's Eagles, there are two kinds of rugby, in teams of 13 and the more popular and official in teams of 15 (22 members = 15 on the field and 7 substitutes), that's why here in France, we call the rugby national team the XV of France
My grandson in Wales started playing in his town under 9 year old team. Toughen up you yanks! 🤪
my sister playing Rugby, taught more to my twin nieces than any school room
These ladies were having a brawl. And a game of Rugby broke out.
One of the most vicious team sports has to be Aussie Rules Football, just about anything goes in that and there's no pads.
The Irish sport Hurling is another good one. Hurling is the fastest field sport in the World. It's kinda like Hockey mixed with Le Crosse but without the pads (some players wear helmets but it's not required)......Plus they don't get paid because it's considered an amateur sport, even though they pack out stadiums (the GAA are just greedy F'ers)
2.08 If tackled a player can release the ball on the ground. Has to show that both hands are off the ball then she she can pick it back up and continue playing. Here in Wales rugby is mixed until 11 yrs of age then they separate.
I thought I'd take a minute to give you some of basic rules of rugby, but after an hour pondering, I realised I can't, it is just 80 mins of non stop action with the odd rule through in.
we catch wimmunz in the wild and force them to rugby!
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Look at these women, you couldnt force them to do anything ❤
Yall should watch why we love rugby, those are good videos
lol… welcome to the world of equality!!! Fair play to the women. They don’t f around!! Not a fan of club rugby, but ABSOLUTELY LOVE international rugby. Cool sport
That's some hard core stuff. However, imagine the pain they will feel in their 40's and 50's.
You now need to watch a video about rugby skills, high steppers it is incredible to watch such skill
The usa womans have a good team I think there in the top 10 in the world rankings
No one tells women that play rugby what to do,ever, they too mean
There are videos showing the rules of rugby and also the differences between rugby union and rugby league
Suggest a reaction to the Atherstone Ball Game. Many English towns have their own versions of what are called Medieval, Mob, Shrovetide or Royal Football. These games were the history of all these types of sport. The Atherstone game involves almost the whole town and takes place each year on the Main Street. Just one rule - No Murder.
They actually now in schools only allow touch rugby because of the amount of injuries, also have to wear head protection!
There is a saying in Rugby if you're good enough your big enough 😂😂
you have heard how the American women's world champion soccer players took on the U15 boys school boy champions team and got soundly beaten.
same with the basketball and NFL
BUT these women are the only ones who have taken on the junior men team and held their own
alot of people tend to play full contact rugby from 12-14 years old
If you're playing to win, it's always gonna be brutal - men, women or kids. We started playing at 11 y.o., and every season we'd have one or two fractures and numerous minor injuries.
You should do a reaction to a video explaining the rules of rugby and follow that up with some highlight reels from a recent game
Played rugby during high school, now I’m a big Fijian (Pacific Islanders) girl, big big, now getting tackle by white skinny girl is the worse, 🤌🏾💯 their bones do dig in your side when they tackle you. I got tackled and had somebody’s knee up my jaw, still played after the games I realised one of my corner teeth was stuck on my mouth piece. 😂😂😂
Oh 6:59 Fijians Vs I think it’s Canada Women’s team. ALL WOMEN no men, it’s the haircut. 🙂
This is Rugby!!
Men playing rugby against women would literally be murder. There's no way a woman's frame could take the hits from a male in the same grade. It's possible she'd die on the field. These women are good but would very likely be beaten by a high school senior team or First Fifteen as we call them. Among the women the best of the best is Heather Fisher who played for England. She's a beast and a total sweetheart. She features in dark blue number 7 shirt making a tackle in this video at 8:31. She is bald because she has alopecia. Weight class? The good thing about rugby is that there's a position for every body type. The big heavy ones are forwards and the leaner sprinter/speed merchant types are backs and wingers. The super tall go in the forward pack for line out throw-ins and the battle tank shaped forwards are in the scrum, and you're going to have to look up all those terms if you want to know more :)
"We play rough out side of those United States." ;)
Watch Rugby 7! Best of the best!!
I'd just ridden the Mae Hong Song loop in northern Thailand, had a beer and sat on the deck of my hotel room watching women's international rugby on my phone. I decided that there is an argument to be made that women's rugby is better than mens - on average, not always... Sacrilege!
My 18 year old daughter plays rugby. She plays for the under 18 Scotland National team. It is as brutal as the mens
Most dominant women’s team is New Zealand, the Black Ferns.
Illegal moves : takle is too high (risk of concussion)
Takle where the legs go above the body (same)
Etc ...
They’re all women, even the ones people tend to assume otherwise. Just like everyone else, there are women who have larger builds and women who enjoys or chooses short haircuts for practicality. As that is not uncommon.
As such let’s be respectful towards women rugby and thank you for the reaction. Chur
I grew up playing rugby with my brothers. Now I'm 47 and I'm broken from playing sport. They say sport is good for you, I say BS.
Kids start playing rugby aged 14 in school.
Yeah no, we don't have mixed gender teams (at this level, at least - I will readily admit most of the women playing could beat me up).
Side note: if you want to see more consistent women's rugby instead of just hard tackles and smacking people out of the way in runs, the Women's Six Nations finished a couple of weeks ago so all the highlights are up on RUclips and it'd be nice to see someone react to some of it - as an England fan I'm pretty happy with things.
Was waiting to see if you check out women's rugby... Rugby is the most exciting sport... many years ago you would see really hard-core stuff...they have changed rules for safety
when i was young most teams had 1 or 2 girls playing until about age 10 or 12.
That nasty collision just after 4 minutes is known as a spear tackle and is highly illegal in both codes.
I notice your video is a mixture of both Rugby Union and Rugby League.
Two similar looking but very different games.
And I think either way that tackle will get you Sin binned.
10 minute off field penalty so your team will play one person down.
Equal rights, equal lefts 🥊🥊
When I was at university ( many years ago ) I knew a number of girls who played. Some of the nicest girls that you could ever hope to meet off the field - on the field however they were as hard as nails.
Women's Rugby should really be re-named _Amazon Rugby_ !
Watch a complete game . These days you have to take care of the person you tackle !! Legs and torso only.
But both men's and womens at the end they shake hands and all is good
Women’s rugby is just as brutal as the men’s ladies are tough.
Women’s AFL is worth watching Aussie rules football for the ladies
Love from Fermangh, Are you aware of Camogie?
Definitely hard core sport on the field but also even more hard core after parties and i learned the womens post match parties make the mens afterparties look like a sunday church party...not for faint of heart