The lack of protective equipment encourages correct tackling techniques , whereas NFL pads and helmets seem to lull players into a sense of security. That's my opinion.
Football is also +90 minutes of running - up to 13km on average, per player. By far the most active- and one of the most demanding sports in the world. Pretending to be hurt is just a tactic to rest and catch a break. You try doing that and come back to me. It's also a strategy to "waste" time and deny the other team from making full use of their time and to lull the game towards the end. Get it right! Rugby on the other hand...barbaric. "Gentleman's game", my a**.
@domainmojo2162If you’ve spent and hour running around and someone clips your foot, you’re ending up on the ground. Sometimes I hear people criticising people for diving and wonder if they ever played the game.
@Dreyno Exactly. People cannot think critically these days. I wish detractors could try doing that for a full 90 - on a normal-sized pitch at 100 percent commitment- playing ONLY with your feet(no hands).. and then they can talk. Your ankles are your most valuable and most critical asset in football and since you play at speed, using only your feet, including tackling with them- an ankle injury is just a tackle away- and the likelihood that it takes you out for weeks or months, increases as the game wears on and fatigue and exertion starts to take its toll. You can get away with a hurt ankle in other sports... not in Football. Not in Football! Just a little discomfort after a tackle or due to exertion, is grounds for substitution. You have no say in that. Ankles need to be in tip-top condition, so that you perform at 100% for a full +90 minutes- at top speed, accelerate/decelerate flawlessly, jump to fight for a ball, and to turn on a sixpence.
The British army have their own rugby teams. I went to a match once while I was serving, saw a Sgt take a fall wrong, and a minute later he was walking past the crowd with one finger at the most unnatural 'this-is-completely-broken' angle imaginable. He held it up to the crowd, laughed, and yelled,'The wife won't be happy, that finger's her favourite!' Rugby players are just made different.
Feel that. Dislocated a few fingers over the years. Strangely, always on the right hand. To the point that, when my wife was giving birth to our eldest, the nurse told her to squeeze my hand through the worst of it. Right middle and pointer finger popped out. Doctor helped pop them back in. Nurses were horrified. For the other births, I made sure to give her my left hand.
I'm from Fiji, and rugby is our national sport. Played from class 1 all the way through university and into club level (6yrs old - 32yrs old). it's a brotherhood, we go to war on the rugby field, but when the games over we get together, have a beer or two in friendship and mutual respect. The only sport played in heaven
Rugby is more than a sport. It teaches discipline, builds character and confidence, a bond for life with your fellow team mates, creates respect for authority (referees) and punishes excessive show boating That is what makes it different to every other sport
Agreed refs are basically god you argue or question them disrespectfully early bath is a common outcome. I still see on occasion my old teammates and laugh about injuries or brutal games. Bonds built in blood and mud
In some games, now, the gumshields have tech in them that notifies the medics if a player's had a really big hit. They might then decide to pull a player off for a Head Injury Assessment
0 respect for that guy. He's on the ground acting like he can't play from an injury so the runner believes he's not a threat then he gets up and blindsided him. Garbage
@graze-plays3594if you really know rugby they’ll do anything other than get medical attention my cousin played until the ball went out after dislocating his knee and tearing his acl rugby players are a whole different breed
Noticed her asking twice: "why is no one defending him?", "where was the defense?". In rugby you're not allowed to obstruct the defending team from tackling the player with the ball. The player with the ball has to defend themselves or pass the ball before they get tackled.
So not true, Rugby players have real talent are are not pussies. They learn to handle rough p,ay from an early age. Our kids can start to play from 31/2 years old in the rugbytots teams., then from 5 years of age through their school years, with the hope that one day they will be chosen for the junior All Blacks and Black Ferns Male and Female squads.
The 'helmet' is a scrum cap used by rugby players to protect the ears in the scrum, which can otherwise suffer injuries leading to the condition commonly known as cauliflower ears. Although originally designed for forwards they are now worn by players of all positions, even those who do not play in the scrum.
@alexanderjermaineabrahams1615 Ayo,you're right! But,I play 8th man, and I wear a red ol scrum cap, and I'm the only one who wears it among our forwards.
They are NOT helmets, they are called scrum caps and made out of thin high density foam (about 5mm). They do not do anything form impact, they are to stop ears getting wrecked in the scrum.
This is why we laugh when we hear people say NFL is brutal. They play in ten seconds bursts for one team of offence, defence or special. Rugby players play for two forty minutes halves so eighty minutes continual play with no protection apart from a few use a scrum cap to protect their ears.
This is an argument I've had for years with my NFL loving friend. NFL players are on the field running for mere seconds before they get a rest. Imagine what the forward line of all blacks would do to an NFL team. Yes they might be good for the first 2mins but the rugby players would gas them out and run over th e top of them after that and it wouldn't be close 😂😂
I remember playing once in a hailstorm when I was 11 where the hail was the size of a large pea. That hurt! I remember our PE teacher had a big waterproof with a hood and still took shelter whilst making us play on. Bastard. After the hail stopped we were soaked to the skin and frozen too. Those of us playing in the backs were turning blue by the end of the game we were so cold.
@speleokeir I have similar memories of Friday afternoons being caked from top to bottom in mud on a pitch resembling something from the Western Front of WWI. Mr Armstrong there in his beany hat and thick arran jumper screaming obscenities from the touchline between steaming hot cups of tea from his flask. The school bully giving me whiplash with a tackle that bordered on attempted murder. Some people look back on their schooldays with feelings of nostalgia, I look back on mine with feelings of PTSD. 😂😂
Last comment - my ex played for a North London team called Sarecens. He 'benched' (was from 2nd best team, but goes along in case needed to replace injured 1st team players). He got to play and within 20mins got a stud tear on his cheek. The 1st team's doctor gave him 5 stitches at the side of the pitch, and he went back on to play til the finish. And he is only one of many who do this...
Played by a LOT of non-British countries - Japan, Argentina, France, Italy to name a few - gumshields, like boxers normally the only protection, no helmets - some can wear scrumcaps to protect their ears. I started playing at 12 - same pitch, same game, same rules as adults!
Hay guys so I am from South Africa and this is our number one sport. So even though there is a lack of protective gear. There are many tackling rule and when these rules are followed, players are strictly penalized with either a yellow card, which is a 10min sin bin sit, which means the team plays with 1 less player for 10 min or a red card, which means the teams looses a player for the rest of the game. Alternatively, if the infringement is not as serious the ball will be given to the opposing team. But the most important tackling rules are not spear tackles and no tackle higher than shoulders. these are seen as dangerous tackles. There are also rules about if the tackle is in the air, players must ensure that the player in the air is safely set down on the ground and not dropped. The "helmets" are more like hats, it really just keeps the players' ears flat and stops the ear from forming "cauliflower ear'.
@Lemmys_Mole I believe he defeated New Zealand with Cardiff and Wales, from a big rugby playing family from the Taffs Well area, that's quite a family accolade.👍
I live in Wales 🏴 and this is our national sport. In my decades of playing rugby I’ve fractured both collar bones, a few slipped discs in my neck from having my head the wrong side in a tackle, my back is badly damaged from Scrummaging and a load of badly damaged nerves and tendons from my neck to my biceps. I used to play NFL during my injury recovery just to keep moving!
@Chubbz69UKhow dare you! It’s sheep shagging, not sheep chasing. Signing on is probably our best sport amongst others like drugs taking and cider chugging
The combination of physical and technical skills required to play rugby is just incredible. Strength, stamina, speed, bravery, hands, feet, vision, tactical awareness. These guys don’t get enough credit! I played a bit of competitive soccer as a teenager and I can only imagine what it must feel like after a game of rugby of the highest level!😮💨🤕👏🏻
@bluesnowy1000 once played a whole game with broken toes, it was that cold my feet were numb, it wasnt until I was in the showers and warmed up that i realised
They learn to tackle properly from an early age so they don't get the injurys. Do wear mouth guards, but that's it. Watch some world cup highlights, amazing games.
What amazes me the most is not the size of these dudes but being able to take the hits even getting knocked out. And still go back in the game. Even if i could i dont think i want to get up again after one of these.
Not on your nelly! Not even close! American Football is all about commercials. Rugby is a non-stop battle that ends in insane amounts of beer at the local pub.
Hi Crew. this may have already been mentioned, but here is the scoop. The "helmet" is a soft foam "liner" to protect the ears of the Hooker (generally no. 2) the tight head prop (generally number 1) and the loose head prop (number 3). these chaps (or chapettes for the ladies rugby) form the front line of the Scrum, when the two teams meet and push against each other to win the ball. the scrum in professional teams, including tight 5 and the other players involved in the scrum, can weight up to 900KG+ (nearly 2000 pounds for the freedom speakers) per side, and they push against each other. The "helmet" is to protect the ears from damage during the scrum, 'cause cauliflower ear is a bitch. Some 2nd row'ers (number 4 and 5 Generally) may also choose to wear them. they provide little to no protection against tackles, as proper form, and proper training are all the "armor" you need. in High School Rugby (the one i played until someone decided that stomping on my knee and ankle in the ruck, was appropriate, ending my ability to play) some of us also has a very thin set of shoulder pads on the front row, to make the scrum engagement a little less bone rattling However, these hits are still hard. the big "slower" fellas weigh anywhere from 95 to 135kgs (210pounds to 300pounds plus) and at full sprint, its like getting hit by a truck. i miss playing, but love the sport. the smaller "faster" guys, are still not light or little fellas. Beyond the knowledge provided, i loved your reactions guys. will check in for more as they come
Sébastien Chabal is a rugby champion. He finished his career and tells us today that he does not remember his matches at all because of the shocks he suffered during the matches
Our kids in England play rugby in secondary school which is 11 years old, my daughter has been playing for 3 years she's now 14, most of them love it, they have competitions with other school too so it gets rough.
Yep it gets heated 😂 played for my school team and for a local club called Gosforth from the age of 12. The coach for the school used to let us properly fight 😂 and when we would get bloody noses or burst lips he would tell us to run it off 😂😂😂 unfortunately I wasn’t really good enough to try go pro with my back injuries building up and now I’m 30 and literally have to be very careful as anything set it off and then I’m crippled for weeks on end. But wouldn’t change a thing I love it.
@noxizle yeah we can start younger just in primary school football is far more popular, they usual start at that age doing tag rugby with the Ribons attached to your side so no tackling
@LollyJ Age Grade Rugby is the game for all players aged 6 - 18 in UK clubs, schools, colleges and within the representative pathway and it incorporates the rules of play, regulation, competition formats and the structure of the season. It becomes curriculum based in secondary schools
Played for years now my kids are in it, its an amazing game to watch but such fun to play and the best thing about it is you spend 80 minutes smashing each other, you leave it all on the pitch and meet after for a beer and bite. No better game on earth, respect your team, the opposition and the ref and have fun.
Another one of the great things about the sport is after destroying each other on the field, we shake hands & go have a few beers & a few laughs together...everything gets left out on the pitch & that's the beauty of it...Rugby brings people together even countries together & that's why the people who play respect each other
There is a very valid argument that the 'safety gear' our athletes wear lead to more injuries than not. For example, no professional boxer ever died in the ring UNTIL gloves were introduced. They allow you to hit harder... much like the pads in American Football
the problem with AF is that you give player helmets, heaps of padding etc. (gives people the illusion of having armor & hitting people harder and using your head). tackling is all about where you put your head / technique. Rugby players are good friend after the game as what happens on the field stays on the field (no ill will towards other team).
the critics of American football have to decide: either it is a game for debauchees because they have protections or it is more dangerous because the protections give an excessive sense of security. P.s. in many youth federations protections are also mandatory in Rugby.
Love to hear an American agree with the absurdity that is Football/Soccer. The funniest thing about american sport is the World Series, yet only Americans play in it 😂
Actually i believe its called the world series as the tournament was created ot sponsored by a newspaper called World or something, hence the name world series. Or something along those lines - fun fact 😊
@rambo3852 However, the issue is that US teams who win their 'National' Championships have this tendency to then describe themselves as 'World Champions' as if anyone else was playing. It's a combination of myopia, arrogance and sheer ignorance of sport outside of their own Country.
@garyross4602 all i did was explain the origin of the name world series. That was all just a simple fact nothing more and certainly nothing to do with US ream arrogance.
I've never been into rugby but the headmaster of my middle school (in England) was. He practically banned football (i.e soccer). It was usually what we did in PE, especially in bad weather. Torrential rain, even snow and rock hard ground. I was small but very fast and agile with a low center of gravity. Scored a few tries but when I got tackled, I was either knocked into the next field or smeared across the turf. 😂 I was 8-11 years old at this time, a long time ago. My abiding memories of it are burning lungs, bruises and bleeding grazes, concussions, and being covered head to toe in mud. Mud and blood might sum it up. I kinda dreaded it. But I can't deny there was a tremendous sense of pride, achievement and camaraderie as we limped back to the changing rooms to compare wounds in the shower. 😅
My dad used to play rugby back in the 80s he quit because he wanted to get to 40 years old he said, he was a wing ,one of the fast guys running on the sides
My father was a professional rugby player in Portugal, when I was 14 he took me to try outs, I broke my collar bone and he still forced me to run around the field 20 minutes without knowing. That was hard!
I never played rugby again but Death Metal moshpits, im always there. Just shows Rugby is even harder than death metal IMO.
The Guy who looks "crazy at 9:50 is Sebastien Chabal a legend for the french rugby. An absolute beast. Go check a best of of him you will not be disappointed
If you're familiar with American football, you'll (mostly) get rugby with a few pieces of information... (this is how I explained it to my buddies when I lived on your side of the pond) You know those word games where you have to get from one word to another changing one letter at a time? Whell here we go from football to rugby. 1: Forget the football passing game. If the ball is going forwards it must be in your hands or off your foot. The ball going forward through the air off your hands is not allowed. Rugby is a rushing and kicking game. All passes must be back or lateral. 2: Take your offensive, defensive and special teams and pick ONE team from all those guys that stays on the field for the whole game. A rugby player has to do it all (although there is usually ONE player on the team that is the best place-kicker on the squad, they take all the set-piece kicks while playing all the other roles the rtest of the time) 3: you want a "touchdown" (in rugby it's called a try) then TOUCH IT DOWN. The ball has to touch the ground in the end zone under positive control of the player touching it down. hand/ball/ground, all in contact. Or it doesn't count. 4: Do not block. You'll be penalised for obstruction. Your coach will have your ass for lunch. You get to hit the guy WITH THE BALL. If he offloads it while you're in mid-tackle thats ok, but deliberately targeting a player who doesn't have the ball will have the referee in your face. 5: Now, take your pads and helmet off. You can keep your mouthguard. You see some maori brick shithouse that's four times your size steaming down the field with the ball under his arm and you gotta know that hitting him is gonna hurt. Get your tackle technique right and it doesn't matter how big he is, he's eating dirt. But dont expect it to be painless. Go get him. 6: Forget "downs" - if the ball goes down in rugby, it's still in play. DO NOT STOP unless the referee whistles or the lineman's flag goes up saying it went out of bounds. Step out on a rugby pitch and expect to be playing for 80 minutes, with 15 minutes break at half time. There's a lot more to rugby than that - I played through school and college and it's the reason I'm missing so many teeth (yes I WAS wearing a mouthguard) and have rivets in my left forearm (the forearm was the career-ending injury.) but with these six things, somebody who knows and understands American football can watch a rugby match and mostly get it :)
I've still got a crunchy nose after getting kneed in the face nearly 10 years ago playing rugby. The bloke was way bigger than me so I had to get low, it was a pity his knee was in the way
Football is called football because the players have to use their feet to play the game. American football is a game of catch. The difference between American football and rugby union, rugby league[a different game] and AFL[Aussie Rules] is that they are actually played by men.
1) did you know that American football is called that because it derives from "rugby football"? if you accused the first sport of being called "football" despite the use of hand, for the same reason you should accuse Rugby. 2) Both rugby football and American football can be played by both men and women.
american footbal is a game of field gain and it's a far far more startegical game than rugby/footy/football, and footbal is called footbal because players stands on their feet, not because they use their feet to play ! and real men try to understand things, children don't try understanding and only repeat stupid things...
I used to play rugby union for a club and there's one tackle I will always remember. I was playing wing and I did a high tackle on an opponent and I thought, "That hurt more than it should have." The guy didn't want to get up and when they lifted his jersey, he'd only been wearing American football body armour. I couldn't help but think, "What a bloody pansy!"
rugby 101 1. you can only pass backwards 2. you can kick but whoever catches it on your teams needs to have been behind you when you kicked it. 3. when you score its called a try and when you kick a “field goal” its a conversion from the try or from a penalty you can kick. 4. 15 men on both sides 5. A scrum cap is a soft padded cap that some players wear. 6. Rugby players usually play with gum guards to protect teeth. 7. No additional padding is needed due to the tackling techniques, tackle above the breast bone is a high tackle and you could get sent off and receive match bans. thats like the basics of rugby. Make sure to check out the most feared rugby team video which is the Springboks! you would love it!!!
No we don't. We call it football and gaa cmon now. And then if someone needs further clarification, we'll distinguish between hurling and Gaelic football
Many years ago. Football was being played at a private (public) school in England, and a boy picked up the ball and ran with it, which was not allowed. The school is called Rugby and that was the start of Rugby football.
@tntreactions Rugby League players get paid much much less, with budgets of around £2.1M for the entire squad. Only 2 Rugby League players per squad are allowed to be paid a maximum of £150K. Everyone else in the squad gets paid much much less. The average wage for players in the Super League (highest English division) is £75K. The average wage for players in the NRL (highest Australian division) is £90K.
@tntreactions y'all should check out the South African national team who just won the Rugby World Cup, yes World Cup back-to-back and for a 4th time overall in France on Die Hard Rugby, also known as the Springboks, also check out the New Zealand national side, known as the All Blacks, they are the most dominant team in the history of team sports, coming from a South African!!! Idk, how much our club players get paid but they have a whole slew of sponsorships as well, I Know a Stormers (provincial club) player who earns R580 000 (our currency, you can convert it) including bonuses!!
Ive lived in North America for 2 years and i find it crazy that Americans dont know much about rugby and yet American Football comes from rugby. Not only that, the amount of athletes the US has would make them a pretty strong nation if the people knew more about it. Great reaction guys
I believe that a few years back I saw a US team play some tournament against the top nations, mix of us rugby players and some nfl players, from what I remember they actually did ok mostly lacking in strategy and ultimately stamina (keeping up for 25-30 minutes isnt enough when the half is 40 minutes), but they had some good (fast) runners and some very big guys.
@guyosborn615there are teams that have a far greater rugby culture than the US that have never won the world cup. This thing needs generations. I totally disagree with you fam. It will never happen in 4 years, don't even see it happening in 4 World Cups, that's a twelve year cycle. I'm talking reality no hypotheticals
I think its wise that Americans stick to playing sports that only they play really, American football, Baseball, Basketball. That way when they win at those sports they can call themselves "World Champions" without ever playing against other countries. So, kudos for that.
In uk you play rugby from 11yrs old generally in school... Its a winter sport also... So from 11yrs old you get to know that a frozen pitch feels like concrete and if the week before it was raining when you played.. This week itll feel like sharp concrete as it shreds you as you batter each other around the pitch... Ahh those were the days 🤣🤣
Got 3 titanium plates in my jaw from playing this game. Wouldn't change anything I had the time of my life. The friendship and bonds I made were worth more than momentary pain.
Watch Jonah Lomu , he’s possibly the best rugby player ever He was a New Zealand international who unfortunately was taken from us too soon and check out the Haka while your at it
From NZ here one of the main Rugby countries, The All Blacks. Some players depending on positions will wear mouth guards. Also it’s not helmets some are wearing just head guards for when they are in a scrum.
In rugby there are specific rules to prevent serious injuries. Most of the tackles you saw in this video are fouls. For example, you can't tackle with your arm above your chest, you can't tackle a person in the air... you have to wait until they have at least one leg on the ground. You can't push a player, you have to take them to the ground without letting go.
Rugby is so British. It was invented at a time when the belief was you weren't a man unless you experienced severe pain and, possibly, grievous injury.
I'm from Wigan in the UK. Which is the home of Rugby League (some may disagree. lol) What it doesn't show is they the guys tackled generally get straight back up and carry on playing. All hard men!.
Football goes back to 1314. America wasnt discovered until 1492! Can we just all agree the we 🇬🇧 play football and you 🇺🇲 play american football! Anyway, welcome to rugby ✌🏼
The only protective equipments they have are Mouth guards, scrum caps which are optional, and shoulder pads that they wear underneath their jersey which is also Optional.
Ex player here protection on offer mouth guard, scrum cap, light second skin body padding, but tackling techniques and strict rules surounding neck and head contact with sever punishment for infringments (intentional endangerment could see a life ban in the worst cases). In nut shell it is an 80min war, bone and sinu crushing physical contact, but after you get 30+ built blokes having a chat and a beer like we havent just spent the last hour and half clattering the sh*t out of each other. We love it.
Jeremy Clarkson- "Rugby is a bit like American football, except it's played by men."
That's why Clarkson doesn't play rugby
@simoncampbell3144 Clarkson is a Public School twat, which is amusing since some of England's players come from those institutions - where was he?
and American football is for seissup (reverse the last word)
* and women as well
Mmm, American football is the equivalent of a car crash, sooo - this comment is competent ignorant 😂 biased is about as accurate as this comment gets
The lack of protective equipment encourages correct tackling techniques , whereas NFL pads and helmets seem to lull players into a sense of security. That's my opinion.
I totally agree.
Helmets are the worse thing in the nfl tackling head to head is just stupid
in a normal game some of these tackles are pretty bad lol.
Your opinion is backed up by fact. I did my dissertation comparing concussions in Rugby, American Football and Association Football.
Apparently injuries went up when helmets & pads were introduced.
Football is 90 minutes pretending you're hurt.
Rugby is 80 minutes pretending you aren't.
Gentlemans' Game played by Lunatics & Lunatic Game played by Genleman!
Football is also +90 minutes of running - up to 13km on average, per player. By far the most active- and one of the most demanding sports in the world.
Pretending to be hurt is just a tactic to rest and catch a break. You try doing that and come back to me.
It's also a strategy to "waste" time and deny the other team from making full use of their time and to lull the game towards the end. Get it right!
Rugby on the other hand...barbaric. "Gentleman's game", my a**.
@domainmojo2162If you’ve spent and hour running around and someone clips your foot, you’re ending up on the ground. Sometimes I hear people criticising people for diving and wonder if they ever played the game.
@Dreyno Exactly. People cannot think critically these days.
I wish detractors could try doing that for a full 90 - on a normal-sized pitch at 100 percent commitment- playing ONLY with your feet(no hands).. and then they can talk.
Your ankles are your most valuable and most critical asset in football and since you play at speed, using only your feet, including tackling with them- an ankle injury is just a tackle away- and the likelihood that it takes you out for weeks or months, increases as the game wears on and fatigue and exertion starts to take its toll.
You can get away with a hurt ankle in other sports... not in Football. Not in Football!
Just a little discomfort after a tackle or due to exertion, is grounds for substitution. You have no say in that.
Ankles need to be in tip-top condition, so that you perform at 100% for a full +90 minutes- at top speed, accelerate/decelerate flawlessly, jump to fight for a ball, and to turn on a sixpence.
LMAO I couldn't have said it better!
The British army have their own rugby teams. I went to a match once while I was serving, saw a Sgt take a fall wrong, and a minute later he was walking past the crowd with one finger at the most unnatural 'this-is-completely-broken' angle imaginable. He held it up to the crowd, laughed, and yelled,'The wife won't be happy, that finger's her favourite!'
Rugby players are just made different.
Feel that. Dislocated a few fingers over the years. Strangely, always on the right hand. To the point that, when my wife was giving birth to our eldest, the nurse told her to squeeze my hand through the worst of it. Right middle and pointer finger popped out.
Doctor helped pop them back in.
Nurses were horrified.
For the other births, I made sure to give her my left hand.
They have mouthguards and some wear little helmets
Watched the army play my local champ team a few times. Always a great game. Pretty one-sided but great.
And let's not forget the third half, which is the singing and drinking together in the bar afterwards.
The lack of protective gear isn't the worst thing about it, it's the best thing about it.
Football (Soccer) is a gentleman's game played by hooligans, and Rugby is a hooligans' game played by gentlemen" - Winston Churchill
Apocryphal!
Never more true words spoken
On the other hand, Rugby League is a hooligan's game played by hooligans!
football players today are snowflakes. screaming like they got shot when the wind blows.
Sun-Tzu
I'm from Fiji, and rugby is our national sport. Played from class 1 all the way through university and into club level (6yrs old - 32yrs old). it's a brotherhood, we go to war on the rugby field, but when the games over we get together, have a beer or two in friendship and mutual respect. The only sport played in heaven
Spot on, mate!
i remember playing full contact rugby when i was younger in freezing temperatures and icy ground. shit can be brutal
Respect to my Fijian brothers from Ireland. Look forward to meeting you on the pitch in the future 🤘
Hi, do you know of Mike Ratu, he’s a very dear friend of mine here in the uk.
and that;s what it's all about in a nutshell.. beer and dinner after,, we'll get you next time, on the pitch,, great match today though, cheers !!
Rugby is more than a sport. It teaches discipline, builds character and confidence, a bond for life with your fellow team mates, creates respect for authority (referees) and punishes excessive show boating
That is what makes it different to every other sport
My cousin still hanging out with his team mates 30 years later! A bond for life indeed. Greetings from Patagonia Argentina!
My Grandson plays rugby, and refuses any protection
Agreed refs are basically god you argue or question them disrespectfully early bath is a common outcome. I still see on occasion my old teammates and laugh about injuries or brutal games. Bonds built in blood and mud
2:15 they have mouth guards ❤
not everyone used mouth guards, i didn't
In some games, now, the gumshields have tech in them that notifies the medics if a player's had a really big hit. They might then decide to pull a player off for a Head Injury Assessment
That guy in the beginning that is being checked out by the medical staff and then stands and makes a BEASTLY tackle still amazes me
0 respect for that guy. He's on the ground acting like he can't play from an injury so the runner believes he's not a threat then he gets up and blindsided him. Garbage
@graze-plays3594if you really know rugby they’ll do anything other than get medical attention my cousin played until the ball went out after dislocating his knee and tearing his acl
rugby players are a whole different breed
@jacobknock6559the dude is clearly faking an injury
@graze-plays3594ahhh yes the blood on his face is clearly fake
Noticed her asking twice: "why is no one defending him?", "where was the defense?". In rugby you're not allowed to obstruct the defending team from tackling the player with the ball. The player with the ball has to defend themselves or pass the ball before they get tackled.
It's so annoying hearing these brainless Americans say this bs bruh yoh💀
My immediate thought was, "He's the defence".
“These guys have nothing”
That’s not true, we have gum shields.
and Jock Straps.
We got the promises of God on😂
And a proper set of balls
@jupitermars1974Encased in a protection. They're not masochists.
So not true, Rugby players have real talent are are not pussies. They learn to handle rough p,ay from an early age.
Our kids can start to play from 31/2 years old in the rugbytots teams., then from 5 years of age through their school years, with the hope that one day they will be chosen for the junior All Blacks and Black Ferns Male and Female squads.
The 'helmet' is a scrum cap used by rugby players to protect the ears in the scrum, which can otherwise suffer injuries leading to the condition commonly known as cauliflower ears. Although originally designed for forwards they are now worn by players of all positions, even those who do not play in the scrum.
they need to rename it cause most flyhalfs, fullbacks and wingers wear them now and not a single forward🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@alexanderjermaineabrahams1615
Ayo,you're right! But,I play 8th man, and I wear a red ol scrum cap, and I'm the only one who wears it among our forwards.
Plus the helmet is 1inch thick of a memory foam padding only
@alexanderjermaineabrahams1615when I see a winger with a scrumcap, it tells me he's not afraid to get stuck in cleaning out rucks
1:46 I like the way the guy who makes the tackle is just running back on from having some kind of treatment.
They are NOT helmets, they are called scrum caps and made out of thin high density foam (about 5mm).
They do not do anything form impact, they are to stop ears getting wrecked in the scrum.
This. Have heard about ears getting chewed off in heated matches.
Thank you, I'm sick of people calling them helmets.
Calm down.
@NTL578
to whom do you refer?
Similar to the frap hats that we used to use when skydiving.
This is why we laugh when we hear people say NFL is brutal. They play in ten seconds bursts for one team of offence, defence or special. Rugby players play for two forty minutes halves so eighty minutes continual play with no protection apart from a few use a scrum cap to protect their ears.
This is an argument I've had for years with my NFL loving friend.
NFL players are on the field running for mere seconds before they get a rest.
Imagine what the forward line of all blacks would do to an NFL team.
Yes they might be good for the first 2mins but the rugby players would gas them out and run over th e top of them after that and it wouldn't be close 😂😂
American football origins is from rugby
@oxfordrfcthats the funny part.
Also rugby is 80 min but yank football is 3 hours with only 11 min of play.
You will not promote rugby by denigrating their sport. Just concentrate on the attractions of Rugby.
As my old PE teacher used to say, it's a man's game get up. 😂😂😂😂
I remember playing once in a hailstorm when I was 11 where the hail was the size of a large pea. That hurt!
I remember our PE teacher had a big waterproof with a hood and still took shelter whilst making us play on. Bastard.
After the hail stopped we were soaked to the skin and frozen too. Those of us playing in the backs were turning blue by the end of the game we were so cold.
You should have told him that you were only a boy.
@reactions5783 That wouldn't have bothered him. The man was a sadist! 😂😂
@speleokeir I have similar memories of Friday afternoons being caked from top to bottom in mud on a pitch resembling something from the Western Front of WWI. Mr Armstrong there in his beany hat and thick arran jumper screaming obscenities from the touchline between steaming hot cups of tea from his flask. The school bully giving me whiplash with a tackle that bordered on attempted murder.
Some people look back on their schooldays with feelings of nostalgia, I look back on mine with feelings of PTSD. 😂😂
As I would have said to my sons.
Last comment - my ex played for a North London team called Sarecens. He 'benched' (was from 2nd best team, but goes along in case needed to replace injured 1st team players). He got to play and within 20mins got a stud tear on his cheek. The 1st team's doctor gave him 5 stitches at the side of the pitch, and he went back on to play til the finish. And he is only one of many who do this...
Played by a LOT of non-British countries - Japan, Argentina, France, Italy to name a few - gumshields, like boxers normally the only protection, no helmets - some can wear scrumcaps to protect their ears. I started playing at 12 - same pitch, same game, same rules as adults!
2:11 well they don't have gears and padding because they have the technque to bring down their opponent
"Thick socks" lol gold, yeah Rugby is international, like cricket we all love it!
G'day from Australia :)
Hay guys so I am from South Africa and this is our number one sport. So even though there is a lack of protective gear. There are many tackling rule and when these rules are followed, players are strictly penalized with either a yellow card, which is a 10min sin bin sit, which means the team plays with 1 less player for 10 min or a red card, which means the teams looses a player for the rest of the game. Alternatively, if the infringement is not as serious the ball will be given to the opposing team. But the most important tackling rules are not spear tackles and no tackle higher than shoulders. these are seen as dangerous tackles. There are also rules about if the tackle is in the air, players must ensure that the player in the air is safely set down on the ground and not dropped. The "helmets" are more like hats, it really just keeps the players' ears flat and stops the ear from forming "cauliflower ear'.
Dis nou reg!!
🎉 3 x world champs 🎉
@franklypaul8002 4 times...... but who's counting....
As a South African, YOU KNOW we're going to be flooding up this space and asking that they check us out!!!!🤣
@Deepthought4_2 🤣🤣🤣
It is dangerous. This game is pure passion. I got 3 boys and they all play rugby.
"Probably got thick socks",😂😂 great comment.
My grandfather played rugby internationally, we all played it at school in the UK.
I used to hate rugby season in school 😂
Who was your grandfather.
@pauldurkee4764 Bleddyn Williams, last Welsh Captain to beat NZ.
@Lemmys_Mole
I believe he defeated New Zealand with Cardiff and Wales, from a big rugby playing family from the Taffs Well area, that's quite a family accolade.👍
@pauldurkee4764 he certainly did & taught me to pass a rugby ball 😁.
I live in Wales 🏴 and this is our national sport. In my decades of playing rugby I’ve fractured both collar bones, a few slipped discs in my neck from having my head the wrong side in a tackle, my back is badly damaged from Scrummaging and a load of badly damaged nerves and tendons from my neck to my biceps. I used to play NFL during my injury recovery just to keep moving!
I wonder why Ireland and the Isle of Man have their own football, Gaelic football! While Scotland and Wales are not 🤔
wait, i thought in Wales the national sports were sheep-chasing and signing on?
@Chubbz69UKhow dare you! It’s sheep shagging, not sheep chasing. Signing on is probably our best sport amongst others like drugs taking and cider chugging
🤣🤣🤣 Spoken like a true taff
Don't forget Rugby league
Rugby is a gentleman's game. only protection you need a mouth guard and sometimes a scrum cap so your ears dont get ripped off
There is some padding on the shoulders, but it’s very light compared to american football
@davidb7422optional. As a 1st line i rarely see undershirt pads outside of the runners and pass players or recently injured players
@davidb7422 there isnt any padding on the shoulders
@davidb7422I’ve never wore padding
@psychoticgamrthere are, but they are not mandatory.
The thing of it is - You have to play it to really really understand it... One pro described it as getting into 6-10 car collisions during a match...
The extent of their protective gear are gum shields (mouthguards) and some people wear scrum caps
The combination of physical and technical skills required to play rugby is just incredible. Strength, stamina, speed, bravery, hands, feet, vision, tactical awareness. These guys don’t get enough credit!
I played a bit of competitive soccer as a teenager and I can only imagine what it must feel like after a game of rugby of the highest level!😮💨🤕👏🏻
You don't feel it until the next morning, during the game your high on adrenaline, then straight into the bar after the game....
@bluesnowy1000 once played a whole game with broken toes, it was that cold my feet were numb, it wasnt until I was in the showers and warmed up that i realised
I should have got my
Mother in Law playing! 🤬🇬🇧🏴👍🏻
you need that to be good at any sport
They learn to tackle properly from an early age so they don't get the injurys.
Do wear mouth guards, but that's it.
Watch some world cup highlights, amazing games.
Played the game almost 40 years it's nothing like your football or ours this rugby a true warrior sport....❤
What amazes me the most is not the size of these dudes but being able to take the hits even getting knocked out. And still go back in the game. Even if i could i dont think i want to get up again after one of these.
No pads because we are tougher and have free health care 😂
in the reality of real world, no pads in rugby because the hits are more softer...
This is why we call American Football, Rugby with armour.
I call it Handegg.
“ hand egg “ lol
That's adorable
you flatter it equating it to rugby, its boring slow and predictable
Not on your nelly! Not even close! American Football is all about commercials. Rugby is a non-stop battle that ends in insane amounts of beer at the local pub.
“Soccer is a gentleman's game played by hooligans, and rugby is a hooligans' game played by gentlemen.”
Winston Churchill,
Football (Soccer) is 11 guys running about pretending to be hurt, rugby is 15 guys running about pretening they'er not hurt.
Gentlemen that gouge eyes and use blood capsules 💤 rugby's fans are more obsessed by football than football fans are
@sammygirl5835 Guys, stop saying Soccer please. It's Football, only Americans call it Soccer because they have that awful game who nobody understands
Hi Crew. this may have already been mentioned, but here is the scoop. The "helmet" is a soft foam "liner" to protect the ears of the Hooker (generally no. 2) the tight head prop (generally number 1) and the loose head prop (number 3). these chaps (or chapettes for the ladies rugby) form the front line of the Scrum, when the two teams meet and push against each other to win the ball. the scrum in professional teams, including tight 5 and the other players involved in the scrum, can weight up to 900KG+ (nearly 2000 pounds for the freedom speakers) per side, and they push against each other.
The "helmet" is to protect the ears from damage during the scrum, 'cause cauliflower ear is a bitch. Some 2nd row'ers (number 4 and 5 Generally) may also choose to wear them. they provide little to no protection against tackles, as proper form, and proper training are all the "armor" you need. in High School Rugby (the one i played until someone decided that stomping on my knee and ankle in the ruck, was appropriate, ending my ability to play) some of us also has a very thin set of shoulder pads on the front row, to make the scrum engagement a little less bone rattling
However, these hits are still hard. the big "slower" fellas weigh anywhere from 95 to 135kgs (210pounds to 300pounds plus) and at full sprint, its like getting hit by a truck.
i miss playing, but love the sport. the smaller "faster" guys, are still not light or little fellas.
Beyond the knowledge provided, i loved your reactions guys. will check in for more as they come
Sébastien Chabal is a rugby champion. He finished his career and tells us today that he does not remember his matches at all because of the shocks he suffered during the matches
Ill never get bored of listening to Americans getting stuck on repeat! "they've got no pads!"
the helmets people are wearing are called scrum caps and they prevent their ears from bleeding and filling up with blood.
Our kids in England play rugby in secondary school which is 11 years old, my daughter has been playing for 3 years she's now 14, most of them love it, they have competitions with other school too so it gets rough.
Yep it gets heated 😂 played for my school team and for a local club called Gosforth from the age of 12. The coach for the school used to let us properly fight 😂 and when we would get bloody noses or burst lips he would tell us to run it off 😂😂😂 unfortunately I wasn’t really good enough to try go pro with my back injuries building up and now I’m 30 and literally have to be very careful as anything set it off and then I’m crippled for weeks on end. But wouldn’t change a thing I love it.
South Africa, we start in primary at 7 years
@noxizle yeah we can start younger just in primary school football is far more popular, they usual start at that age doing tag rugby with the Ribons attached to your side so no tackling
South African here - our kids start from age 7.
@LollyJ Age Grade Rugby is the game for all players aged 6 - 18 in UK clubs, schools, colleges and within the representative pathway and it incorporates the rules of play, regulation, competition formats and the structure of the season. It becomes curriculum based in secondary schools
Played for years now my kids are in it, its an amazing game to watch but such fun to play and the best thing about it is you spend 80 minutes smashing each other, you leave it all on the pitch and meet after for a beer and bite. No better game on earth, respect your team, the opposition and the ref and have fun.
Another one of the great things about the sport is after destroying each other on the field, we shake hands & go have a few beers & a few laughs together...everything gets left out on the pitch & that's the beauty of it...Rugby brings people together even countries together & that's why the people who play respect each other
There is a very valid argument that the 'safety gear' our athletes wear lead to more injuries than not.
For example, no professional boxer ever died in the ring UNTIL gloves were introduced. They allow you to hit harder... much like the pads in American Football
Also apply to amateur boxing where the headgear was ditched in 2010s I think beacuse of the concussions
Gloves protect hands mate...Also, every person who has drank water died...
the problem with AF is that you give player helmets, heaps of padding etc. (gives people the illusion of having armor & hitting people harder and using your head). tackling is all about where you put your head / technique. Rugby players are good friend after the game as what happens on the field stays on the field (no ill will towards other team).
the critics of American football have to decide: either it is a game for debauchees because they have protections or it is more dangerous because the protections give an excessive sense of security. P.s. in many youth federations protections are also mandatory in Rugby.
Love to hear an American agree with the absurdity that is Football/Soccer.
The funniest thing about american sport is the World Series, yet only Americans play in it 😂
Men don't like nonsense, so these names must have been chosen by a female manager. 😂
That’s the American brain.
Actually i believe its called the world series as the tournament was created ot sponsored by a newspaper called World or something, hence the name world series. Or something along those lines - fun fact 😊
@rambo3852 However, the issue is that US teams who win their 'National' Championships have this tendency to then describe themselves as 'World Champions' as if anyone else was playing. It's a combination of myopia, arrogance and sheer ignorance of sport outside of their own Country.
@garyross4602 all i did was explain the origin of the name world series. That was all just a simple fact nothing more and certainly nothing to do with US ream arrogance.
13 rugby players have died from 1897 until 2015.
The injury in nfl is higher with padding than in rugby without padding
There's less concussive injuries in Rugby than in American Football funnily enough .
We did this at school. On no occasion since then have I ever felt the need to dive head-first towards someone’s studded boots
I've never been into rugby but the headmaster of my middle school (in England) was. He practically banned football (i.e soccer). It was usually what we did in PE, especially in bad weather. Torrential rain, even snow and rock hard ground.
I was small but very fast and agile with a low center of gravity. Scored a few tries but when I got tackled, I was either knocked into the next field or smeared across the turf. 😂
I was 8-11 years old at this time, a long time ago. My abiding memories of it are burning lungs, bruises and bleeding grazes, concussions, and being covered head to toe in mud. Mud and blood might sum it up. I kinda dreaded it.
But I can't deny there was a tremendous sense of pride, achievement and camaraderie as we limped back to the changing rooms to compare wounds in the shower. 😅
Mouth guards yes! You'll see some soft skull caps to protect your ears from getting ripped off!!!!
All the armour is muscle
My dad used to play rugby back in the 80s he quit because he wanted to get to 40 years old he said, he was a wing ,one of the fast guys running on the sides
My father was a professional rugby player in Portugal, when I was 14 he took me to try outs, I broke my collar bone and he still forced me to run around the field 20 minutes without knowing. That was hard!
I never played rugby again but Death Metal moshpits, im always there. Just shows Rugby is even harder than death metal IMO.
The Guy who looks "crazy at 9:50 is Sebastien Chabal a legend for the french rugby. An absolute beast. Go check a best of of him you will not be disappointed
he actually played a couple years with Mathieu Bastereaud ( apologies for butchering the spelling ) . What a tandem they made.
A big hello from Toulouse my friend.
If you're familiar with American football, you'll (mostly) get rugby with a few pieces of information... (this is how I explained it to my buddies when I lived on your side of the pond)
You know those word games where you have to get from one word to another changing one letter at a time? Whell here we go from football to rugby.
1: Forget the football passing game. If the ball is going forwards it must be in your hands or off your foot. The ball going forward through the air off your hands is not allowed. Rugby is a rushing and kicking game. All passes must be back or lateral.
2: Take your offensive, defensive and special teams and pick ONE team from all those guys that stays on the field for the whole game. A rugby player has to do it all (although there is usually ONE player on the team that is the best place-kicker on the squad, they take all the set-piece kicks while playing all the other roles the rtest of the time)
3: you want a "touchdown" (in rugby it's called a try) then TOUCH IT DOWN. The ball has to touch the ground in the end zone under positive control of the player touching it down. hand/ball/ground, all in contact. Or it doesn't count.
4: Do not block. You'll be penalised for obstruction. Your coach will have your ass for lunch. You get to hit the guy WITH THE BALL. If he offloads it while you're in mid-tackle thats ok, but deliberately targeting a player who doesn't have the ball will have the referee in your face.
5: Now, take your pads and helmet off. You can keep your mouthguard. You see some maori brick shithouse that's four times your size steaming down the field with the ball under his arm and you gotta know that hitting him is gonna hurt. Get your tackle technique right and it doesn't matter how big he is, he's eating dirt. But dont expect it to be painless. Go get him.
6: Forget "downs" - if the ball goes down in rugby, it's still in play. DO NOT STOP unless the referee whistles or the lineman's flag goes up saying it went out of bounds. Step out on a rugby pitch and expect to be playing for 80 minutes, with 15 minutes break at half time.
There's a lot more to rugby than that - I played through school and college and it's the reason I'm missing so many teeth (yes I WAS wearing a mouthguard) and have rivets in my left forearm (the forearm was the career-ending injury.) but with these six things, somebody who knows and understands American football can watch a rugby match and mostly get it :)
I've still got a crunchy nose after getting kneed in the face nearly 10 years ago playing rugby. The bloke was way bigger than me so I had to get low, it was a pity his knee was in the way
Football is called football because the players have to use their feet to play the game. American football is a game of catch. The difference between American football and rugby union, rugby league[a different game] and AFL[Aussie Rules] is that they are actually played by men.
1) did you know that American football is called that because it derives from "rugby football"? if you accused the first sport of being called "football" despite the use of hand, for the same reason you should accuse Rugby.
2) Both rugby football and American football can be played by both men and women.
american footbal is a game of field gain and it's a far far more startegical game than rugby/footy/football, and footbal is called footbal because players stands on their feet, not because they use their feet to play ! and real men try to understand things, children don't try understanding and only repeat stupid things...
I used to play rugby union for a club and there's one tackle I will always remember. I was playing wing and I did a high tackle on an opponent and I thought, "That hurt more than it should have." The guy didn't want to get up and when they lifted his jersey, he'd only been wearing American football body armour. I couldn't help but think, "What a bloody pansy!"
I'm from Toulouse, which is one of the biggest, most successful European teams, here rugby is not a sport but a religion !
The hats that some choose to wear are to stop ears getting torn off during a part of the game called the 'scrum'
Torn? more like bitten.
rugby 101
1. you can only pass backwards
2. you can kick but whoever catches it on your teams needs to have been behind you when you kicked it.
3. when you score its called a try and when you kick a “field goal” its a conversion from the try or from a penalty you can kick.
4. 15 men on both sides
5. A scrum cap is a soft padded cap that some players wear.
6. Rugby players usually play with gum guards to protect teeth.
7. No additional padding is needed due to the tackling techniques, tackle above the breast bone is a high tackle and you could get sent off and receive match bans.
thats like the basics of rugby. Make sure to check out the most feared rugby team video which is the Springboks! you would love it!!!
You did good explaining rugby in a nutshell. I'm from Namibia and here its like a religion just like in SA.
@munashemanyeza5812
Springboks ? What about the all black ?
@galadinthedark9862 Springbok's fans inhaling industrial quantities of copium... 🤣
@galadinthedark9862There's a video titled "Springboks, The Most Feared Team In The World"... And I do think it's true😊
Great summary. Thank you!
1:00 Ireland calls it soccer to cuz we have Gaelic football
No we don't. We call it football and gaa cmon now. And then if someone needs further clarification, we'll distinguish between hurling and Gaelic football
@RUclipschannel-gq3fxCORRECT
We call soccer soccer and Gaelic football football in Ireland
Many years ago. Football was being played at a private (public) school in England, and a boy picked up the ball and ran with it, which was not allowed. The school is called Rugby and that was the start of Rugby football.
There are a lot of footy players with brain damage after all the head knocks .. but it is truly the BEST game. The game played in heaven!!
In the UK the average professional salary ranges between £150,000 - £180,000 per year
That's not enough
@tntreactions Rugby League players get paid much much less, with budgets of around £2.1M for the entire squad.
Only 2 Rugby League players per squad are allowed to be paid a maximum of £150K.
Everyone else in the squad gets paid much much less.
The average wage for players in the Super League (highest English division) is £75K.
The average wage for players in the NRL (highest Australian division) is £90K.
@tntreactions y'all should check out the South African national team who just won the Rugby World Cup, yes World Cup back-to-back and for a 4th time overall in France on Die Hard Rugby, also known as the Springboks, also check out the New Zealand national side, known as the All Blacks, they are the most dominant team in the history of team sports, coming from a South African!!! Idk, how much our club players get paid but they have a whole slew of sponsorships as well, I Know a Stormers (provincial club) player who earns R580 000 (our currency, you can convert it) including bonuses!!
Ive lived in North America for 2 years and i find it crazy that Americans dont know much about rugby and yet American Football comes from rugby. Not only that, the amount of athletes the US has would make them a pretty strong nation if the people knew more about it.
Great reaction guys
I believe that a few years back I saw a US team play some tournament against the top nations, mix of us rugby players and some nfl players, from what I remember they actually did ok mostly lacking in strategy and ultimately stamina (keeping up for 25-30 minutes isnt enough when the half is 40 minutes), but they had some good (fast) runners and some very big guys.
I think that IF the USA started to play rugby and all American football players switched to rugger, they'd be world champions in four years
@guyosborn615there are teams that have a far greater rugby culture than the US that have never won the world cup. This thing needs generations.
I totally disagree with you fam. It will never happen in 4 years, don't even see it happening in 4 World Cups, that's a twelve year cycle. I'm talking reality no hypotheticals
@guyosborn615funny fucking jokes bud😂
@danielralph8580 What does "bud" mean - is it the end growing part of a plant? Odd thing to say - I am not a plant!
I think its wise that Americans stick to playing sports that only they play really, American football, Baseball, Basketball. That way when they win at those sports they can call themselves "World Champions" without ever playing against other countries. So, kudos for that.
Well we also dominate the Olympics so I'd call us world champs in just basic athletics
Me being from the uk and saying they do sometimes wear mouth guards to protect their teeth or skull caps to protect there head
In uk you play rugby from 11yrs old generally in school... Its a winter sport also... So from 11yrs old you get to know that a frozen pitch feels like concrete and if the week before it was raining when you played.. This week itll feel like sharp concrete as it shreds you as you batter each other around the pitch... Ahh those were the days 🤣🤣
You can see how they got the idea for American football.
American football is a direct dependent of Rugby.. I think the diverged in the late 1800's I think.
Got 3 titanium plates in my jaw from playing this game. Wouldn't change anything I had the time of my life. The friendship and bonds I made were worth more than momentary pain.
Watch Jonah Lomu , he’s possibly the best rugby player ever
He was a New Zealand international who unfortunately was taken from us too soon and check out the Haka while your at it
From NZ here one of the main Rugby countries, The All Blacks. Some players depending on positions will wear mouth guards. Also it’s not helmets some are wearing just head guards for when they are in a scrum.
In rugby there are specific rules to prevent serious injuries. Most of the tackles you saw in this video are fouls. For example, you can't tackle with your arm above your chest, you can't tackle a person in the air... you have to wait until they have at least one leg on the ground. You can't push a player, you have to take them to the ground without letting go.
Rugby is a dangerous sport , especially in schools since my friend broke his collarbone in a rugby match but he carried on playing like a trooper!!!!
1:58 That's what makes it fun as a popular South African sport, We do still wear teeth gaurds😂
Gotta protect the pearly whites while getting a brain concussion, lol
Rugby is so British. It was invented at a time when the belief was you weren't a man unless you experienced severe pain and, possibly, grievous injury.
I love the expressions on your faces guys when you see a big hit.
I'm from Wigan in the UK. Which is the home of Rugby League (some may disagree. lol) What it doesn't show is they the guys tackled generally get straight back up and carry on playing. All hard men!.
It’s worth pointing out that a lot of the tackles shown here are illegal and would result in the offending player being sent off.
Football goes back to 1314. America wasnt discovered until 1492! Can we just all agree the we 🇬🇧 play football and you 🇺🇲 play american football! Anyway, welcome to rugby ✌🏼
Football is a game where you use your foot to play a ball. Handegg is where you use your hand to play an egg. Americans play handegg, not football.
its far older than that.
@willrichardson1809 games like football were obviously around before that, but that's when it was first recorded as the game known as football.
england women just won the grand slam put the men to shame
They played against men?
Yeah in the uk they had us playing full contact since year 3 which is 8 years old or so
Guys you need to realise this is the OG - the original NFL. This is RUGBY
Rugby is played by REAL men who don’t need helmets and shoulder pads to play their sport.
Mouth guards..that’s protective enough..2:00
I love how they say "it's like a mixture of football and soccer"
But both sports are older than American football
There is somewhat protective gears on them, theyre called the muscles.
The helmets that you saw are called skull caps, it’s optional protection
The only protective equipments they have are Mouth guards, scrum caps which are optional, and shoulder pads that they wear underneath their jersey which is also Optional.
The "Helmets" are scrum caps used to protect the player's ears from "cauliflower ear" which is when the basically swells up to an unreversible point.
"rugby is a hooligan's game played by gentlemen, soccer is a gentleman's game played by hooligans" Winston Churchill.
The only piece of protective gear that is mandatory in rugby is a mouthguard. Rugby is an incredible sport to play and to watch.
The only padding you see being worn is the goal posts
Ex player here protection on offer mouth guard, scrum cap, light second skin body padding, but tackling techniques and strict rules surounding neck and head contact with sever punishment for infringments (intentional endangerment could see a life ban in the worst cases).
In nut shell it is an 80min war, bone and sinu crushing physical contact, but after you get 30+ built blokes having a chat and a beer like we havent just spent the last hour and half clattering the sh*t out of each other. We love it.
8:41 and the Welsh player getting manhandled looked up at him like in that moment he'd fallen in love with dude 😂.
when i was in grammer school in england in early 70s and played rugger . the gum shield was to stop you biteing not protection
The protective hear we rugby players need is a gum shield and a scrum hat depending on what position you play in
"they have probably got thick socks" is a tremendous comment haha
Best thing about rugby is after the match they all go to the pub together and get drunk..😂🙏🏻🇬🇧