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  • @darealadogg
    @darealadogg  Рік тому +302

    THIS WAS BRUTAL YALL!! OMG THERE'S NO WAY I CAN PLAY THIS SPORT!! AND MAKE SURE YALL HIT THAT LIKE BUTTON FOR MORE. THANKS FOR WATCHING!!

    • @larrywalling4682
      @larrywalling4682 Рік тому +5

      You loved your comment 😜

    • @darealadogg
      @darealadogg  Рік тому +5

      @@larrywalling4682 ok you got me larry lmao!

    • @aaronc4969
      @aaronc4969 Рік тому +34

      Mate it’s a great sport and it’s not that bad women and kid’s play it and honestly I reckon your game would be great too if you got rid of the pads helmets and all the stoppages ( not a criticism just an observation)
      Great work mate keep doing what you’re doing

    • @Muckylittleme
      @Muckylittleme Рік тому +43

      These were the legal tackles, you should see the illegal ones!

    • @southafricaismyhome814
      @southafricaismyhome814 Рік тому +6

      @@darealadogg SOUTHAFRICA KICK YOUR ASS AMERICA. SA VS USA IN 2015 WORLDCUP 🤣🤣

  • @jonathanocallaghan9202
    @jonathanocallaghan9202 Рік тому +2752

    Rugby is a world sport. The main difference between rugby and American football apart from the obvious lack of a suit of armour, is the fact that rugby is non stop action for 80 minutes and American football is action for five or 10 seconds and then a break for a chat or advertising 😊

    • @bobbobbing12
      @bobbobbing12 Рік тому +112

      😂 So true

    • @iancremmins4727
      @iancremmins4727 Рік тому +192

      i think some of them do a bit of knitting while on the bench

    • @smashyboi6887
      @smashyboi6887 Рік тому +59

      Unfortunately the NFL keeps implementing new rules as the years go on that make the sport softer and softer. They are getting rid of the physicality of the game

    • @thomasw.glasgow7449
      @thomasw.glasgow7449 Рік тому +19

      em , no . the main dif is rugby the ball has ti be passed back , in us football they throw forward mostly , crums are another one rucks etc , aye !

    • @gregbeck7276
      @gregbeck7276 Рік тому +88

      There's rugby then there's rugby league...

  • @longlowdog
    @longlowdog Рік тому +1135

    We have a saying in Britain 'soccer 90 minutes of pretending you're hurt, rugby 80 minutes of pretending you're okay'.

    • @RgjDj1878
      @RgjDj1878 10 місяців тому +58

      *football….soccer is something they play in America. It’s football everywhere else.

    • @varazed5018
      @varazed5018 9 місяців тому +20

      @@RgjDj1878 soccer was first used by the British as a slang term for association football in the early 1900's. then it was adopted by the US, while the term was phased out by the British, and it returned to being called football.

    • @RgjDj1878
      @RgjDj1878 9 місяців тому +10

      @@varazed5018 soooo it was called football all along and we don’t say soccer? Thought so!

    • @herrlehmann2101
      @herrlehmann2101 9 місяців тому +12

      its football not soccer!

    • @rickburnout666
      @rickburnout666 9 місяців тому +5

      You are not wrong, my brother in law, got the back of his head cut open, then got his head stiched up at the side of the field, then carried on to play the rest of the game, not professionally just playing for a local team. I started playing when I was 12, but the rest of the school started playing at 9 or10

  • @catherinecarrigan5763
    @catherinecarrigan5763 8 місяців тому +325

    "...no helmet, no shoulder pads, nothing" It's like American football but for big boys 😂

    • @scottprice8994
      @scottprice8994 Місяць тому

      Yeah, right. American football is much more violent. People die playing football, even while wearing pads and a helmet. People are injured in just about every game.

    • @craigt6002
      @craigt6002 Місяць тому +17

      ​@@scottprice8994 pffft

    • @helenwhitehurst398
      @helenwhitehurst398 Місяць тому +28

      Rugby "padding" is called muscles held in place by true grit.

    • @louisejackson8770
      @louisejackson8770 Місяць тому +6

      ​@@helenwhitehurst398and tape around the Cauliflower ear 😅

    • @tcrown3333
      @tcrown3333 Місяць тому +5

      ​@scottprice8994 🤣😂🤣😂
      Sure it is!

  • @rhysb2481
    @rhysb2481 6 місяців тому +121

    So myself being Welsh and rugby being our main sport, I absolutely love seeing Americans reacting to it with pure respect and admiration.
    Cheers for the enjoyable watch big man! 👍🏻

    • @Balstrome1
      @Balstrome1 5 місяців тому +3

      But they always focus on the hits, they miss the actual play. Let them watch a full game, start to finish, with a decent commentary. Then they will begin to appreciate the skill.

    • @jimmyjarrett-ws2iz
      @jimmyjarrett-ws2iz 5 місяців тому +4

      I played rugby for my school, we were quite highly rated in London (considering ours wasn't a public school, in the south of England it's mainly posh kids that play Rugby) We played in a tournament with a team from Wigan, Swansea and I can't remember the other team (it was over 20 years ago).
      We lost every match, especially the one against Swansea 😂

    • @Balstrome1
      @Balstrome1 5 місяців тому +3

      Wigan and Swansea, that is like a main hub for Rugby, it's in their food system. Losing to them is okay, they thought your lot were worthy opponents.

    • @tcrown3333
      @tcrown3333 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@jimmyjarrett-ws2izYou played, that's what's important 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

    • @IANHANDS
      @IANHANDS Місяць тому

      Hello Neighbour... Rugby West Midlands UK is the place the game rugby was born

  • @garthmcguigan2357
    @garthmcguigan2357 10 місяців тому +580

    I grew up in Virginia playing football, moved to Ireland and started rugby when I was a teenager. No pads and helmets is a good thing, you learn how to take a hit and how to deliver one safely. Now, granted that I will limp for the rest of my life and have had multiple operations, but rugby is the sport of kings

    • @ragingbullalf5790
      @ragingbullalf5790 9 місяців тому +48

      TWO buggered knees, a dicky shoulder and a nose I will never breathe through properly. Wouldn't have missed it for the world.

    • @Mrsuperdestroyer
      @Mrsuperdestroyer 9 місяців тому +15

      Obviously there are still injuries but people certainly get better at delivering proper tackles and also taking them instead of relying on gear to protect them.

    • @hendrikjordaan7510
      @hendrikjordaan7510 9 місяців тому +22

      Compressed L4 & L5 vertebrae..., would I do it all over again? Hell yeah, best years of my life!

    • @garthmcguigan2357
      @garthmcguigan2357 9 місяців тому

      Completely agree@@hendrikjordaan7510 rugby has ruined my limbs, ruined my back, but I met the greatest people and had the best of times. That feeling when you bump into an old team mate is incomparable

    • @hedlund
      @hedlund 9 місяців тому +26

      "A barbaric sport practiced by gentlemen" is the best way I've heard it described.

  • @alistairclifton1286
    @alistairclifton1286 Рік тому +305

    I'm 47 (South African, but I live in NZ now) played from 12 years to 28 years old...My shoulder, neck and knee are seriously fucked up lol. Would I go back and do it all again? In a heartbeat, the greatest sport, the best mates.

    • @cameron7847
      @cameron7847 Рік тому +8

      Glad to see you living in a real country now Cuz

    • @JaemanEdwards
      @JaemanEdwards Рік тому +2

      Wow. You started at 16 ?
      That's quite old to be starting rugby. Especially coming from Springboks country.

    • @alistairclifton1286
      @alistairclifton1286 Рік тому +5

      @@JaemanEdwards Learn to read champ...12 years old. English speaking primary schools didn't play rugby. Only once you hit high school.

    • @alistairclifton1286
      @alistairclifton1286 Рік тому +3

      @@cameron7847 I dunno, same same lol

    • @KroniKx187
      @KroniKx187 Рік тому +1

      @@alistairclifton1286 What school was that? Every primary school I went to had rugby, all english schools to, I started when I was 8

  • @kaylynvandermerwe
    @kaylynvandermerwe 7 місяців тому +34

    What's always funny to me is that the guys will fight on field and argue but will all go out and party after the game like friends 🎉

  • @kaylynvandermerwe
    @kaylynvandermerwe 7 місяців тому +44

    I still remember watching Faf de Klerk from the Springboks get knocked out in the first 40 seconds of the game, his neck snapped backwards and he was taken off.. He was perfectly fine and is playing today but the anxious moments of waiting for news that he was okay was so nerve wrecking

  • @atwistedsky9169
    @atwistedsky9169 9 місяців тому +264

    One of the things I always like to stress to Americans is that a lot of tackles in Rugby are done with proper technique, mainly because the lack of protection means you need to have good technique or you're losing teeth, breaking bones etc. The use of pads and helmets in the NFL has actually reduced the technique level of many players tackling, which leads to just throwing your body in like a missile at the guy. This is why the NFL has more concussions in general than most Rugby competitions.

    • @johnsonbrotherssports1067
      @johnsonbrotherssports1067 7 місяців тому +12

      Unless you shoulder charge to the head like we see here but I get you. It's how my little brother takes down guys 60lbs heavier at 12. Technique.

    • @ZATennisFan
      @ZATennisFan 7 місяців тому +5

      This is especially true of tackles in the open field.

    • @FFM0594
      @FFM0594 6 місяців тому +6

      Agreed. Timing is everything.

    • @nicerperson1
      @nicerperson1 6 місяців тому +3

      Taking one for the team!

    • @kristianmoore6682
      @kristianmoore6682 5 місяців тому +7

      Agreed but let's be fair, you practice technique in tackles as much to protect yourself when tackling, I've seem bad tacklers injured unnecessarily, this fella should check out being at bottom of a ruck lol

  • @cazzag9526
    @cazzag9526 Рік тому +469

    My son started Rugby 3 years ago. He's now 13 and honestly, playing Rugby has made him alot tougher, more respectful and brought out the best in him. Difficult to watch at 1st but now I love it.

    • @paulthornton8871
      @paulthornton8871 Рік тому +36

      My son started at 14, in a rough ex mining village.
      He is now 27, respects his elders to the point of calling them sir, helps his team mates at a moments notice and will do anything for his parents, support that young fella, it's worth it

    • @cazzag9526
      @cazzag9526 Рік тому +14

      @@paulthornton8871 awww I will thank you.
      We're also an ex mining village lol

    • @skyward711
      @skyward711 Рік тому +5

      Glad to here famaley still making real respectfully men

    • @rosannerossi6376
      @rosannerossi6376 Рік тому +5

      Good mom. Now I hope this young man finds a good woman, marries her, and gives you lots of grandchildren.

    • @suewood8538
      @suewood8538 11 місяців тому +11

      Back in the 70s Rugby used to be the main boys sport in UK schools. They suddenly decided it was too dangerous because some boys were seriously injured, but life isn't risk free and if the boys want to play let them. Of course it also stopped boys in general growing up tough and TPTB seem to want weak ineffectual men, I think this was their real motive.

  • @Knarlywood
    @Knarlywood 2 місяці тому +8

    In the English Super League a guy started a game in the cup final with a broken Jaw and broken cheekbone.
    He had 6 metal plates in his face and a black eye.
    I remember another guy who ruptured his testicle in the 35th minute of the first half and didn't tell anyone until he had finished the game.
    Absolute warriors.

  • @Ps-tc9ko
    @Ps-tc9ko Місяць тому +5

    A rugby players diet and fitness is amazing..you can see why, peace, love an harmony from Manchester, England 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

  • @KevinHoey1
    @KevinHoey1 Рік тому +280

    What you dont realise is the size of the players. Lowest weight on the field if theres a unusually small player is probably 12 or 13 stone but most are probably between 15 to 20 stone.
    Jonah lomu was 19+ stone but could do the 100 in 11 seconds. Granted he was special.
    Rip Jonah.

    • @alistairclifton1286
      @alistairclifton1286 Рік тому +8

      I played centre, was considered heavy at 14 stone back in the 90's...but damn, I have played against pretty big boys lol

    • @kylewilliams6091
      @kylewilliams6091 Рік тому +7

      @@alistairclifton1286 i was 14st at 11 year old they threw me in with 15-16 year olds but my old man used to play for featherstone and went to school with Paul newlove and they practiced with me all the time .

    • @jameswroe2403
      @jameswroe2403 Рік тому +5

      ​@@kylewilliams6091 I was at school with Paul Sampson who played both codes. His cousin is Dean Sampson.

    • @jblocker118
      @jblocker118 Рік тому +18

      Jonah was a man mountain there's never been anyone like him, probably never will

    • @periechontology
      @periechontology Рік тому +2

      In American football 14 stone is considered a small player. The official average weight is 17.5 stone. The official average height and weight of an NFL guard is 193 centimeters and 22.5 stone

  • @kimballhutchinson2351
    @kimballhutchinson2351 Рік тому +278

    I was on a flight just recently that had 2 rugby squads from South Africa on it. They were top flight teams I found out later, on their way to play a few european teams. I didn't realise until I saw them crammed into plane just how massive rugby players are. It was very impressive. Some of them stood around the toilet areas for most of the flight because they just couldn't fit into their seats. Watching normal men trying to squeeze between them on their way to the toilet without looking intimidated had me entertained for the whole flight.

    • @gilliandawson6567
      @gilliandawson6567 11 місяців тому +14

      🤣

    • @johnhawkins9626
      @johnhawkins9626 11 місяців тому +7

      My wife an I went to ta rugby game. It was at a complex where a soccer tournament was also going on. We walked past field after field of soccer players, then my wife said "oh, that must be the visiting team. They don't look like soccer players."

    • @arianbyw3819
      @arianbyw3819 5 місяців тому +1

      Rugby players bulk is fairly recent though. I've been watching rugby for years, and some of the best players were really wiry and very fast.

  • @sheilahancock3168
    @sheilahancock3168 Місяць тому +4

    My husband played rugby for his regiment in the British army. He said the adrenaline carried them through. What's more, however aggressive the play, it was always left on the pitch. A hot bath, and then you were all sharing drinks in the bar with the opposition.

  • @etiennedevignolles7538
    @etiennedevignolles7538 6 місяців тому +4

    It's a sport that schoolchildren play. I played for my school from 11 years old to 18 years old! Great fun.

  • @thedearjohnblog
    @thedearjohnblog Рік тому +348

    Rugby's a great game. I picked up far more injuries playing goalkeeper in football than I ever did playing rugby. And unlike football, everybody has a beer together after knocking chunks out of each other. Like I said.. great game!

    • @francoisdutoit6206
      @francoisdutoit6206 Рік тому +3

      Best part of it

    • @Silverized84
      @Silverized84 Рік тому +12

      post match barbecue or beer and sausages, the infamous third half lol

    • @loganconnery
      @loganconnery Рік тому +15

      My daughter plays rugby. She's played in a rugby team since she was in secondary school. She's an engineer now. It's a great all round sport.

    • @endlessparadox1212
      @endlessparadox1212 Рік тому +5

      I was playing rugby since year 3 of school and I haven’t stopped playing since it’s a amazing sport and you meet some really nice people on the pitch yeah you don’t really get injured unless the other team is playing dirty or you mess up an angle and get tackled because of it but even then it’s great because you feel so alive in that moment

    • @barryeva8862
      @barryeva8862 Рік тому +4

      I am the same played rugby for 40 years main injuries were playing soccer

  • @francoisdutoit6206
    @francoisdutoit6206 Рік тому +286

    Old saying;
    Rugby is a game for Hooligans played by Gentlemen

    • @zargonfuture4046
      @zargonfuture4046 11 місяців тому +2

      I said simular but differently lol. as a lover of rugby it brings out the hooligan in us the lovers of the game.

    • @GlitzyWitch
      @GlitzyWitch 11 місяців тому

      Trust me they're not all gentlemen, the ones who go to a uni in the Town I lived are arrogant assholes, when they go out drinking in our town they they push everyone out the way, including womam, I lost my shit with one of them lol. However the England team do train there, I used to work at the uni amd we could see them practicing out of mu office window, phwor thanking you 😀 😉

    • @newton18311
      @newton18311 11 місяців тому +5

      Give Blood. play Rugby.

    • @andrewdavies6240
      @andrewdavies6240 11 місяців тому +11

      Rugby is played by hooligans and watched by gentlemen, football/soccer is played by gentlemen abd watched by hooligans

    • @stuartspencer2161
      @stuartspencer2161 11 місяців тому +2

      Or the expanded version - (Rugby) Union is the thug's game played by gentlemen, and (Rugby) League is the gentleman's game played by thugs.

  • @suearnold7279
    @suearnold7279 7 місяців тому +8

    The women are proving to be excellent gameplayers as well in the Australian national Rugby League, NRLW comp. Less aggressive, but excellent technicians. Newcastle Knights are back to back premiers. The Wallaroos, Rugby Union, have just beaten the French team in an international.

  • @ImWithBigRed
    @ImWithBigRed Місяць тому +3

    Rugby players don’t need armour. Real men.

  • @debrachapman6165
    @debrachapman6165 8 місяців тому +30

    I'm from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 here rugby is not just a sport its a religion and we pray at the Principality Stadium

  • @iangraham9050
    @iangraham9050 10 місяців тому +139

    As the old adage goes: Rugby is a hooligan's game played by gentlemen. It also gives our youngsters a sense of respect, discipline, and fair play. It makes you tough both physically and mentally and you only get out of the game what you put into it. I played for years - pure joy every time.

    • @dpt6849
      @dpt6849 10 місяців тому +4

      Englands hooligans did well on the fields, in the terraces and in the street.
      Around rugby, football and nowadays darts

    • @jamesgreen1561
      @jamesgreen1561 9 місяців тому +2

      Aye, I wish I played it for longer.
      I went to a public boys school until my parents split & ended up at a grammar school afte where it wasn't played. We played full contact rugby from year 4-6. I look back fondly on my time getting my head stamped on with studs 😂 played for a local kids team for a couple of years after but miss it until this day!

    • @hankcuccina5260
      @hankcuccina5260 9 місяців тому +2

      The other saying is...with Rugby, hooligans on the field, gentlemen in the viewing crowds....Soccer, hooligans in the crowds, gentlemen on the field.

    • @5ynthesizerpatel
      @5ynthesizerpatel 9 місяців тому +4

      The great thing about rugby is that it's a sport for every kid no matter how you're made
      If you're short and chunky you're a prop or a hooker - if you're tall you're a lock, if you're big and strong you're a number 8, if you're quick and strong and like to mix it up you're a flanker or a centre, if you're quick and have a bit of skill you're a half-back and if you're fast you're a winger.
      Any kid's got a place in the team

    • @paulcaswell2813
      @paulcaswell2813 9 місяців тому

      @@5ynthesizerpatel Don't forget the great Phil Bennett (Wales) - the quickest player I've ever seen. He may have been small by Rugby standards, but half the time the opponents never even saw him LOL!

  • @deirdregahansuttle5698
    @deirdregahansuttle5698 Місяць тому +12

    Yes Our Irish Rugby player make your American players look like scared babies in all the pads n helmets. These are veryyyy strong men.

  • @athanase6613
    @athanase6613 5 місяців тому +3

    As a French, i can say that in rugby schools for kids (both boys and girls), they don't practice tackles because of danger. But they learn how to fall, how to resist to stay their two legs, how to catch the ball from adversaries, and how to enjoy, because, in reality, it's a team fighting sport. In many places all over Europe, in ancient time (i.e. since medieval age), villages "played" game in witch the goal is to put something (typically a big ball) to the church of the opponents. In France it was called "la soule" and it was extremely dangerous with possible deaths (yes, we started it as some kind of war").
    So now, it is a little more civilized but still hard, physical and sometime harmful but honestly the rules are evolving to adresse commotional issues. For example, you can't tackle over the shoulders because of the neck, you can't tackle an opponent who is still on his jump. You have to wait his (her) feet are on the ground, and so on.
    Really, this sport seems very brutal when played by senior men but try to see feminine rugby. As woman don't have the same size, they must find other tricks to win the game. Personally, i enjoy women's game because it's different and very interesting.
    Have a good day and happy new year.

  • @AdeboFunkyVoodoo
    @AdeboFunkyVoodoo Рік тому +72

    As a kid, rugby was my life. I ate, slept, dreamt, lived rugby. It was how I expressed and defined myself. Captained one of my teams to a national championships too.
    Sadly injury meant I never got to play for my country but friends did and they went on to win world championships.
    Best team sport in the world.
    Everything else, is childs play.

    • @Andrew-fy9wu
      @Andrew-fy9wu Рік тому +1

      You forgot league.

    • @RazorMouth
      @RazorMouth 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@Andrew-fy9wuleague is trash, boring with zero intensity.

    • @Andrew-fy9wu
      @Andrew-fy9wu 11 місяців тому

      @@RazorMouth Bollocks, it is league that has taught union how to be exciting. Maybe you were born five minutes ago, by that comment Id say so. I remember when a union match would end 21-12 with 1 try, 1 conversion, 5 penalty goals and 3 drop goals. And they had to replace the ball because it was kicked so much. So dont talk out of your anus.

    • @manu-tonyo9654
      @manu-tonyo9654 10 місяців тому +4

      When you play rugby you aren't 'special' because you are big and hard, you learn dignity, respect and manners or you get pummelled by your peers.Football(soccer) is a gentle game played by thugs, Rugby is a thug's game played by gentlemen, an old saying but when you look at the respect the Ref gets it makes sense.

  • @tillytilford2158
    @tillytilford2158 8 місяців тому +145

    I had the pleasure of working in Florida in 2015 during the Rugby World Cup. My American military colleagues weren't familiar with Rugby but after watching the USA v the All Blacks, it lit a fire in them and they watched every game they could for the rest of the tournament. I'm surprised Rugby isn't more popular in the States.

    • @tricky1581
      @tricky1581 7 місяців тому +15

      It may happen eventually, it may just take a while. Look how long "proper" football (soccer) took to gain a foothold, now it's starting to take off & getting bigger all the time.
      Gotta stop calling soccer though, FFS, ya weirdos 😉

    • @user-ge8cx5yx7n
      @user-ge8cx5yx7n 7 місяців тому +15

      You will have to harden up! NEW ZEALAND, IRELAND, SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, BRITAIN, ARGENTINA ❤❤❤

    • @LeonAust
      @LeonAust 6 місяців тому +3

      Rugby is dying in OZ while soccer is killing it.
      Rugby grounds within the suburbs are empty during the playing season so councils are converting them to soccer fields due to shortage of grounds for that sport. Registered participation for soccer is at 1,450,000 while Rugby is 170,000 and shrinking.

    • @etiennedevignolles7538
      @etiennedevignolles7538 6 місяців тому +2

      @@tricky1581
      I think they call it soccer to avoid confusion. If you say "football" to an American, they'll assume you're talking about American Football. Similarly in parts of Australia, "football" means "rugby (football) league".

    • @davidmellish3295
      @davidmellish3295 6 місяців тому +2

      @@etiennedevignolles7538 yeah but the main argument is that they should call the game where the foot kicks the ball ( football) and give American football another name, to avoid confusion.
      Why call the game where for 90 minutes the foot is kicking the ball soccer? It was called football before the American game was even dreamed off,they should have given their game a different name

  • @ThePixey1000
    @ThePixey1000 6 місяців тому +3

    Rugby is for Men and football for boys Rugby as been played in the UK for centuries.

  • @shannonb1990
    @shannonb1990 17 днів тому

    Being Australian born and English and New Zealand background Rugby is ingrained into me and believe me the hits huuurrrrtttt. I've been knocked out cold a couple times, tackled mid air and flung 2 metres, landed on my shoulder and head, some how stayed concious for that one. The amount of late tackles you take being a winger taking chip kicks suuuuccckkss

  • @seaheiressunknown75
    @seaheiressunknown75 9 місяців тому +20

    as a South African... I loved watching this and the comments are hilarious

  • @deanworsley2244
    @deanworsley2244 Рік тому +99

    That hit on the guy at about the 3.58 mark is what we call a hospital pass, that gonna send you to hospital. If you want to see one of the best, search for Jonah Lomu, an New Zealand All Black, rest his soul, he was a mountain of a man and could run sub 10 second 100 metre races, absolute beast. Gone way too soon but never forgotten.

    • @paulwood5131
      @paulwood5131 10 місяців тому +4

      One of the true Greats of Rugby...
      A genuine one off...

    • @NZ_Kiwi
      @NZ_Kiwi 10 місяців тому +2

      Love that bro! Respect for your comment & I hope people take your advice & do look him up Chur!
      Rest In Peace my bro🙏🇳🇿🥝
      My top3 would also have to be Dan Carter & Richie McCaw truly the sports 🌿🏉🏴 GOAT 🐐
      Their representation of the Haka gives me chills every time 😭 ❤

    • @MKitchen75
      @MKitchen75 10 місяців тому +2

      they must have made great haka for him..

    • @Xman_Taurus
      @Xman_Taurus 10 місяців тому +1

      Jonah Lomu died? Oh my word. I remember New Zealand vs South Africa_Jonah Lomu vs Francois Pienaar

    • @MKitchen75
      @MKitchen75 10 місяців тому +1

      @@Xman_Taurus yes he died too young rip jonah.. his funeral is on youtube very emotional stuff

  • @vinnywarren2144
    @vinnywarren2144 2 місяці тому +1

    Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century.

  • @alunchurcher7060
    @alunchurcher7060 Місяць тому +1

    I played rugby in school and for the school, I broke my collar bone four times playing this great game. You learn how to take a hit and brush it off and await the next one you have to take. It's a game of hard action with big hits, but it's not often a player has to go off the field for an injury. But the person who has charge of the players is the referee, you don't argue with his/her decision. Yes her as women do referee this game and play it to a reasonable standard internationally. To play the game you only have to be in a school that has it on the roster for sports, or a school like mine where sports was rugby or rugby.

  • @treeofwoe-jl5hx
    @treeofwoe-jl5hx 9 місяців тому +45

    "Run with it as much as you want but you can *ONLY* pass backwards" makes for a MUCH more agressive game imo.
    Plus what you often get with Rugby is not segregation in the stands & both teams supporters going out afterwards and getting the beers in together and without issue.
    It's a whole "gentleman thug" thing! 😁

    • @etiennedevignolles7538
      @etiennedevignolles7538 6 місяців тому +1

      You can pass backwards as many times as you want to in American Football too (just only once forwards per play).

    • @jstewart4205
      @jstewart4205 Місяць тому

      I have never known crowd segregation with the fans. As far as I know, it doesn't exist.

  • @knowEyeDeer
    @knowEyeDeer Рік тому +59

    5:13 "I don't know how they do this!"
    It's practice and training. Most of those tackles show flawless technical form. Remember that our children grow up playing rugby, we're taught at a young age how to play rugby without hurting ourselves and others.

    • @Stonezster
      @Stonezster Рік тому +6

      Yup, we started playing British Bulldog from as young as I remember. No Ball, Just tackling. Put a fool in the middle and run through them until everyone is in the middle and 1 person is left dodging their tackles...Must have been 4yrs old playing that until I got to old for it and they gave us a ball, lol...

    • @innocentbystander1447
      @innocentbystander1447 Рік тому +2

      @@Stonezster That sounds like Bullrush. At least, that's what we called it in West Auckland

    • @trevtall1094
      @trevtall1094 Рік тому +1

      It's bad when you get American football players switching to rugby. I remember watching a usa england exhibition match 15+ years ago on tv, when the players walked off the pitch at full time half the England team were on the floor

    • @knowEyeDeer
      @knowEyeDeer Рік тому

      @@innocentbystander1447 it's called bull-rush in AU too mate :-)

    • @ethanloveland504
      @ethanloveland504 Рік тому +1

      @@knowEyeDeer its called British bulldog in WA

  • @tammyfinnemore
    @tammyfinnemore 27 днів тому

    Aussie here, I grew up with my grandfather and uncles all playing Rugby, is huge here, so is AFL Aussie Rules.

  • @samhawkes6597
    @samhawkes6597 6 місяців тому +2

    its a popular sport over here in the UK and other places. these guys are incredibly strong

    • @philliphall8792
      @philliphall8792 6 місяців тому +1

      Popular..? We invented it..!
      William Web Ellis.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @juliabanes204
    @juliabanes204 11 місяців тому +76

    Very proud to be South African right now.... we are one of the biggest teams in the world. The Rugby World Cup has just started and I'm thoroughly enjoying it!! (SA 42 - Aussies 12 earlier tonight)

    • @something6141
      @something6141 10 місяців тому +11

      I watched, I'm south african and live in Aus, never gonna give up the springboks

    • @easygarden777
      @easygarden777 10 місяців тому +5

      It's not the Rugby World Cup playing now it's the Rugby Championship between New Zealand, South Africa, Australia and Argentina... The Rugby World Cup starts in September in France... Ps, congrats on beating Aussie. Now it's our turn ( the All Blacks that is ) and on to win the Rugby Championship.... Good luck in the world cup .... it could come down to you and us

    • @cassiusclay8916
      @cassiusclay8916 10 місяців тому +3

      ​​@@easygarden777lesssssgoooo All Blacks

    • @emigab5497
      @emigab5497 9 місяців тому +1

      Dream,dream little bird.🎵🎶🎶🎶😎🎶.🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

    • @smolcat4552
      @smolcat4552 9 місяців тому +5

      Ek ook. They can keep their NFL

  • @garygemmell3488
    @garygemmell3488 Рік тому +53

    Did you notice how nearly EVERY time the ball carrier was tackled, the tackler wrapped his arms around the ball carrier? It's a requirement in Rugby and as a result the players in Rugby are way better tacklers than those in the NFL and NCAA football.

    • @christophernation4793
      @christophernation4793 11 місяців тому +5

      And regrettably, a large number - greater proportion, perhaps - of hits in this video were foul tackles that did not. There were dozens of illegal shoulder charges and above-the shoulder 'tackles.

    • @carmennykamp6416
      @carmennykamp6416 10 місяців тому

      Yes you have to tackle with both arms...

    • @stuartspencer2161
      @stuartspencer2161 10 місяців тому

      I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure Gridiron doesn't allow grappling during a tackle, anf has to be open handed, so pushing and basic impact to tackle the player. Mostly what would be classed as illegal in Rugby.

    • @garygemmell3488
      @garygemmell3488 10 місяців тому

      @@stuartspencer2161 I will assume that "Gridiron" refers to American football and that "grappling" refers to locking your hands around or grabbing the uniform of an opposing player. In fact, the only time a football player is allowed to do either to an opponent is when that opponent is in possession of the ball.

    • @drewfife5169
      @drewfife5169 10 місяців тому

      Pick 'em and drive 'em into the dirt.

  • @lordicedewd4375
    @lordicedewd4375 6 місяців тому +2

    As a former winger (outside flanks) I got injured only once (dislocated shoulder, popped back in by itself) but kept playing since we we re allready a player short ... yes it hurts , but that puts some hair on your chest. In rugby there are actually less serious injuries than in soccer/football because all the 'agression' in controled , and you run the risk of injuring yourself if you are to crazy. Rugby is a gentlemens sport played by Hooligans

    • @eduardomarin2783
      @eduardomarin2783 5 місяців тому +2

      It is the other way arround. Rugby is a hooligans ' sport played by gentlemen. Footbal (soccer) is a gentlemen's sport played by hooligans.

  • @romanywalker8486
    @romanywalker8486 13 днів тому

    I always loved that players address the ref as 'sir' and can be penalised for discourtesy.

  • @suepoole8323
    @suepoole8323 Рік тому +48

    Love my Rugby, watch as many matches as I can, my Brother played rugby.. live in UK from Irish parents and I married a Welsh man, so loads of fun cheering the sides on.. It is played everywhere now, with the England women's team doing well too. I believe it is beginning to be played more in the US too

    • @davidbarney7044
      @davidbarney7044 Рік тому +3

      US bloke here, played in highschool and almost college too

    • @disgruntledmum4916
      @disgruntledmum4916 Рік тому +1

      The US has had a women's side (and a men's) for many years. The US women won the first ever women's world cup back in 1991 (I think) and the US are still Olympic 15s champions (it hasn't been played in the Olympics since they won the Gold in the 1920s)

  • @mattwright2964
    @mattwright2964 8 місяців тому +59

    Love rugby. Lots of action, yet still a gentleman's sport without nasty fan behaviour. The wirst aspects of tackling have been tidied up as well so still plenty of action but less real danger of serious injury.

    • @awgkiwi
      @awgkiwi 6 місяців тому

      Shame that there's no longer any rucking in the rucks...

    • @annalieff-saxby568
      @annalieff-saxby568 5 місяців тому

      There's a saying: "Rugby is a thug's game played by gentlemen. Football is a gentleman's game played by thugs".

  • @roguesorcerer1145
    @roguesorcerer1145 8 місяців тому

    It is the noblest of sports. 80min of A hooligans game played by gentlemen. Awesome camaraderie. Amazing sportsmanship and respect. Bravery. Tenacity. Guts. Endurance. Fitness. Togetherness.

  • @stephenstaines8268
    @stephenstaines8268 Місяць тому +1

    no commercial breaks, the entire team stays on the pitch, no oxygen mask during the game- it's a gentle man sports- no place for actors !

  • @shaneroberts2492
    @shaneroberts2492 9 місяців тому +15

    I was born and still live in the town of Rugby, England where the game was born!! Love the game!!

    • @traceyrhoden9808
      @traceyrhoden9808 Місяць тому +2

      My daughter went to college in Rugby. I come from Kenilworth nr Warwick, hello fello Warwickshire person 😃

    • @creepyhero84
      @creepyhero84 Місяць тому +1

      @@traceyrhoden9808 Another fellow Warwickshire person here! Born and grew up in Coventry but currently in Nuneaton.

    • @traceyrhoden9808
      @traceyrhoden9808 Місяць тому +1

      @@creepyhero84 my sister lives in Nuneaton but soon to move back to Kenilworth

    • @creepyhero84
      @creepyhero84 Місяць тому

      @@traceyrhoden9808 small world! Lol

  • @TheEkkas
    @TheEkkas Рік тому +17

    They start from young. Getting knocked and falling (hard) a lot simply makes you tougher and more pain tolerant, learn to take the punches. Even the skin get tougher. It's an amazing sport that is actually a strategic mental game which is coordinated and executed very physically and sometimes relentlessly.

  • @clarewilson7331
    @clarewilson7331 24 дні тому

    My ex husband was a rugby player into his 40s. The number of times he ended up in A& E was the norm. He had his nose broken so many times that he needed surgery to straighten it up. He was punched in the face during a game & his face split open but a nurse on the sidelines stiched him up & he went back on the pitch

  • @abouttime5000
    @abouttime5000 7 місяців тому +1

    Having played both Rugby and Football I can say without a doubt that Rugby is by far the more skilled and superior sport. Every player in a rugby match can play the ball and score. The comradery in Rugby is life lasting.

    • @thienypham2738
      @thienypham2738 7 місяців тому

      Really argee, and still don’t know why rugby is not really popular same as football in the entire world.
      For me, football is the most popular sport in the world but rugby is the greatest sport in the world 👍

    • @thienypham2738
      @thienypham2738 7 місяців тому

      Popular and greatest are two different words, right?

  • @rickywatson111
    @rickywatson111 Рік тому +47

    That's our national sport here in New Zealand. Your reaction was mine when as an 8 year old I was expected to play rugby lol. Love from New Zealand brother.

    • @callum105
      @callum105 Рік тому +3

      i love the Haka 🤪

  • @stevemchadd
    @stevemchadd 5 місяців тому +1

    Here's a little story for you guys.
    We were on combined services exercise in Germany, at the time I played rugby for my regimental team (fly half) we offered to play a game of American football against the yank football team if they played rugby against us.
    Sad to say that they refused to play unless they could wear their body armour.

  • @gwendolineswanepoel4318
    @gwendolineswanepoel4318 7 місяців тому +1

    Our team...🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦....Proud SA Rugby team supporter over here👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @realgun666
    @realgun666 9 місяців тому +8

    My grandsons play and one of them is recovering from Lukemia. We raise tough boys here NW UK

    • @IANHANDS
      @IANHANDS Місяць тому

      They are only tough in the north west..NW likes to look hard. Tha now's ya now I'm geetin it. 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @surfturfnz1879
    @surfturfnz1879 Рік тому +31

    Played both Rugby and Rugby League here in NZ from age six up into my early thirties and loved every minute of it with my old rugby team (we were all school mates) we went undefeated including all preseason games for three straight seasons and still hold the record in the club to this very day it’s unbeaten. The USA actually have a national rugby team as well bro you should check them out if you haven’t done so already! 🏉❤

    • @faniebotha8582
      @faniebotha8582 11 місяців тому +5

      Jip,the USA is getting better and better. Not saying they'll ever compete at the same level as the AB's,Bokke,Aussies,England and now the VERY good Irish but once in a blue moon they'll frighten bigger teams. Go BOKKE! 🇿🇦💪🏻♥️

  • @evesantgame1698
    @evesantgame1698 4 місяці тому

    In France we say "rugby is the school of the life"
    my daughter is playing rugby since she is 4 years old, she is 7 now and she still loves it 💕
    it's the only sport where you have the right to swimm in the mud and fight against others and have your parents be proud of you because of it 😂

  • @annaponting7693
    @annaponting7693 6 місяців тому +2

    I had a friends brother die in a rugby incident. That's very uncommon. The biggest long term problems seem to come from repeated concussions. People are starting to play with exoskeleton style helmets and even breast plates. But it is our national game so for the players I guess its worth the pain. USA is starting to do well in rugby. Historically NFL has origins in Rugby. It's place in the UK with a very expensive school (Rugby). Check out the women's rugby.

  • @steveglufc
    @steveglufc Рік тому +14

    Rugby (the international union version) is actually played in the US. My stepson used to play it regularly when serving in the US Marines. He loved the game. It is a regular saying that Rugby compared with football (Soccer to you) is that “Rugby is a game for Ruffians played by gentlemen, whilst football is a game for gentlemen played by ruffians”

    • @valsyaranamual6853
      @valsyaranamual6853 11 місяців тому

      Rubbish!

    • @steveglufc
      @steveglufc 11 місяців тому +3

      @@valsyaranamual6853 some intelligent reply that is. My comment at least is initially based on fact, and the second part on humour. Yours is just shouting out your lack of knowledge.

    • @ffotograffydd
      @ffotograffydd 10 місяців тому +1

      @@steveglufcWe usually say thugs rather than ruffians, but other than that, very accurate. 🙂

    • @TrendCrush666
      @TrendCrush666 9 місяців тому

      We used the same saying in hong kong in the 90s but said hooligans instead of thugs or ruffians. I once played at the hong kong sevens in 1998 was on finals day in front of 20-25 thousand people. It was the finals of the school competition that was played a few weeks before the sevens tournament. Then one of the new zealand players gave us our medaks, was meant to be jonah lomu but i believe he was ill or injured n didn't make it there. Still Top3 experiences in my life though.

  • @misimiki
    @misimiki 10 місяців тому +35

    Rugby is one of the best games in the world - free flowing, hard hitting and always exciting. It's very technical but with strict rules too. The closest you have in N America is probably NHL. Some of those hits in the video were questionable if not illegal. What you can't really see is just how big and strong some of those players are. At moments, the expression on your face were priceless.

    • @endurojimmy3109
      @endurojimmy3109 9 місяців тому +1

      I'd say the hits in hockey are on a different level compared to Rugby.
      I have played Rugby, and nowadays play rec hockey, but pro hockey is just ridiculous.

    • @jamierm3002
      @jamierm3002 8 місяців тому +1

      *Most of the hits in this video are red cards lol

    • @misimiki
      @misimiki 8 місяців тому +1

      @@endurojimmy3109 I'd agree for the reason that hockey players travel at much greater speeds and so there's more momentum and force (I'm not a physicist BTW) .

    • @andreprinsloo5683
      @andreprinsloo5683 8 місяців тому

      I also played. Some injuries haunt me now in my 40'd but I will do it again. I remember having a girl close my black eye with make up for class photo. Love this game.

    • @thatotsautse344
      @thatotsautse344 7 місяців тому +1

      My son was first team....if the phone rang on thev Rugby Saturday, I knew it was the hospital calling.....but he would be back on that field in no time....he still looks like a rugby player even 9 years after High School....

  • @Andrea-mg9py
    @Andrea-mg9py Місяць тому

    My father first took me to watch rugby when l was about eight years old. He was a lifelong fan. It’s a big thing here in the UK.

  • @aex-blacksmithuk2111
    @aex-blacksmithuk2111 6 місяців тому +1

    In November of 1823 at Rugby School, an independent school in England, a boy named William Webb Ellis, gripped by a great rush of enthusiasm while playing football, began to run toward the opposing team's goal but holding the ball in his arms, ignoring the basic 'no-hands' rule of football. Ellis was said to be the first person to perform such an absurd move, but it led to the subsequent establishment of rugby football.

    • @captaincorky237
      @captaincorky237 6 місяців тому

      As both a Welshman, and ex-public schoolboy where we had our own ancient and brutal rules, and an ardent rugby fan, I think that story is bollox

  • @kapunda6741
    @kapunda6741 11 місяців тому +17

    I played school and club rugby in Namibia. Broke 3 ribs, my nose 2 times, cracked my sternum, countless pop eyes and had two operations to remove torn cartilage from both knees. If I could, I would do it again. Loved the sport. Great time sport where discipline can be crucial to a win or loss. The ref should also be treated with respect, you can be sent off for backchat and also get a match ban. The after parties with the opposing team was also legendary.

  • @jacqueline4514
    @jacqueline4514 Рік тому +14

    When my son was in the Navy, they would play Rugby on the base in the snow in Chicago in the middle of the night; doesn’t sound like a good time to me, but he loved it 😂

  • @dianeshelton9592
    @dianeshelton9592 Місяць тому

    My husband is the gentlest kindest man in the world so patient and he works with boys who have been expelled from all the local schools as a home tutor for those that thrown out of that school tool .
    So he builds up a lot of frustration over the weeks, I realise these kids are deeply troubled but they push every button they can find.
    He plays Rugby , he tackles hard and is all set up for a new week of educating these troubled kids.
    You will find most Rugby players are really sweet and gentle, look at Mike Tindall, looks like a real street thug and is married to Zara Philips ,King Charles III neice.

  • @PeterAdams-fx3my
    @PeterAdams-fx3my 15 днів тому

    It is the game of kings. We grew up with it. Nothing compares with it. A great game to play. A ruffians game played by gentleman.

  • @tertiamaritz9205
    @tertiamaritz9205 9 місяців тому +94

    AS A SOUTH AFRICAN, THIS IS THE BEST EVER. REAL HARD MEN ON THE FIELD. SPRINGBOK WILL WIN THIS YEAR❤

    • @nicolasboomsma3899
      @nicolasboomsma3899 8 місяців тому +2

      as French , time will tell man !😉

    • @JaneA544
      @JaneA544 8 місяців тому +1

      Non

    • @josiahbounderby5912
      @josiahbounderby5912 8 місяців тому +3

      You wish...love from NZ

    • @BatTaz19
      @BatTaz19 8 місяців тому +2

      Rugby is coming home.
      🇮🇪🤗🇮🇪

    • @flashman2
      @flashman2 8 місяців тому

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @rev.jonathanwint6038
    @rev.jonathanwint6038 Рік тому +8

    When I played rugby as a kid in England. I broke a bone in each game. 😂 After six games my mother never let me play again! I was 7! I broke fingers toes a tooth Fracture a thigh! I seriously love that game!😅

  • @thomasrae9730
    @thomasrae9730 Місяць тому

    There was a former President of the U.S.A who played rugby while at university as a young man. Unfortunately he was crippled physically by polio before being voted president but it makes you think how he kept going. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the man. Sad he wasn't Scottish but how fortunate was the human race to have men like him.

  • @Onslaught17
    @Onslaught17 7 місяців тому +2

    Always amuses me seeing Americans react to Rugby. It’s everything American Football could be, and more. None of the ludicrously excessive stoppages, pure end to end, non stop entertainment. It’s quite literally better than this “football” in every single way.

    • @guszverev7408
      @guszverev7408 7 місяців тому

      Lmaoo okay buddy 🤣🤣 I see this video really did a thing to your ego.

  • @terencecarroll1812
    @terencecarroll1812 Рік тому +31

    Rugby has been going on for well over 100 years and is so big around the world these days with teams from places like Argentina, Fiji and Samoa and they're very exciting to watch. By fat the most brutal though are South Africa, they're literally monsters. Google them and see some of their videos, I think you'll love them

    • @edwardhuggins84
      @edwardhuggins84 Рік тому +4

      178 years (as for 2023)

    • @nos480
      @nos480 10 місяців тому +1

      I'm sure you meant "monsters" in the nicest way possible? Go BOKKE!!!! 😂😂

    • @earnie6511
      @earnie6511 Місяць тому

      You forgot about the all blacks, but jonah lomu was the man.

  • @NZ_Kiwi
    @NZ_Kiwi 10 місяців тому +20

    Never heard of Rugby?! 😱 I naively just thought every country on the globe knew at least of the sports existence lol 😅 but I know for FACT that New Zealand have the best & toughest national Rugby team of all time!
    GO ALL BLACKS!! 🇳🇿🥝🖤🌿
    ❤ U Richie McCaw you da GOAT🐐

    • @johansteyn23664
      @johansteyn23664 8 місяців тому +2

      Pity All Blacks are going to lose against Springboks this World Cup....😎

    • @frasermackay9156
      @frasermackay9156 8 місяців тому

      They must have seen your post and took it out on Italy, Anyway as much as it hurts this proud Scotsman, Ireland are the team to beat. @@johansteyn23664

    • @taniac1860
      @taniac1860 8 місяців тому +2

      @@johansteyn23664South Africa have to qualify for the quarter finals yet. Ireland and Scotland may have a different plan for you. Good luck, fingers crossed they do the right thing and both sides play fairly for the win.

    • @johansteyn23664
      @johansteyn23664 7 місяців тому

      I guess we are in the finals now. So much for Ireland & Scotland & England & France....oops. Last game to go and then we celebrate until the end of the year. 😎@@taniac1860

    • @upturnedblousecollar5811
      @upturnedblousecollar5811 7 місяців тому

      You have to remember that a lot of Americans don't know anything about the rest of the world. Statistically, 40% of them never leave the US ever in their lives, not even for a holiday.

  • @shaunhovell8262
    @shaunhovell8262 16 днів тому

    NZ All Black Sir Wayne "Buck" Shelford will always a rugby football legend for the 1986 injury he sustained in a match against France, while still an amateur player (no sponsorship or endorsements) 20mins into the match he was involved in a very aggressive maul where he lost 4 teeth and a french players boot tore open his scrotum leaving his testicle exposed. He calmly left the field, asked the team doc to stitch him up and he went back on the field to play. Now that's hard core 🤘🤘

  • @76ludlow
    @76ludlow Рік тому +21

    I really appreciate your reaction. Yes rugby football is still very much being played the world over by men and by women too. There are two main forms: rugby union and rugby league. I would highly recommend you now take a look at the mighty late great Jonah Lomu, a man mountain of New Zealand rugby union who was a sheer phenomenon of the game. His exploits on the field of rugby union have to be seen to be believed.

    • @valsyaranamual6853
      @valsyaranamual6853 Рік тому +6

      Loved Jonah!

    • @donnamariebaker6581
      @donnamariebaker6581 10 місяців тому +1

      I watched him at Twickenham while I was in college and he was awe inspiring. A great man. A sad loss 😢

  • @animalian01
    @animalian01 Рік тому +30

    I played from 14 until I was 51 , apart from a few cuts, broken nose, and dislocations it was a great part of my life, and I wouldn't have changed anything. I was wing forward/flanker for most of my career and I was a tackling coach, i weighed 17 stone 240lbs so I could absorb a lot of impact.

  • @daftirishmarej1827
    @daftirishmarej1827 Місяць тому

    It's the respect shown to the ref that impresses me - especially Nigel Owens (before he retired)

  • @shoeplayz4830
    @shoeplayz4830 4 дні тому

    8:29 the second the scrum comes up you can see the look on his face like “what in the hell are they doing” 😂

  • @annbrown3037
    @annbrown3037 9 місяців тому +62

    See if you can track down some of Jona Lomu's best games. Once watched him dragging 3 men down the pitch like they were rag dolls. And when you see the size of these men up close you appreciate it even more. The injuries can be horrendous...but what a game !!

    • @BatTaz19
      @BatTaz19 8 місяців тому +7

      Lomu was a god.

    • @Silwer24
      @Silwer24 8 місяців тому +1

      I remember something like that. Was it ‘95?

    • @revisionistcrap211
      @revisionistcrap211 8 місяців тому +2

      I couldn't remember his name, only him and how great he was. Thanks.

    • @petiseiuli1433
      @petiseiuli1433 7 місяців тому +1

      Go back to the 80s and Buck Shelford. Lost a nut in a game vs South Affrica. They stitched the sack and he went back on. And that's a true story.

    • @upturnedblousecollar5811
      @upturnedblousecollar5811 7 місяців тому +1

      @@petiseiuli1433 Wow, I honestly thought you were kidding until I looked it up. He apparently lost four teeth in the same incident, too.

  • @johnsim-pt1nq
    @johnsim-pt1nq Рік тому +13

    i played for 34 years, up to semi pro level. its an amazing sport, the main reason we put ourselves through it is for our team mates. if you want to see a cross over, Christian Wade made it on to a training squad of an NFL team and ruined a few defenses. he came back to rugby after a while though. there are a good number of teams now in the USA. i cannot recommend going to a smaller team, watching them and then having a few beers with them enough.

  • @jacqui7035
    @jacqui7035 6 місяців тому

    Rugby is the greatest sport. When your sat in the crowd hearing the sounds of bodies colliding and sometimes bones breaking, you will have the greatest respect for the talent these men and women have. To be able to put their bodies through such a huge physical toll for 80 solid minutes, it’s amazing. The atmosphere at a game is electric and a great place to be.

  • @jameslewis3296
    @jameslewis3296 2 місяці тому

    I have heard it said that in American football the players get injured because when wearing all that padding they take unessessary risks but Rugby players are taught how to take a hit and not get badly injured

  • @GoWestYoungMan
    @GoWestYoungMan Рік тому +24

    What North Americans call football was developed from rugby at the colleges and universities of central Canada in the 1860s. You can see the similarities: field lines, running with the ball, lateral or backwards pass, goal posts (in the US they were moved to the back while in Canada they're still in the front).

    • @blooblak01
      @blooblak01 Рік тому +1

      My understanding of the rugby origins of American football is the only reason I can now accept to it as 'foot'ball.😂
      Rugby is different code of football, and developed out of football.
      I tried explaining this to someone the other day. They were still somehow confused. Must be the way I tell 'em, eh!😂😂

    • @edwardhuggins84
      @edwardhuggins84 Рік тому

      ​@blooblak01 but rugby (1845) is older then Association football(1863)

    • @aaohknsn
      @aaohknsn Рік тому +4

      @@blooblak01 football (soccer), american football and rugby all originated from a game in europe played in the middle ages. It developped in England into two streams: one where hands were mostly used (rugby) and one where feet were mostly used (football). The rugby one developped into American Football.

    • @camoltoe8
      @camoltoe8 Рік тому +4

      @@aaohknsn it actually comes from playing footie when the ball was picked up in the middle of a game founded rugby england

    • @Redplant99
      @Redplant99 Рік тому

      And the touchdown as well. In the earlier days of football I assume it was necessary (as in rugby) to literally touch the ball down in the end-zone.

  • @GSD-hd1yh
    @GSD-hd1yh Рік тому +10

    American Football is played in America and has a following in some European countries, but Rugby is played in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, France, Italy, Argentina, Fiji, Samoa, Canada among others

    • @tdogg1157
      @tdogg1157 Рік тому +1

      Don’t forget the number 1 ranked team in the world 🇮🇪

    • @77MrRd
      @77MrRd Рік тому +2

      You may as well say American football is played in America but Rugby is played in every other country including some in U.S.

    • @GSD-hd1yh
      @GSD-hd1yh Рік тому +2

      @@77MrRd Can't say that because when I looked it up there was a surprising number of countries that do play American Football. I think the difference lies in when you talk about a World Series/Cup. Only American teams compete for football championships, but when you talk about Rugby it literally is any country in the world can enter.

    • @77MrRd
      @77MrRd Рік тому +1

      @@GSD-hd1yh ,,, Of course , you are right , I'm sure there are also american football leagues in other countries but I thought too minor to mention 🤔

    • @SusanMadge-vl9gx
      @SusanMadge-vl9gx 10 місяців тому +1

      @@77MrRd They ARE too minor to mention 😂

  • @penniehead2104
    @penniehead2104 7 місяців тому

    Love rugby. A real man’s sport. 71yo fan

  • @daleenengelbrecht4861
    @daleenengelbrecht4861 8 місяців тому +1

    Rugby players are gladiators. Tough, all of them are offenders and defenders. The forwards nr 1 to 8 do the hard work . Everyone of them must be so fit. Over here, we love our rugby. Greetings from South Africa

  • @timrussell9869
    @timrussell9869 Рік тому +15

    My college toured the US in 1976, playing rugby. Went from LA up to Vancouver, played 8 games in 17 days. It was a tough tour, by the time we made it to Vancouver half the team was carrying injuries, but we played anyway.

    • @trevtall1094
      @trevtall1094 Рік тому

      Yeah the most unsafe rugby players are those who switched from America Football. I once watched an US Eng exhibition match on tv 15+ years ago. Half the eng team were on the ground at full time

  • @vincygarifuna
    @vincygarifuna Рік тому +70

    Can you imagine if he saw Aussie rules 😂😂😂😂

    • @redders6858
      @redders6858 Рік тому +6

      He’d wet himself. Fantastic game!

    • @thomasjohnrobinson4658
      @thomasjohnrobinson4658 Рік тому +6

      Compared to RL it's crap.

    • @redders6858
      @redders6858 Рік тому +3

      @@thomasjohnrobinson4658 true but let’s break him in easy 😂

    • @JamesHall-ug4pt
      @JamesHall-ug4pt Рік тому +3

      Aussie rules, that's just a mass brawl with a ball absolutely mental

    • @308V8HZ
      @308V8HZ Рік тому

      He'd probably laugh his head off .

  • @duffield55aj
    @duffield55aj Місяць тому

    I went to school in the town of Rugby, this is where the game started at the famous Rugby school. We had to play Rugby at school, normal football (soccer) was not played. Some of us went on to play for clubs and even the country. Rugby football is a world sport and highly popular in the UK, Europe and southern hemisphere countries. The world up is every 4 years and it’s a great tournament of which the USA and Canada compete, however the 6 nations is to. It’s a great game to watch with 80 minutes of real excitement.

  • @Mark-xl8gg
    @Mark-xl8gg 5 місяців тому

    Thing to remember is that all the players play the entire game , apart from the occasional substitution due to injury, I dare say the American game was similar before tv and advertising got involved .each match lasts 80 minutes

  • @michaelatkins4501
    @michaelatkins4501 Рік тому +55

    And to think this is a game we play in our schools 😂 even our school children play harder than the NFL 😂

    • @colinmackenzie6277
      @colinmackenzie6277 11 місяців тому

      Not entirely true, but pound for pound the Rugby (League)players rule in one on one tackling...in the NFL, a player of Lomus size is common...and no arms are required in the tackle + gang Bang 3+ tacklers in 1 hit. Many of the layers also have Olympic speed...but for all Rugby codes, we handle the jandle!!😊

    • @mauricestanley5763
      @mauricestanley5763 10 місяців тому +1

      I’m 70 now and remember those days clearly, great still puts a smile on my face.

    • @johnnylawrence7509
      @johnnylawrence7509 10 місяців тому +2

      Rugby is a game women play as it's so soft.
      You know what sport women don't play? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @SusanMadge-vl9gx
      @SusanMadge-vl9gx 10 місяців тому

      Sure do.

  • @jimjams20001
    @jimjams20001 Рік тому +8

    J'avais l'habitude de jouer au rugby pour mon école vers 15-16 ans - (maintenant 52 ans), c'est un jeu brutal. J'étais au deuxième rang, un gros gars costaud, beaucoup de puissance pour pousser dans la mêlée. J'ai été mis KO à plusieurs reprises dans un jeu, vous apprenez juste à vous en sortir !

  • @hbh19hs29
    @hbh19hs29 Місяць тому

    I am from New Zealand and I was raised up to playing Rugby, one time I even Played in Sleaty Snow, the Game Toughens you up, there are no Wimps In this Game.

  • @carrie2608
    @carrie2608 4 дні тому

    My son played from the age of 7 upto 23, he played at county level but by time he was 23 he had already suffered rotator cuff damage, 3 broken wrists 2 broken bones in his foot. Dislocated shoulder, 2 concussions, and more dislocated fingers than I can remember. His career came to an abrupt end when he severed a knee ligament so badly it couldnt be repaired and he had to have a donor ligament to repair the damage, it ruined his knee and finally he had to admit his rugby days were over. I know if his knee improved he would be back on the field tomorrow. As much as I loved watching him play I am so relieved he no longer plays, the damage to his body I'm sure will haunt him later in life. Rugby is a great game but it really takes its toll on the bodies of those that play, seriously so.

  • @markchip1
    @markchip1 Рік тому +4

    One of the most impressive sights is to see an attacking player get taken down REALLY HARD... but then to get straight back on their feet and go again, like nothing fazed them at all!! THAT'S the measure of toughness we like!

  • @Able-Man
    @Able-Man Рік тому +5

    Rugby is a SHEER-PURE ANIMAL sport!!!!!

  • @harrybruijs2614
    @harrybruijs2614 6 місяців тому

    American sports can learn a thing of two of the rest of the world. Toughness, technique and sportmansship. Specially the NFL.

  • @rodneyscobell7065
    @rodneyscobell7065 Місяць тому +1

    Greatest game ever, so addictive, great adrenaline highs but so much pain the following days. Now I’m older I’m paying the price.

  • @annaparry4045
    @annaparry4045 11 місяців тому +11

    Rugby is played by many countries, including, but not limited to,England, Wales, Scotland , Ireland , France , Italy, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Japan and Canada. The last rugby World Cup,was held in Japan and I had the privilege of watching the Japanese beat South Africa in the previous rugby World Cup ( a highly I unexpected result!).

    • @barriewood9336
      @barriewood9336 9 місяців тому

      Add Argentina, Fiji, Samoa and as a minor sport in quite a few more. NZ always the glamour team - the team to beat!

    • @nicholawilson8555
      @nicholawilson8555 9 місяців тому

      Chille have a good little team great game the outher day

    • @ockertbrits6907
      @ockertbrits6907 7 місяців тому

      Add Portugal to the list too.

  • @DJWESG1
    @DJWESG1 Рік тому +4

    I had a teacher who played rugby for Exeter, he came in one day boasting of his achievement, he managed to stamp on the head of a opposition player in his weekend game, but his happyness was more in the fact that the player in question played for Englands national team.

  • @annethomsen7648
    @annethomsen7648 Місяць тому +1

    you need to watch rugby leauges.. Johnathon Thurston not the hard hit but a huge touch of magic in the way he played. and where he came from. His parents did an amazing job bringing him up to beleive in him self and and competition . young fans at everymatch he played always gave his safety helmet to young fans in the crowd.and his kicking tea to children . has a big sense of humour .

  • @paulfletcher3998
    @paulfletcher3998 Місяць тому

    We played rugby at school. Nothing like being tackled hard in the middle of winter when the ground is frozen solid when wearing shorts.

  • @crzynites6754
    @crzynites6754 Рік тому +6

    here in the UK my nephew played rugby as a child, got a few broken bones from it, he now teaches rugby to the kids....brilliant game...