Only a psychopath would tackle head-first in rugby and apart from that, it's illegal. Wearing helmets actually increases the chance of concussion injuries. Concussion is the brain being violently shaken inside the skull and that's far more likely in helmet-to-helmet contact. Besides, rugby players are genuinely tough and multi-skilled, not pampered one trick pony millionaires in body armour.
Can't ever understand how they smash each other in the back of the head, after a touchdown. The guys are huge & full of adrenaline. Brain sloshing around each time. Surely they have the same science/research as the rest of the world...
Actually the school scrum caps were generally worn by hookers to help prevent cauliflower ears. Most hookers and props have at least one banged up ear.@@G0Lg0Th4N
No timeouts ,no adverts ,no helmets ,no padding ,no offence changing to defence ,no breaks for oxygen or water , unlike American football ,this is not for wimps
There are water breaks if you playing somewhere hot… usually it’s a quick break 20mins into each half for water to cool down. Having played in the heat, it’s a blessing
I don't know man, calling nfl whimps is like calling Eddie Hall a weak man. It's way tougher than rugby. Dude out there who wanna break your bones, NO saints got done for having a kill list. Rugby a far more civilised and organised sport. Far outgrown it's violent reputation. Nfl would t be so violent if they took off the pads.
@13guns87 I don't know which planet you are on ,are you serious have you actually seen a game of rugby ,yes the hits may be as hard but we do it without 20 layers of Kevlar ,and you show me ANY nfl player who is even capable of running non stop for 40 minutes without a break,chalk n cheese mate chalk n cheese.
RE: Helmets and pads. Studies have shown these actually increase injuries. This because helmets restrict vision so you are slower to react, plus they and pads give players a sense of invulnerablity. However since Rugby union went professional in1995 they have become bigger, stronger, fitter andfaster leading to bigger hits. Even more importantly rather than just taking hits once a week in a match as happen when the game was amateur they take loads in training and this has led to concussion issues. There is currently a major law suit going on regarding this as over 100 former players have suffered from early onset dementia. As a consequence the laws of the game have been changed to try and reduce head impacts e.g. you have to tackle beneath the shoulders, can't take out players in the air, have a duty of care to make sure opposition players don't land on their heads.
I'm sure I've read that the number of substitutes (replacements) allowed has also contributed to the increase in injuries. The 1st substitute in international rugby union was made in 1968, now teams name and 8 players as substitutes in addition to the 15 they start with.
One major rule in rugby that wasn't stressed. You can only influence play if you are on your feet. If off your feet on the ground you are out of play until you get back up. You cannot dive in after a tackle to get the ball. That's a penalty.
To be fair to American football they literally just smash straight into each other which is why the helmets/padding is needed. Rugby tackles are just as hard and look similar but actually with a lot more finesse in the sense that they have a lot more rules to follow for legal safe tackles.
These Americans saying all this stuff about rugby when they dont shit about it is getting on my nerves. Tackles can still be legal and very very VERY sore.
Good reaction. The reason why, in rugby union, the defence often doesn't try to contest for the ball after a tackle is because it can be risky. The more players you commit to the ruck, the more space you leave in your defensive line, so if you fail to win the ball, the offence has more space to run into. Also, it's easy to give away a penalty. you need to be onside and on your feet to play the ball. if you go for the ball from an offside position, or go to ground in the attempt, that's a penalty against you. You've got to pick your moment to go for the ball. Best time is when the ball carrier is isolated. If he doesn't have a teammate close behind him to take the ball or protect it by forming a ruck, he'll either have to release the ball to nobody, leaving it available for a defender to take, or fail to release it, which is a penalty. Either way, it's a turnover. The breakdown, as it's known - the contest for the ball after a tackle - is a massive part of rugby union gameplay. Rugby league doesn't have this, which is what makes them such different games. Two videos I'd recommend to show two different styles of rugby union gameplay: "Unbelievable 3 minutes of rugby" from the All Blacks channel, showing a very fast sequence with lots of contests for the ball, and "France v Ireland, 2018 All 41 phases leading up to the drop goal!" from MottiRugby, showing one team holding on to the ball for a long time because the other team can't afford to give away a penalty, so has to concentrate on defending.
A skull cap is, mainly, used to protect the ears and head from rubbing friction in the scrum. It is a soft helmet typical made from leather or similar.
In the very early days of rugby a try was worth no points - it just gave you an opportunity to kick a goal, which would convert a try into a goal for 1pt. That’s why a try and a conversion are called a try and conversion. I’m old enough to remember when newspaper reports of rugby would call a converted try a goal.
Just to emphasise the point that someone else mentioned, the six tackles rule only applies to Rugby League. In Rugby Union, there is theoretically no limit to the number of tackles so long as a team can retain possession of the ball. In actual play that would never happen, but it's quite common for tackles to go into double figures before a team scores or somehow loses possession of the ball.
Yeah in the 2019 Rugby World Cup final, England went through over 20 phases (tackles, rucks and redistribution) before the whistle blew. This was against South Africa, double and current World Champions.
In union they are called phases and it’s not uncommon for a team to go over 40 phases easy when close to the line but getting held out. In professional you only ever see lots of phases once a team is on the opposing 22 area and trying to force through to the try line, kind of just bit by bit trying claw their way there but usually if nothing works most teams will try something like a kick or someone will commit a foul and be penalised. In amateur and school rugby tho, nothing beats pick up and drive until you can’t which as it entails forgoes fancy tactics for the brute force approach of picking the ball up from a ruck and bashing your way forward… repeat the process until desired outcome reached. That won’t work on professional cause most teams will hold you out and force a mistake like a dropped ball, you can just only go for so long.
Regarding the lack of pads, the tackles are just as big as NFL, however there are rules to limit injuries, so no tackling a player in the air (especially taking out a players legs in the air), no head high tackles, no shoulder barges, no spear tackles (driving a player upside down into the ground) etc.
I do want to mention just because all the things you listed are against the rules doesn’t mean they don’t happen. It’s rare but freak accidents and brain dead moves exist and when it happens it’s not pretty. Same way they getting stricter but if you go up on the air to catch the ball and so do I and we collide it’s fair play as long as we both had a realistic chance of catching the ball. If the ref feels one of us didn’t have a realistic chance but went up anyway then it’s a penalty cause it’s considered reckless. Again now they are strict but before you’d get away with a lot which is kinda why they strict now… lots of accidents and probably a few lawsuits or threats. Either way rugby is generally more demanding not just because of the violent shocks you taking constantly but also include all the running and high speed play. This is where lots of small injuries come from like pulled muscles or damaged tendons.
@ Absolutely, one look at a “biggest hits” compilation shows bad hits happen. The bigger point, however, is these reckless hits are standard in NFL, and even padding isn’t enough to mitigate the dangers a lot of the time, accounting for the larger number of serious injuries in NFL as opposed to NRL or Rugby Union.
I highly recommend the video '10 Minutes if Nigel Owens being Nigel Owens'. He's the best and wittiest rugby referee ever and has those man-giants completely under his thumb.
Yeah we all miss Nigel 😭 was just a good ref all together but the man had jokes 😂 still does but he retired, still does a little show called whistle watch where he explains stuff that happens during matches and discusses if it’s the right call or not and why
The immortal Nigel Owen, who was gay as a lord, came out with the best comment in the history of the game. In Penalising a lineout throw for not being thrown fairly between the two teams he said "I'm straighter than that".
You might want to check out Aussie Rules too. And, if you can figure out the "Rules" please contact your Australian Embassy and let them know. They, I am sure, they would welcome any guidance in relation to this matter. Yours truly, a Pom!
An Englishman called William Webb Ellis is credited with the invention and development of Rugby in 1823 .Rugby Union is played by over 100 countries over 6 continents.
Pretty good description and comparison. Of the two, Rugby Union involves more of the team, more of the time, so there is nowhere to hide and take a breather. By comparison with American Football, both Rugby codes use the same team in offense and defense. Again, nowhere to take a break.
He’s a yank, probably just got confused by the fact Rugby isn’t the full name of the sport, regardless of rules the sport is actually called Rugby Football Hence why a lot of teams have RFC in the name (Rugby Football Club)
If you're interested in seeing a medieval type of ancient football thats still played look up the Atherstone ball game. Its confined to the main street of a single town opposed to being played between towns that are miles apart but its about as good an idea of what hes talking about that your likely to find nowadays. Its pretty far out there though and extremely violent but it will give you a better idea of where all football games originated from.
I think the main difference, for pads etc, is an NFL squad has 48 players on gameday with unlimited replacements, that's more than double a rugby team. An NFL game is 20 minutes shorter than a rugby game, but takes much longer than a rugby match due to all the stoppages. So NFL players can be more explosive because individuals don't spend much time on the pitch, a play averages under 5 seconds and there's lots of breaks. Plus because of the squad size it doesn't matter as much if they get injured - tactically they're far more expendable than a rugby player.
"I have yet to seen somebody get tackled crazy or you know get thrown on the ground" - Oh, you have no idea. Find a video called "The Most BRUTAL Sport In The World | Rugby's Hardest Hits, Biggest Tackles & Crazy Skills" or any of the other big hits compilations.
As someone who used to play Rugby Union in school, the "dump tackle" is close to a pro-wrestling move without the cooperation of the opponent, I don't think it's as common in professionally-played rugby though.
I'm sure other will say, but in rugby the first thing a new player it taught is the correct (acceptable) way to tackle to limit injuries. This includes you can only tackle the ball carrier, you are supposed to wrap (your arm(s) around them and only below the neck (and possibly above the knees). The forwards (the ones that form the scrum) may be seen wearing scrum caps, soft head gear to help prevent damage to their ears (no one wants what are called "cauliflower ears"). The main thing is respect, for other players and for the referee (and linesmen). Temper may flair, there may be fights but they are usually they are resolve quickly and firmly by the referee, none of the fights of say ice hockey or when baseball teams all pile in. At the end of the game it's handshakes all round and, probably, everyone sharing a few beers together. The old saying is something like rugby is a thugs game played by gentlemen, football (soccer) is a gentlemen's game played by thugs (and increasingly dramatic actors). Rugby is a hard game, played hard (even by the women's teams) but fairly. Players have to be fit, hard and have a lot of stamina (80 minutes in 2 halves of 40 minutes constant on the go) with, I think 15 minute half time break. No stopping for adverts every 10 - 15 seconds of play time. The women may not have the bulk of the male players, they may not be quite are fast as the men (but you wouldn't want to be caught then chasing you). I always think watching a couple of women's games before seeing the big boys might allow you to see the plays more.
You'll see some players wearing a scrum cap which is a foam 'helmet' but it's not for protection it's to stop players, usually the forwards, from developing cauliflower ear or even having their ears ripped.
There's a really good rugby film you might like called Invictus. It's about how the Springboks became rugby world champions when South Africa was coming out of apartheid.
@@sharonmartin4036 not really. This RWC95 went down into history as a major moment of corruption and cheating, both for the semi against France and the final against NZ : massive doping of SA players (check how many died young of the same rare disease) scandalous referring of the semi and poisoning of the All Blacks who - unique event - left the post match ceremony when the referee was offered a Rolex. But South Africa had to win.
Love the new look where you are exploring UK culture on your own glad to see you move on from reacting and agreeing with someone else's perspective. Enjoying watching you learn and grow. Try something like a deep dive into the London underground or Brunel guy was a crazy inventor and builder never seen a reaction channel do either of those
You've got some badass female rugby players in America too. I saw a video of female American football and it was just a bunch of models in bikinis with pads and helmets. I remember thinking what would happen if we tried to put our female rugby players in bikinis. I wouldn't want to be the man to tell them that was their uniform xD
Hi, watch a few games, you'll enjoy it immensely once you get a feel for the rules. Before that it seems a bit crazy. Dropping your shoulder in a tackle is illegal and will earn you a yellow/red card. South African supporter here. We're insufferable. But we love rugby.
There's a good Rugby League explainer by Russell Crowe that's worth a watch. It was used as an advertiser before the last rounds earlier this year played in Las Vegas.
We learn different tackle techniques our whole life but please watch rugby union and watch some springbok v New Zealand games (male) that's the sport in its best form. Many good teams just two that hardly ever miss. He also glazed over length of game and team size?
In fact , the main difference is the " third" Alf-time where both team spent together a part of the night party after the game. Drink a beer with the guy who tried to killed you few hours before. That's Rugby.
You missed a crucial difference between league and union. leagues has the 6 tackle limit, union there is no limit on the number of tackles, you either score, or you loose posession. in union each tackle complets what is called a phase. to the best of my knowledge in top flight rugby, the record is heled by Ireland paying against france in the 2018 six nations match, it was 41 phases, lasted 7 min 25 seconds without a break in play.
The play doesn't always stop for injuries, if the injury doesn't affect the overall game and the rest of both teams ability to play, then the game will continue, an injur doesn't always stop the play
In rugby a good tackle is a low tackle ie. grasp around the thighs, knees or even ankles. You don’t normally use your weight to check the momentum of an opponent. Tackles are not usually head-on, so you don’t need body armour (sorry: armor). As with soccer, you don’t need expensive equipment to have a proper game.
There's a huge amount of respect between players but no one pulls a tackle if you don't go 100% that's when you get hurt and that's for defense or offense always go all in 👍
Loving your enthusiastic response to Rugby.....have a look at Jason Robinson,Jonah Lomu, Brian Habana and the story of SA rugby...especially Francoise Pinnar....great movie is Invictus! Enjoy!
At 13:37 the commentator said that rugby league split because the players wanted to get paid. This is not true at all. They wanted to get paid for their expenses in traveling down to the south of England on the train, nothing more. In those days, most north of England players were working class, miners, mill workers, steel workers and so on. So rail fares were a major expense for them. In the South of England, most players were more likely to be middle class, accountants, solicitors (lawyers), doctors etc, so rail fares were not such a major expense when they traveled to play northern clubs. But the Rugby Union governing body was based in the south and made up exclusively of middle class men, so they ruled that it was illegal for northern clubs to pay their players expenses, hence the divide.
The concept of 'the weekend' didn't yet exist, so the working class players were having to lose a day's wages when they played, while the middle class players were not. They weren't so much asking for wages for playing, as they were seeking compensation for mining or millwork wages they were forfeiting. It wouldn't have been a huge sum they were asking, but it was resisted, and led to the schism between the paid players, and the 'gentlemen' who played for the love of the game.
Talking as a Brit here. I used to play rugby during lunch break at secondary school (High school). It ended with injuries every time, no-one walked away without being hurt or in pain as there was basically no rules against choke-slamming someone into the ground. The final straw broke when the teachers found out as a fifty v fifty rugby match was on going. The goals where three football fields apart with bins, benches and unexpected victims who were unlucky to be in the way. I had dislocated all my fingers in my right hand along with being dog-piled by several others at the time and that was the last thing I remember before waking up in the nurses office with others as well. The nurse touched my hand and I blacked-out. my Dad came and took me to hospital when he asked me what happened I told him about the match. He only had one response: ''Where were my tickets?, I want to see that happen, see my boy get the ever-living snot kicked out of him by aentire school.'' He was as caring as my mum was as angry that day. Not that much sympathy. I know she was angry as she didn't talk to me for several days and my dad would look at me and did a half- smug disappointed face and said ''naughty, naughty, you made mummy angry.'' as he walked past
The problem with helmets in NFL football is that they're not only for protection; they can also be used as weapons. So, although you might baulk at no pads or helmets in rugby (they do wear strapping, sometimes soft headgear), the pay-off is similar, but in different ways.
1) It is not called a 'field goal' - that's American football. It is called a 'drop goal' because the ball is 'dropped' onto the foot and kicked over the posts. 2) The scrum cap (not helmet) used to be for the forwards in a scrum, but they prefer not to use it and rather wear a strap that covers the top part of their ears. The wing players (numbers 11 and 14) have taken to wearing them because they are tackled more often than most players. 3) You missed the fact that the "sixth tackle" is only in rugby league. In Union there is NO LIMIT to the number of tackles that can be made. 4) You wondered why the opponents didn't 'engage' with the receiving player during the hand-over after a turn-over. It is because of the strict off side rule. It is not worth the risk of giving away a penalty.
Greatest monster of 125 kilos running at near olympic sprint 100m at 10.5 seconds, legs like tree trunks, Jonah lomu the games first superstar....one in a hundred year player....look at highlights jonah lomu
Uhh just search for Jonah Lomu highlights. The indigenous people of New Zealand tend to be 9ft tall and built like tanks. They have been historically the most fierce rugby team in the world and this guy Lomu was a wrecking ball
There are other ways to protect a player than a helmet an pads. Rules of the sport by itself. Offside rule, tackling only the ball carrier, tackles rules, commotion protocol. This "no pads" thing is so common in American people's reaction, it's funny.
@guiguijol yes, Americans so often say, "Why aren't they wearing pads?". The rugby world, indeed the rest of the sporting world, all ask "why are they wearing pads?".
You need to watch a match of League or Union - I'm a Union girl, but I can watch both if they're on TV. Great fun and NO ADS no PLAY STOPPED. You would enjoy looking at Shrovetide football. That takes place across a whole area!! Madness. You need to watch video of brilliant Rugby Union ref Nigel Owens (retired) - hilarious!
Yep no ads until half time when you get 2 minutes of discussion, 10 minutes of streight ads then another couple of minutes of pundits before the second half
Watch the six nations (union) that starts in Feb and the best game of that Tournament is Ireland vs England. This game is also good for the crowd, the atmosphere is excellent as they are big rivals and the game is very quick and brutal and if Ireland is winning they always sing "The Fields of Athenry" which the whole Irish crowd in the stadium sings and drowns out all other noise.
Yeah, no helmets & armour... but a lot of the tackles from American Football you wouldn't get away with. No tackling above the shoulder and an impact with the head will likely get you sent off even if accidental. If you lift someone off the ground it's your job to get them back down safely, and if you turn them "past the horizontal", i.e. so they hit the ground upper-body first with their feetin the air, this will also possibly get you sent off. Having said that I have heard the injuries are worse in American football because of the armour, which encourages fiercer tackles. No helmet can stop your brain from sloshing around in your skull!
The kicker actually has a position as a player unlike AF where the kicker is a job in itself and in rugby as well the kick can take place at any angle not just direct in front of the posts (uprights) no snap you have to balance the ball on a kicking tee
six tacles rule only applies to Rugby League. so Rugby Union is more uninterrupted version of rugby where both teams can fight for the ball regardless the amount of tackles. that's why Rugby union is the most famous code of rugby that has its own world cup.
There is a third version of Rugby with 7players only. Olympic competition in Paris. 2 half times of 7 minutes each. In case of tie, as many periods of 5 min until 1 teams scores. 7 players, 3 front, 3 defense, 1 in the middle. A player can go to jail for 2 min. This gives a very, very dynamic games with teams going back and forth usualy every minute. Players are usualy all fast runners. Fantastic game, have a look at it
Some further explanation is needed, the ends kf the try lines are considered 'touch', but if the ball lands beyond the 'try area', we call jt dead ball, and does not invoke a line out, instead it resets the ball in play.
in the states you have football (NFL) in europe we have soccer and rugby. some say about soccer and rugby that soccer is a game for gentlemen played by "thugs" rugby is a game for "thugs" played by gentlemen
hi @StracReacts I saw several reactions of Americans to rugby and I was surprised that they liked that it was still being played, they said that it was more fun for them than "American" football
@@StracReacts hello, I live in a small town (about 18 000 citizens) in Czech republic, we have 2 soccer teams, a hockey team and a rugby team, I go to hockey and rugby, those who play rugby here are all amateurs who go to work, during the match there is refreshments in the form of a free buffet - you can draft your own beer or grill a sausage, then you pay at the cash register and no one is watching you, after the match they drink beer and chat with the fans who haven't left yet, great atmosphere and great people, rugby is best👍 specialy for you, look at that, the Italians won because of it, it gives me goosebumps just looking at it, THIS IS RUGBY - ua-cam.com/video/DFI4M2MYgFo/v-deo.html
@@StracReactsThat's why American football isn't popular around the world as it's just so slow compared to rugby. Stop, start, change players etc, takes hours for minutes of action. Rugby is so much better, faster, free flowing end to end action, using the same players the whole game. Every single American reaction channel(that I've watched) that's watched rugby has ended up preferring it to American football or at least liking it a lot if they don't actually prefer it. But every channel has said, " I've got to start watching this a lot more, it's great,
@@StracReactsBy the way I heard you make a comment about the 6 tackles once he'd gone on to rugby union. Just so you know there is no 6 tackles in union. The 6 tackles only applies to league, the ball is just live in union, goes back and forth, can be 100 tackles etc
Yes, I'm surprised Americans don't take to rugby instead of American football, it's faster, more skillful, harder, non-stop. I'm guessing 'big money' is behind it somehow, so they can get all the adverts in during all the stoppages. I went to Wembley some years ago to watch an American football game and we walked out after about 2 hours because we were bored to death by it. I wouldn't have done that at Twickenham in a million years.
Great video bro, the helmet thing confuses me in the US, NFL players are padded up to the next level yet you can ride down the road on a superbike in shorts and t-shirt 😅
In Union, when a tackle is made, occasionally the defenders dont contend for the ball because the attackers are in a good position, if you contend, you must get back into position to defend once the ball is out. If you dont contend, they can tie up bodies in the tackle, reducing the number of people on their side (until they free themselves). If you think about a dogpile of people, and how long it takes for everyone to get out, plus finding out where the ball is, it can give a good length of time where one side has an advantage in numbers.
Good video. I love both rugby and nfl. My first love was rugby league. Bradford bulls. North of England. Now I just watch union. Nfl has ots own thing going on.
Best team game in the world, but I'm biased, having played for many years (I'm 69, so I think I'd struggle now😂). Any contact with the head is foul play, where you can be sin binned for 10 minutes or sent off for the rest of the game, depending upon the severity. Watch some video's showing tackles, some would not be allowed now, but it's shows what a tough game it is. I was a second row (or lock) who played in the scrum and jumped in the line outs. Even though I suffer with arthritis in knees and hips and have a trapped nerve in my back, I wouldn't change a thing. Cracked ribs, black eyes, shoulder ligaments and dislocated fingers all happened to me, but I loved it.😂 "Rugby biggest hits" is one to watch. Also Rugby union explained.
Another good video comparing the sports would be Squidge Rugby looking at a Welsh player called Louis Rees Zammitt who switched from Rugby (union) to the NFL in a real shock move early this year. In terms of games to watch, I don't really follow league, but a couple of union games to watch would be England vs Scotland in the 2019 6 nations tournament. Another would be the France vs South Africa game from the 2023 Rugby World Cup. I'd also add the 2021 Premier 15s final (England's top women's competition) as another great game to watch.
Rugby is the most fun sport to exist, I suffered a life changing injury playing at university (massively limited movement in my right arm now) but I still would play again anytime
Glad you have decided to go down the rugby rabbit hole. Im Australian so have played both codes. Grew up playing rugby union but now live in an area where only rugby league is played. If you want some good videos check out anything involving Steve Matai or Jorge Toufua (rugby league) or Jerry Collins or Jonah Lomu (rugby union)
You should do a reaction video to Rugby players interacting with the referee (especially compared to football [soccer]) - it's often hilarious watching enormous men get told off like schoolboys by the ref and responding with "yes sir, sorry sir" compared to the abuse footballers give the ref
I was in N Orleans for the Mardi Gras some years ago. This event coincided with the Six Nations annual event. I found a quiet bar to watch an England game and, at some point, realised I was surrounded by a bunch of Yanks who were trying to figure out what I was watching. They were not aware of the game, nor, as I pointed out to them: "you have a National team and they recently got hammered by Canada"! Should have been Mexico! Build that wall!
Rugby union calls times in possession phases, it means the game can flow for as long as it takes to score, unless the ball is forced into out of bounds or a turnover or an infringement occurs.
As an ex rugby (union) player (small town, local league) I'll just sum the experience up as immensely satisfying and often painful. Played number 5, which is a forward, second row of the scrum. My job, as a big dumb idiot, is to butt heads, figuratively, with the other team's, big, dumb idiots. We effing detested each other on the pitch but always shared a comment, banter and a handshake with each other afterwards. It's of little surprise that the game is sometimes called, 'a game of thugs played by gentlemen.'
Few other important things not mentioned, but probably already said in comments. You can ONLY engage the player who is actually carrying the ball, interfering with any other player will result in a penalty and/or yellow or red card, potentially being sent off the field for a time out. High tackles: absolutely illegal, only tackles below neck/shoulder height are allowed, the tackler must fully attempt to grab hold and bring to ground the ball carrier, no "clothes lining", tripping or barging. There's still more to dive into, but thay really requires another video!
i couldn't see this mentioned elsewhere in the comments, but rugby union doesn't have a limited number of tackles (or phases as they are called in that code). Play continues until the ball goes dead/unplayable
16:56 Don't know if you picked up on this because of where you paused it, but there is no limit to how many times the offence can be tackled in Rugby Union. The 6-tackle limit is just for Rugby League. I'm just pointing it out because of the timing of your pause - you seem to have picked up on everything else pretty quickly!
Back in the old days, a lot of rugby players (not all!) would have missing teeth and/or cauliflower ears. Accidents happen... ... as do "accidents" from time to time, and either can be bloody. Infamously look up the story of JPR Williams and John Ashworth. Ancient history at this point ... but any sport where legendary players can get their injured face literally stitched up by their dad on the sidelines and then head back out on the field is hardcore.
A Scrum or Scrummage is similar to the American Football Scrimmage but is a fixed configuration also the ball is thrown into the centreline of the formed scrum,
It used to be thrown or 'put in' into the exact centreline of the scrum and a skew 'put-in' was penalised, but new rules permit a slightly skew put in to favour the team with possession of the ball.
So, you have a ruck, a maul, when either of these plays are happening and the have a pile of people trying to get to the ball, you cannot enter from the side, picture a square, your side 'A' and opponents side 'B'. The side of the square to your left is 'A1' and for the opponents 'B1'. No player can enter a ruck or maul by entering on sides A1 and B1, otherwise you risk being offside amd turn over ball tk the opposition. The guy explained iron after I typed the comment, it also applies to his previous point because he was slightly wrong
A great Union game to watch that's for free on UA-cam is the 2023 match of France v (Current world champions) South Africa Was the quarter final match for the rugby world cup and alot of people still point to it as the single greatest game of union to ever be played. Had everything
If you want to check out some awesome games for Rugby League. Game 3 of State of Origin 2024 or the 2023 NRL Grand Final between the Brisbane Broncos and Penrith Panthers are two recent classics.
My middle son as a 10 year old, said after his first trial for the local Rugby club, said its great Dad we are not allowed to bite or pull hair, but everything else goes
There is a school of thought that mob football is derived from shield wall training. Basically, a Shield wall are two opposing groups of worriers who interlock their shields and attempt to push the opposing army backwards and hopefully break their line and slaughter them. although not proved it is an interesting premise.
You should definitely reaction to Aussie Rules Footy, it's Australias homegrown Footy code and the reason half of Australia don't really play either code of rugby much to NZ's delight. My father played Rugby League for the Roosters in the 80's and I think Rugby is an amazing game but AFL is something uniquely Australia. There is a reason Aussie Punters are dominating US College Football.
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Only a psychopath would tackle head-first in rugby and apart from that, it's illegal. Wearing helmets actually increases the chance of concussion injuries. Concussion is the brain being violently shaken inside the skull and that's far more likely in helmet-to-helmet contact. Besides, rugby players are genuinely tough and multi-skilled, not pampered one trick pony millionaires in body armour.
Can't ever understand how they smash each other in the back of the head, after a touchdown.
The guys are huge & full of adrenaline. Brain sloshing around each time.
Surely they have the same science/research as the rest of the world...
Some do wear skull caps but not all.
@@jimbo6059I always heard of them as a scrum cap, with an explanation of, it stops someone ripping your ears off in a scrum.
Actually the school scrum caps were generally worn by hookers to help prevent cauliflower ears. Most hookers and props have at least one banged up ear.@@G0Lg0Th4N
@@jimbo6059 Yea those are scrum caps, stops your ears from getting absolutely demolished in the scrum or in the ruck
No timeouts ,no adverts ,no helmets ,no padding ,no offence changing to defence ,no breaks for oxygen or water , unlike American football ,this is not for wimps
There are water breaks if you playing somewhere hot… usually it’s a quick break 20mins into each half for water to cool down. Having played in the heat, it’s a blessing
If play has stopped for the various reasons then a water boy will come onto the field with water for each team
Make you watch your game a bit differently. I like your game but Rugby league and union are more faster and more free flowing. 🏉🏈
I don't know man, calling nfl whimps is like calling Eddie Hall a weak man. It's way tougher than rugby. Dude out there who wanna break your bones, NO saints got done for having a kill list. Rugby a far more civilised and organised sport. Far outgrown it's violent reputation. Nfl would t be so violent if they took off the pads.
@13guns87 I don't know which planet you are on ,are you serious have you actually seen a game of rugby ,yes the hits may be as hard but we do it without 20 layers of Kevlar ,and you show me ANY nfl player who is even capable of running non stop for 40 minutes without a break,chalk n cheese mate chalk n cheese.
RE: Helmets and pads. Studies have shown these actually increase injuries. This because helmets restrict vision so you are slower to react, plus they and pads give players a sense of invulnerablity.
However since Rugby union went professional in1995 they have become bigger, stronger, fitter andfaster leading to bigger hits. Even more importantly rather than just taking hits once a week in a match as happen when the game was amateur they take loads in training and this has led to concussion issues.
There is currently a major law suit going on regarding this as over 100 former players have suffered from early onset dementia.
As a consequence the laws of the game have been changed to try and reduce head impacts e.g. you have to tackle beneath the shoulders, can't take out players in the air, have a duty of care to make sure opposition players don't land on their heads.
Thank you for informing me about this🤝
I'm sure I've read that the number of substitutes (replacements) allowed has also contributed to the increase in injuries. The 1st substitute in international rugby union was made in 1968, now teams name and 8 players as substitutes in addition to the 15 they start with.
One major rule in rugby that wasn't stressed. You can only influence play if you are on your feet. If off your feet on the ground you are out of play until you get back up. You cannot dive in after a tackle to get the ball. That's a penalty.
Also good to mention if you tackle a player that is in the air you are responsible for their safe landing
And you have to attempt to wrap your arms around the person you are tackling, not just shoulder charge them
To be fair to American football they literally just smash straight into each other which is why the helmets/padding is needed. Rugby tackles are just as hard and look similar but actually with a lot more finesse in the sense that they have a lot more rules to follow for legal safe tackles.
These Americans saying all this stuff about rugby when they dont shit about it is getting on my nerves. Tackles can still be legal and very very VERY sore.
@@Your_Faviroute_UA-camrThere just upset cuz they need armour to play there's its hurting there egos 😂
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Good reaction. The reason why, in rugby union, the defence often doesn't try to contest for the ball after a tackle is because it can be risky. The more players you commit to the ruck, the more space you leave in your defensive line, so if you fail to win the ball, the offence has more space to run into. Also, it's easy to give away a penalty. you need to be onside and on your feet to play the ball. if you go for the ball from an offside position, or go to ground in the attempt, that's a penalty against you. You've got to pick your moment to go for the ball. Best time is when the ball carrier is isolated. If he doesn't have a teammate close behind him to take the ball or protect it by forming a ruck, he'll either have to release the ball to nobody, leaving it available for a defender to take, or fail to release it, which is a penalty. Either way, it's a turnover.
The breakdown, as it's known - the contest for the ball after a tackle - is a massive part of rugby union gameplay. Rugby league doesn't have this, which is what makes them such different games.
Two videos I'd recommend to show two different styles of rugby union gameplay: "Unbelievable 3 minutes of rugby" from the All Blacks channel, showing a very
fast sequence with lots of contests for the ball, and "France v Ireland, 2018 All 41 phases leading up to the drop goal!" from MottiRugby, showing one team holding on to the ball for a long time because the other team can't afford to give away a penalty, so has to concentrate on defending.
Thank you for this breakdown my friend, it helps a lot‼️🤝💯
@@StracReactsThe break down is the soul of the game flow in open play
Good man!
Glad to see my English ladies represented in the video too.
Us against the New Zealand All Blacks is always a tense match😈
A skull cap is, mainly, used to protect the ears and head from rubbing friction in the scrum. It is a soft helmet typical made from leather or similar.
In the very early days of rugby a try was worth no points - it just gave you an opportunity to kick a goal, which would convert a try into a goal for 1pt.
That’s why a try and a conversion are called a try and conversion. I’m old enough to remember when newspaper reports of rugby would call a converted try a goal.
Rugby Union, played between well matched teams, is the most thrilling team sport I know.
Just to emphasise the point that someone else mentioned, the six tackles rule only applies to Rugby League. In Rugby Union, there is theoretically no limit to the number of tackles so long as a team can retain possession of the ball. In actual play that would never happen, but it's quite common for tackles to go into double figures before a team scores or somehow loses possession of the ball.
Yeah in the 2019 Rugby World Cup final, England went through over 20 phases (tackles, rucks and redistribution) before the whistle blew. This was against South Africa, double and current World Champions.
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Ireland vs France 2018, 40 phases before Johnny Sexton scored the winning drop goal deep into full time.
@@OscarOSullivan 41 phases, it counts 1 more as the ball was recycled for the kick,
In union they are called phases and it’s not uncommon for a team to go over 40 phases easy when close to the line but getting held out. In professional you only ever see lots of phases once a team is on the opposing 22 area and trying to force through to the try line, kind of just bit by bit trying claw their way there but usually if nothing works most teams will try something like a kick or someone will commit a foul and be penalised. In amateur and school rugby tho, nothing beats pick up and drive until you can’t which as it entails forgoes fancy tactics for the brute force approach of picking the ball up from a ruck and bashing your way forward… repeat the process until desired outcome reached. That won’t work on professional cause most teams will hold you out and force a mistake like a dropped ball, you can just only go for so long.
Regarding the lack of pads, the tackles are just as big as NFL, however there are rules to limit injuries, so no tackling a player in the air (especially taking out a players legs in the air), no head high tackles, no shoulder barges, no spear tackles (driving a player upside down into the ground) etc.
I do want to mention just because all the things you listed are against the rules doesn’t mean they don’t happen. It’s rare but freak accidents and brain dead moves exist and when it happens it’s not pretty. Same way they getting stricter but if you go up on the air to catch the ball and so do I and we collide it’s fair play as long as we both had a realistic chance of catching the ball. If the ref feels one of us didn’t have a realistic chance but went up anyway then it’s a penalty cause it’s considered reckless. Again now they are strict but before you’d get away with a lot which is kinda why they strict now… lots of accidents and probably a few lawsuits or threats. Either way rugby is generally more demanding not just because of the violent shocks you taking constantly but also include all the running and high speed play. This is where lots of small injuries come from like pulled muscles or damaged tendons.
@ Absolutely, one look at a “biggest hits” compilation shows bad hits happen. The bigger point, however, is these reckless hits are standard in NFL, and even padding isn’t enough to mitigate the dangers a lot of the time, accounting for the larger number of serious injuries in NFL as opposed to NRL or Rugby Union.
I highly recommend the video '10 Minutes if Nigel Owens being Nigel Owens'. He's the best and wittiest rugby referee ever and has those man-giants completely under his thumb.
I will definitely check this out, thank you so much‼️😃🤝🤝🤝
Yeah we all miss Nigel 😭 was just a good ref all together but the man had jokes 😂 still does but he retired, still does a little show called whistle watch where he explains stuff that happens during matches and discusses if it’s the right call or not and why
The immortal Nigel Owen, who was gay as a lord, came out with the best comment in the history of the game. In Penalising a lineout throw for not being thrown fairly between the two teams he said "I'm straighter than that".
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Every game he refereed was an absolute masterclass.
As you'd expect. It's not football after all!
You might want to check out Aussie Rules too. And, if you can figure out the "Rules" please contact your Australian Embassy and let them know. They, I am sure, they would welcome any guidance in relation to this matter. Yours truly, a Pom!
An Englishman called William Webb Ellis is credited with the invention and development of Rugby in 1823 .Rugby Union is played by over 100 countries over 6 continents.
Pretty good description and comparison. Of the two, Rugby Union involves more of the team, more of the time, so there is nowhere to hide and take a breather. By comparison with American Football, both Rugby codes use the same team in offense and defense. Again, nowhere to take a break.
The commentator says rugby is often called by the generic term ‘football’. It is never EVER called football.
Well, maybe pedantically or as a joke. e.g. if someone mentions football someone might joke, "oh you mean soccer. Rugby is the real football."
He’s a yank, probably just got confused by the fact Rugby isn’t the full name of the sport, regardless of rules the sport is actually called Rugby Football
Hence why a lot of teams have RFC in the name (Rugby Football Club)
Queensland Australia. Rugby is call Football or Footy. Soccer is called soccer.
You should speak to an Australian about that ........... rugby in the NRL is quite often referred to as football or footy!
Except for its name, rugby football.
Played by teams such as England (Rugby football union) and Ireland (IrFu)...
I live in Rugby England...Rugby started at Rugby School in England...
William Webb Ellis - he was playing football (soccer) and for some reason he decided to pick up the ball and run with it ...Allegedly!!
If you're interested in seeing a medieval type of ancient football thats still played look up the Atherstone ball game. Its confined to the main street of a single town opposed to being played between towns that are miles apart but its about as good an idea of what hes talking about that your likely to find nowadays. Its pretty far out there though and extremely violent but it will give you a better idea of where all football games originated from.
I will definitely check this out‼️ Thank you my friend🤝🤝
No worries Man. 👍
And the great part about either code of rubgy is they dont take 4 hours to play.
The clock is only stopped under certain circumstances.
I think the main difference, for pads etc, is an NFL squad has 48 players on gameday with unlimited replacements, that's more than double a rugby team. An NFL game is 20 minutes shorter than a rugby game, but takes much longer than a rugby match due to all the stoppages. So NFL players can be more explosive because individuals don't spend much time on the pitch, a play averages under 5 seconds and there's lots of breaks. Plus because of the squad size it doesn't matter as much if they get injured - tactically they're far more expendable than a rugby player.
"I have yet to seen somebody get tackled crazy or you know get thrown on the ground" - Oh, you have no idea. Find a video called "The Most BRUTAL Sport In The World | Rugby's Hardest Hits, Biggest Tackles & Crazy Skills" or any of the other big hits compilations.
As someone who used to play Rugby Union in school, the "dump tackle" is close to a pro-wrestling move without the cooperation of the opponent, I don't think it's as common in professionally-played rugby though.
I'm sure other will say, but in rugby the first thing a new player it taught is the correct (acceptable) way to tackle to limit injuries. This includes you can only tackle the ball carrier, you are supposed to wrap (your arm(s) around them and only below the neck (and possibly above the knees). The forwards (the ones that form the scrum) may be seen wearing scrum caps, soft head gear to help prevent damage to their ears (no one wants what are called "cauliflower ears").
The main thing is respect, for other players and for the referee (and linesmen). Temper may flair, there may be fights but they are usually they are resolve quickly and firmly by the referee, none of the fights of say ice hockey or when baseball teams all pile in. At the end of the game it's handshakes all round and, probably, everyone sharing a few beers together. The old saying is something like rugby is a thugs game played by gentlemen, football (soccer) is a gentlemen's game played by thugs (and increasingly dramatic actors).
Rugby is a hard game, played hard (even by the women's teams) but fairly. Players have to be fit, hard and have a lot of stamina (80 minutes in 2 halves of 40 minutes constant on the go) with, I think 15 minute half time break. No stopping for adverts every 10 - 15 seconds of play time.
The women may not have the bulk of the male players, they may not be quite are fast as the men (but you wouldn't want to be caught then chasing you). I always think watching a couple of women's games before seeing the big boys might allow you to see the plays more.
Thank you my friend for this breakdown‼️🤝🤝
Thanks for reacting to my suggestion!
My pleasure, I’m happy for all the suggestions🙏🏾🙌🏾💯
You'll see some players wearing a scrum cap which is a foam 'helmet' but it's not for protection it's to stop players, usually the forwards, from developing cauliflower ear or even having their ears ripped.
Jonah used to just run over opposing players....some of them didnt even bother trying to tackle him, better to move aside and let him go......legend
There's a really good rugby film you might like called Invictus.
It's about how the Springboks became rugby world champions when South Africa was coming out of apartheid.
Actually the film does not show how they became world champions but why.
@@StephLudwig Semantics
@@sharonmartin4036 not really. This RWC95 went down into history as a major moment of corruption and cheating, both for the semi against France and the final against NZ : massive doping of SA players (check how many died young of the same rare disease) scandalous referring of the semi and poisoning of the All Blacks who - unique event - left the post match ceremony when the referee was offered a Rolex. But South Africa had to win.
Love the new look where you are exploring UK culture on your own glad to see you move on from reacting and agreeing with someone else's perspective. Enjoying watching you learn and grow. Try something like a deep dive into the London underground or Brunel guy was a crazy inventor and builder never seen a reaction channel do either of those
Thank you for all the support my friend‼️🤝😃😃
You've got some badass female rugby players in America too. I saw a video of female American football and it was just a bunch of models in bikinis with pads and helmets.
I remember thinking what would happen if we tried to put our female rugby players in bikinis. I wouldn't want to be the man to tell them that was their uniform xD
Hi, watch a few games, you'll enjoy it immensely once you get a feel for the rules. Before that it seems a bit crazy.
Dropping your shoulder in a tackle is illegal and will earn you a yellow/red card.
South African supporter here. We're insufferable. But we love rugby.
There's a good Rugby League explainer by Russell Crowe that's worth a watch. It was used as an advertiser before the last rounds earlier this year played in Las Vegas.
I've played both Rugby codes at high level. That's a good simplified explanation imo
We still play a version of “Mob football” where I live. It’s called the “Haxey Hood”. And it’s great fun.
We learn different tackle techniques our whole life but please watch rugby union and watch some springbok v New Zealand games (male) that's the sport in its best form. Many good teams just two that hardly ever miss. He also glazed over length of game and team size?
In Women's test rugby, England v New Zealand games are brutal. As tough as any men's test. No quarters given, none asked.
In fact , the main difference is the " third" Alf-time where both team spent together a part of the night party after the game.
Drink a beer with the guy who tried to killed you few hours before.
That's Rugby.
You missed a crucial difference between league and union. leagues has the 6 tackle limit, union there is no limit on the number of tackles, you either score, or you loose posession. in union each tackle complets what is called a phase. to the best of my knowledge in top flight rugby, the record is heled by Ireland paying against france in the 2018 six nations match, it was 41 phases, lasted 7 min 25 seconds without a break in play.
The play doesn't always stop for injuries, if the injury doesn't affect the overall game and the rest of both teams ability to play, then the game will continue, an injur doesn't always stop the play
In rugby a good tackle is a low tackle ie. grasp around the thighs, knees or even ankles. You don’t normally use your weight to check the momentum of an opponent. Tackles are not usually head-on, so you don’t need body armour (sorry: armor). As with soccer, you don’t need expensive equipment to have a proper game.
There are more injuries in American football than in Rugby. Probably BECAUSE they wear all that stuff.
There's a huge amount of respect between players but no one pulls a tackle if you don't go 100% that's when you get hurt and that's for defense or offense always go all in 👍
Loving your enthusiastic response to Rugby.....have a look at Jason Robinson,Jonah Lomu, Brian Habana and the story of SA rugby...especially Francoise Pinnar....great movie is Invictus! Enjoy!
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Game for hooligans, played by gentlemans! Soccer, Game for gents, played by hooligans..
gentlemen
@sharonmartin4036 thanks for correcting! My 3rd language, so..
At 13:37 the commentator said that rugby league split because the players wanted to get paid. This is not true at all. They wanted to get paid for their expenses in traveling down to the south of England on the train, nothing more. In those days, most north of England players were working class, miners, mill workers, steel workers and so on. So rail fares were a major expense for them. In the South of England, most players were more likely to be middle class, accountants, solicitors (lawyers), doctors etc, so rail fares were not such a major expense when they traveled to play northern clubs.
But the Rugby Union governing body was based in the south and made up exclusively of middle class men, so they ruled that it was illegal for northern clubs to pay their players expenses, hence the divide.
The concept of 'the weekend' didn't yet exist, so the working class players were having to lose a day's wages when they played, while the middle class players were not.
They weren't so much asking for wages for playing, as they were seeking compensation for mining or millwork wages they were forfeiting.
It wouldn't have been a huge sum they were asking, but it was resisted, and led to the schism between the paid players, and the 'gentlemen' who played for the love of the game.
Talking as a Brit here. I used to play rugby during lunch break at secondary school (High school).
It ended with injuries every time, no-one walked away without being hurt or in pain as there was basically no rules against choke-slamming someone into the ground.
The final straw broke when the teachers found out as a fifty v fifty rugby match was on going.
The goals where three football fields apart with bins, benches and unexpected victims who were unlucky to be in the way.
I had dislocated all my fingers in my right hand along with being dog-piled by several others at the time and that was the last thing I remember before waking up in the nurses office with others as well.
The nurse touched my hand and I blacked-out. my Dad came and took me to hospital when he asked me what happened I told him about the match.
He only had one response:
''Where were my tickets?, I want to see that happen, see my boy get the ever-living snot kicked out of him by aentire school.''
He was as caring as my mum was as angry that day. Not that much sympathy.
I know she was angry as she didn't talk to me for several days and my dad would look at me and did a half- smug disappointed face and said ''naughty, naughty, you made mummy angry.'' as he walked past
The problem with helmets in NFL football is that they're not only for protection; they can also be used as weapons. So, although you might baulk at no pads or helmets in rugby (they do wear strapping, sometimes soft headgear), the pay-off is similar, but in different ways.
That was the best explanation of rugby, given by an American Football fan, that I've ever had the pleasure of listening to.
1) It is not called a 'field goal' - that's American football. It is called a 'drop goal' because the ball is 'dropped' onto the foot and kicked over the posts. 2) The scrum cap (not helmet) used to be for the forwards in a scrum, but they prefer not to use it and rather wear a strap that covers the top part of their ears. The wing players (numbers 11 and 14) have taken to wearing them because they are tackled more often than most players. 3) You missed the fact that the "sixth tackle" is only in rugby league. In Union there is NO LIMIT to the number of tackles that can be made. 4) You wondered why the opponents didn't 'engage' with the receiving player during the hand-over after a turn-over. It is because of the strict off side rule. It is not worth the risk of giving away a penalty.
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Greatest monster of 125 kilos running at near olympic sprint 100m at 10.5 seconds, legs like tree trunks, Jonah lomu the games first superstar....one in a hundred year player....look at highlights jonah lomu
Uhh just search for Jonah Lomu highlights. The indigenous people of New Zealand tend to be 9ft tall and built like tanks. They have been historically the most fierce rugby team in the world and this guy Lomu was a wrecking ball
Considered the toughest team to beat, maybe, but not the fiercest. That title belongs to South Africa's Springboks.
There are other ways to protect a player than a helmet an pads.
Rules of the sport by itself.
Offside rule, tackling only the ball carrier, tackles rules, commotion protocol.
This "no pads" thing is so common in American people's reaction, it's funny.
@guiguijol yes, Americans so often say, "Why aren't they wearing pads?". The rugby world, indeed the rest of the sporting world, all ask "why are they wearing pads?".
@@ianarnett lol. I mean it's very typical to Americans way of thinking: Straight forward, protection= pads, when as I said there are other ways.
You need to watch a match of League or Union - I'm a Union girl, but I can watch both if they're on TV. Great fun and NO ADS no PLAY STOPPED.
You would enjoy looking at Shrovetide football. That takes place across a whole area!! Madness.
You need to watch video of brilliant Rugby Union ref Nigel Owens (retired) - hilarious!
Yep no ads until half time when you get 2 minutes of discussion, 10 minutes of streight ads then another couple of minutes of pundits before the second half
Australian opening season rugby league games will be played in Las Vegas next year.
The code any foregner is most likely to encounter is obviously Union.
@@donepearce it's pretty shit though
@@AndyFNQ84 What is?
Just remember, bro...Rugby League & Rugby Union are two different sports
Watch the six nations (union) that starts in Feb and the best game of that Tournament is Ireland vs England. This game is also good for the crowd, the atmosphere is excellent as they are big rivals and the game is very quick and brutal and if Ireland is winning they always sing "The Fields of Athenry" which the whole Irish crowd in the stadium sings and drowns out all other noise.
I can’t wait to watch this in Feb‼️ Definitely looking forward to this😁😁
Yeah, no helmets & armour... but a lot of the tackles from American Football you wouldn't get away with. No tackling above the shoulder and an impact with the head will likely get you sent off even if accidental. If you lift someone off the ground it's your job to get them back down safely, and if you turn them "past the horizontal", i.e. so they hit the ground upper-body first with their feetin the air, this will also possibly get you sent off. Having said that I have heard the injuries are worse in American football because of the armour, which encourages fiercer tackles. No helmet can stop your brain from sloshing around in your skull!
The kicker actually has a position as a player unlike AF where the kicker is a job in itself and in rugby as well the kick can take place at any angle not just direct in front of the posts (uprights) no snap you have to balance the ball on a kicking tee
American football bears no resemblance to the true game of Rugby- Rugby came first 🇬🇧🏴
Hit me up if you want more explanation regarding Union. IMO, the better of the two codes.
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six tacles rule only applies to Rugby League. so Rugby Union is more uninterrupted version of rugby where both teams can fight for the ball regardless the amount of tackles. that's why Rugby union is the most famous code of rugby that has its own world cup.
There is a third version of Rugby with 7players only. Olympic competition in Paris.
2 half times of 7 minutes each. In case of tie, as many periods of 5 min until 1 teams scores.
7 players, 3 front, 3 defense, 1 in the middle.
A player can go to jail for 2 min.
This gives a very, very dynamic games with teams going back and forth usualy every minute. Players are usualy all fast runners.
Fantastic game, have a look at it
Some further explanation is needed, the ends kf the try lines are considered 'touch', but if the ball lands beyond the 'try area', we call jt dead ball, and does not invoke a line out, instead it resets the ball in play.
in the states you have football (NFL) in europe we have soccer and rugby.
some say about soccer and rugby that
soccer is a game for gentlemen played by "thugs"
rugby is a game for "thugs" played by gentlemen
The side lines are called Touchlines. Touching this line or passing off the field is "In Touch".
Behind the In Goal area is not In Touch.
When rugby was evolving into american football, the scrum became the line of scrimmage, hence the similarity of the words scrum and scrimmage.
hi @StracReacts I saw several reactions of Americans to rugby and I was surprised that they liked that it was still being played, they said that it was more fun for them than "American" football
Hello! Yes this is wayyyyyy better than American football, way more action 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@StracReacts hello, I live in a small town (about 18 000 citizens) in Czech republic, we have 2 soccer teams, a hockey team and a rugby team, I go to hockey and rugby, those who play rugby here are all amateurs who go to work, during the match there is refreshments in the form of a free buffet - you can draft your own beer or grill a sausage, then you pay at the cash register and no one is watching you, after the match they drink beer and chat with the fans who haven't left yet, great atmosphere and great people, rugby is best👍 specialy for you, look at that, the Italians won because of it, it gives me goosebumps just looking at it, THIS IS RUGBY - ua-cam.com/video/DFI4M2MYgFo/v-deo.html
@@StracReactsThat's why American football isn't popular around the world as it's just so slow compared to rugby. Stop, start, change players etc, takes hours for minutes of action. Rugby is so much better, faster, free flowing end to end action, using the same players the whole game. Every single American reaction channel(that I've watched) that's watched rugby has ended up preferring it to American football or at least liking it a lot if they don't actually prefer it. But every channel has said, " I've got to start watching this a lot more, it's great,
@@StracReactsBy the way I heard you make a comment about the 6 tackles once he'd gone on to rugby union. Just so you know there is no 6 tackles in union. The 6 tackles only applies to league, the ball is just live in union, goes back and forth, can be 100 tackles etc
Yes, I'm surprised Americans don't take to rugby instead of American football, it's faster, more skillful, harder, non-stop. I'm guessing 'big money' is behind it somehow, so they can get all the adverts in during all the stoppages. I went to Wembley some years ago to watch an American football game and we walked out after about 2 hours because we were bored to death by it. I wouldn't have done that at Twickenham in a million years.
Great video bro, the helmet thing confuses me in the US, NFL players are padded up to the next level yet you can ride down the road on a superbike in shorts and t-shirt 😅
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Thank you for the support bro🤝 I like your profile picture as well‼️🔥 Man of class😎
@StracReacts thanks my man ❤️🤝 and my pleasure, great channel 😎👍
In Union, when a tackle is made, occasionally the defenders dont contend for the ball because the attackers are in a good position, if you contend, you must get back into position to defend once the ball is out. If you dont contend, they can tie up bodies in the tackle, reducing the number of people on their side (until they free themselves).
If you think about a dogpile of people, and how long it takes for everyone to get out, plus finding out where the ball is, it can give a good length of time where one side has an advantage in numbers.
Good video. I love both rugby and nfl. My first love was rugby league. Bradford bulls. North of England. Now I just watch union. Nfl has ots own thing going on.
Thank you man🤝🤝
Best team game in the world, but I'm biased, having played for many years (I'm 69, so I think I'd struggle now😂). Any contact with the head is foul play, where you can be sin binned for 10 minutes or sent off for the rest of the game, depending upon the severity. Watch some video's showing tackles, some would not be allowed now, but it's shows what a tough game it is. I was a second row (or lock) who played in the scrum and jumped in the line outs. Even though I suffer with arthritis in knees and hips and have a trapped nerve in my back, I wouldn't change a thing. Cracked ribs, black eyes, shoulder ligaments and dislocated fingers all happened to me, but I loved it.😂 "Rugby biggest hits" is one to watch. Also Rugby union explained.
Thank you for sharing these recommendations, it truly means a lot😃🤝
watch any match between South Africa and New Zealand
You might want to check out The Most Feared Team The Springboks as at some point.
err most feared would be the All Blacks, sorry bro!
@@grrfyare you still dreaming. The Springboks are the reigning World Champions. Sorry but our Boks are lethal 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🏆🏆🏆🏆 4 World Cups
Another good video comparing the sports would be Squidge Rugby looking at a Welsh player called Louis Rees Zammitt who switched from Rugby (union) to the NFL in a real shock move early this year. In terms of games to watch, I don't really follow league, but a couple of union games to watch would be England vs Scotland in the 2019 6 nations tournament. Another would be the France vs South Africa game from the 2023 Rugby World Cup. I'd also add the 2021 Premier 15s final (England's top women's competition) as another great game to watch.
You should take a look at the New Zealand Haka, The All blacks.
Rugby is the most fun sport to exist, I suffered a life changing injury playing at university (massively limited movement in my right arm now) but I still would play again anytime
Glad you have decided to go down the rugby rabbit hole. Im Australian so have played both codes. Grew up playing rugby union but now live in an area where only rugby league is played. If you want some good videos check out anything involving Steve Matai or Jorge Toufua (rugby league) or Jerry Collins or Jonah Lomu (rugby union)
Thoroughly enjoyable!!!
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For recent union games, watch the springboks vs France in the 2023 World Cup, I’d say it was better than that particular women’s game
Rugby League is closer to American Football than Union.
You’d enjoy Rugby hardest hits, or The video that’ll make you love Rugby!
Much love xx
Thank you‼️😃🤝
You should do a reaction video to Rugby players interacting with the referee (especially compared to football [soccer]) - it's often hilarious watching enormous men get told off like schoolboys by the ref and responding with "yes sir, sorry sir" compared to the abuse footballers give the ref
I was in N Orleans for the Mardi Gras some years ago. This event coincided with the Six Nations annual event. I found a quiet bar to watch an England game and, at some point, realised I was surrounded by a bunch of Yanks who were trying to figure out what I was watching. They were not aware of the game, nor, as I pointed out to them: "you have a National team and they recently got hammered by Canada"! Should have been Mexico! Build that wall!
Rugby union calls times in possession phases, it means the game can flow for as long as it takes to score, unless the ball is forced into out of bounds or a turnover or an infringement occurs.
As an ex rugby (union) player (small town, local league) I'll just sum the experience up as immensely satisfying and often painful. Played number 5, which is a forward, second row of the scrum. My job, as a big dumb idiot, is to butt heads, figuratively, with the other team's, big, dumb idiots. We effing detested each other on the pitch but always shared a comment, banter and a handshake with each other afterwards. It's of little surprise that the game is sometimes called, 'a game of thugs played by gentlemen.'
Few other important things not mentioned, but probably already said in comments. You can ONLY engage the player who is actually carrying the ball, interfering with any other player will result in a penalty and/or yellow or red card, potentially being sent off the field for a time out.
High tackles: absolutely illegal, only tackles below neck/shoulder height are allowed, the tackler must fully attempt to grab hold and bring to ground the ball carrier, no "clothes lining", tripping or barging.
There's still more to dive into, but thay really requires another video!
i couldn't see this mentioned elsewhere in the comments, but rugby union doesn't have a limited number of tackles (or phases as they are called in that code). Play continues until the ball goes dead/unplayable
I would recommend the France vs South Africa game from the 2023 World Cup, the full game is on youtube
Rugby players are tough!!❤
16:56 Don't know if you picked up on this because of where you paused it, but there is no limit to how many times the offence can be tackled in Rugby Union. The 6-tackle limit is just for Rugby League. I'm just pointing it out because of the timing of your pause - you seem to have picked up on everything else pretty quickly!
Check out the Irish national game of hurling...
Back in the old days, a lot of rugby players (not all!) would have missing teeth and/or cauliflower ears. Accidents happen...
... as do "accidents" from time to time, and either can be bloody.
Infamously look up the story of JPR Williams and John Ashworth. Ancient history at this point ... but any sport where legendary players can get their injured face literally stitched up by their dad on the sidelines and then head back out on the field is hardcore.
A Scrum or Scrummage is similar to the American Football Scrimmage but is a fixed configuration also the ball is thrown into the centreline of the formed scrum,
It used to be thrown or 'put in' into the exact centreline of the scrum and a skew 'put-in' was penalised, but new rules permit a slightly skew put in to favour the team with possession of the ball.
Check out the roughest tackles in rugby.
I was wondering if Rugby League would be mentioned
So, you have a ruck, a maul, when either of these plays are happening and the have a pile of people trying to get to the ball, you cannot enter from the side, picture a square, your side 'A' and opponents side 'B'.
The side of the square to your left is 'A1' and for the opponents 'B1'.
No player can enter a ruck or maul by entering on sides A1 and B1, otherwise you risk being offside amd turn over ball tk the opposition.
The guy explained iron after I typed the comment, it also applies to his previous point because he was slightly wrong
A great Union game to watch that's for free on UA-cam is the 2023 match of France v (Current world champions) South Africa
Was the quarter final match for the rugby world cup and alot of people still point to it as the single greatest game of union to ever be played. Had everything
If you want to check out some awesome games for Rugby League. Game 3 of State of Origin 2024 or the 2023 NRL Grand Final between the Brisbane Broncos and Penrith Panthers are two recent classics.
The oldest football (soccer) was recently found in Stirling Castle proving football originated in Scotland.
There is no 6th tackle in Rugby Union , team with ball can keep the ball as long as they can keep hold of it
My middle son as a 10 year old, said after his first trial for the local Rugby club, said its great Dad we are not allowed to bite or pull hair, but everything else goes
There is a school of thought that mob football is derived from shield wall training. Basically, a Shield wall are two opposing groups of worriers who interlock their shields and attempt to push the opposing army backwards and hopefully break their line and slaughter them. although not proved it is an interesting premise.
You should definitely reaction to Aussie Rules Footy, it's Australias homegrown Footy code and the reason half of Australia don't really play either code of rugby much to NZ's delight. My father played Rugby League for the Roosters in the 80's and I think Rugby is an amazing game but AFL is something uniquely Australia.
There is a reason Aussie Punters are dominating US College Football.