Vegas, Rugby, And Russell Crowe..

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  • @bigoz1977
    @bigoz1977 9 місяців тому +19

    Not sure when you recorded this but we had the games yesterday and they were the first 2 games of the 2024 season. By all accounts it seemed to of been a hit with a little over 40,000 people in the stadium. The rest of the first round for us in Australia start on Thursday.

    • @MenkeYT
      @MenkeYT  9 місяців тому +6

      The video was recorded a couple weeks ago however there were some issues with uploading it :/
      Thanks for watching though! Seemed like a great time in Vegas! Looking forward to the rest of the season.

    • @bigoz1977
      @bigoz1977 9 місяців тому +1

      @@MenkeYT oh ok cool also good to see you back dude 👍🏻

    • @JoshuaOne9-d3z
      @JoshuaOne9-d3z 9 місяців тому

      Really few weeks ahead of the AFL Premiership ?

    • @joshrees1985
      @joshrees1985 9 місяців тому +3

      We call it football or footy here in New South Wales and up in Queensland where the game is played. It very much depends on what state in Australia you go to or are in. For instance in Victoria which is more known for AFL than Rugby League , Australian Rules football is called footy in Victoria and other states of Australia because that’s what the people in these states know as football. Here in NSW we call Rugby Union Rugby because the games are different from each other. I come from the Southern Sydney suburb of Sutherland where the Cronulla Sharks are my team there are 6 teams here three of which played in Las Vegas to open the season 😊. It will be back next year as it’s the first year of a five year deal there are teams interested already in doing the Las Vegas trip next season

    • @MissAussieChick84
      @MissAussieChick84 9 місяців тому

      Also, here in QLD, rugby league or NRL is generally played in state schools - or government run. Rugby union is generally a private school sport. AFL isn’t super huge like the NRL is here. I’m from mascot originally which is in south Sydney so the Rabbitohs are my team

  • @brentdavis3102
    @brentdavis3102 9 місяців тому +67

    NRL IS WAY HARDER & TOUGHER THAN AFL...THAT'S NOT OPINION, THAT'S BASIC FACT

    • @baccycones7644
      @baccycones7644 9 місяців тому +1

      Oath

    • @Sub0x-x40
      @Sub0x-x40 9 місяців тому +4

      afl is tougher in one area, called gut running, which is just continued sprint efforts at max capacity

    • @dragonoftheeast695
      @dragonoftheeast695 9 місяців тому +1

      Wrong

    • @baccycones7644
      @baccycones7644 9 місяців тому +2

      @@Sub0x-x40 nrl players have a faster top speed

    • @kinchegayowie6167
      @kinchegayowie6167 9 місяців тому

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 for real, dude , what is it called then when a league player runs full tilt, and gets tackled, our players make up to 40 tackles a game, and AFL , 5 maybe , your AFL players cannot hack the physicality of our game , i know, i have been taking footy clubs for years and teaching how to tackle properly, they cannot take the hits nor can they handle the endurance side @@Sub0x-x40

  • @israelmccarthy
    @israelmccarthy 9 місяців тому +6

    Endurance is the big difference between NRL and NFL. Both are tough, both have talented athletes, but the fitness of league players, is far superior.

  • @juliedeveson9275
    @juliedeveson9275 9 місяців тому +4

    Russell is one of the owners of the Rabbitohs, largely why he is doing the promo

  • @jamesrowe3606
    @jamesrowe3606 9 місяців тому +4

    Rather than ask why a rugby try isn't called a touchdown, we could ask why an American football score is.

  • @chulkcha
    @chulkcha 9 місяців тому +1

    Id like to see NFL players do 2 half's rounds of 40min game with no stoppage, time out or changing from offensive to defensive team.

  • @PepeAgain1025
    @PepeAgain1025 9 місяців тому +9

    NRL is waaay more harder on the body as far as physical contact goes comapred to AFL, Aussie Rules is definitely more cardiovascular heavy tho. But comparing in NRL where you tackle for 90% verses AFL where your passing taking kicks, marks most the game its no comparison

  • @JayWhy1964
    @JayWhy1964 9 місяців тому +4

    From Wiki: The term "try" comes from "try at goal", signifying that grounding the ball originally only gave the attacking team the opportunity to try to score with a kick at goal.

    • @israelmccarthy
      @israelmccarthy 9 місяців тому +1

      It was called a try, because once upon a time it was worth 3 points (tri). Wiki and everyone else get it right!

    • @daveg2104
      @daveg2104 9 місяців тому +2

      @@israelmccarthy That's not right. In the early days of Rugby, you got no points for touching the ball down in the in-goal area, you got a try for goal - 'When a goal is kicked from a try, only the goal is scored'. In the mid to late 1800s there were a lot of different scoring systems in place though. I think the Northern Union (Rugby League) used 3 points for a try from the start, as that was the official practice in Union at the time. Union and League kept the name "try" for a touchdown in-goal, out of tradition and I suppose because you still got a try for goal, plus points for the "touchdown". Anyway, "try" doesn't mean three - that would be "tri". You could read about the history of Rugby on various Rugby websites. But WIKI is correct anyway, because they would be referencing those official websites. (The references should be listed at the bottom of the WIKI page, if you didn't know that).

    • @Youser57
      @Youser57 9 місяців тому +3

      ​@@daveg2104 thanks for saving me the story. Yeah goes back to when you "tried" gaining points by kicking a goal. Interesting concept . Eventually the tries themselves were given a points value

    • @davidspendlove5900
      @davidspendlove5900 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@@israelmccarthyIf you cross the try line and ground the ball this did not score , you would then "try" to score with the conversion. The old 3 point try has nothing to do with tri as in 3.

  • @goodmaro
    @goodmaro 9 місяців тому +1

    There've been clubs in the USA and Canada for Rugby League before. I saw some play in 1995 in Baltimore. For some reason League has a long tradition in the Canadian Maritimes.
    Australian Rules in the USA has chiefly been popular as a slight change of pace among Gaelic football players.

  • @impelmagna4921
    @impelmagna4921 9 місяців тому +2

    NRL is way closer to NFL than AFL is.
    I personally think it’s more entertaining as the play flows instead of stopping after every play like NFL.

  • @TraumaQueen65
    @TraumaQueen65 9 місяців тому +1

    The game you're watching is rugby LEAGUE. "Rugby" refers to UNION which is a different game.

  • @27531
    @27531 9 місяців тому +5

    It's easier to understand than that NFL game you call tough lol..

    • @MenkeYT
      @MenkeYT  9 місяців тому

      😅 took a couple decades

  • @jvvoid
    @jvvoid 9 місяців тому +4

    AFL is nowhere near Rugby League. AFL is just a fumblefest.

  • @emetahava
    @emetahava 9 місяців тому +2

    Rugby is BOTH CODES, League and Yawnion.....

  • @splattered63
    @splattered63 9 місяців тому +4

    Rugby League NRL - Rugby is usually referring to Rugby Union - totally different game.

    • @emetahava
      @emetahava 9 місяців тому +1

      Rugby is BOTH CODES, League and Yawnion.....

    • @DeepThought9999
      @DeepThought9999 9 місяців тому +1

      @@emetahava No, sorry. Rugby (union) is the original rugby-type sport and continues the name “rugby”. Rugby League is a late-coming upstart relative to Rugby Union. Use of the term “rugby” for NRL or Rugby League only serves to confuse people who are unaware of the significant differences between the two different (but with some lingering similarities) rugby-type sports. Although I do follow Rugby in preference to Rugby League, I do like your term “Rugby Yawnion”. Certainly there are difficulties with some of the laws and their interpretation in Rugby that slow the game down needlessly (some of which are being addressed as we speak) but for me, I enjoy and appreciate watching the subtleties, technicalities and physical challenges to be found in much of the Rugby Union forwards’ play nearly as much as I enjoy the different skills and speed of the backs’ play. I can understand that for some people those subtleties and technicalities are rather opaque and detract from the spectacle, hence your term “yawnion”.

    • @sportsfanivosevic9885
      @sportsfanivosevic9885 4 місяці тому

      @@emetahava Applying the generic term Rugby, is being vague and indistinct to both codes. Union and League are both sub genus's of Rugby and each have evolved with different attributes and demands that extends even to physical requirements like height and bulk in order to take advantage of the differences in the rules.

  • @richardnraikaraika5507
    @richardnraikaraika5507 9 місяців тому +4

    Dude it won't take long for you to get this game. ❤❤

  • @deedee2172
    @deedee2172 9 місяців тому

    NO HELMETS NO PADS!!!😂 And a touch down means exactly that!! #TOUCHDOWN

  • @Foxstar1387
    @Foxstar1387 9 місяців тому

    If you wanna see the highlights of the Best of the Super League (European Rugby League ) and the NRL. Look up the 2024 World Club Challenge. That happened Between Wigan Warriors( My home town team) and the Penrith Panthers.

  • @dom3335
    @dom3335 9 місяців тому

    A drop kick is way harder than a normal kick. The reason it's only worth 1 point is because it can be taken at any time during the game whereas the Conversion(2 points) is only after a Try or when a Penalty is awarded. Also there is no other kick that can score points. It's not like the AFL where you can just kick it normally through the posts.

    • @markarnold6184
      @markarnold6184 7 місяців тому

      You're right it's much harder. The real reason it is only worth 1 point, though, is because the rules designers wanted to reduce the focus on field goals and increase the focus on trys (because they were the best part!) Back in the 50s/60s, there was unlimited tackles, field goals were worth 2 points and tries worth 3 -- so the best play was always running from dummy-half until in range, then go for a drop-goal. Later they also increased the value of a try from 3 to 4 for similar reasons.

    • @dom3335
      @dom3335 7 місяців тому

      @@markarnold6184 You're right, we basically said the same thing except I was explaining it in the way Menke asked the question, and also relating it to AFL because he knows that more.
      As I said if(when) it was worth more than 1 point they'd be snapping them every set they get in range because they can be taken at any time during a game and don't need a Try(like a conversion).
      Your explanation adds a lot more historical knowledge though which is interesting and good to know 👍
      I guess I should have added that even though they are a lot harder than a normal kick, they are obviously easier than scoring a Try, and more points would alter the balance of the game. As it did back then.

  • @siryogiwan
    @siryogiwan 9 місяців тому

    if you didn't see game yet, NRL have uploaded at least 1st game to their youtube page

  • @deedee2172
    @deedee2172 9 місяців тому

    The stadium was packed

  • @Tully_23_32
    @Tully_23_32 7 місяців тому

    In league u get a set of six, so 99% of the players tackling hard, hearing 2 bodies colliding at a live game is brilliant as it echos all over the stadium. In Afl they run around & scrap a bit more but they don't tackle as much

  • @Richard1H65S
    @Richard1H65S 9 місяців тому +1

    Not pre season games.

  • @MrBeej72
    @MrBeej72 9 місяців тому +1

    AFL is ballerinas out of work game

  • @adu1978
    @adu1978 9 місяців тому +3

    Rugby league definitely a harder game

  • @impelmagna4921
    @impelmagna4921 9 місяців тому +1

    AFL is harder cardio wise.
    NRL is harder physically.
    Although AFL still requires lots of physicality and NRL still requires lots of cardio. So at the end of the day it’s just whatever sport you prefer to play lol

  • @dom3335
    @dom3335 9 місяців тому

    You could argue AFL requires more fitness, you could say it's more skillful in certain areas, you could even argue it's more popular because it's pretty close, but no one is trying to argue it's tougher. Not even die hard AFL fans.

  • @gavingiant6900
    @gavingiant6900 9 місяців тому +1

    The NFL has been coming to England for quite some time now. If I remember properly they used to play in different stadiums, but now they only do it in London. Don't quote me on that, but they definitely go to London. More and more people on UA-cam are reacting to it, more people getting into it and people wanting to watch it in person. I'm just abit confused why not the British, unless we turned it down for some strange reason (maybe because NRL sounds like NFL to ease more people into the sport?). But with NRL they might get the Haka with it being international if this match goes well and other teams are asked, I wonder what Americans will think of that.

    • @emetahava
      @emetahava 9 місяців тому +1

      UK.....

    • @gavingiant6900
      @gavingiant6900 9 місяців тому

      @@emetahava Not sure what you mean, can you elaborate please?

  • @rodneycampbell2964
    @rodneycampbell2964 9 місяців тому +3

    I think they equal in the area of toughness, however I don’t think Rugby League players would be willing to take Ballerina Dancing lessons to play AFL 😂😂opps most likely poked the bear 😮

    • @oneboot1
      @oneboot1 9 місяців тому

      How do you POCK a bear.

    • @rodneycampbell2964
      @rodneycampbell2964 9 місяців тому +1

      @@oneboot1 🤣sorry typo poked the bear, the bear meaning AFL supporters, I’m a Queenslander I love both sports, but the Mexicans “Victorians” are easily offended if you knock their game. You can tell I’m a Queenslander I can’t even bloody spell 😒

  • @nathj4818
    @nathj4818 9 місяців тому +2

    Its called Rugby league mate not rugby.👍

  • @kinchegayowie6167
    @kinchegayowie6167 9 місяців тому +2

    RUGBY LEAGUE FFS

  • @TheBillABCTV
    @TheBillABCTV 9 місяців тому +4

    Menke hello I am from Sydney Australia. I want to explain Rugby is Rugby Union 15 man game, Rugby League is 13 man game. NRL if name of a League. Both Rugby League and Australian Rules Football are tough. AFL is name of a League. The 4 Codes of Football in Australia are: Soccer Football, Rugby League Football, Rugby Union Football and Aussie Rules Football. In the UK in 1895 was when Rugby League was born.

    • @emetahava
      @emetahava 9 місяців тому +1

      Rugby is BOTH CODES, League and Yawnion.....

    • @DeepThought9999
      @DeepThought9999 9 місяців тому

      @@emetahavaSee my other (earlier) reply above. The term “rugby” correctly ONLY refers to Rugby Union. The term “rugby” should NOT be used to refer to that other rugby-type sport. It grates when AFL followers and other foreigners (Mexicans?) mistakenly refer to the sport of Rugby League as “rugby”. Rugby League is a different sport to Rugby Union.

  • @crikeyhunter
    @crikeyhunter 9 місяців тому +3

    try sounds better then touchdown in my opinion

  • @dous1492
    @dous1492 9 місяців тому

    Russell Crowe is part owner of the South Sydney Rabbitohs

  • @A2thaMFK
    @A2thaMFK 9 місяців тому +1

    AFL players are fitter than league players, but league players are bigger, stronger and NRL is way more brutal than AFL. For one simple fact, NRL is stacked with Polynesian players. we are talking fit, 6 foot plus, 100 kg plus players that would absolutely lay out AFL players.

    • @SoundBoy808
      @SoundBoy808 9 місяців тому +1

      yeah the AFL Pitch is basically the size of a small country, so fitness is everything.

  • @__R_E_K_O__
    @__R_E_K_O__ 9 місяців тому +4

    Even AFL is harder then NFL 😂😂😂😂

  • @roystewart9995
    @roystewart9995 9 місяців тому

    More Aussies watch AFL but NRL is my game, with another Aussie I came close to getting into fight because I thought the National Rugby League was a better game. I found out that day those AFL fans are really serious.

    • @kaumibon
      @kaumibon 9 місяців тому

      More people attend AFL games which is true but NRL had more viewers last year. I definitely prefer to watch AFL live but I like watching league on TV

  • @symonyoung9388
    @symonyoung9388 9 місяців тому

    Funny the us advertised it as Major League Rugby the MLR will be thanking you for the publicity + alot of kiwis and Ozey would have been watching the NASCAR series because SGV shane van Gisbergen was racing in Vegas on the same day but i do like NRL to so Up The Wahs

  • @BBDA-CLEAR
    @BBDA-CLEAR 9 місяців тому

    It wasn't a preseason game, it was the start of the 2024 NRL.
    I can't believe I'm listening to an American that can't pronounce Vegas.

  • @stevewren1079
    @stevewren1079 4 місяці тому +1

    I’ve played both AFL and NRL extensively
    AFL is moderately aerobic but has nowhere near the physicality of NRL. Put a marathon runner into a boxing ring for three rounds and you’ll see what I mean as an analogy.
    When I say “moderately” aerobic, I’m not kidding. On television it looks like every player is moving, but in reality if you’re playing in the backs, you may not move to any great degree for sometime as the ball travels along way from you. It’s deceiving. Quite frankly i’ve grown away from the sport. I find it boring, tedious, and a little effeminate. Rugby league has evolved tremendously in the last 25 years through a combination of rule changes and the physical dimensions and skill sets
    of the players.
    Just about any rugby league player would make a pro team in the AFL however, I doubt any AFL player would cut the mustard in NRL.
    The AFL fanboys will be outraged over this, but I’m sorry, the truth often hurts and doesn’t care about your feelings.
    You might find it easier to understand the AFL because there are a few rules which means there are a few consequences when you fumble.
    Don’t be deceived by that anyone who can kick a ball in a backyard can play that game

  • @williamwebb8908
    @williamwebb8908 9 місяців тому +2

    You need some Cronulla Sharks gear mate.

  • @SoundBoy808
    @SoundBoy808 9 місяців тому

    You mean the NFL shouldn't call it a Touchdown, as you don't touch it down in NFL. Its called a Try in RL as when you score you get a "try at Goal" which is the kick after.

  • @ashlloyde2635
    @ashlloyde2635 9 місяців тому +1

    Nrl all day long

  • @pat4281
    @pat4281 5 місяців тому

    Hahaha Rugby league my man

  • @rodeo4786
    @rodeo4786 9 місяців тому +4

    Crowe stick to acting

    • @dous1492
      @dous1492 9 місяців тому +3

      Russell Crowe is part owner of the South Sydney Rabbitohs team. The game loves him

  • @raptor1672
    @raptor1672 9 місяців тому

    Wait I know you from somewhere! 😉

  • @pat4281
    @pat4281 5 місяців тому

    It's easier to play the game than explain it to an American

  • @michellefuller5293
    @michellefuller5293 9 місяців тому

    Go manly

  • @ZootZinBootZ
    @ZootZinBootZ 9 місяців тому

    To confusing for Americans 😂😂😂😂

  • @GTMkarma
    @GTMkarma 2 місяці тому

    In NFL to score u try to cross the endzone to get a Touchdown
    In NFL to score U must get a touchdown to score a Try.😂
    NFL a game of chess between the two coach.
    NRL is chockfighting with human😉
    And the only thing they have in common is the rigg games that ref fav one side! Fact. Why I start to hate NRL. Even the video ref cheat.
    NRL old school was d best.
    Garbo traders and coppers smash each other and then have a beer after the game. Legend

  • @dav2160
    @dav2160 9 місяців тому +4

    AFL sucks. Just a bunch of Melbourne goofs running around .
    NRL is way better sport! And it's from SYDNEY.

  • @harryg2453
    @harryg2453 9 місяців тому

    Rugby *League

  • @michaelbaumert9533
    @michaelbaumert9533 9 місяців тому +2

    I'm a NRL fan but I have to concede to the fact AFL have harder hits.

    • @Joe-King
      @Joe-King 9 місяців тому +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅😅

    • @stevejones6257
      @stevejones6257 9 місяців тому

      Clown!

    • @A2thaMFK
      @A2thaMFK 9 місяців тому +2

      NRL is harder for one simple fact, it's stacked with Polynesian players. AFL players wouldn't know what hit them.

  • @emetahava
    @emetahava 9 місяців тому +2

    AFL is boring

  • @desmondmoetaua1312
    @desmondmoetaua1312 3 місяці тому

    This game you die one rong mistake unlike AFL you only get injured

  • @clyde-x5r3v
    @clyde-x5r3v 9 місяців тому

    russel the mussel crowe, ain't aye good actor, if you asked me

  • @kurgenimmortals2406
    @kurgenimmortals2406 9 місяців тому

    Here is the problem with the idea of the AFL playing in the US, where are you going to play it?? The veld is huge, oval and we use cricket stadiums primarily, America doesn't have cricket so there would be nowhere to host AFL. Besides, many AFL fans are seriously butthurt about the NRL going to Vegas, but they are different games, the compassion is tenuous at best, so it's really a non issue,. If the NRL has any success in America it doesn't mean anything in releasing to Aussie rules, have to wait and see

    • @goodmaro
      @goodmaro 9 місяців тому

      We do have cricket grounds and even places where clubs play Australian football, but no provision for spectators to do anything but stand in the vicinity.

  • @JoshuaOne9-d3z
    @JoshuaOne9-d3z 9 місяців тому +2

    Yes NRL good but the premiership Rugby is more fast

    • @endub2207
      @endub2207 9 місяців тому +7

      Rugby unions trash 😂 rugby league every day of the week

    • @JoshuaOne9-d3z
      @JoshuaOne9-d3z 9 місяців тому +1

      @@endub2207 I agree as rugby Union rules slow down the play of a rugby match fixture

    • @brentdavis3102
      @brentdavis3102 9 місяців тому +4

      How the hell is any Rugby union tournament faster than NRL or Rugby league for that matter.
      NRL is 10 times faster.

    • @rodeo4786
      @rodeo4786 9 місяців тому

      Trash luegue is little brother always is always will 😂

    • @rodeo4786
      @rodeo4786 9 місяців тому

      ​@endub2207
      Try to sell urself to the yanks RWC held in the US 2035 fact

  • @Rafiki_lec
    @Rafiki_lec 9 місяців тому

    The reason its called a try is because back in the day a try was worth 3 points hense try. But they changed it a loooooong time ago but the same stuck.

    • @goodmaro
      @goodmaro 9 місяців тому +1

      At one time I thought that, because it had been 3 points for a long time, and I thought it was funny (looong time ago -- now i feel so old) when they made it 4 shortly before I first played, and later in Union, 5. However, it originally counted 0, then a tiebreaker, then 1 point, then 2, before settling for generations at 3. It started being called a try when the unconverted ones were counted as tiebreakers. Originally it was just a matter of touching the ball down and restarting play with a punt -out from the goal line.

  • @AndrewJacobsmusic
    @AndrewJacobsmusic 9 місяців тому +2

    Please stop calling it rugby, as it really annoys people , most people call it ‘league’ watch some footage of state of origin which is brutal

    • @philll9868
      @philll9868 9 місяців тому +1

      mate is rugby thats how NRL promoted it RUGBY loigue

    • @SoundBoy808
      @SoundBoy808 9 місяців тому +1

      Yeah in OZ they call it league or footy. In UK / Europe its Rugby League.

    • @AndrewJacobsmusic
      @AndrewJacobsmusic 9 місяців тому

      @@philll9868 they didnt promote like that, thats what its called from early 1900s, the officials (peter v’landys)and everyone got sick of explaining so just went along with it in vegas until americans get the idea

    • @emetahava
      @emetahava 9 місяців тому

      RUGBY League

  • @bittersweet340
    @bittersweet340 9 місяців тому

    Explain American "English" Why is it a touchdown, when you don't place the ball on the ground..

    • @MenkeYT
      @MenkeYT  9 місяців тому

      No clue

    • @goodmaro
      @goodmaro 9 місяців тому +1

      @@MenkeYTBecause originally touching the ball down was required to score. American and Canadian football, as well as Union and League, are all types of rugby, after all. However, in 1880 it became possible to touch the ball down after it became dead, which in most cases was a trivial requirement; it made a difference only when time ran out for a half before the ball could be brought to the spot and touched down, so eventually the requirement was eliminated.

  • @Meatpieandsauce
    @Meatpieandsauce 9 місяців тому

    The fact u called it rugby in your title leads me to believe this video is trash and I shouldn't watch it

    • @MenkeYT
      @MenkeYT  9 місяців тому

      I just knew it would trigger you 😉

  • @anthonycavalliotis8736
    @anthonycavalliotis8736 9 місяців тому

    Australians don't watch Baseball or NFL. So why would Americans want to watch Rugby League???

    • @splattered63
      @splattered63 9 місяців тому +1

      A fair few Australians watch or follow NFL - it's just too slow with all the breaks for it to be really popular in Australia.

    • @goodmaro
      @goodmaro 9 місяців тому +1

      Too impatient with American or Canadian football or to learn the details of Union.

    • @emetahava
      @emetahava 9 місяців тому +1

      why not???it's totally underrated!!

  • @AussieDave69
    @AussieDave69 9 місяців тому

    league and soccer are similar in that watching the highlights is fantastic when a whole game can be boring as dog shit AFL is go go go all game none of this stop start bullshit

    • @nathj4818
      @nathj4818 9 місяців тому

      Lmao AFL is dog 💩 nobody outside of victoria really gives a toss about it slow your role mate 😂