Padding is optional in rugby not mandatory - its not the big motorcross bikers looking shoulder guards and helmet, it's light foam padded undershorts and sometimes the Scrum cap which is also just soft foam. Also not all guys who play rugby are 6ft 6 250 pounds, Shane Williams who used to play for Wales is about 5ft 7 and weighed approx. 170lb in his playing days - but he played on the wing not. Rugby always has varying sizes when it comes to players.
@@trollerifficyes, but its technically hooligans, & it's actually more about the spectators (football hooliganism), but people have messed it up & applied it to players as well
FYI In England we start playing Rugby at age 11 in school and its played from February to November and the thing that hurt the most was not the tackles but the hard ground that is frozen and has Icy dirty ridges
Our school rugby pitch had the occasional flint beneath the grass, or a lost arrow head from the local archery club that also used the ground. Just to spice things up! 😳
You mean November to February aka winter season. Regarding that comment further: That would only happen in the north as well. There's no hard ground in the winter in the south as it is so very mild in the winter.
I'm from SA and never heard of a depressed Rugby player. Great rugby players are much revered in our country...heroes. Tough game that separate the manne (men) from the boys.😊 😊
Conversely, there’s less concussions in rugby BECAUSE we don’t wear helmets! The player is more likely to naturally avoid head contact when not wearing protection. Obviously it still happens fairly regularly, but not as often as AF.
@@JJLAReactsalso if your head comes to a sudden stop either by hitting your head or your whole body being slammed to the ground, your brain will be bounced around inside your skull either way.
@@JJLAReacts I believe one of the biggest problems with American Football and concussions is the WAY they tackle because they have helmets too. You're more likely to get neck compression injuries etc, and if I'm not mistaken some years ago a certain type of tackle was banned in American Football because it was particularly good at breaking your own neck? The javelin or something? I remember it being in the news at some point anyway
@@JJLAReacts Rugby players have a physical resilience that American football players do not have, even the smallest athlete has the physical capacity to defeat a large American football player, apart from stamina as the plays are continuous and do not stop and the speed, and technically rugby is much better, American football should learn from rugby players how to do spears, the fact that they use protections makes the technique come last, often using the helmet for attacks and not the correct fit of the shoulder, the Protections take away the awareness of danger, it's a bad habit, when you feel the other player you notice better what you're doing correctly or not, it's like having a Nissan gt-r 35, it's so comfortable to go inside that you don't feel the road , the problem is that you also don't feel the speed at which you are going and it becomes dangerous. And the mental health thing is more an american things because in europe we have a lots of violents sports, nobody gets suicidal, thats the american life style that does that to people in america, one of your greatest problems is mental issues and obesity, and tend to use steroids, like wwe athletes do also
@@JJLAReacts we have much stricter rules on head contact as well. Dangerous tackles do lead to some serious bans over the last year or so. Usually 6-8 weeks. Head on head contact is really frowned upon lately.
Love seeing the americans watch rugby, they are so hilarious, when we see little tackles like the ones in this video we just say "oh, nice tackle", whereas Americans seem so disturbed. In most places in my country we start learning to play rugby at age of 7. I remember my first ever dislocated shoulder in school rugby due to a bad scrum, I was 10.
One of our international rugby players arranged to do a swap with nfl player he went to America as arranged played a few games but when the nfl player realised that rugby players only wore gum shields & scrum caps to protect the ears he refused to come to the uk to play
@@JJLAReacts England has a pretty poor team this time though (or a least a team in poor form) - so don't judge us on that! I hope Ireland win, otherwise.
@@sunnyjim1355 Ireland is the goat this year. Only team that can stop the Boys in Green is the All Blacks, but only if they fix their kicks. France is also a though nut to crack this year, aye, but not so rock solid as the Irish.
@@marioguidotomasone1265happy March 9th. If you are Irish I commiserate for your result against England yesterday ... but what a match. The stand out match of the 6 nations so far. And only 1 point in it. I'm sure it sucks. But as an Englishman seeing that drop go over was the biggest rush. But we came very close to losing. In these types of games I adopt a 'who scored the most tries' type thing, which was England. So yeah the last gasp drop goal must have hurt, but so did all the points we conceded to pens etc. I think over all we just about deserved the win, but only just. But that was a great game. If you're Italian, well done against the Scots. Outstanding stuff.
Rugby is a massive international sport. Rugby is safer than Football and therefore no issues with depression. There's an enormous amount of respect and sportsmanship in rugby. Rugby is a true team sports and the team doesn't revolve around one player, like with a quarterbacks in football. Watch more games.
There is a growing problem with potential mild traumatic brain injury (it's actually the most common injury in Rugby- 25% of all injuries) - and there are former players who are already suffering neurological after effects.
@@fabriciuslan - 'Science magazine' & a 1994 study by the CDC (blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2012/09/06/nfl-brain-injury/) Rugby isn't safer - infact it's becoming more dangerous as 'hits' become harder.
The Rugby World Cup starts today, check out some of the games. England v Argentina tomorrow, should be juicy for sure. No love in this one that's a fact
8:27 Correct. You don't feel much pain. The only thing that will get to you is floor cuts from frozen mud, thigh studding, and the occasional winding. The pain comes after. Usually takes about 4 days to heal from a match and the first day and a half is brutal. N.B. I'm not sure thigh studding is as much of an issue these days. They changed the rules a few years back I think. You're not allowed to rake/ stamp a downed opponent in a ruck or something.
The helmet thing that you mentioned is called the scum cap, it’s used to avoid damage to the ears and friction during a scrum. Which is a set up used loads in the game. Besides that it offers basically no protection or softening against blows.
@@juliejeanable I wasn't insulting on purpose. Usually you find Americans on channels jumping around wildly and being loud. I like this host as he isn't like that he behaves normally :)
@@sdafc888 As a British person myself I totally agree, he's a nice chilled out American. And I know you weren't actually being insulting, it was just the way you worded it. Thats why it made me laugh xx 😂
@juliejeanable I knew you were English as you got it exactly the way it was meant to be taken when I wrote it. As a nation our answers are always with a hint of sarcasm. It drives me mad going to a channel and you have a mad American bouncing around, telling you all to have a nice day and the hyperactivity of "Hey y'all I'm blah blah and welcome to my channel, welcome to the family" Go away, have a cup of tea because all of this coffee you've been on is making you screech.
Injuries do happen in Rugby, there has even been a couple of fatalities recorded... But the rules of the game has become much more strict in recent years (for example: contact to the head regardless of deliberate or not) is an automatic Red card and you're sent off. That being said, we do learn how to take a hit on trainings and local club games and such from a very early age.
I love watch an Americans reaction to Rugby Union. I also enjoy watching American football ( even though the foot play very little part in the game) I’d love to see how these US players would cope in Rugby, without all their padding.
I played rugby at school like many children do in the UK and even today I still bare some of the scars and injuries that got whilst playing. Rugby is a fantastic game. It's toughens you up as a person. I'm only 5ft 2inches tall but I'm very broad and to this day, can lift weights a lot heavier than myself. I was sickly as a very young child but now I virtually never even get so much as a cold, I believe this is partly because of all those freezing cold days that I would be outside playing rugby from the ages of 11 to 16.
There are two variants of Rugby, League and Union. Although I was brought up in Yorkshire where League is popular o prefer Union. Both are hard games and terrific to watch. Rugby fans are a different set to football (soccer) fans being more friendly and great fun to drink with after the game.
I started playing rugby at 7 years old in South Africa and was captain of our team from 13 to 18 when I finished school. Started as a winger at aged 8 (also held a 100m record) to tight head prop (got fat) at age 13. Ended up playing flanker and 8th man the last four years in school.
@@JJLAReacts Ears can get pretty mashed up anyway during scrum down - but it also really wasn't unknown for oppossing players to bite them either. And there has even been incidents of eye-gouging during scrums, but as the sport gets more professional, such practices are now virtually unheard of.
0:53 watched that game at Twickenham, was England vs Canada. It was basically the England second team against the Canadian first team, ended 70-14 to England. The ginger guy being flattened was the captain
I absolutely love your reactions especially this one. I have been in stitches laughing at you. You felt every tackle. Sending love from Anglesey North Wales. Snowdonia area. Mountains, beaches and castles. Looking forward to your next video. People have been reacting to the story of the star spangled banner. I was in tears.
Oh wow! Thank you so much for the kind words! I definitely felt those tackles in my body 😂 That sounds like an absolutely beautiful and culturally rich place to live. I'll look around for the Star Spangled Banner story, thanks! And thanks for watching! Cheers from the USA!!! ❤️
@@JJLAReactsMona Rose. Star Spangled Banner As You've Never Heard It video on UA-cam.I'd love to see your reaction to this. You're so honest. I will be waiting in eager anticipation.
Aussie here, and played during my school years alot of fun memories but the one i remember the most being at 5'11 and broad shoulders i was one of the fowards. Remember getting the ball once and just barging down 1-2 guys on the other team and dragging them along with me while trying to get to the touch down :3. your facial expressions are just priceless
Some of these contacts would now be illegal and may even result in red cards (the player being sent off). Player safety (particularly contact in the air or around the head/neck) is taken very seriously now.
The guy who you said hes wearing a helmet, wasn't wearing a helmet it was an ear protector to stop cauliflower ear in the scum, the scrum is when you said what was that?
4:06 No. Concussion is very rare. You'll very occasionally get a head to head clash and you'll get kneed in the head slightly more often. I played for 15 years and probably got concussed less than 20 times. I don't think I was ever even properly knocked out. edit: I should add it's illegal to tackle above the shoulder so head to head is very very rare.
Most injuries happen from illegal tackles, should in to the head. That gets punished right away. However, most players finish a full 80 minutes with some bruises and then go to training the next day. Rugby payers of both codes are incredibly tough people, strong, fit and some of them are fast as well, all wile weighing over 200 pounds.
This is way more rough than American Football the amount of force one game exerts alone from just scrumming and loose rucks will make most pray for dear life. Current international teams scrums are 880kg to 970kg... image being tackled and laying under 900kg of forward players or being trampled by their boots.
Just to correct another comment on here. @MrZombie999 meant November to February winter season. Regarding that comment further: That would only happen in the north as well. There's no hard ground in the winter in the south as it is so very mild in the winter.
No he didn’t. He meant February to November (February to October is rugby league season). Also I can assure you that it gets cold enough to freeze in the South of England - I live there and the ground gets like concrete when it’s into the minus numbers. Where do you actually live that you’re incorrectly correcting people?
i enjoy both sports, American football and rugby! different games, but both equally entertaining! the thing that puzzles me, in rugby ... you need to touch the ball down to score, in american football ... you score a "touchdown" but you do not have to touch the ball to the ground! was there maybe a crossed delivery when the rules were laid down? haha! big love to all people :)
Had to play Rugby in school, always in winter when the field was frozen and was like running on concrete. Broke my wrist playing Rugby and school teacher told me to get up and carry on till the game had finished.
My coach used to tell me, rugby is about respect. First rule, the referee is always addressed as sir. Second rule, when you get knocked down, you get back up. Third rule, after the game, win or lose, you respect your opponent with a hand shake. These rules have guided me through life.
There were a fair few fowls in that lot! Tackles in the air, late tackles, that sort of thing. But yeah great game and fun to play. The headwar is called a scrum cap to protect the ears. Google cauliflower ear!! lol.
I play rugby and have done for a decade, I’m always injured, but that is part of the fun. Currently healing from landing on a boot studs up, very bruised ribs to say the least. All the bruising aside it’s still a very fun sport and it brings people together, people of all different shapes, sizes, and backgrounds can join in and play, that’s the beauty of it
Some of those moves are illegal now, you are no longer allowed to lift a player beyond the horizontal and drive him into the ground, or tackle a player in the air and cause him to land dangerously.
some of those tackles are now illegal because of the concussion issue, the tackle now needs to be below the shoulders, and the spear tackle (lifting your opponent off the ground and driving them into the floor) are now also illegal, but every thing else is on.
The "Helmet thing" you mentioned is slightly paded but it's more to give the player more protection for the head and ears whilst in the scrum. That's a set piece, to contest the ball and the head is in contact at the side and back of the head with your opponent. So it's more to stop damage from rubbing?
Yeah, but it's obvious that he doesn't know what a scrum is, because the only time one was shown in the vid he remarked 'what's what'. But you're right to also state that the scrum cap is also there to protect the ears.. because it wasn't unknown for opposing players to bite them during scrum down.
The best one for seeing guys getting steam-rollered is: England v New Zealand rugby World Cup, 1995. Jonah Lomu. Loads of clips of Lomu flattening anybody in front of him on youtube.
Some start playing rugby at about 11 years in school but some start even younger I've heard people saying that they started as young as 5 years old. And the reason why we have less concussions is because we don't have helmets most tackles are shoulder tackles.
Not sure if it’s the same in the other home nations but in England you can join the Under 6 age group at 4, although at this age they are just playing fun games involving rugby balls rather than actually playing rugby. Under 7s start playing matches of tag rugby (an extremely simplified version on the game with Velcro tags that are worn around the waist and are pulled off to simulate a ‘tackle’) and contact is introduced at Under 9s. There’s a great organisation called Rugby Tots which introduces kids as young as 2 to the sport.
80 minutes of of crash bang wallop! Ruck, Maul, Lineout, tackle. Tackle and tackle again! No break or stoppages, unless injury and little protection! It’s bloody brilliant and why we play
The helmet you thought the guy was wearing, wasn't! It was a scrum cap, a lightweight padded protection to protect the head (and particularly, the ears) in the scrum. ( Scrum: You said "What was that?" at 8'50" - See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(rugby) )
3:00 I have a feeling it is legal. I don't remember the wording of the law but as long as you look after your opponent when tackling them it's fine. I think there is something about keeping your opponent either upright or horizontal; I don't think you're allowed to tip them head first to any degree.
Nothing beats making a good rugby tackle. I remember playing at school in year 11 (so age 16) and one of the bigger guys ran at me with the ball, I tackled and his momentum plus my stance lifted him off the ground onto my shoulder before I dumped him back down on his backside.
Rugby Union & Rugby League have changed rules in recent years to outlaw the shoulder charge, hitting a player in the head, tackling a player in the air after they've kicked it & a few others to reduce the risks of concussions & other injuries. Both sports aren't as brutal as they used to be but the big hits come every now & then.
There is some forms of padding in rugby but they aren't big and elaborate as your NFL. Your NFL guys wear armour abit like motorcross bikers, whilst rugby they'll wear thin foam padded vest under their jersey, and the Skull cap or Scrum cap is light foam padding around the heads - and it also helps to stop players developing "cauliflower ears". But of course in NFL your padding is mandatory to wear, whilst in rugby its optional.
I coach 11/12 year olds, they are in their 3rd year of full contact rugby. some have played at my club from the age of 4 playing Tag Rugby (Games start at 7 years old)... The thing to remember when watching non-US sports is that people play these for fun at weekends with no maximum age limit. We don't only have pro leagues where most stop playing after "college". We had a guy in a veterans game a few weeks ago who is in his 40s get a full dislocation of the ankle and double break to the lower leg. He will be back playing again next season.
I am now 65 years old and played Premier League Rugby from the age of 17 to 36. You had to be tough for the game but I loved it even if I am now feeling it as I get older. Knee's and shoulder's that do not work too well anymore, especially when it starts getting cold in winter.
The problem with hemlets is they protect more against the first impact, but the aftershock to the brain is doubled due to the material on the outside of the skull reflecting energy back into the skull, so no helmet is better in safer more powerful tackles than continous impacts within a helmet over time in mundane or one off hits
Never mess with a rugby player. They are mountains of highly mobile muscle who are used to every-day brutality and if you somehow get the better of them, they have at least another 16 buddies waiting to jump in (usually shoulder first). As far as rugby players padding goes the most you will generally find is a gum shield and a semi-helmet which does little to nothing in terms of preventing concussions.
The issue of concussion in Rugby is a growing concern. Several former UK players (around 300) are suing over traumatic brain injury caused by repeated blows to the head (leading to Parkinsons disease and memory loss). Some of this is a result of professionalism in the game. Hits are harder. Before professionalism, there was a distinct difference between the forwards - Big, powerful, brutish, but slow lumbering players and the backs Fast, light, agile & clever - since professionalism the gulf between them has closed. Forwards now have speed and agility, while backs have bulk and power - so big powerful players are hitting each other harder. There are now protocols in place over concussion- players suffering a severe head blow are sidelined and given an assessment by a doctor. In one match I played in school in the late 1980's I recieved two hard kicks to the head in rapid succession and the coach and referee were quite happy to let me play on despite my having spent 5 minutes lying semi conscious on the pitch. I was only substituted after a couple of player (from both teams) stopped and argued with the ref and coach that I wasn't in any condition to continue. And a couple of parents (who were doctors) demanded they examine me, and then took me to hospital... none of which I have any recollection of.
The difference between the two games......Rugby is a game for hooligans plated by gentlemen, Soccer is a gentleman's game played by hooligans, the helmet you saw is actually a soft cloth head covering called a scrum cap, worn to protect your ears in a scrum, which is what you saw @ 8:50. Incidentally if you want to see a small gay Welshman keeping these gorillas in line, check out "10 minutes of Nigel Owen being Nigel Owen". He is just about the most respected referee, who was chosen by Rugby's ruling body to referee an international match involving Wales.
This is the game I grew up playing as well as British Bulldog. Concussion is a huge issue in Australia. You can’t hit your opponent in the head although you can’t stop Head clashes. Rugby Union started when Webb Ellis picked up a soccer ball and ran with it. There are two forms of Rugby. Rugby Union and Rugby League. Rugby League would be more recognisable to an American football fan.
Been steped on a few times myself, still bace the scares from them to show fore... but you just have to get back up, dust yourself off and get right back in there.
I'm from New Zealand. Our National team has the most winning record of any sports team ever. AFL managers have come here looking for the secret sauce. I started playing at 6 years old, I made all my rep teams and we had a good record of success. When I got to college I was 13 and weighed 70kg 5"11. I quit. The guys were mainly island boys and weighed up to and over 100kg, once in college its open weight. And they were fast. I returned to surfing and riding mx. Some of my friends carried on and two of them made it into the National Team. "The All Blacks"... the reason our national team is so good is pride for the jersey and an intense training regime. Yes there are head injury and there is a case similar to the one in the states being brought against the world rugby committee. Also half of those tackles were legal and hale were illegal. You can't tackle a guy in the air. You can't tackle with just your shoulder and no arms. If you duck down into a tackle that's not on the tackler of you get hit high.
You mentioned concussive injury . Although rugby players don't wear helmets , the instance of head injury is actually much less than it is in American Football . The reason is , the head is sacrosanct in Rugby .You will be ejected from the game for attacking the head of another player , and would likely spend some time suspended from the game . in my opinion the concussive injuries suffered in US football can be directly linked to the use of helmets . If I can use an analogy to explain . At the start of WW1 the British army realised that their soldiers were being hit by airburst explosives , so they ordered that they should be issued with helmets to protect their heads . to their horror the British discovered that casualties actually increased , rather than decreased . When they studied the problem , they found that the soldiers were so confident that they were now protected , that many of them started popping therir heads up to take a look over the trench , and were picked off by the opposition . I think what is happening in US football is very similar . The player feels safe to use his head as part of his armoury , because he thinks the helmet offers protection . As the British found out , it idoesn't , it just keeps the mess contained .
This is a good video the comments to each other are nearly as brutal as the game and the oohs and aahs from you well icouos be watching a game from my kitchen😂😂😂😂😂😂
FYI. Those ‘helmets’ Are called Scrum caps. They are used to prevent coliflour ears I have broken ribs and other bones I will never stop Rugby is a great game
I don't know what the stats are for concussions in rugby, but I played for many years and the only time I was concussed was when I ran full tilt into the goal post.
So there are more injuries in total in rugby, but there are fewer concussions. The lack of pads actually forces the players to hit properly, with the shoulder, or they'll get hurt. As a result, less head collisions for both offense and defensive players.
Antoine Dupont, the captain of the French team in the Rugby World Cup 2023, had his cheekbone broken in his last match. He's undergone surgery since. Question is whether he will be able to play in their next match with a protective mask ...... As for the players wearing caps, it is to protect their ears, to have what is known as cauliflower ears !
Rugby is a combative sport, 40 minutes per side with a ten minute break in the middle. I did watch a 'game' of American football it last 5 hours and actual football lasted for 15 minutes - during which two people were carried off on stretchers following very minor hits. The rest of the time seemed to be filled with completely pointless things - exceedingly boring.
Yeah, rugby looks like it moves pretty quick. American football takes breaks to sell beer, burgers, and insurance. We also have a lot of pageantry surrounding the game that takes time - especially in college football.
Some rugby players wear helmets so their ears don’t get ripped in a scrum or get cauliflower ear but it doesn’t actually do much in preventing concussions
These guys know how too legally tackle. You’ll notice the majority of time, they tackle around the hips and waist. If they get caught tackling around the neck, or they spear someone, they’re off the pitch. If you look closely, you’ll see the tackling player try too guide the opponent player too the ground. 👍🇬🇧👏🇬🇧❤️.
In fairness there is a Rugby World Cup ongoing at the moment , any head to head or shoulder to head contact is now a yellow card offence ( 10 mins in the sin bin ) but a video ref panel review the incident during the sin binning and can “ upgrade “ yellow to red which is permanent removal from the game and the offenders team continue the rest of the match a man down . These are historical images , don’t let it put you off participating in this great game .
Rugby is definitely an extremely physical game, having said that, half the hits seen in this video are illegal plays. You are not allowed to tackle a player if he does not have the ball, not allowed to take a player's feet out from under him while he is in the air, have to use your arms in a tackle etc, etc. The rules don't allow for dangerous play. As you guys in the USA love your NFL, is the same way we in other parts of the world love our rugby. In my country, South Africa, it borders on a religion. As a by-note, when you see the two forward packs from each team pushing against each other it is known as a scrum, and is usually awarded after an unintentional foul play.
The reason that Chris Latham picked the ball carrier up was to get him into 'touch' whilst he was carrying the ball. That would mean there would be a 'line-out' to restart play with Latham's team having the advantage of the 'throw in'.
I played rugby for my county it is not as bad as it looks. I have never had a bad injury apart from a few dislocated shoulders and fingers. Most small rugby clubs here in Ireland are amateur no one gets paid. I also played GAA or Gaelic football you should check it out essentially hurling.
Can’t lie I read that as country and I was about ready to question the living fuck out of you to make sure were telling the truth, good thing I looked back aye 😅😂
With regards to what was said about American Football becoming less popular due to mor epublic information about concusions etc, well while Rugby is definately more dangerous i feel like the players in both sports have different reasons, in the states it seems like it's all about the fame and money (like football here) where as in rugby it seems more like it's about the love of the sport. For example if you were to ask the average Brit who isn't a rugby fan, to name a famous British rugby player, they probably couldn't, where as you'd be hard pressed to find someone from the stats who firstly wasn't an American football fan, and also couldn't name a famous US player.
I started playing Rugby Union when it was an amateur sport, even at the elite level, and the rules that exist today aimed at protecting players from head and neck injuries weren't even a consideration. I don't know how or why the top players did it, but they did. Mervyn Davies, captain of Wales and the touring British Lions was a teacher at my school Monday to Friday. J P R Williams was a doctor. Audiences today find it hard to fathom that Rugby was effectively these guys' hobby. I played at school and then club level and went on to play American Football when it started to become popular in the UK, obviously at a fairly low level albeit as high as it got here in the 80s. I found the main difference to be the pads are needed because you can be hit unexpectedly. In rugby you generally get to brace yourself for contact, whether you're making it or receiving it. In American Football, especially when defending, a hit can come from anywhere and not necessarily in the vicinity of the ball. Without pads those would hurt if you're not prepared for them. I briefly returned to rugby a much more sheepish individual. I showed up for my first game back wearing my elbow and hip pads and sticky gloves, got mocked remorselessly (by my own teammates) and ordered by the referee to "get rid of that sh!t".
A key reason as to why the rules changed going into the professional era is the size of the players and speed that they move nowadays. The average of weight of players has skyrocketed since even the 90s and the speed of those players going into contact has increased with it. As for the pads in American football, they were first introduced when it was more like rugby in terms of rules because of health and safety, granted nothing like what we see today. The style of American football has changed to what it is BECAUSE of the pads providing a false sense of security, hence very little technique in the tackles or emphasis on player safety
This is the Union version of Rugby, these guys are 6 foot 6 250 pounds they have NO PADDING, it’s a gentleman’s game but brutally one on one❤❤
I always said US football is just Rugby for girls
Padding is optional in rugby not mandatory - its not the big motorcross bikers looking shoulder guards and helmet, it's light foam padded undershorts and sometimes the Scrum cap which is also just soft foam. Also not all guys who play rugby are 6ft 6 250 pounds, Shane Williams who used to play for Wales is about 5ft 7 and weighed approx. 170lb in his playing days - but he played on the wing not. Rugby always has varying sizes when it comes to players.
Isn't there a saying that "Rugby is a thug's game played by gentlemen. Football (soccer) is a gentleman's game played by thugs."
No, they're are very few that size. & you can have padding, the cap or shoulder pads, but only with foam, not plastic
@@trollerifficyes, but its technically hooligans, & it's actually more about the spectators (football hooliganism), but people have messed it up & applied it to players as well
FYI In England we start playing Rugby at age 11 in school and its played from February to November and the thing that hurt the most was not the tackles but the hard ground that is frozen and has Icy dirty ridges
We had to play a game once with about 8 inches of snow on the pitch, and that was preferable!
Our school rugby pitch had the occasional flint beneath the grass, or a lost arrow head from the local archery club that also used the ground. Just to spice things up! 😳
You mean November to February aka winter season. Regarding that comment further: That would only happen in the north as well. There's no hard ground in the winter in the south as it is so very mild in the winter.
@@KarlKnowles-k8x Wtf, i live in Portsmouth mate and i assure you the ground freezes here aswell....
I started at six years old for a local team as I come from a town with the saints.
I'm from SA and never heard of a depressed Rugby player. Great rugby players are much revered in our country...heroes. Tough game that separate the manne (men) from the boys.😊 😊
They all start out as boys!
I'm glad that we have Duhan van der Merwe for Scotland, however, you guys taught us a lesson in the World cup
hell yea, watching this right before the final (2023)
and i'm bleeding green and gold
Conversely, there’s less concussions in rugby BECAUSE we don’t wear helmets! The player is more likely to naturally avoid head contact when not wearing protection. Obviously it still happens fairly regularly, but not as often as AF.
Oh wow, I don't understand how that works, but I believe you! Maybe the helmet also works as a battering ram/murder weapon?
@@JJLAReactsalso if your head comes to a sudden stop either by hitting your head or your whole body being slammed to the ground, your brain will be bounced around inside your skull either way.
@@JJLAReacts I believe one of the biggest problems with American Football and concussions is the WAY they tackle because they have helmets too. You're more likely to get neck compression injuries etc, and if I'm not mistaken some years ago a certain type of tackle was banned in American Football because it was particularly good at breaking your own neck? The javelin or something? I remember it being in the news at some point anyway
@@JJLAReacts Rugby players have a physical resilience that American football players do not have, even the smallest athlete has the physical capacity to defeat a large American football player, apart from stamina as the plays are continuous and do not stop and the speed, and technically rugby is much better, American football should learn from rugby players how to do spears, the fact that they use protections makes the technique come last, often using the helmet for attacks and not the correct fit of the shoulder, the Protections take away the awareness of danger, it's a bad habit, when you feel the other player you notice better what you're doing correctly or not, it's like having a Nissan gt-r 35, it's so comfortable to go inside that you don't feel the road , the problem is that you also don't feel the speed at which you are going and it becomes dangerous. And the mental health thing is more an american things because in europe we have a lots of violents sports, nobody gets suicidal, thats the american life style that does that to people in america, one of your greatest problems is mental issues and obesity, and tend to use steroids, like wwe athletes do also
@@JJLAReacts we have much stricter rules on head contact as well. Dangerous tackles do lead to some serious bans over the last year or so. Usually 6-8 weeks. Head on head contact is really frowned upon lately.
Love seeing the americans watch rugby, they are so hilarious, when we see little tackles like the ones in this video we just say "oh, nice tackle", whereas Americans seem so disturbed. In most places in my country we start learning to play rugby at age of 7. I remember my first ever dislocated shoulder in school rugby due to a bad scrum, I was 10.
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And pay attention, no padding and no endless stopping.
One of our international rugby players arranged to do a swap with nfl player he went to America as arranged played a few games but when the nfl player realised that rugby players only wore gum shields & scrum caps to protect the ears he refused to come to the uk to play
Haha, that's a wise footballer!
@@JJLAReactsas someone else mentioned here, the Rugby world cup kicks off in a couple of hours
This is a great time to start watching Rugby, the first game in the Rugby World Cup is this evening, France v New Zealand, definitely worth a watch.
Ooooooooh, I'm intrigued! Thanks!
@@JJLAReacts England has a pretty poor team this time though (or a least a team in poor form) - so don't judge us on that! I hope Ireland win, otherwise.
Shhhhhh. This Kiwi is not happy.
@@sunnyjim1355 Ireland is the goat this year. Only team that can stop the Boys in Green is the All Blacks, but only if they fix their kicks. France is also a though nut to crack this year, aye, but not so rock solid as the Irish.
@@marioguidotomasone1265happy March 9th. If you are Irish I commiserate for your result against England yesterday ... but what a match. The stand out match of the 6 nations so far. And only 1 point in it. I'm sure it sucks. But as an Englishman seeing that drop go over was the biggest rush. But we came very close to losing. In these types of games I adopt a 'who scored the most tries' type thing, which was England. So yeah the last gasp drop goal must have hurt, but so did all the points we conceded to pens etc. I think over all we just about deserved the win, but only just. But that was a great game. If you're Italian, well done against the Scots. Outstanding stuff.
Rugby is a massive international sport. Rugby is safer than Football and therefore no issues with depression. There's an enormous amount of respect and sportsmanship in rugby. Rugby is a true team sports and the team doesn't revolve around one player, like with a quarterbacks in football. Watch more games.
There is a growing problem with potential mild traumatic brain injury (it's actually the most common injury in Rugby- 25% of all injuries) - and there are former players who are already suffering neurological after effects.
Rugby is safer than Football? I want to see your homework on this.
@@fabriciuslan - 'Science magazine' & a 1994 study by the CDC (blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2012/09/06/nfl-brain-injury/)
Rugby isn't safer - infact it's becoming more dangerous as 'hits' become harder.
The Rugby World Cup starts today, check out some of the games. England v Argentina tomorrow, should be juicy for sure. No love in this one that's a fact
OMG, I will, thanks!!! Perfect timing! Cheers!
8:27 Correct. You don't feel much pain. The only thing that will get to you is floor cuts from frozen mud, thigh studding, and the occasional winding.
The pain comes after. Usually takes about 4 days to heal from a match and the first day and a half is brutal.
N.B. I'm not sure thigh studding is as much of an issue these days. They changed the rules a few years back I think. You're not allowed to rake/ stamp a downed opponent in a ruck or something.
Rugby is a winter sport but in England it's a pleasure to play here in the south & south west of England as the winters are fairy warm here.
They maybe be warm these days but back when I was a kid they were far from warm
@@MrZombie999they still aren’t that warm. It got below freezing for well over a week or so last winter.
The helmet thing that you mentioned is called the scum cap, it’s used to avoid damage to the ears and friction during a scrum. Which is a set up used loads in the game. Besides that it offers basically no protection or softening against blows.
This is a great channel. How have I only just come by it? The host isn't an annoying yank either he's a polite tolerant one who seems nice
Cheers!
Classic British comment, they can insult you and compliment you in the same sentence..😂😂
@@juliejeanable I wasn't insulting on purpose. Usually you find Americans on channels jumping around wildly and being loud. I like this host as he isn't like that he behaves normally :)
@@sdafc888 As a British person myself I totally agree, he's a nice chilled out American. And I know you weren't actually being insulting, it was just the way you worded it. Thats why it made me laugh xx 😂
@juliejeanable I knew you were English as you got it exactly the way it was meant to be taken when I wrote it. As a nation our answers are always with a hint of sarcasm. It drives me mad going to a channel and you have a mad American bouncing around, telling you all to have a nice day and the hyperactivity of "Hey y'all I'm blah blah and welcome to my channel, welcome to the family" Go away, have a cup of tea because all of this coffee you've been on is making you screech.
They can hit that hard yet every rugby player I have ever known has just been a silly gentle giant off of the field
The helmet thing is a scrum cap its just to keep his ears on.
My son started playing rugby just after he turned 9. Just going into his 3rd season now and he loves it.
Injuries do happen in Rugby, there has even been a couple of fatalities recorded... But the rules of the game has become much more strict in recent years (for example: contact to the head regardless of deliberate or not) is an automatic Red card and you're sent off. That being said, we do learn how to take a hit on trainings and local club games and such from a very early age.
Where men are men & these days, the women are too!! 😆🇬🇧❤🇺🇸
I love watch an Americans reaction to Rugby Union. I also enjoy watching American football ( even though the foot play very little part in the game) I’d love to see how these US players would cope in Rugby, without all their padding.
NFL players would need to first realise that with no padding, if you throw your frame at another man’s frame who is also 250-300 is near fatal
I played rugby at school like many children do in the UK and even today I still bare some of the scars and injuries that got whilst playing.
Rugby is a fantastic game. It's toughens you up as a person. I'm only 5ft 2inches tall but I'm very broad and to this day, can lift weights a lot heavier than myself. I was sickly as a very young child but now I virtually never even get so much as a cold, I believe this is partly because of all those freezing cold days that I would be outside playing rugby from the ages of 11 to 16.
There are two variants of Rugby, League and Union. Although I was brought up in Yorkshire where League is popular o prefer Union. Both are hard games and terrific to watch. Rugby fans are a different set to football (soccer) fans being more friendly and great fun to drink with after the game.
Oh that's fascinating! I would have expected the rugby fans to be more aggressive. But maybe they get their anger out on the field?
I started playing rugby at 7 years old in South Africa and was captain of our team from 13 to 18 when I finished school. Started as a winger at aged 8 (also held a 100m record) to tight head prop (got fat) at age 13. Ended up playing flanker and 8th man the last four years in school.
Greetings from central England & the heat / humidity of September (early fall / autumn).
Real Tough Men playing Real Sport. Skull caps are worn to protect their ears in the scrum.
Good thing for the ears, but what about the rest of the bod? I found this to be mind-blowing. Thanks for watching!
@@JJLAReacts Ears can get pretty mashed up anyway during scrum down - but it also really wasn't unknown for oppossing players to bite them either. And there has even been incidents of eye-gouging during scrums, but as the sport gets more professional, such practices are now virtually unheard of.
0:53 watched that game at Twickenham, was England vs Canada. It was basically the England second team against the Canadian first team, ended 70-14 to England. The ginger guy being flattened was the captain
thanks for the rugby content! much love from South Africa!
I absolutely love your reactions especially this one. I have been in stitches laughing at you. You felt every tackle. Sending love from Anglesey North Wales. Snowdonia area. Mountains, beaches and castles. Looking forward to your next video. People have been reacting to the story of the star spangled banner. I was in tears.
Oh wow! Thank you so much for the kind words! I definitely felt those tackles in my body 😂 That sounds like an absolutely beautiful and culturally rich place to live. I'll look around for the Star Spangled Banner story, thanks! And thanks for watching! Cheers from the USA!!! ❤️
@@JJLAReactsMona Rose. Star Spangled Banner As You've Never Heard It video on UA-cam.I'd love to see your reaction to this. You're so honest. I will be waiting in eager anticipation.
Aussie here, and played during my school years alot of fun memories but the one i remember the most being at 5'11 and broad shoulders i was one of the fowards. Remember getting the ball once and just barging down 1-2 guys on the other team and dragging them along with me while trying to get to the touch down :3. your facial expressions are just priceless
Some of these contacts would now be illegal and may even result in red cards (the player being sent off). Player safety (particularly contact in the air or around the head/neck) is taken very seriously now.
The guy who you said hes wearing a helmet, wasn't wearing a helmet it was an ear protector to stop cauliflower ear in the scum, the scrum is when you said what was that?
Aaahhh, like a boxer. Makes sense, thanks!
Getting tackled on wet, muddy grass is actually a lot of fun. Sliding for ages after the tackle is so satisfying.
Nothing worse than a winters day, looking at your School timetable and seeing you have Rugby, the only good thing is when it ends....
Your reactions to the tackles are the best
The best rugby reaction I'v ever seen. His face is priceless. Just says it all
4:06 No. Concussion is very rare. You'll very occasionally get a head to head clash and you'll get kneed in the head slightly more often. I played for 15 years and probably got concussed less than 20 times. I don't think I was ever even properly knocked out.
edit: I should add it's illegal to tackle above the shoulder so head to head is very very rare.
Most injuries happen from illegal tackles, should in to the head. That gets punished right away. However, most players finish a full 80 minutes with some bruises and then go to training the next day. Rugby payers of both codes are incredibly tough people, strong, fit and some of them are fast as well, all wile weighing over 200 pounds.
This is way more rough than American Football the amount of force one game exerts alone from just scrumming and loose rucks will make most pray for dear life. Current international teams scrums are 880kg to 970kg... image being tackled and laying under 900kg of forward players or being trampled by their boots.
Just to correct another comment on here. @MrZombie999 meant November to February winter season. Regarding that comment further: That would only happen in the north as well. There's no hard ground in the winter in the south as it is so very mild in the winter.
No he didn’t. He meant February to November (February to October is rugby league season). Also I can assure you that it gets cold enough to freeze in the South of England - I live there and the ground gets like concrete when it’s into the minus numbers. Where do you actually live that you’re incorrectly correcting people?
Ihave watched so many rugby reaction videos, because i love rugby (go Springboks). Your reaction was the best ever.
i enjoy both sports, American football and rugby! different games, but both equally entertaining! the thing that puzzles me, in rugby ... you need to touch the ball down to score, in american football ... you score a "touchdown" but you do not have to touch the ball to the ground! was there maybe a crossed delivery when the rules were laid down? haha! big love to all people :)
Had to play Rugby in school, always in winter when the field was frozen and was like running on concrete. Broke my wrist playing Rugby and school teacher told me to get up and carry on till the game had finished.
Our women play rugby, You may like to react to that. Rules for tackling have recently been changed to try and limit head injuries like concussion etc.
My coach used to tell me, rugby is about respect. First rule, the referee is always addressed as sir. Second rule, when you get knocked down, you get back up. Third rule, after the game, win or lose, you respect your opponent with a hand shake.
These rules have guided me through life.
Football is a gentleman's game played by thugs
Rugby is a thugs game played by gentlemen
There were a fair few fowls in that lot! Tackles in the air, late tackles, that sort of thing. But yeah great game and fun to play. The headwar is called a scrum cap to protect the ears. Google cauliflower ear!! lol.
I play rugby and have done for a decade, I’m always injured, but that is part of the fun. Currently healing from landing on a boot studs up, very bruised ribs to say the least. All the bruising aside it’s still a very fun sport and it brings people together, people of all different shapes, sizes, and backgrounds can join in and play, that’s the beauty of it
Some of those moves are illegal now, you are no longer allowed to lift a player beyond the horizontal and drive him into the ground, or tackle a player in the air and cause him to land dangerously.
5:03 "...he's too big to be that fast!"
Welcome to rugby!
some of those tackles are now illegal because of the concussion issue, the tackle now needs to be below the shoulders, and the spear tackle (lifting your opponent off the ground and driving them into the floor) are now also illegal, but every thing else is on.
The "Helmet thing" you mentioned is slightly paded but it's more to give the player more protection for the head and ears whilst in the scrum. That's a set piece, to contest the ball and the head is in contact at the side and back of the head with your opponent. So it's more to stop damage from rubbing?
Yeah, but it's obvious that he doesn't know what a scrum is, because the only time one was shown in the vid he remarked 'what's what'. But you're right to also state that the scrum cap is also there to protect the ears.. because it wasn't unknown for opposing players to bite them during scrum down.
The best one for seeing guys getting steam-rollered is: England v New Zealand rugby World Cup, 1995. Jonah Lomu. Loads of clips of Lomu flattening anybody in front of him on youtube.
o my goodness the faces of you Americans when you see Rugby for the first time.....they are just preciouss and funny as hell....
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Some start playing rugby at about 11 years in school but some start even younger I've heard people saying that they started as young as 5 years old. And the reason why we have less concussions is because we don't have helmets most tackles are shoulder tackles.
Not sure if it’s the same in the other home nations but in England you can join the Under 6 age group at 4, although at this age they are just playing fun games involving rugby balls rather than actually playing rugby. Under 7s start playing matches of tag rugby (an extremely simplified version on the game with Velcro tags that are worn around the waist and are pulled off to simulate a ‘tackle’) and contact is introduced at Under 9s. There’s a great organisation called Rugby Tots which introduces kids as young as 2 to the sport.
I love rugby reactions. ❤. In South Africa you are born loving rugby.
The headwear is not a helmet, it is very light & protects the ears from being ripped off in the scrum. Thanks for the upload!
I think a lot of these are pre-new code
80 minutes of of crash bang wallop! Ruck, Maul, Lineout, tackle. Tackle and tackle again! No break or stoppages, unless injury and little protection! It’s bloody brilliant and why we play
The helmet you thought the guy was wearing, wasn't! It was a scrum cap, a lightweight padded protection to protect the head (and particularly, the ears) in the scrum. ( Scrum: You said "What was that?" at 8'50" - See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(rugby) )
3:00 I have a feeling it is legal. I don't remember the wording of the law but as long as you look after your opponent when tackling them it's fine. I think there is something about keeping your opponent either upright or horizontal; I don't think you're allowed to tip them head first to any degree.
I love watching US Americans reacting to rugby, the reaction is always the same. 😂😂
Nothing beats making a good rugby tackle. I remember playing at school in year 11 (so age 16) and one of the bigger guys ran at me with the ball, I tackled and his momentum plus my stance lifted him off the ground onto my shoulder before I dumped him back down on his backside.
Rugby Union & Rugby League have changed rules in recent years to outlaw the shoulder charge, hitting a player in the head, tackling a player in the air after they've kicked it & a few others to reduce the risks of concussions & other injuries. Both sports aren't as brutal as they used to be but the big hits come every now & then.
There's a quote by Sir Winston Churchill. "football is a gentleman's game played by hooligans, rugby is a hooligans game played by gentlemen"
There is some forms of padding in rugby but they aren't big and elaborate as your NFL. Your NFL guys wear armour abit like motorcross bikers, whilst rugby they'll wear thin foam padded vest under their jersey, and the Skull cap or Scrum cap is light foam padding around the heads - and it also helps to stop players developing "cauliflower ears". But of course in NFL your padding is mandatory to wear, whilst in rugby its optional.
I've introduced my step-daughter to rugby union and she loves it, she's 14 and playing full contact - I'm so happy!!
A fair bit of rugby union training involves building up the neck muscles so the spine is protected ( especially the forwards).
I coach 11/12 year olds, they are in their 3rd year of full contact rugby. some have played at my club from the age of 4 playing Tag Rugby (Games start at 7 years old)... The thing to remember when watching non-US sports is that people play these for fun at weekends with no maximum age limit. We don't only have pro leagues where most stop playing after "college". We had a guy in a veterans game a few weeks ago who is in his 40s get a full dislocation of the ankle and double break to the lower leg. He will be back playing again next season.
Here's another YT vid which you may enjoy - 'Rugby 101: All the basics of Rugby - All you need to know to watch your first game' by Couch Rugby
I am now 65 years old and played Premier League Rugby from the age of 17 to 36. You had to be tough for the game but I loved it even if I am now feeling it as I get older. Knee's and shoulder's that do not work too well anymore, especially when it starts getting cold in winter.
The problem with hemlets is they protect more against the first impact, but the aftershock to the brain is doubled due to the material on the outside of the skull reflecting energy back into the skull, so no helmet is better in safer more powerful tackles than continous impacts within a helmet over time in mundane or one off hits
Never mess with a rugby player. They are mountains of highly mobile muscle who are used to every-day brutality and if you somehow get the better of them, they have at least another 16 buddies waiting to jump in (usually shoulder first). As far as rugby players padding goes the most you will generally find is a gum shield and a semi-helmet which does little to nothing in terms of preventing concussions.
This is an excellent policy! I vow to follow it. Thank you 🙏
The issue of concussion in Rugby is a growing concern. Several former UK players (around 300) are suing over traumatic brain injury caused by repeated blows to the head (leading to Parkinsons disease and memory loss).
Some of this is a result of professionalism in the game. Hits are harder. Before professionalism, there was a distinct difference between the forwards - Big, powerful, brutish, but slow lumbering players and the backs Fast, light, agile & clever - since professionalism the gulf between them has closed. Forwards now have speed and agility, while backs have bulk and power - so big powerful players are hitting each other harder.
There are now protocols in place over concussion- players suffering a severe head blow are sidelined and given an assessment by a doctor. In one match I played in school in the late 1980's I recieved two hard kicks to the head in rapid succession and the coach and referee were quite happy to let me play on despite my having spent 5 minutes lying semi conscious on the pitch. I was only substituted after a couple of player (from both teams) stopped and argued with the ref and coach that I wasn't in any condition to continue. And a couple of parents (who were doctors) demanded they examine me, and then took me to hospital... none of which I have any recollection of.
The difference between the two games......Rugby is a game for hooligans plated by gentlemen, Soccer is a gentleman's game played by hooligans, the helmet you saw is actually a soft cloth head covering called a scrum cap, worn to protect your ears in a scrum, which is what you saw @ 8:50. Incidentally if you want to see a small gay Welshman keeping these gorillas in line, check out "10 minutes of Nigel Owen being Nigel Owen". He is just about the most respected referee, who was chosen by Rugby's ruling body to referee an international match involving Wales.
Legend!
9:35 Yeah, that hurts. The worst is on the very end of your finger. One of my nails is messed up from that.
This is the game I grew up playing as well as British Bulldog. Concussion is a huge issue in Australia. You can’t hit your opponent in the head although you can’t stop Head clashes. Rugby Union started when Webb Ellis picked up a soccer ball and ran with it. There are two forms of Rugby. Rugby Union and Rugby League. Rugby League would be more recognisable to an American football fan.
Been steped on a few times myself, still bace the scares from them to show fore... but you just have to get back up, dust yourself off and get right back in there.
I'm from New Zealand. Our National team has the most winning record of any sports team ever. AFL managers have come here looking for the secret sauce.
I started playing at 6 years old, I made all my rep teams and we had a good record of success. When I got to college I was 13 and weighed 70kg 5"11. I quit. The guys were mainly island boys and weighed up to and over 100kg, once in college its open weight. And they were fast. I returned to surfing and riding mx. Some of my friends carried on and two of them made it into the National Team. "The All Blacks"... the reason our national team is so good is pride for the jersey and an intense training regime. Yes there are head injury and there is a case similar to the one in the states being brought against the world rugby committee.
Also half of those tackles were legal and hale were illegal. You can't tackle a guy in the air. You can't tackle with just your shoulder and no arms. If you duck down into a tackle that's not on the tackler of you get hit high.
You mentioned concussive injury . Although rugby players don't wear helmets , the instance of head injury is actually much less than it is in American Football . The reason is , the head is sacrosanct in Rugby .You will be ejected from the game for attacking the head of another player , and would likely spend some time suspended from the game . in my opinion the concussive injuries suffered in US football can be directly linked to the use of helmets . If I can use an analogy to explain . At the start of WW1 the British army realised that their soldiers were being hit by airburst explosives , so they ordered that they should be issued with helmets to protect their heads . to their horror the British discovered that casualties actually increased , rather than decreased . When they studied the problem , they found that the soldiers were so confident that they were now protected , that many of them started popping therir heads up to take a look over the trench , and were picked off by the opposition . I think what is happening in US football is very similar . The player feels safe to use his head as part of his armoury , because he thinks the helmet offers protection . As the British found out , it idoesn't , it just keeps the mess contained .
This is a good video the comments to each other are nearly as brutal as the game and the oohs and aahs from you well icouos be watching a game from my kitchen😂😂😂😂😂😂
There's a quote by Sir Winston Churchill. "Football (soccer) is a gentleman's game played by hooligans, rugby is a hooligans game played by gentlemen"
The scull cap you see some guys wearing is more for ear protection. As it’s only foam rubber. ❤❤❤❤
Funny that you mentioned kicks to the face. I used to play in school and i was kicked in the face four times before I made my first successful tackle
"I thought American football was rough". Well you thought wrong. All the way from Fiji here
You can't beat some hardcore man-on-man action! 🤣🤣🤣
FYI. Those ‘helmets’ Are called Scrum caps. They are used to prevent coliflour ears
I have broken ribs and other bones
I will never stop
Rugby is a great game
I don't know what the stats are for concussions in rugby, but I played for many years and the only time I was concussed was when I ran full tilt into the goal post.
So there are more injuries in total in rugby, but there are fewer concussions. The lack of pads actually forces the players to hit properly, with the shoulder, or they'll get hurt. As a result, less head collisions for both offense and defensive players.
A lot of those 'tackles' are illegal (they're not wrapping their arms) and so a red card/sending off, if seen by the officials.
Ah, okay, that's sort of what I was thinking. Some of those 'tackles' seemed unfair 😂
@@JJLAReacts Love your videos 😁 Try to watch some of the Rugby world cup, started today. Cheers from Salisbury, near Stonehenge! X
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Antoine Dupont, the captain of the French team in the Rugby World Cup 2023, had his cheekbone broken in his last match. He's undergone surgery since. Question is whether he will be able to play in their next match with a protective mask ...... As for the players wearing caps, it is to protect their ears, to have what is known as cauliflower ears !
Rugby is a combative sport, 40 minutes per side with a ten minute break in the middle.
I did watch a 'game' of American football it last 5 hours and actual football lasted for 15 minutes - during which two people were carried off on stretchers following very minor hits. The rest of the time seemed to be filled with completely pointless things - exceedingly boring.
It didn't last 5 hours at all lol
Perhaps just felt that long.
Yeah, rugby looks like it moves pretty quick. American football takes breaks to sell beer, burgers, and insurance. We also have a lot of pageantry surrounding the game that takes time - especially in college football.
Some rugby players wear helmets so their ears don’t get ripped in a scrum or get cauliflower ear but it doesn’t actually do much in preventing concussions
These guys know how too legally tackle. You’ll notice the majority of time, they tackle around the hips and waist. If they get caught tackling around the neck, or they spear someone, they’re off the pitch. If you look closely, you’ll see the tackling player try too guide the opponent player too the ground. 👍🇬🇧👏🇬🇧❤️.
When you have free health care you can play these crazy sports 😂
In fairness there is a Rugby World Cup ongoing at the moment , any head to head or shoulder to head contact is now a yellow card offence ( 10 mins in the sin bin ) but a video ref panel review the incident during the sin binning and can “ upgrade “ yellow to red which is permanent removal from the game and the offenders team continue the rest of the match a man down . These are historical images , don’t let it put you off participating in this great game .
Rugby is definitely an extremely physical game, having said that, half the hits seen in this video are illegal plays. You are not allowed to tackle a player if he does not have the ball, not allowed to take a player's feet out from under him while he is in the air, have to use your arms in a tackle etc, etc. The rules don't allow for dangerous play. As you guys in the USA love your NFL, is the same way we in other parts of the world love our rugby. In my country, South Africa, it borders on a religion. As a by-note, when you see the two forward packs from each team pushing against each other it is known as a scrum, and is usually awarded after an unintentional foul play.
The reason that Chris Latham picked the ball carrier up was to get him into 'touch' whilst he was carrying the ball. That would mean there would be a 'line-out' to restart play with Latham's team having the advantage of the 'throw in'.
I played rugby for my county it is not as bad as it looks. I have never had a bad injury apart from a few dislocated shoulders and fingers. Most small rugby clubs here in Ireland are amateur no one gets paid. I also played GAA or Gaelic football you should check it out essentially hurling.
Can’t lie I read that as country and I was about ready to question the living fuck out of you to make sure were telling the truth, good thing I looked back aye 😅😂
France played New Zealand this evening, so highlights will be up on the Rugby World Cup and ITV Sports channels on here.
With regards to what was said about American Football becoming less popular due to mor epublic information about concusions etc, well while Rugby is definately more dangerous i feel like the players in both sports have different reasons, in the states it seems like it's all about the fame and money (like football here) where as in rugby it seems more like it's about the love of the sport.
For example if you were to ask the average Brit who isn't a rugby fan, to name a famous British rugby player, they probably couldn't, where as you'd be hard pressed to find someone from the stats who firstly wasn't an American football fan, and also couldn't name a famous US player.
I started playing Rugby Union when it was an amateur sport, even at the elite level, and the rules that exist today aimed at protecting players from head and neck injuries weren't even a consideration. I don't know how or why the top players did it, but they did. Mervyn Davies, captain of Wales and the touring British Lions was a teacher at my school Monday to Friday. J P R Williams was a doctor. Audiences today find it hard to fathom that Rugby was effectively these guys' hobby. I played at school and then club level and went on to play American Football when it started to become popular in the UK, obviously at a fairly low level albeit as high as it got here in the 80s. I found the main difference to be the pads are needed because you can be hit unexpectedly. In rugby you generally get to brace yourself for contact, whether you're making it or receiving it. In American Football, especially when defending, a hit can come from anywhere and not necessarily in the vicinity of the ball. Without pads those would hurt if you're not prepared for them. I briefly returned to rugby a much more sheepish individual. I showed up for my first game back wearing my elbow and hip pads and sticky gloves, got mocked remorselessly (by my own teammates) and ordered by the referee to "get rid of that sh!t".
A key reason as to why the rules changed going into the professional era is the size of the players and speed that they move nowadays. The average of weight of players has skyrocketed since even the 90s and the speed of those players going into contact has increased with it.
As for the pads in American football, they were first introduced when it was more like rugby in terms of rules because of health and safety, granted nothing like what we see today. The style of American football has changed to what it is BECAUSE of the pads providing a false sense of security, hence very little technique in the tackles or emphasis on player safety