Most rugby fans know this but I doubt majority of Americans football fans know it rightfully so coz they created their own version of the game and called it their own kudos 👏
@@New_World_Rugby yea scrum formations weren't standard and they had a thing called hacking where it was like a hockey face off with kicking. Very strange
No mention of the Triple Option and Veer offenses? They are quite similar as both involve leaving players on the outside unblocked while doubling up on players on the inside. Then the quarterback runs laterally, the fullback runs a dive and the other back dashes to the outside for a lateral pass. The QB reads the first defender. If he crashes in towards the FB the QB keeps the ball runs wider and checks the next defender. If he's coming for him the QB laterals to the HB or TB who is running wide like a sweep. Of course to do this the QB has to actually run with the ball and get tackled like any other person on the field. These offenses were quite prevalent at high schools and colleges mid 60s through the 90s. The NFL barely touched it. Just dabbled in it a little.
Gaorly important to note the difference between rugby union & league, which is closer to us football. Think if it like this: football/soccer>rugby union>rugby league> us football, each version yolk the basic premise of the previous one, the changes a few things
Rugby League, Rugby Unions Rival has a 5th Tackle Rule where in effect its 4th Down and you'll see a kick between the posts if close enough or a Punt just like the NFL.
The better rule with NFL and Rugby Union over league is the defence is allowed to be inches away from the offensive side instead of having to be back 10 meters.
Question for anyone far more knowledgeable on American Football rules than myself: Are the offside rules from kicks in general play (punts) still similar? I.e if a player is behind the punter when they kick are they able to attack the ball up the field. Likewise is the punter able to attack the ball as well. I understand that these days it is all about field position and posession which is why the punter kicks far back and the other players run ahead. Hypothetically though, could a punter kick across field to a player who was behind as the ball was kicked?
When the ball is punted (99% of the time on 4th down & to far for a field goal) the kicking team tries to get to the ball first by running as fast as they can. If the ball is not caught by the receiver's team and if the kicking team gets to it that is were the receiving team will start. If the ball goes off any part of the receiver player & fails to catch it or pick it up the ball becomes "live" & the kicking team may recover the ball & keep it. The punter is usually the last man to stop the receiver on a "good return". He may tackle the receiver. The XFL was the only leauge that had the ball become "live" if that ball was kicked more than 15 yards. Similar to rugby. The XFL no longer does this.
The offside rules are different. In gridiron football, offside is only checked at the snap (not the kick), and it is only about the teams being on their side of the ball at the snap. Once the ball is kicked across the line of scrimmage, the kicking team won't be able to recover it (and keep possession) unless the receiving team touches it first. They can get the ball to prevent a return, put the receiving team will still get possession. There is no concept of the punter attacking the ball, or of anyone being onside at or after the kick.
Rugby is American footballs father
Most rugby fans know this but I doubt majority of Americans football fans know it rightfully so coz they created their own version of the game and called it their own kudos 👏
Love the ECW music
It's Big Rock by Kevin Macleod.
They sound similar though haha.
Common ancestor of league, union, and american. The old rugby school rules were not really rugby we have today
True. I wish we had video on those very early games.
@@New_World_Rugby yea scrum formations weren't standard and they had a thing called hacking where it was like a hockey face off with kicking. Very strange
@@blueshells50 😯 I wish we could make a re-enactment of those early games. I need to see that
@@New_World_Rugby would be very cool. Punting out of the end zone to score one point in the subsequent try taken instead of points on the place down
Don’t forget Canadian Football.
Am not surprised by this
No mention of the Triple Option and Veer offenses?
They are quite similar as both involve leaving players on the outside unblocked while doubling up on players on the inside. Then the quarterback runs laterally, the fullback runs a dive and the other back dashes to the outside for a lateral pass.
The QB reads the first defender. If he crashes in towards the FB the QB keeps the ball runs wider and checks the next defender.
If he's coming for him the QB laterals to the HB or TB who is running wide like a sweep.
Of course to do this the QB has to actually run with the ball and get tackled like any other person on the field.
These offenses were quite prevalent at high schools and colleges mid 60s through the 90s.
The NFL barely touched it. Just dabbled in it a little.
Gaorly important to note the difference between rugby union & league, which is closer to us football. Think if it like this: football/soccer>rugby union>rugby league> us football, each version yolk the basic premise of the previous one, the changes a few things
Rugby League, Rugby Unions Rival has a 5th Tackle Rule where in effect its 4th Down and you'll see a kick between the posts if close enough or a Punt just like the NFL.
Because us football evolved from league
The better rule with NFL and Rugby Union over league is the defence is allowed to be inches away from the offensive side instead of having to be back 10 meters.
@@kurtsudheim825 nope from union but union wasn't like union today
Question for anyone far more knowledgeable on American Football rules than myself:
Are the offside rules from kicks in general play (punts) still similar? I.e if a player is behind the punter when they kick are they able to attack the ball up the field. Likewise is the punter able to attack the ball as well.
I understand that these days it is all about field position and posession which is why the punter kicks far back and the other players run ahead. Hypothetically though, could a punter kick across field to a player who was behind as the ball was kicked?
When the ball is punted (99% of the time on 4th down & to far for a field goal) the kicking team tries to get to the ball first by running as fast as they can. If the ball is not caught by the receiver's team and if the kicking team gets to it that is were the receiving team will start. If the ball goes off any part of the receiver player & fails to catch it or pick it up the ball becomes "live" & the kicking team may recover the ball & keep it. The punter is usually the last man to stop the receiver on a "good return". He may tackle the receiver. The XFL was the only leauge that had the ball become "live" if that ball was kicked more than 15 yards. Similar to rugby. The XFL no longer does this.
The offside rules are different. In gridiron football, offside is only checked at the snap (not the kick), and it is only about the teams being on their side of the ball at the snap.
Once the ball is kicked across the line of scrimmage, the kicking team won't be able to recover it (and keep possession) unless the receiving team touches it first. They can get the ball to prevent a return, put the receiving team will still get possession.
There is no concept of the punter attacking the ball, or of anyone being onside at or after the kick.
@@TheMrPeteChannel Why did the XFL stop doing that?