And i am pretty sure that the rest of the world rolls their eyes too (I did).. Nobody else in the world say things like that other than the people in the USA...
@@OriginalHandprint "Viking" is not an ethnicity, nationality or any other origin. A viking was a Scandinavian who went seafaring to raid, pillage and steal.
A fundamental part of rugby is that only the ball carrier can be tackled. There are various instances here of people being tackled after they have passed the ball. If the referee is satisfied that the tackler was committed to the tackle and had no chance to pull out, then it is legal. If there is a discernible delay, or is early before the target receives the ball then it is a penalty offence. Additionally, they are not permitted to tackle a player who has jumped to catch the ball and is still off the ground. That is virtually certain to result in a yellow or red card to send the offender off the field. Also they cannot block players who do not have the ball.
Watch “Nimh’s rules of Rugby Union explained” on this platform, it’s a good video that covers everything a person new to the sport would need to know. Also on the 2nd February the Six Nations tournament starts again for 2024, the Six Nations is a yearly international tournament between Italy, France, Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England. I think NBC & CNBC are showing the 6 nations game live in the US.
A car crash at 40 mph produces about 40G's of force, the highest ever recorded ruby impact is 205G's. Professional rugby scrummers generate enough power to hold back an F1 car., which they successfully did back in 2016.
Rugby is continuous. It’s played for 80 minutes in 40 minute halves. Can only pass backwards to gain forward momentum. If the ball is dropped/passes forward it’s considered a “Knock on” stopping the play for a “scrum” to gain possession of the ball. If the ball goes out to “touch” in the “out of bounds” area. Possession can be won in a “line-out” where players contest for the thrown in ball, while being lifted. Players can kick the ball forwards at any point during the game to win territory. To score a “try” (like a touchdown) a player must enter the “end zone” and the ball must make downward contact with the ground. A “try” is 5 points a conversion (point after kick) is 2 points. During play, if a player is tackled, the play still remains ongoing, but players must contest for the ball on the ground in a “ruck”, players will basically fight for the ball, but as soon as the ball is passed from the “ruck” play continues. If an illegal play occurs i.e a dangerous tackle, a penalty is awarded to the team. A penalty can either be taken in the form of a scrum, 3 point kick over the posts, or kick into touch for a lineout. There are 15 players on the field 8 “forwards” (fat boys) and 7 “backs” (fast boys) Forwards: 2 props, 1 hooker, 2 locks, 2 flankers, 1 number 8. Backs: 1 Scrum half, 1 Fly half, 2 wingers, 2 Centers and 1 fullback. My head is hurting from thinking of other information, but there’s the basics😂
I am Irish and when I visited NYC I had some American tell me he was Irish cause his girlfriends great great great grandad was Irish 😂 they all say it and its so annoying 😑
Ireland are the current number 2 ranked team in the world. On Saturday Ireland won the six nations (Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, France and Italy) championship for the second year in a row.
You should watch Jonah Lomu - Lord of the Wings. He was the GOAT (passed away). The All Blacks (New Zealand) are statistically the best team of all time. Jonah played for them.
@@alanellis1442yes it`s an older coded game than football, early football you could pick the ball up and run with it etc, so that webb ellis thing has gotta be hokum as the game allowed it.
Always found it funny that in American football the ball only needs to enter the end zone to score a touchdown but in Rugby you have to touch the ground with the ball.
Holy shit, no body-armour or a helmet in sight !!!🇬🇧 And bro, you're not Irish. My dad was Irish, doesn't make me Irish. You're American. If by any chance your mother or father or grandparents are Irish, you may be able to get an Irish passport. In the UK I can because of my father. In the same way my daughter can also have one, on the grounds of her grandfather. If you can, that would not only be Irish status, but freedom of travel throughout the European Union.
your ancestry makes you what ever you are. he is Irish, he claims Irish. your Irish ancestors left Ireland because of the potato famine and persecution by the English. My kids claim Irish ancestry on their mothers side and are registered on the O'Keefe database if he is proud to be Irish leave him alone.
@@treboratatYour ancestry tells you what your ancestors were. An American with an Irish great-great-great-grandfather who has never left American soil is still American.
Yes he was the first big wing could have played as a lose forward fast and strong the s Sptingboks were the only team in 1995 world cup the slow him down and stop him
American football is classical music. Highly structured, everything in its place. A place for everything. Rugby is freeform jazz. Highly improvised and seemingly chaotic at all times. Can you only pass the ball backwards? Yes. As a P.S.: there's a video called Rugby explained for Americans (by an American) that - even with minor mistakes/interpretations - is a pretty damned good one to watch. Goat? Depends who you ask. But for us Kiwi's, it's Jonah Lomu (now deceased - age 40 - thanks to playing his entire career with kidney disease). Each rugby playing nation has their own competition. We start at ages 5/6. Play for our local club. Then college (high school) if good enough. Then a club if we wish to continue playing with the local club. Then if good enough, can progress to your national provincial league, then in NZ's case to professional rugby (Super 12 - the best teams from NZ, Australia, and South Africa). From there, to your national team.
The classical v jazz is an analogy I've used in the past. The point to make, is that what underpins that freestyle jazz is a comprehensive knowledge of theory and structure, and a huge amount of communications.
I prefer to think of it as chess vs bullet chess: mostly because I hate freeform jazz lol. Rugby still has a lot of the same structure and rules but is a much faster, more fluid game with sequences concocted on the fly, misplay and counterplay transitioning seamlessly.
American football is certainly not classical music, it’s a five year old who just got a keyboard for xmas and is fucking around with it unsuccessfully and crudely, rugby is like classical music, with structure and skill.
Everything in its place, and after the corporate sponsorship money buys up most of the time, you get to see a bit of the actual players competing in their game. highly structured for advertisers, the actual game is NOT the priority. OH and its American throw-ball.
a lot of these tackles are illegal, you have to wrap your arms around them, you can't just use your shoulder. its not about being big, if that were the case the US or the pacific island would be top of the tree, its about technique, tactics and discipline. the best teams in the world are probably ireland, france, south africa and new zealand at present, any of those teams could beat each other on their day
Ummm, Italy isn't top 10. Just checked the rankings but for some reason I can't bring up the teams below Top 10. I can't remember Italy ever being in the top 10. All 5 of the other teams are though. 6 Nations is worth a watch. The best place for Americans to watch is probably on Peacock.
Hi Guys - I am pleased that you decided to react to a rugby compilation but I know that you know that this cherry-picked to shock and awe the novice. That being said, it is the greatest sport in the world and was the fore-runner of American Football. In rugby you actually have to touch the ball down in the in-zone...not the airy-fairy waving the ball 'over the plane'.
The thing with rugby is that, like most international sports, there are both club and international sides. The World Cup is the most prestigious, and then there are two smaller annual tournaments, the Rugby Championship in the southern hemisphere, and the Six Nations in Europe. For club rugby, I'd suggest that the best to check out are "Super Rugby" (a best-of-the-best competition for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands) which is a league format, and the "Heineken Cup" which is basically the equivalent of the Champions' League in soccer, with the best teams from South Africa and Europe. There are other leagues that teams compete in alongside this, but if you're aiming to get into it by seeing the big names and stars, those are your best bets.
Yeah rugby doesn't stop at the tackle. At most its a pause. You have to hold the guy down otherwise he will just get up and carry on. Once he is on the floor, he has to release the ball within a couple of seconds. If he has no backup, that will just mean losing it to the opposition (a turnover). His backup normally arrives instantly and a thing called the rook takes place. His guys will kind of pile over him and form an "offside line". The opposition cant walk around this line, if they want the ball they have to push them back over the top of it. (again a turnover). Often this is as much of a pause as you get in the tackle because his guys normally make the offside line and the ball is on the ground behind it, and the opposition often don't contest it in a big way, they will tend to be concentrating on positioning and tactics ensuring their line is good defensively. A lot of stuff around it is very controversial as it relies on the referees interpretation and point of view so much.
Its more of a tournament between nations. Its called the rugby world cup and the springboks have been champions for 3 years. After they decided to be a good team again
Cool video lads. There’s two types of rugby in the UK - Union and League. Look out for a video of a former player called Adrian Morley. Or Sam Burgess. Absolute legends!
You can’t tackle a player not in possession of the ball so there's no intentional blocking like in the NFL and the tackle must be shoulder-height or lower with an attempt to wrap your arms. There are no downs like in the NFL where play is stopped and restarted with a scrimmage, but rather a ruck that's kind of like a mini-scrimmage when a player is tackled (who has to release the ball) and players attempt to push each other over the ball to gain or secure possession. Play is not stopped unless an infringement occurs and the ref blows their whistle to award a penalty, free kick or a scrum. The ref has the discretion to keep play going after an infringement if the team who didn't commit it has possession and benefits from play carrying on. This is called advantage and play can be stopped and restarted by the ref for the initial infringement if no advantage was gained.
Check out: Dirtiest - Bakkies Botha Hardest - Henry Tuillangui/Sebastian Chabel Best Kicker - Johnny Wilkinson Full back - JPR Williams Best Flyhalf (think Quarter back) - Dan Carter Steam Roller - Jonah Lomu Surprise package - Shane Williams
I'm pretty sure, pound for pound, JPR was the toughest f**ker who ever pulled on a rugby jersey, as his style of aggressive running play made him a constant target for the 'bad-boys' of Rugby, especially the All Blacks of the early 70's!! You wouldn't see many modern players shrugging off so many high-tackles as JPR did.........in every single game!! I appreciate, the newer guys are big, strong, tough, athletic, & very very capable, but in JPR's day, they also had to hold down a job in the real-world, while mangling each other on a weekend.......for 'fun'!!! It's fortunate he chose Medicine as a career, with Rugby being his pastime, because he needed to know how to put himself back together again, for work on Monday!! 🤣
9:55 That's called a ruck. When a player in possession of the ball is tackled he must release the ball, that's when a ruck can be formed. It's a messy sport, but we love the ruggers in Wales 🏴
The guy who picks the guy up in blue and carries him over the sideline. That's Rugby League and that was state of origin you were watching. Queensland vs New South Wales.
The ball is always live whilst in the field of play. No forward passes but kicks go forward. Play stops when there is a penalty or ball leaves field of play or a score.
Ireland has one of the four monster teams in the top all rankings, with France, South Africa and New Zeland. The top 4 of Tier 1.then, England, Scothland, Argentina, Wales, Fiji and Japan...in a second step. Back on Ireland, we have a wonderfull rivality, (Argentina vs Ireland) Incredible 4°finals played many times 4 bouth teams, most oh them with tied up finals. If you're Irish.... Yoi should know it".... Your National Team is AWESOME!!!!!
You need to know Americans co-opted the word "football" and attached it to your version of Rugby. Then, these guys crash into each other with minimal protection (teeth and jewels).
The Springboks, the South African national team is the current world champions, having won their second consecutive World Cup last year in France, making it their 3 World Cup title since the SA was allowed back in 1995 (which they won)
@@MorneFourie-zc1oo stay off the happy pills. SA never played in the Six Nations. FYI, Ireland were the only team to beat SA at the World Cup. Ireland are the better team, SA just got lucky.
@@noelmaher7800 Bwahahahahaha! S.A. with FOUR world Cups, Ireland with ZERO. When Ireland manages to make the semi-finals in the world cup we can start to talk. Also, for the record : Ireland and South Africa have played 28 times, with South Africa winning 18, Ireland 9, with 1 draw.
Just to confuse you even more, you should check out the Rugby Sevens tournaments. Currently underway in Perth before moving on to Vancouver, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Singapore and Madrid. South Africa and Argentina are on top in the Mens' division at the moment while Australia holds top spot for the Womens' position.
South Africa won the World Cup last year making them the only country to have won the cup 4 times. The Championship takes place every 4 years and SA took it in '94, '07, '19 and 2023. Check out the Springboks Most feared team in the world
The play ends when the tackler strips the ball from you or by foul(knockon/fumble). In rugby you can go up to 20 phases(20 downs) to get to the try line (end zone)
I'd describe rugby as being a bit like if you took American Football, where each player has a build and skillset for specialised positions, only players play on both offense and defense, and when the tackle is made, there is IMMEDIATELY another snap so players have got to just fulfil the role of wherever they were at that point in time, and there's an infinite number of downs. A large part of tactics in rugby is trying to engineer mismatches so you've got more space, or the other team have the equivalent of a lineman covering out wide, or you have a defensive end running with the ball and the other team's quarterback trying to tackle him. That's also why you see a lot of kicking, because if a team doesn't like the defensive look it sees, they'll just kick and reset, because you can compete in the air for the ball, punting isn't giving up possession like it is in Americcan football.
You wanted to know what happens when they are tackled. That is when the fight for the ball (the ruck, google it) starts. Whoever can win it has the ball. Re legs, get strong. Squats, deadlifts, heavy or don't bother. Smash any opposition players off the position. Have a hard skull. Be able to sprint for 2 lots of 40 minutes. Or, stick with american football where you get breaks and have helmets and armour.
When tackled in open play the tackled player keeps the ball if he hasn’t fumbled it. He must try to release the ball rearward. He could be prevented from releasing (jackling) and lose possession risking a penalty for not releasing. But to establish quick multiphase play the tackled player releases, his team mate redistributes the ball and so on. Each successive execution is called a phase. Fast flowing rugby with speed and handskills is a function of dominant possession through phases. Unfortunately too many outsiders coming to rugby get turned on by the big hits. Open phase play really showcases the best of rugby. As for physique, you mentioned tree trunks legs, physique is slowly morphing into something like uniformity pretty much wherever you play. Thought considerable height is needed for some forwards (Locks). A modern No.8 (a forward) like Ben Earl could play as back. Candidate for best ever: Jonah Lomu. Despite his colossal size he was a winger (No.11 I think). Fast. Unstoppable.
South African Springboks. Cheslin Kolbe is my favorite player, but the Springboks have a lot of brilliant players. We just won the world cup for the 4th time.
Do you know there are 2 types of Rugby? Union has 15 a side, League 13 a side. League used to be professional and Union was amateur but they're both professional now.
You'll find that the good ball carriers initiate the contact. To counter them you stand up and make him run high which makes him a bigger target. You're only interested in his diaphragm up.
If you were really "Irish" you'd know that they are one of the best teams if not the best team in the world at the moment. Their regional sides are also dominant in European rugby like Leinster.
Rugby doesn’t stop. It does this for the entire match. There’s no year long stops to set up plays, no padding. Honestly US football drives me mad because it keeps stopping. These guys take this intensity for the entire match. We invented this… yup, another one!
The average actual play time in an NFL game is 18 minutes, play stops after each play. There are far more minutes of televised replays and adverts. Rugby is 80 minutes of non stop action.
Having been bought up on rugby that’s why we think American footballers are wimps for wearing padding 😂. By the way, you’re not Irish. You’re American with Irish ancestors. The All Blacks from New Zealand, I think, are considered one of the top teams.
As an Aussie I would have to say our best team is the Brisbane Broncos and when we have our State of Origin competition Queensland Team is the best. Amazing skill and really tough players!
You should react to the springboks. They're the best rugby team at the moment and recently won the world cup. React to why everyone fears the springboks
Premiership is the only league you need for Football or Rugby. Premiership (top), Championship (second). Winning Teams in Championship could progress to Premiership, if they do really bad they could be demoted. Simple as that. Then each country will have their own leagues, each town. But world wide it's English premiership for football and rugby if you're getting started that's all you need to know.
South Africa are current World Champions, New Zealand, Ireland and France are the best of the rest in the 15 man Union game. The best leagues are Six Nations, Super Rugby and the United Rugby Championship.
I played rugby since I was 9 I'm 57 now. When I was in the Malaysian commando, we played rugby with coconuts. Basic rules: 1. Only those team mates behind u can receive your pass. If u punt forward, only u & those behind you are allowed to catch or chase the ball down. 2. When tackling, u must hold down the oppositions, & those who got tackled must release the ball backwards, for his team mates. 3. A bunch of team mates will come & create a protective wall to stop the opponents coming over the top to grab the ball. (Oppositions that tries to get the ball from the side will be called off side - its a foul, & the game will be stopped) 4. U can't infringe other players who do not have the ball. In American football, the other players can take on the would be tackler to protect the team mate running with the ball - can't do that in rugby. If u get a rugby team to play football, against a football team, u guys gonna get thrash. The reason is, u guys won't be getting the ball. Besides, our stamina are off the charts. Watch more rugby. Glad u boys enjoyed it
South African Springsboks are currently the world champions and only team to win it 4 times. Zealand has won it 3 times. The 2 most successful teams in the world
Ireland ranked No. 2 in the world behind the Bocs and ahead of New Zealand the all blacks sent us home from the world cup after we beat south africa in the group stage
Some of the bigger guys are the size of OT and DE in NFL. Rugby doesn't hit as hard as NFL, because of your subconscious self defense, not meaning they don't hit harder then none athletes.
I am french but let met tell you that at this moment Ireland is doing pretty well. The best national teams are probably Ireland and South Africa... And regarding clubs... Leinster (Dublin area) and Toulouse (South of France) are the best teams... Watch the European champions cup. The final is close. 25th of May... Leinster vs Toulouse
The best player O ever saw was Jonah Lomu. He was enormous and died tragically young.Greatest of all time as far as i'm concerned. Played for the AllBlacks ( New Zealand national team) who i think are probably the best national side ever.
that guy your mention from the new england freejacks rugby team is a part of the professinal rugby set up in the states called MAJOR LEAGUE RUGBY one of the best leagues out the international rugby nations are keeping a keen eye on that league eyery major rugby nations are talking about it be proud of what you guys have got
The All Blacks are a good team to check out and, from back in the day, their player Jonah Lomu!! And some of the players have a tape style band wrapped around their heads and this is because when in the scrum other players would grab them by the ears and, have on some occasions, ripped off chunks of ear!
In your Murican football leagues, there are so few teams that no-one gets relegated, no-one gets promoted, so there is no need to fight to the end of the season, just give up and get better draft picks next season SMH! In your hour long game that is stretched out to at least 3 hours, for adverts, defence on the field, offence onto the field and other "Special" teams, flags on the play, timeouts, do you know how long the ball is in Play on average? Eleven, 11, yes, ELEVEN minutes, that's it, done, that's your lot! What a game! 11 minutes!
The problem with these "hardest hits"videos is that most hits shown are illegal. You need to take them with a pinch of salt until you've seen a ”learn the rules" clip to give you some context.
"Im Irish."
Entire Irish nation rolls their eyes.
My great grandmother was Irish, I have no Irish connections whatsoever, I’m South African through and through, i was born here, I’m NOT Irish!
An irishman wouldn’t be asking the questions he asked about rugby either!
Cringe
@@bushbabybotha9943 Yoh exactly 🤣
And i am pretty sure that the rest of the world rolls their eyes too (I did).. Nobody else in the world say things like that other than the people in the USA...
"I'm Irish you know." No, you are not. You are a citizen of the U.S.A.
Except when you're not in the USA it seems .
That’s nothing - I’m Viking
@@OriginalHandprint "Viking" is not an ethnicity, nationality or any other origin. A viking was a Scandinavian who went seafaring to raid, pillage and steal.
A fundamental part of rugby is that only the ball carrier can be tackled. There are various instances here of people being tackled after they have passed the ball. If the referee is satisfied that the tackler was committed to the tackle and had no chance to pull out, then it is legal. If there is a discernible delay, or is early before the target receives the ball then it is a penalty offence. Additionally, they are not permitted to tackle a player who has jumped to catch the ball and is still off the ground. That is virtually certain to result in a yellow or red card to send the offender off the field. Also they cannot block players who do not have the ball.
Watch “Nimh’s rules of Rugby Union explained” on this platform, it’s a good video that covers everything a person new to the sport would need to know. Also on the 2nd February the Six Nations tournament starts again for 2024, the Six Nations is a yearly international tournament between Italy, France, Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England. I think NBC & CNBC are showing the 6 nations game live in the US.
A car crash at 40 mph produces about 40G's of force, the highest ever recorded ruby impact is 205G's.
Professional rugby scrummers generate enough power to hold back an F1 car., which they successfully did back in 2016.
Rugby is continuous. It’s played for 80 minutes in 40 minute halves. Can only pass backwards to gain forward momentum. If the ball is dropped/passes forward it’s considered a “Knock on” stopping the play for a “scrum” to gain possession of the ball. If the ball goes out to “touch” in the “out of bounds” area. Possession can be won in a “line-out” where players contest for the thrown in ball, while being lifted. Players can kick the ball forwards at any point during the game to win territory. To score a “try” (like a touchdown) a player must enter the “end zone” and the ball must make downward contact with the ground. A “try” is 5 points a conversion (point after kick) is 2 points. During play, if a player is tackled, the play still remains ongoing, but players must contest for the ball on the ground in a “ruck”, players will basically fight for the ball, but as soon as the ball is passed from the “ruck” play continues. If an illegal play occurs i.e a dangerous tackle, a penalty is awarded to the team. A penalty can either be taken in the form of a scrum, 3 point kick over the posts, or kick into touch for a lineout. There are 15 players on the field 8 “forwards” (fat boys) and 7 “backs” (fast boys) Forwards: 2 props, 1 hooker, 2 locks, 2 flankers, 1 number 8.
Backs: 1 Scrum half, 1 Fly half, 2 wingers, 2 Centers and 1 fullback.
My head is hurting from thinking of other information, but there’s the basics😂
Great summary. But as we both know? It is WAAAAY more complex than that.
“Im Irish” straight to the comments
Same
I've seen Ireland (✈️) ,... I had an Irish teacher .... I'm Irish 😂🤣☘️
Same :D
Nobody is just an American, they are all a "something" American. lol
Typical American I'm Irish lol. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I've seen Ireland from a plane, I'm Irish 🍀🤣😅
By blood he is. Is Sunk English?
@@22grena Unfortunately yes he is.
He says he's Irish and then doesn't know if Ireland has a rugby team.... 😅
Rugby is continuous and played at high tempo and often spontaneous. it's not pre-planned, robotic and stultifyingly dull like American football!
The american version looks like a "special olympic" version of rugby.
It's "grid iron football" ... probably because after every 30 seconds they all go into a grid pattern and it happens as much as iron is metal.
Do you mean American ``throwball``?.
@@olivierdk2 Can only think it was invented by TV executives. Non stop breaks in the game for ads
When I go to Ireland, there's always an American tourist saying "I'm Irish". My family was Irish, I'm English.
mate, my dad is irish, I was born in england, I have both an irish and british passport, I will never be irish
I am Irish and when I visited NYC I had some American tell me he was Irish cause his girlfriends great great great grandad was Irish 😂 they all say it and its so annoying 😑
Ireland are the current number 2 ranked team in the world. On Saturday Ireland won the six nations (Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, France and Italy) championship for the second year in a row.
You should watch Jonah Lomu - Lord of the Wings. He was the GOAT (passed away). The All Blacks (New Zealand) are statistically the best team of all time. Jonah played for them.
The Man is Jonah Lomu. 6 foot 5, 260lb. and 100M 10.80. He was unstoppable.
And.most.part of.his carreer he wasnt at 100% due his kidney disease.
Not is was
But he was a gentle giant in life, a real gentleman, the world of rugby lost a Trojan 😢
Still loved and missed
I went to the comments section exclusively in the hope that someone had mentioned the late, great Jonah Lomu.
Rugby, the sport invented at a public (fee paying) posh school just outside the town of Rugby in the UK
That's so true and the game was first called rugby football
Rugby is in England btw
And oldest game of football is still held 20 miles down the A5 at atherstone (ATHERSTONE BALL GAME 800 years it been going check that out
@@alanellis1442yes it`s an older coded game than football, early football you could pick the ball up and run with it etc, so that webb ellis thing has gotta be hokum as the game allowed it.
*Claims to be Irish*
Other guy: *asks something about Ireland*
"I don't fucking know"
Always found it funny that in American football the ball only needs to enter the end zone to score a touchdown but in Rugby you have to touch the ground with the ball.
Holy shit, no body-armour or a helmet in sight !!!🇬🇧
And bro, you're not Irish. My dad was Irish, doesn't make me Irish. You're American.
If by any chance your mother or father or grandparents are Irish, you may be able to get an Irish passport. In the UK I can because of my father. In the same way my daughter can also have one, on the grounds of her grandfather.
If you can, that would not only be Irish status, but freedom of travel throughout the European Union.
your ancestry makes you what ever you are. he is Irish, he claims Irish. your Irish ancestors left Ireland because of the potato famine and persecution by the English. My kids claim Irish ancestry on their mothers side and are registered on the O'Keefe database if he is proud to be Irish leave him alone.
And if you went to Ireland and claimed you are Irish, they would scowl and tell you that you are not Irish.
@@treboratatYour ancestry tells you what your ancestors were. An American with an Irish great-great-great-grandfather who has never left American soil is still American.
@@treboratatIn Ireland I’ve heard the locals refer to Irish Americans as Thrush, irritating c$&@?s.
@@treboratat No, they really didn't. My dad came over when he was in his 20s. He was a physicist.
Jonah Lomu, one of the best rugby players of all time!
Wait you dont know shit about rugby, but you know Lomu? WERD.
Absolute legend, and I’m an ozi👍
RIP
Yes he was the first big wing could have played as a lose forward fast and strong the s
Sptingboks were the only team in 1995 world cup the slow him down and stop him
@@alanellis1442thanks too poisoning
The Six Nations starts next weekend. A rugby competition between England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France and Italy.
they stopped inviting SA because we just make it a one sided competition hahaha. So enjoy the B league 6 nations.
@@MorneFourie-zc1oo what?
SA = South Africa ;-) @@Jarflex101
I know who SA is, the northern hemisphere have never invited them, it's a European championship!!!@giannidubois9155
Yes, sorry, i thing he was talking about the world cup, if it isn't, i have to say , what?😂@@Jarflex101
American football is classical music. Highly structured, everything in its place. A place for everything.
Rugby is freeform jazz. Highly improvised and seemingly chaotic at all times.
Can you only pass the ball backwards? Yes.
As a P.S.: there's a video called Rugby explained for Americans (by an American) that - even with minor mistakes/interpretations - is a pretty damned good one to watch.
Goat? Depends who you ask. But for us Kiwi's, it's Jonah Lomu (now deceased - age 40 - thanks to playing his entire career with kidney disease).
Each rugby playing nation has their own competition. We start at ages 5/6. Play for our local club. Then college (high school) if good enough. Then a club if we wish to continue playing with the local club. Then if good enough, can progress to your national provincial league, then in NZ's case to professional rugby (Super 12 - the best teams from NZ, Australia, and South Africa). From there, to your national team.
The classical v jazz is an analogy I've used in the past. The point to make, is that what underpins that freestyle jazz is a comprehensive knowledge of theory and structure, and a huge amount of communications.
I prefer to think of it as chess vs bullet chess: mostly because I hate freeform jazz lol. Rugby still has a lot of the same structure and rules but is a much faster, more fluid game with sequences concocted on the fly, misplay and counterplay transitioning seamlessly.
@@neill392 yeah. That adds a lot to what I was attempting to say.
American football is certainly not classical music, it’s a five year old who just got a keyboard for xmas and is fucking around with it unsuccessfully and crudely, rugby is like classical music, with structure and skill.
Everything in its place, and after the corporate sponsorship money buys up most of the time, you get to see a bit of the actual players competing in their game. highly structured for advertisers, the actual game is NOT the priority. OH and its American throw-ball.
“In football there’s a bunch of shit goin on”
Eloquent.
haha that made me chuckle
Rugby 🐐 is Jonah lomu from New Zealand. There is to types of rugby, rugby union and rugby league.
Remember your game of football has it’s origins in rugby
a lot of these tackles are illegal, you have to wrap your arms around them, you can't just use your shoulder. its not about being big, if that were the case the US or the pacific island would be top of the tree, its about technique, tactics and discipline. the best teams in the world are probably ireland, france, south africa and new zealand at present, any of those teams could beat each other on their day
Scotland being the poorest team rugby and football lol
6 nations starts in 7 days great way to see the best 6 in Europe go at it. They are also all in the top 10 of the world
Ummm, Italy isn't top 10. Just checked the rankings but for some reason I can't bring up the teams below Top 10. I can't remember Italy ever being in the top 10. All 5 of the other teams are though.
6 Nations is worth a watch. The best place for Americans to watch is probably on Peacock.
All blacks (New Zealand) and The Springboks ( South Africa) are considered the two best teams of all time and Jonah Lomu is the GOAT
Hi Guys - I am pleased that you decided to react to a rugby compilation but I know that you know that this cherry-picked to shock and awe the novice. That being said, it is the greatest sport in the world and was the fore-runner of American Football. In rugby you actually have to touch the ball down in the in-zone...not the airy-fairy waving the ball 'over the plane'.
The thing with rugby is that, like most international sports, there are both club and international sides. The World Cup is the most prestigious, and then there are two smaller annual tournaments, the Rugby Championship in the southern hemisphere, and the Six Nations in Europe.
For club rugby, I'd suggest that the best to check out are "Super Rugby" (a best-of-the-best competition for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands) which is a league format, and the "Heineken Cup" which is basically the equivalent of the Champions' League in soccer, with the best teams from South Africa and Europe. There are other leagues that teams compete in alongside this, but if you're aiming to get into it by seeing the big names and stars, those are your best bets.
Yeah rugby doesn't stop at the tackle. At most its a pause. You have to hold the guy down otherwise he will just get up and carry on. Once he is on the floor, he has to release the ball within a couple of seconds. If he has no backup, that will just mean losing it to the opposition (a turnover). His backup normally arrives instantly and a thing called the rook takes place. His guys will kind of pile over him and form an "offside line". The opposition cant walk around this line, if they want the ball they have to push them back over the top of it. (again a turnover). Often this is as much of a pause as you get in the tackle because his guys normally make the offside line and the ball is on the ground behind it, and the opposition often don't contest it in a big way, they will tend to be concentrating on positioning and tactics ensuring their line is good defensively. A lot of stuff around it is very controversial as it relies on the referees interpretation and point of view so much.
Thanks for the through explanation, Inquisitive Bald Man! 🤙
It's a 'RUCK' not a "rook"
@@12ManyReactions It's a 'RUCK' not a "rook"
Its more of a tournament between nations. Its called the rugby world cup and the springboks have been champions for 3 years. After they decided to be a good team again
By 2027, we'd be World Cup holders for 8 years in a row.💚💛🇿🇦
Cool video lads. There’s two types of rugby in the UK - Union and League. Look out for a video of a former player called Adrian Morley. Or Sam Burgess. Absolute legends!
You can’t tackle a player not in possession of the ball so there's no intentional blocking like in the NFL and the tackle must be shoulder-height or lower with an attempt to wrap your arms. There are no downs like in the NFL where play is stopped and restarted with a scrimmage, but rather a ruck that's kind of like a mini-scrimmage when a player is tackled (who has to release the ball) and players attempt to push each other over the ball to gain or secure possession. Play is not stopped unless an infringement occurs and the ref blows their whistle to award a penalty, free kick or a scrum. The ref has the discretion to keep play going after an infringement if the team who didn't commit it has possession and benefits from play carrying on. This is called advantage and play can be stopped and restarted by the ref for the initial infringement if no advantage was gained.
Check out:
Dirtiest - Bakkies Botha
Hardest - Henry Tuillangui/Sebastian Chabel
Best Kicker - Johnny Wilkinson
Full back - JPR Williams
Best Flyhalf (think Quarter back) - Dan Carter
Steam Roller - Jonah Lomu
Surprise package - Shane Williams
Martin Johnson was one of the hardest
True, but very little footage to back it up...@@stephenlangton3814
Bro Dan carter was a kicker
Sebastian Chabel was a pussycat
I'm pretty sure, pound for pound, JPR was the toughest f**ker who ever pulled on a rugby jersey, as his style of aggressive running play made him a constant target for the 'bad-boys' of Rugby, especially the All Blacks of the early 70's!!
You wouldn't see many modern players shrugging off so many high-tackles as JPR did.........in every single game!!
I appreciate, the newer guys are big, strong, tough, athletic, & very very capable, but in JPR's day, they also had to hold down a job in the real-world, while mangling each other on a weekend.......for 'fun'!!!
It's fortunate he chose Medicine as a career, with Rugby being his pastime, because he needed to know how to put himself back together again, for work on Monday!! 🤣
9:55 That's called a ruck. When a player in possession of the ball is tackled he must release the ball, that's when a ruck can be formed. It's a messy sport, but we love the ruggers in Wales 🏴
"make contact to the ground at the end zone". Yes, it's a touchdown, you don't make that in American football.
American football comes from Rugby.
No, it was shat out by rugby! It’s a farce that has the same shaped ball but otherwise is different in every way, not to its benefit!
Guys look up Jonah Lomu highlights thats the goat
He was good the biggest wing every at that time.In 1995 the Springboks were the first team that slowed his attack down and go on to win the world cup
You should react to womens rugby, they can be just as brutal
The guy who picks the guy up in blue and carries him over the sideline. That's Rugby League and that was state of origin you were watching. Queensland vs New South Wales.
"You could really hurt one of your boys if you wanted to"
Called a 'hospital pass'.
The ball is always live whilst in the field of play. No forward passes but kicks go forward. Play stops when there is a penalty or ball leaves field of play or a score.
Ireland has one of the four monster teams in the top all rankings, with France, South Africa and New Zeland. The top 4 of Tier 1.then, England, Scothland, Argentina, Wales, Fiji and Japan...in a second step.
Back on Ireland, we have a wonderfull rivality, (Argentina vs Ireland)
Incredible 4°finals played many times 4 bouth teams, most oh them with tied up finals. If you're Irish.... Yoi should know it".... Your National Team is AWESOME!!!!!
It's what u can't see under the scrum where the pain is, punches are thrown, a man's balls are squashed 😂😂
Can’t wait till he finds out how good the Ireland team is. 😂🔥🔥🔥💪🏾
Check out the rules of Rugby guys. It will add so much to what you're seeing & give you an idea of some of the BAD hits you are seeing
You need to know Americans co-opted the word "football" and attached it to your version of Rugby.
Then, these guys crash into each other with minimal protection (teeth and jewels).
Probably best team is New Zealand and best player Jonah Lomu.
The Springboks, the South African national team is the current world champions, having won their second consecutive World Cup last year in France, making it their 3 World Cup title since the SA was allowed back in 1995 (which they won)
Ireland has a very good team
No. 2 Ranked in world rugby
SA is better. World cup winners. Remmber. And now you dont wanna play us in 6 nations anymore
@@MorneFourie-zc1oo stay off the happy pills. SA never played in the Six Nations. FYI, Ireland were the only team to beat SA at the World Cup. Ireland are the better team, SA just got lucky.
@@noelmaher7800 Bwahahahahaha! S.A. with FOUR world Cups, Ireland with ZERO. When Ireland manages to make the semi-finals in the world cup we can start to talk.
Also, for the record : Ireland and South Africa have played 28 times, with South Africa winning 18, Ireland 9, with 1 draw.
The six nations tournament is about to start in feb. England, Scotland, France,Ireland, Italy and wales. Check it out!
Rugby Union tries to keep the ball alive for a full 80 minutes, and that's how long they can stay on the field.
Just to confuse you even more, you should check out the Rugby Sevens tournaments. Currently underway in Perth before moving on to Vancouver, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Singapore and Madrid. South Africa and Argentina are on top in the Mens' division at the moment while Australia holds top spot for the Womens' position.
Ireland are one of the top sides at the moment
He wouldn't know he's not Irish 🤣🤣🤣
What makes rugby stop? The occasional foul :D
"I'm Irish".
There are also "Africans", "Italians", "Latin" people, etc.
Nobody is an American and they all feel "they" are trying to divide them. 😂
The last play was a good way of putting it.
South Africa won the World Cup last year making them the only country to have won the cup 4 times. The Championship takes place every 4 years and SA took it in '94, '07, '19 and 2023. Check out the Springboks Most feared team in the world
The play ends when the tackler strips the ball from you or by foul(knockon/fumble). In rugby you can go up to 20 phases(20 downs) to get to the try line (end zone)
I'd describe rugby as being a bit like if you took American Football, where each player has a build and skillset for specialised positions, only players play on both offense and defense, and when the tackle is made, there is IMMEDIATELY another snap so players have got to just fulfil the role of wherever they were at that point in time, and there's an infinite number of downs. A large part of tactics in rugby is trying to engineer mismatches so you've got more space, or the other team have the equivalent of a lineman covering out wide, or you have a defensive end running with the ball and the other team's quarterback trying to tackle him. That's also why you see a lot of kicking, because if a team doesn't like the defensive look it sees, they'll just kick and reset, because you can compete in the air for the ball, punting isn't giving up possession like it is in Americcan football.
You want to play Rugby , you would be destroyed Sir. Those men have trained for years to reach their places
You wanted to know what happens when they are tackled. That is when the fight for the ball (the ruck, google it) starts. Whoever can win it has the ball. Re legs, get strong. Squats, deadlifts, heavy or don't bother. Smash any opposition players off the position. Have a hard skull. Be able to sprint for 2 lots of 40 minutes. Or, stick with american football where you get breaks and have helmets and armour.
When tackled in open play the tackled player keeps the ball if he hasn’t fumbled it. He must try to release the ball rearward. He could be prevented from releasing (jackling) and lose possession risking a penalty for not releasing. But to establish quick multiphase play the tackled player releases, his team mate redistributes the ball and so on. Each successive execution is called a phase. Fast flowing rugby with speed and handskills is a function of dominant possession through phases. Unfortunately too many outsiders coming to rugby get turned on by the big hits. Open phase play really showcases the best of rugby. As for physique, you mentioned tree trunks legs, physique is slowly morphing into something like uniformity pretty much wherever you play. Thought considerable height is needed for some forwards (Locks). A modern No.8 (a forward) like Ben Earl could play as back. Candidate for best ever: Jonah Lomu. Despite his colossal size he was a winger (No.11 I think). Fast. Unstoppable.
South African Springboks. Cheslin Kolbe is my favorite player, but the Springboks have a lot of brilliant players. We just won the world cup for the 4th time.
Ninh explains the Rules of Rugby Union Worth watching. Cheers.
Do you know there are 2 types of Rugby? Union has 15 a side, League 13 a side. League used to be professional and Union was amateur but they're both professional now.
Top 14 is the best league for sure ! 🇫🇷
"I'm Irish" is right up there with "world champs" national sport. I still love you guys though.
You'll find that the good ball carriers initiate the contact. To counter them you stand up and make him run high which makes him a bigger target. You're only interested in his diaphragm up.
If you were really "Irish" you'd know that they are one of the best teams if not the best team in the world at the moment. Their regional sides are also dominant in European rugby like Leinster.
The GOAT is Jonah Lomu. 6 feet 5 inches, 275lbs and could run 100m in 10.8 seconds.
Rugby doesn’t stop. It does this for the entire match. There’s no year long stops to set up plays, no padding. Honestly US football drives me mad because it keeps stopping. These guys take this intensity for the entire match. We invented this… yup, another one!
The average actual play time in an NFL game is 18 minutes, play stops after each play. There are far more minutes of televised replays and adverts. Rugby is 80 minutes of non stop action.
Having been bought up on rugby that’s why we think American footballers are wimps for wearing padding 😂. By the way, you’re not Irish. You’re American with Irish ancestors. The All Blacks from New Zealand, I think, are considered one of the top teams.
As an Aussie I would have to say our best team is the Brisbane Broncos and when we have our State of Origin competition Queensland Team is the best. Amazing skill and really tough players!
You should react to the springboks. They're the best rugby team at the moment and recently won the world cup. React to why everyone fears the springboks
Tree trunk legs.. thats where the energy to dash and lift push all comes from
Premiership is the only league you need for Football or Rugby. Premiership (top), Championship (second). Winning Teams in Championship could progress to Premiership, if they do really bad they could be demoted. Simple as that. Then each country will have their own leagues, each town. But world wide it's English premiership for football and rugby if you're getting started that's all you need to know.
Faff De Klek. South Africa. Small guy, massive hitter and very speedy.
Rugby impossible skills videos are the best
South Africa are current World Champions, New Zealand, Ireland and France are the best of the rest in the 15 man Union game. The best leagues are Six Nations, Super Rugby and the United Rugby Championship.
I played rugby since I was 9
I'm 57 now.
When I was in the Malaysian commando, we played rugby with coconuts.
Basic rules:
1. Only those team mates behind u can receive your pass. If u punt forward, only u & those behind you are allowed to catch or chase the ball down.
2. When tackling, u must hold down the oppositions, & those who got tackled must release the ball backwards, for his team mates.
3. A bunch of team mates will come & create a protective wall to stop the opponents coming over the top to grab the ball. (Oppositions that tries to get the ball from the side will be called off side - its a foul, & the game will be stopped)
4. U can't infringe other players who do not have the ball. In American football, the other players can take on the would be tackler to protect the team mate running with the ball - can't do that in rugby.
If u get a rugby team to play football, against a football team, u guys gonna get thrash.
The reason is, u guys won't be getting the ball.
Besides, our stamina are off the charts.
Watch more rugby.
Glad u boys enjoyed it
South African Springsboks are currently the world champions and only team to win it 4 times.
Zealand has won it 3 times. The 2 most successful teams in the world
Rugby players have real jobs. I remember some of my favourite players from a decade ago were bankers.
Ireland ranked No. 2 in the world behind the Bocs and ahead of New Zealand the all blacks sent us home from the world cup after we beat south africa in the group stage
thats why your number 2 it wasnt the final my boy. So thanks nmbr 2. From nmbr 1 SA teef kind
It's weird hearing America has rugby teams. Must be like Americans hearing the UK has American football teams.
Top leagues are all over the world, American football is played mainly in one country
Some of the bigger guys are the size of OT and DE in NFL. Rugby doesn't hit as hard as NFL, because of your subconscious self defense, not meaning they don't hit harder then none athletes.
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"Do Ireland have a good team???"
Yeahm fucking, top tier team.
My family are Scottish, I’ve lived in England all my life, that makes me English. Why don’t Americans ever say they’re American.
You want to watch a video on Ruby’s hardest tackles.
I am french but let met tell you that at this moment Ireland is doing pretty well. The best national teams are probably Ireland and South Africa... And regarding clubs... Leinster (Dublin area) and Toulouse (South of France) are the best teams... Watch the European champions cup. The final is close. 25th of May... Leinster vs Toulouse
Before the last Rugby world cup Ireland were ranked no 1 in the world! We punch well above our weight!
As they say in the UK... American football players play football. Real men play rugby.
You were right Ireland are one of the best teams in the world
The best player O ever saw was Jonah Lomu. He was enormous and died tragically young.Greatest of all time as far as i'm concerned. Played for the AllBlacks ( New Zealand national team) who i think are probably the best national side ever.
that guy your mention from the new england freejacks rugby team is a part of the professinal rugby set up in the states called MAJOR LEAGUE RUGBY one of the best leagues out the international rugby nations are keeping a keen eye on that league eyery major rugby nations are talking about it be proud of what you guys have got
The present Irish team are arguably the best Rugby Union team in the world right now.
The All Blacks are a good team to check out and, from back in the day, their player Jonah Lomu!! And some of the players have a tape style band wrapped around their heads and this is because when in the scrum other players would grab them by the ears and, have on some occasions, ripped off chunks of ear!
In your Murican football leagues, there are so few teams that no-one gets relegated, no-one gets promoted, so there is no need to fight to the end of the season, just give up and get better draft picks next season
SMH!
In your hour long game that is stretched out to at least 3 hours, for adverts, defence on the field, offence onto the field and other "Special" teams, flags on the play, timeouts, do you know how long the ball is in Play on average?
Eleven, 11, yes, ELEVEN minutes, that's it, done, that's your lot!
What a game! 11 minutes!
The problem with these "hardest hits"videos is that most hits shown are illegal. You need to take them with a pinch of salt until you've seen a ”learn the rules" clip to give you some context.
Just to mess with your heads a little more fellas , you do know there's two different versions of rugby, rugby union and rugby league both are brutal.
"i run 60 yards to gain 8 yards" bro thats literally rugby lmaooo throw that ish before you know that ish