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I am american who has lived in England for ten years. Trust me, as a massive NFL fan, we cant lay a glove on the physicality, speed and skill of rugby.
The 'Vending Machine With Legs' was the late great Jonah Lomu.... a man mountain and possibly the greatest winger ever... RIP 🏴
On this note, please react to him and his funeral, a more emotional hacka would be difficult
Totally agree. Jonah Lomu was a genius on the pitch and a gentleman off it. Greatly missed all around the world ❤
Easily one of the greatest ever. I always think that if you could design the perfect rugby player, it’d be Jonah Lomu. He had the size, speed, agility and the ability to use all of it to great effect. Rest in peace big man.
Absolutely, to put it in context, he was 6'5, 265 pounds, could run the 100m in 10.8 secs, had a great body swerve and hand off ... and a truly wonderful gentle giant of a man off the field
No not the greatest ever, not even the greatest of his era!
Jonah Lomu No. 11 in the Black Jersey was 6’5” and 118kgs about 260lbs and could run the 100m in 10 secs! He passed away age 40 from kidney disease. He was a legend of the game. It would take 3-4 guys to bring him down.
His 0-10m time was faster than any olympic sprinter in history! He would have been the greatest in basically any sport he chose. Fortunately for us he chose rugby, or rugby chose him given that it’s basically a religion in New Zealand.
11.1 secs, calm down a little
The way he ran over Mike Catt is unforgettable - great player but never scored a try against South Africa.
No disrespect to jonah as he is/was a legend. But he never scored against the springboks. Not even when his opposite winger was breyton paulse
He 's probably the GOAT of Rugby History! Much much respect and salute from France
At 12:00 Carter kicked the ball forwards because he was about to be tackled. In rugby, you can only tackle the ball-carrier: blocking is illegal. Kicking the ball ahead of himself meant that the defender couldn't touch him. Kicking and regathering was the only way to give himself the opportunity to score. Running at full speed like that, it takes a tremendous degree of skill to execute, as well as a touch of luck, because the shape of the ball doesn't guarantee that it will always go where you want it to.
You explained that so well. My son plays rugby, and I love to watch it, but I am still learning all the rules. You should make a video with all the bits we need to know and should look out for x
That's very kind of you! Don't worry, not a single person on the planet knows all the laws. Making videos isn't really my thing, but if you go to the England Rugby channel, they have a good video on the laws of rugby for those new to it.@@helenparsons364
Watch 'Rugby explained for Americans' (by an American). Very well done, even though a few things wrong/misunderstood/misinterpreted.
Gives a great understanding of the basics to build a foundation on.
The rule when I played (yrs ago) stated "violence may only be offered to the player in possession of the ball" amongst other things. Being an amateur game then, some guys had to go to work after a game (I often did), so "hard & fair" was pretty well respected - disciplining a teammate was common, as few could afford to have them start a war on the pitch. A bit different now, Jonathan Edwards said it best; as a speed merchant I felt I had to score as the big guys would get in the way of boots & whatever to protect me to keep me quick.
O wow you're a rugby genius hey.
When Japan defeated South Africa in that World Cup match World Rugby changed. Here is some context. South Africa = multi Super Bowl winning NFL team and Japan = Top Tier college team. The score was tied at the 80 minute mark which is Full Time, however, there were still 4 minutes of injury time to go, and the Japanese scored with seconds to go for their first ever victory over South Africa, Awesome match.
Slight change to that, it wasn't 4 minutes of injury time. Time was up, but in Rugby you can keep going until the ball goes dead (out of play, knocked forwards etc). So Japan knew that one single mistake and the game would immediately be over.
This win was the ultimate David vs Goliath win!
I think you are right to pick up on this - the try by Japan was already a good try - but what made it a great try was the context.
what a game, that's the spirit of rugby: never give up and keep on playing until the very last moment (plus the sportsmanship of the players. You know what they say "...rugby is a hooligan's game played by gentlemen." I love rugby!
Incorrect about injury time, game can go past 80 as long as ball in play, Ref can issue penalties after 80 as well, no injury or stoppage time is "added"
I played at school age 14 - 16.
I was 6 feet tall but only 2 inches wide.
My one redeeming factor was that I was county 100mtrs champion 2 years running.
So they always put me on the wing. Once I got the ball it was hard to catch me, but if they did I was in big trouble.
Got knocked clean out twice, fractured a rib and had the wind knocked out of me many times, not to mention all the black eyes, split lips, cuts and bruises.
Fucking loved it.
✌️❤️🇬🇧
Similar here, got to secondary school, so 11, 12 years old. Skinny and fast, PE teacher was having positive thoughts re rugby. Then the opposition realised that where one wouldn't stop me two would, at which point it got painful. I basically jacked it in at that point.
yeah mate .. I remember getting worked over by a wide midget once or twice myself
I played at school age 14-16, I was 5' tall and 4' wide...... so tight-head prop it was! I rarely caught wingers, but if I did they were in big trouble.... :) In those days we played rugby whatever the weather unless the ground was churned up AND frozen.... I hated those days, because the alternative was cross-country runs (not a preferred option for the forwards).
Don’t forget bring home half of the field in your bag in autumn/winter 😂😂😂
Your initial analysis of rugby tactics is surprisingly accurate: give it to a refrigerator to bash through the team and then off load it to a quick guy.
That's pretty much Plan A for a lot of teams.
yeah... maybe not as much structured strategy as n.a. football...but if you ever played n.a. football imagine playing 10 minutes of a broken play punt return... in our football the backups play special teams... in rugby the whole game is special teams and the starters will play the whole game... if they last
That vending machine with legs is the late Jonah lomu, from Auckland new Zealand 6'4 120kg/265lb man mountain that could do 100yd sprint in 10 seconds and is widely considered the goat of rugby union. He was the first rugby superstar if you will. Absolute legend RIP jonah.
No, Barry John was and will always be King.
Loved Jonah Lomb. RIP mate
Lomu sorry spellcheck interference
I’d suggest watching a full game, that will give so much context to how difficult some of these were, the energy levels of running and tackling up and down the field for two halves of 40 mins, six nations or World Cup games are my favourite
Rugby is shit hence why it’s dying in places like Australia
all blacks vs usa cup game would be good for an American to watch as there's still NFL markings on the field
@@DogFish-NZ rugby is boring and soft no chance Americans will get into it
@@danielkelly4487 NFL is boring as and wimpy. watch the highlights of the all blacks vs USA cup game I suggested.
@@danielkelly4487 what a funny guy you are
11:10 Had me in stitches…….“So you hand it off to the refrigerator who goes through the whole field then pitches it to the little guy with a bunch of speed to finish it off”.
Yep sounds like a play to me 😂
That's pretty much rugby in a nutshell. Forwards do most of the physical graft and do a lot of the running and kicking.
I remember the refrigerator, (William Perry) he played for the Chicago Bears when they won the Superbowl (1987?). If i remember he was a defensive Lineman originally, but was so big they often used him as a demolition truck to bulldoze through the opposition when they needed a couple of yards for a first down. He was an absolute monster, about 300 pounds and apparently could run the 100metres in 12 seconds. Not as fast as Lomu, but very impressive,
Yep. I was the refrigerator for our team. Pass out the ruck, tie up 3/4 players and then give it to the quick guys
I was one of the quick guys, on the wing and occasionally a flanker. The way JT put it was spot on lol @@InvadedOath
So: quick breakdown. In certain deadball situations - usually after an infringement - there is a *scrum.* Half the team - the *forwards* - links arms in a 3-4-1 formation crouching just above the ground and the ball is put in to the middle and the teams try to push over the ball to secure it for their side. These are the players numbered 1-8 on their shirts. They're usually the biggest guys on the field although players 6, 7, and 8 are usually faster, and better ball-handlers, than 1 through 5. Number 9 - the *scrum half* - is responsible for putting the ball in to those scrums.
The object is to carry the ball and touch it down over the try line. If you can't avoid being tackled by an opposing player, you try to pass. If you can't pass, you'll be tackled. You may also be tackled if you are a forward trying to gain ground intending to move the ball back to be distributed to other players. When a player is tackled and the ball goes to ground this is a *'ruck'*; the ball carrier has to let go of the ball - usually by falling with their body between the ball and the opposition and placing the ball on the ground conveniently for their own team - and the tackler is required to roll away. Other members of both teams try to get hold of the ball but without using their hands, although the tackler can try to strip the ball from the ball carrier. The scrum half then distributes the ball tactically...
...often to the *fly half* - number 10 - who is the closest thing to a quarterback. The fly-half is usually the best tactical brain on the field, although also has to be a very good ball handler. Players number 11 to 15 are 'the *'backs'.* If the scrum is on one half of the field, the backs line 10-12-13-14, on the other half 10-12-13-11 - 11 and 14 are the *'wings'* - one left, one right. 15 is the *'full back',* usually fast, a quick thinker, and very good at kicking and catching. Offensively, the full back will sometimes go into *'the line'* such as 10-12-13-15-14, or ...14-15.
When the ball goes off the field to the side - *'into touch'* - there is a *line out*. The forwards - or some of them - form two lines perpendicular to the touch line, and the team not responsible for the ball going into touch throws the ball in so that their forwards can feed the ball back to the scrum-half (again). Since it's the throwing team's decision whether to throw to the front, back or middle or even right over the top where e.g. the full back running at full speed can catch it, it has the advantage in the line out. Players can lift another player to catch a ball.
A 'forward pass' will lead to a penalty scrum; other offences - not rolling away, not releasing the ball after a tackle - result in a penalty. Here the team has the option of trying to kick between the posts - just like an American football goal - or can 'kick for touch', resulting in a line out where they retain the throw in.
After a try is scored - 5 points - by touching the ball down in the space between the *try line* and the *dead ball line,* the scoring team will try to convert by *converting* the try by kicking the ball between the posts above the bar - again, like a field goal in American football. A converted try is worth an extra 2 points, 7 in all. Penalty goals are worth 3 points. Finally, there are two types of kick in rugby - other than hacking the ball when it is already on the ground - kicking from hand, and a 'drop kick'. There are no particular rules for the first, you drop the ball and kick it. If you drop the ball and contact it with your foot just as it touches the ground, that's a drop kick. If you do that in open play and get the ball between the posts and over the bar, that's a 'drop goal' and it's also worth 3 points. England won the World Cup final in 2003 with a drop goal in the last minute when the score was tied.
If you've read this far, and found any errors or omissions, just quietly correct them don't make a song and dance of it.
very good explanation of the game' & i think im correct in saying every england fan will remember were they was when wilkinson slotted that conversion ..........
"...the ball is put in to the middle" You haven't been watching too many scrums recently! :-D
@@crawford1083 Yes I have. The rules have changed since I used to play, but you will kindly note that I said only that the ball is put in to the middle; I didn't say it goes in straight.
@@BenjWarrant Fair enough...
Your "that's a vending machine" comment at first was talking about a player called Jonah Lomu (RIP). Played for New Zealand (The All Blacks). This man changed rugby forever. I am a Springboks fan and the amount of respect that is shown for Jonah around the world is just mind-blowing. He was the first rugby player who was built like a tank *but* could also sprint. He ran the 100m in just over 10s. Absolutely mental at the time, and made the entire world sit up. Please do a reaction on just Jonah Lomu, and then react to his funeral. Gives me tears every time. Rugby is life. Hardcore and heartbreaking. Massive love.
Definitely he was an absolute legend - no matter what team you followed if asked who the greatest rugby player was you'd get the unanimous response of Lomu.
You'ld always have at least 3 players to tackle him as he would just power through anything less and never let him get up to speed or you weren't stopping him even with 5 or 6 - oh and he could sprint at near olympic 100m speeds so getting up to speed meant about 2 seconds.
@@Hen-lancbahaha Gareth edwards isnt even in the same league as Richie mccaw or Dan carter what you talking about
@@Hen-lanc in that case Johnny Wilkinson is an amateur compared too Dan carter. Wilkinson wouldn’t even be good enough too lace Dan carters boots
@@Hen-lanc my all time favourite player was Christian Cullen will never have a running full back like him again than Ritchie being a flanker than Dan
@@Hen-lanc New Zealand punches well above it weight when it comes too sport and not just rugby. Netball cricket multiple ufc champions, sailing rowing. Track and field, Most Olympic medals per capita.
After a try there is a conversion kick for an extra 2 points. The kick is placed in line with the point the try was scored at which is why you see players delaying their touchdown (yes the term comes from Rugby) to try to get as close to the centre of the goalposts as possible to make the kick easier. The kick itself is similar to AF, it must pass between the lines of the post above the crossbar but it still scores if it's higher than the top of the uprights as long as it's still between the line of the posts. You can only move the ball forward using your feet, from hands it must travel level or backward only and the receiving player's starting position has to be behind the ball, in fact any player that is in front of the ball (outside of a scrummage, ruck or maul) is in an off-side position and if they interfere with play or linger or ignore the ref ordering them to get onside a penalty kick will be awarded to the opposition team. A penalty kick in Rugby is not the same as in Football.
Entering a ruck or a maul from the opponent’s side is offside. At 9:01 (RSAvsWales I think) you can hear the referee telling the Welsh team to “stay onside”.
You can also be offside in a scrum but it never happens because the referee won’t restart play until everyone is onside. I think I’ve seen a player step offside during a scrum all of once in all the games I’ve ever watched.
@@InceyWincey
Offsides from the scrum usually only occur when a forward breaks from the scrum and picks up the ball, if the ball is at the back of the scrum then all the forwards in front of it are offside in terms of picking it up. I have seen the scrum half occasionally incompetently pick it up from an offside position but it's such a basic error it should never happen. Rucks and mauls must be entered from the back of the formation, the side is a foul as it could turn the formations around which is dangerous for the players and frankly is just a low skill cheap shot of a play to attempt.
@@darthwiizius now that you mention it I have seen a few offside pick ups from scrums halfs, but it is extremely rare, usually only done because the defending team manage to get a good shove as a cynical foul as it is safer to give away a foul then to let the other team gain possession in free play.
@@InceyWincey
Yeah, killing a ball is sometimes used as a tactic. Though unless you're inside the opposition 22 modern kickers are so accurate you could give away a lot territory.
Get down that rabbit hole of rugby. You won’t regret it ! Great reaction, thanks.
100%. No going back for many.
The clip at 4.00 was the winning try being scored by Rugby minnows Japan, when they beat the Rugby giant South African team.
One of the biggest upsets in sport ever seen…
Rugby is a religion of your Wales people JT, I’d suggest watching a full game sometime as well as listening to the national anthems sung at the games, goosebumps moments. Keep up the good work, da iawn ti boi 🏴🏉
Despite being invented in Warwickshire (although, Ellis is a Welsh name).
@@goingnowhere7845 were all British born on this isle mate. lets embrace and share......
@@goingnowhere7845 In France (where Ellis is entombed) Rugby is a religion too.
@@homoerectus6953 I wasn't suggesting anything pro-England or Wales - more correcting the original comment to include more than just Wales.
Nobody beats the Welsh for singing at rugby matches.
I currently live in England, and have for nearly 20 years but I grew up in New Zealand and still regard it as "Home". As rugby becomes more popular world wide our tiny nation is slowly losing it's margin of superiority over everyone else, and teams that would have been bad jokes just 20 years ago are now world class contenders. I am still happy that NZ was so over represented in this video. The main difference between rugby and American football is that rugby isn't massively over simplified (with specialist players to do every job, time outs and enough padding to deflect a shell fired from a battleship.) In short, rugby players are not poseurs and cowards (unlike NFL players.) Rugby players are all integral parts of a team that basically runs flat out for the entire game. Yes, I know I am being unfair to NFL players - but I don't care!
I think the draw of the All Blacks has been diminished, since they visit Britain nearly every autumn these days.
I'm old enough to remember when they toured here every three or four years, they would play a leading club side on the Tuesday, and again on the following Saturday.
There really was a mystique about them because no satellite sport in those days.
My interest was developed by a neighbour who had watched rugby before the war , and watched the 1935 All Blacks from inside the old scoreboard at Cardiff Arms Park.
You’re not. I’m female and old 😂 and Rugby is superior. I heard NZ has gone the way of the UK in that talent no longer comes from state schools but the preserve now of private schools. Just like cricket. 50 yrs ago . both cricket and rugby was played in most schools , it wasn’t a class thing
It’s not a mega bucks sport like soccer or American football.
The NFL
Where adverts are more important than the game!!!!
I can remember the days when the All Blacks were the feared team of the seventies they were unstoppable but to be honest they are still pretty good players and a side to be reckoned with,and I'm saying that as an Englishman living in Scotland.
Jonah just run right through the England pack in that game as though they were not there, an absolute beast of power and speed. On a sadder note the death of JPR Williams was announced this week and seeing this Barbarians v All blacks and the his performance in that game was fantastic. RIP to both these fantastic players.
Love the description of a vending machine with legs for Jonah Lomu.
Even by rugby standards he was an incredible athlete. Taken from us far too soon. R.I.P.
JT a great saying in the UK is :- The Forwards(big giuys) win games, backs(little speedsters) decide by how much. much love from Conwall.
Of course, these days, the backs are not little anymore. Heck, even the scrum halves are built lick brick outhouses, if you look at Faf or Dupont.
We start rugby training at around 6-7 in Wales, it's our passion. It's the actual beautiful game. Excellent video, I enjoyed that.
Played from 10-16 in Hertfordshire mate, Football may be bigger in England but Union Football is huge, or was before schools went all health and safety, in England too. I gather it's a North-South divide thing though, the Norvern 🐒🐒 like League and us Sahvahn fairies like Union, the proper game.
Yeah, union is definitely the better game, in my opinion. There's a definite north south divide, funny that.
Up North we do have Rugby Football Union clubs e.g. Sale near Manchester & on the Wirral (near Liverpool) we have a few local union teams such as Hoylake, New Brighton & Birkenhead whose players have gone on to play national & international RFU. There’s also Calday rugby club that host the international sevens rugby union matches annually in May. I especially enjoy watching six nations & World Cup matches on too. It’s always enjoyable to watch matches, mixed fans rather than segregation of supporters, you can also drink alcohol & people tend to apologise before giving the referee abuse “excuse me sir…,…*******!” You should definitely go & see a game JT.
Enjoying your Reactmas videos here in the UK 🇬🇧
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There's also been a flow of players from League to Union for the England team too, it started when the RFU went professional. The League being professional for donkeys years at that point meant the players were much more athletically developed at the time. You could see the differences in physique quite clearly back then.
@darthwiizius the rugby league teams I know of are Lancashire teams. There has been a transfer of players from league to union. You’re right about the transformation of players physic over the decades. Watched university RFU & RFL matches as a student & post grad, plus Sale when they were at their ground in Sale, shouting “January!” from the sidelines. I love the fast paced play & friendly atmosphere with mixed supporters. Never been interested in football & the extortionate money involved. It is especially good in our area being close to Liverpool that RFU has a lot of support at grassroots level.
What I love about rugby is that positions are specialized enough that all body types are required in a team, but not so specialized that every player has only one job all game
I started playing rugby almost 6 years ago after dabbling in basketball and soccer, best decision I ever made
You should listen to the crowd all singing supportive traditional songs during play, it starts up from nowhere and the whole crowd supporting that team joins in. The Welsh in particular, it brings years to your eyes. Michael Sheen (Hollywood actor) talks about what it is to be Welsh, and by the end of it you'd think you were Welsh. Getting carried away from sport to nationality now lol
No-one can beat the Welsh at singing, they're the best (I'm half Welsh but can't sing a note..!)
Simplest way to look at this form of Rugby is kick forward, pass lateral (backwards), and to score a try the ball must be grounded with downward pressure on the ball. It is definitely a game for the tough. A joy to watch, and continuous action. Have fun, and be well.
Even when there is someone needing treatment they still carry on playing around them. Truly 'non stop'!
Some games are like the winning last play in the Superbowl- for the whole game
Due to the lack of pads Rugby from a young age can focus on good tackle technique. I started playing contact rugby at 11 and our coaches put huge emphasis on tackling at that stage of our development. Due to this I feel Rugby is much safer than American Football(which I love to watch too). Also in Rugby you main areas to tackle are from the legs up to just below the shoulders so the zone your hitting in lessens chances for serious injury.
To touch upon the bit you said about just picking the ball up and carrying on when one person gets tackled; the rules in this version of Rugby (Union) are that the person who was tackled must release the ball, and the tackler must release the person they tackled. This is a prime opportunity for the defending team to steal possession of the ball, so you will see them diving in to grab it and the attacking team trying to shield it from them. This is called a ruck.
You can only kick forward but not pass out your hands forward but a lot of teams utilise the kick pass which is a thing of beauty when it comes off
I'm not big or sporty but I had to play rugby (my favourite sport now I'm too old to play) at school.
We had had a tough game on a cold wet winter's day. I had successfully avoided any dangers or injuries during the match so I was very pleased with myself walking towards the wooden swing doors into the changing rooms. Unfortunately as I pushed one way one of the huge fowards was coming out and pushed the opposite way. My arm trapped in the door handle and just snapped. I have a high tolerance to pain so no one believed I had broken my arm because I was able to move it without wincing. I spent the next six hours at school and even my family didn't believe me until the following day when my arm had swollen and discoloured. I was then rushed into the hos to have my arm put in plaster. The school panicked as well expecting litigation (we didn't).
The try scored by the guys in the black and white hooped shirts, the Barbarians, made up of invited international players, is often cited as the best ever. Most of the players in that move were Welsh. Also the small guys are usually around six foot tall which gives you an idea of the size of the other players!
Just look at Jonah lomu tries from the 90s before he became ill and tragically died !! PLEASE!! I think he was 6'4" and 265lbs of pure muscle and 100 meters in 10.4 secs
Ever heard the phrase "The bigger they are, the harder they fall." As a smaller bloke who got into rugby, I was told this. And it helped a great deal - If you know what you are doing tackling wise, even the biggest bloke can be stopped in his tracks. Check out Faf de Klerk - Smaller bloke, sure - But an absolute animal.
Glad you found the *real* beautiful game. Retired from rugby 3 years ago after 30 years playing as a senior. Still miss it every weekend.
“It’s chaos, and I love it!” That just about sums up rugby!
I'd suggest that adding the word organised before chaos, would be a more accurate summation.
The "vending machine on legs" was Jonah Lomu.
He is worth a reaction video on his own.
Glad to see you enjoy the greatest team sport on the planet. Great reaction buddy
Some Rugby basics:
•You can't pass forward.
•You can kick forward (even to yourself) but any player collecting a kick must have started behind the kicker or have been passed on the field by the kicker.
•You can only tackle the player carrying the ball.
•Tackles (in the modern game) have to be below chest height and the tackler must wrap their arms (no shoulder barges).
•When a player gets tackled the ball stays active and both teams can compete for the ball on the floor via a 'ruck'.
•A 'try' is scored by putting the ball down withing the zone behind the try line. (A try is worth 5 points)
•After a try, the team has a chance to kick for goal (a conversion) from a position level with where the try was scored - so it's better to score underneath the post. (A conversion is worth 2 point)
•From a penalty situation (foul), a team may elect to kick for goal. (A penalty kick is worth 3 points)
•A player can also attempt a 'drop kick' at goal from anywhere in play on the field at any time. The player must let the ball touch the ground first before kicking it. (A drop kick is worth 3 points)
The try that starts at 4:39 (Barbarians Vs New Zealand 1973) is often viewed as the greatest try of all time. And it's difficult to argue against it.
And I was there at Cardiff Arms Park back in the day to see it. Definitely one of the all time great tries. And I'm an All Blacks supporter!!
And in those days Cardiff Arms Park also had probably the greatest crowd atmosphere of any rugby ground i ever visited!! A whole crowd singing 'Bread of Heaven' - unbelievable!!
Facts. It was epic
The Try. No arguments at all. Best commentator. Best opposition. Best player. Best try.
JT, there’s 2 types of Rugby, you were watching Rugby Union, the other type is rugby league so if you want to research them both it would be could to see your thoughts. Love from the UK 🇬🇧
There were three types in the video: Union, league and some sevens, with Fiji scoring in the final.
I love the way you got rugby so quickly. It has started to be sanitised a lot recently but it’s a great sport. Great reaction
Thanks for reacting with a lot of care and intrigue. It’s was cool to see an Americans perspective on the game. Rugby is my favorite sport. Some basic rules:
You can only pass backwards
You can kick foreword Only if your team mates are behind the kicker
The scrum is the weird thing you saw earlier
Positions are split as forwards and backs (big va smaller body types)
A try is 5 points, with a kick conversion of 2 points. And penalty kicks are 3 points
You can kick forwards at any time...but players in front of you just can't play it until they're back onside somehow.
Watching Rugby Unions, you can often recognise which of the national sides are playing. In one of the earlier extracts in this video, there were at least two players called "Williams". This is a dead give-away that the team they're playing for is Wales because "Williams" is one of the more common Welsh surnames. Others are "Jones", "Griffiths", "Thomas", "Davies", "Evans" & "Jenkins".
The team they were playing in that game were The New Zealand "All Blacks", who are more recognisable by the colour of their playing strip. I didn't hear any obviously typical New Zealand surnames, though if I'm honest, I'd have been listening for things like 'Baggins', 'Gamgee', 'Brandybuck' or 'Took' 😂🤣😅
Brandybuck…? 😉 I’m almost sure that was my Surname in a previous life, this life was gonna be Brandygoat but I promised I’d try to drink less Brandy..
Bryan Williams was mentioned earlier and he was an all black great
The try at @3:55 and celebration was extra exciting because the game had been in overtime for 4 mins (80 min matches, 40 mins each way) - the whistle goes (barring a small number of situations) at the first stoppage of play after time is reached. Japan was down by 3 points and a try is worth 5 so this try wins them the game against South Africa.
Still remember watching it. I would rank it as the greatest finish of all time due to the share determination of Japan to not quit and to not make any mistakes in order to beat a team such as the Springboks
18:56 Antoine Dupont 5' 7" 80 kg ... Cheslin Kolbe etc.... there IS room for everyone in rugby team
I suggest watching one of the videos about the referees - it will help you understand more about the rules of the game and the importance of the ref. The best of all is Nigel Owens - authoritative (small Welshman ripping into enormous "vending machines on legs" - brilliant) and often very funny. He's very unsympathetic towards players taking a dive and pretending to be injured ("The football stadium is 500 yards that way").
Nicely put… as the smallest and youngest of 3 brothers you definitely learn to throw what little weight you have confidently at them in disputes, luckily for the ref they didn’t get there ass kicked after for doing so! 🤣
I love Nigel Owens, his quips are legendary - "Don't call me sir, I'm from North Wales..!" and my favourite, not long after he came out as gay, on a throw-in that went wide - "I'm straighter than that...!" 🤣
@@TestGearJunkie. you telling me as a football ref.. he doesn’t like the ball in the back of the net, just loves blowing on that whistle… 😬😆
@@TestGearJunkie. I know, that one was brilliant!
@@EdDnB Don't forget to shut the door when you leave son! (xxx)
A reaction to Nigel Owens is a must
'this is not soccer'
Most of these have historical significance at tournaments like The World Cup, if you check the scores and times left.
I'd say watch:
Rules of rugby video just for the concept
Best of the All Blacks
Best of the Springbokkes
Best of Jonah Lomu
Best of Nigel Owens (referee)
England vs Australia 2003 (because Jason Robinson's try not being on here is a crime)
And some highlights from the women's matches (NZ, England and Canada some good ones)
looks like a good selection
Love it - JT finds out why the rest of the World prefer rugby over NFL.
Every 'Try' scored is followed by a 'conversion' or goal kick. Every try is worth 5 points, every conversion is worth 2 points. So a team can score 7 points in one go. The conversion kick is taken from around the one quarter line closest to the goal posts, and the kick must be taken in line with where the try was scored. So if the try was scored in the corner, the kick must be taken from the sideline. You may notice when players are running to score a try, if they have time and are not under pressure from the opposing team, they will run toward the goal posts and touch down the ball on the area of ground between the two goal posts, this makes the goal post target easier for the subsequent player to kick the conversion. Usually one (maybe two) players from each team are chosen to kick the conversion every single time, regardless of who scored the try.
I was coaching soccer and shared an event with Scottish Rugby youth coaches, in my late 30s and learning how to pass a rugby ball like a spinning torpedo, was amazing
It’s called football not soccer
@@2025SPACEDUDE am fae glesga a wis jus bein cosmopolitan 😂😂
I’m from Glasgow I was just being cosmopolitan For non Glaswegian suffers
Jonah Lomu (the vending machine) was 6'5", 270 pounds and could run the 100m in 10.8 seconds. About as scary humans get.
Me who thought rugby was basically American football but without the pads: 😀
Me after watching this vid: 👁️👄👁️
Nah, AF is nothing like ruby. No NFL player could play a full game of ruby, they lack endurance and true agility and would not get off the ground after being smashed
Why its so unique is its a super technical timing based plays with split second decisions coupled with relentless power that moves forward never backward and at times it seems you cant stop the momentum but you have to, to succeed.
When you realize the most used *protection*, except for protect them family jewels, is a headband in order not to rip the ears off, you suddenly understand how tough these guys are.
In a Test match around 1990, All Black, ( Name of New Zealand National Rugby Team) Captain Buck Shelford did indeed get his family jewels cut open during a match. He got it stitched up at half- time, then carried on playing - Thats tough ...
These guys are on another level. I think you said the word electric..
Honestly, the last 20mins of the RSA-JPN (South Africa vs Japan) game was the greatest Rugby I've ever seen
The atmosphere in rugby, especially waching your national team is absolutely electric. You can only kick foreword. You pass back otherwise its a foreword pass and a foul. When you score a try then you get a chance of a conversion using the goalposts. Or use them for a drop goal.
JT - I highly recommend watching the France vs South Africa Quarter Final game from this years World Cup. You’ll struggle to find a better game - watch it in full rather than highlights - best game I have ever watched.
You got to be looking at the scores to, and the time of the game when these try’s are getting scored… coz they are literally game changers!
Rugby Union is one of the best games on the planet. It was always fun in our family as my mum was Welsh, dad was English, I was born in Scotland, my ex-husband is Irish...we could all agree however, that if none of our countries were in the running we would support New Zealand...
Know the feeling - I am Scottish with some Irish heritage who married a Welsh man. Only thing we agree on is not supporting England! Last Six Nations I saw an advert which said "You don't choose your team, your grandparents did that for you"
Rugby is exhilarating. I'm only 5'5 and small as a kid buy I played rugby at school and enjoyed it... apart from getting tackled by teenage Godzillas.. all jumping on you. But if you had the ball and could get away... it's exciting.
the scotland-england tied game is probably one of the best games you could ever watch, at half time scotland were down by 31 points, their comeback was monumental!
Plenty of my Welsh boys in this, several times.
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The clip that seemed slow, was most likely a game of 7's. Same game, just 7 players per team instead of 15
That's right. For those interested, 7s rugby are very short games with 7 players per team, but on a full sized field. It's essentially a 15 minute sprint drill with tackles. You have to be superhuman-levels of fit to play 7s at the highest level.
The USA 7s team is pretty competitive actually, as it's an olympic sport.
So lovely to see your reaction. Usually not a fan of ‘reaction’ videos but this is so wholesome. Would happily watch a game with you to explain the ins and outs.
Hello JT. This was Rugby Union. There is also Rugby League, where you stop after a tackle, like NFL. I have seen reactions to a video comparing the two RU and RL, which I reckon you would enjoy.
I am from Manningham, Bradford. They were the first RL champions, before becoming football team Bradford City, where you previously saw the fire at the former rugby ground.
The other Bradford team, now known as Bulls, play at Odsal Stadium. A cup final replay there once had over 100,000 spectators.
League is a much better game.
Bruva I have to thank you for this one I'm from the UK and never been into rugby mainly because I've never understood it but watching this reaction has just gained more than 1 new fan let's see more JT 👊👊👊
One of the best sports ever created. So intense and entertaining from start to finish. Watch some games.
The scoring system for rugby.
After a try kicker can place the ball out from where ball was grounded and aim to kick between posts & over the crossbar for a conversion.
Try = touchdown = 5 points
Conversion adds 2 points.
Penalty goal = field goal = 3 points
Dropped goal = 3 pointsPenalty goal is like a conversion taken from where Penalty is awarded. A dropped goal is where a player drops the ball deliberately and kicks the ball as it lands through the goal posts.
When the players have their arms linked and they are bent over and locked together is called a scrum and the posts can be used either to score a drop goal or after a try when there is what is called a conversion.
You can only be tackled if you are carrying the ball, so if you think you will be tackled, you can kick the ball forward, so the opposing player can not tackle you. You then run around the opposing player and hope to recover the ball and continue with your attack. Definitely watch some videos on the "Laws" of Rugby (never say rules to a Rugby fan).
Like they say Canadians are born with hockey skates on, us Welsh are born with rugby balls in our hands! Would love to see you learn about such an amazing sport, plenty of England Vs Wales drama for you to react to!
As an Englishman I can say the Welsh are great at 3 things, rugby, singing and soldiering.
*^ ...* & @jimmyjarrett-ws2iz Indeed! 😂 ..and we can all agree the Scott's are the more potential dangerous to sheep;
...as not only are only Welsh/Khumry/Cymwry born sheep must be allowed to keep their tails, .malso only the Scott's can typically wear kilts, which have no zipper or belt to loosen like typical Anglo + Welsh jeans, trousers etc.. as sheep can & wilo hear the sounds of a zipper zipping or the jangle of belt buckle(s) a mile off/away
FYI Rugby matches are played over 2 halves of 40 mins each way (80 mins total). There are no time outs (unless someone dies), no commercial breaks, no offense, defense or special teams just end to end free flowing play. Substitutions are allowed for injuries or tactical reasons however, generally the same players who started, end up finishing the game. Passing forward is not allowed but kicking forward is.
There used to be no padding and no helmets although some very light protective padding is now allowed, particularly in the professional game and some players can be seen wearing headgear but they’re not hard shell like American football helmets but rather designed to protect the ears from being bitten off.
The game that you were really impressed by, was between New Zealand and a “scratch” team called the Barbarians, who invite players to join their team for one off games. This particular game is generally accepted as the “greatest ever” game of rugby and that particular try as the best ever.
Just to complicate things for you further, there are two types of rugby played, Rugby Union and Rugby League. There are similarities but also significant differences. I have played both and they are incredibly tough, physically demanding and the impacts can be brutal, especially as when I played, there was no padding at all.
There is tremendous respect shown between the players and afterwards, both teams normally have a meal and a few (many) beers together.
Yes, the goal posts are used for kicking "conversations" where if successful add to the score of the try: Try without conversation = 5 points (used to be 4); try with conversation adds 2 points. They are also used for penalties, which get you three points, and drop-goals ( drop kick between the posts), which also earn three.
Line outs and scrums (where they interlocked their arms) are just ways of battling for possession of the ball, and are handled by the forwards (the *really* big guys), and the backs in general do the speedster stuff and sidestepping etc. They generally score most of the tries.
Oh, and rugby can have some very low scoring, boring games - especially if both teams have defence styles or the weather is shit and the ground slippery. So don't expect every game to be as exiting as these obviously were.
I might have to have a conversation about "conversions" with you. ;) Grid Iron has the 2 point conversion too, these days, but that basically is trying to achieve another touchdown, while the rugby conversion is more like the PAT, just worth more, and scored from behind the point where the try was actually made, so not necessarily in the centre of the pitch.
He didn't jump up by himself. His teammates lift him up. This is called a line out. The one you were asking about, where you wanted to know why their arms were intertwined, that is called a scrum. There are videos on UA-cam that explain the rules.
It wasn't always the case that lifting was allowed at the lineout (which occurs when the ball leaves the field of play and is then thrown back in to a line of potential receivers). When I played in school lifting was still illegal, and even now it feels odd to watch.
I'm in Wales so I'm super happy you're showing off our national sport!
We'd love to see you learning the rules of the game, as well as rugby fan etiquette (so much more gentlemanly than with football crowds).
But if you like Rugby, you should look up the difference between Rugby Union and Rugby League. I wanna see which one is your favourite! 🤔 I'm going to take a guess and think you might find league games more interesting!
The different body types match up to positions just like in the NFL, but because the game keeps running without the downs system, players often find themselves having to cover another position's role and they have to do both defense and offense. From a set piece you can argue that most roles have NFL equivalents though.
Props/Hooker (the front row) - basically interior linemen, with the hooker being the center as his role is to secure possession.
Second Row/Lock - also like linemen, but usually very tall as they are the lineout jumpers. Also usually used to try to block kicks due to height.
Flanker/Number 8 (the back row) - edge rushers (especially in a 3-4), halfbacks, tight ends. Usually big but quite quick.
Scrum Half/Halfback - part of the quarterback role. He's usually short and very fast as he has to get to every breakdown to set up the passing plays. Also a good kicker. Sweeps up between the defensive line and the secondary.
Fly Half/Outside Half - the other part of the quarterback role, usually the main kicker (so also punter/kicker) and creative center. Kinda like a dual threat QB I guess.
Centres (inside and outside) - quite all round backs, vary from power guys to smaller ones. Like slot receivers, LBs and maybe also a strong safety that cheats up a bit, like a Troy Polamalu type.
Winger - wide receiver or cornerback
Fullback - punter, punt returner, kick returner, free safety.
"A vending machine with legs" made me laugh a lot. Bravo, Sir, Bravo!!!
Rugby > football
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Rugby is football. It's called Rugby Football.
You might mean Rugby Football is better than Gridiron football or association football
Football will always be number one
American football is actually American Rugby but no one’s noticed yet 😉
@@Rectal_Scattergun I bet you're fun at parties... I know the historical names of each but nobody calls them that now.
Rugby is absolutely worth getting into. Passing forward is illegal, as others have said. And yeah, Jonah Lomu (Vending machine with legs - 6'4, 265lb) is a legend in the sport. Worth finding a video on. Another player worth looking up is Sebastian Chabal, who was a French player, and possibly the scariest player to set foot on a rugby pitch - 6'3 and 250lb so you know for when you do. Also, a try is worth 5 points, after which the scoring team gets a chance to score a 'conversion' (A field goal kicked from any point in-line with the try) for another 2 points, for a total of 7points, where a field goal is 3 points.
i can go over the rules of rugby here (union) a try is when you get into the ‘endzone’ as called in football and put it on the ground, the alternative ways to score are drop goals, which is essentially a field goal, it bounces off the ground and goes between the posts for 3 points too, and a penalty goal is also 3 points which is where from the spot of the penalty there is a kicking tee set up (like in football kickoffs) and they kick it between the posts, off of a try we have conversions, only 1 which is a 2 point conversion which is a penalty goal from the 22 meter (24 yards) line and lined up to where the ball was placed, on kickoffs it is a drop kick and can only be recovered by the kicking team if it crosses the 10 meter yard (wind pushing the ball back will not cause a penalty), you are not allowed to pass the ball forward, however wind will be excepted, if the ball is played forward by passing it forward or dropped forward onto the ground it will be a scrum, which is pretty much a tush push like what the eagles did to the chiefs this year in the nfl. you can kick forward or backward and can recover, if you are in front of the kicker and the opposing team recieves the ball you must let them run 10 meters before tackling them. unlike football after every tackle the play continues and off a tackle is what we call a breakdown where people fight over the ball on the tackled player, usually the forwards who tackle and the runs take it and the backs run and kick more often. with the ‘out of bounds’ line we call it the touch line which unlike football where if you run out the ball is snapped from there, but there is a lineout, where the hooker (No. 2) throws the ball in similar to soccer, over head, and the prop (No. 1 and 3), usually the tight-head (1) over the loose head (3) will lift up the No. 4 (most of the time) lock who will contest over the ball in the air. a maul or ruck is when a tackle is attempted but the player stays on his feet and the forwards will push like a mini scrum. a player is tackled when they are sitting, laying down or have 1 knee pn the ground. a try is 5 points, a conversion is 2 points and drop and penalty goals are 3 points. there a rules to tackling such as: no tackling on the shoulders or above, if you lift a player up it is your responsibility to put him down safely, if you drop a player on the ground they cannot cross the horizontal line or it will be a yellow card (10 minutes off) or if there is already a yellow to the players name a double yellow and a red to send them off for good. if you tackled a player in the air you cannot tackle them, you must make sure the hit the ground in a safe manner. and the most important of all is respect the refs with as much respect as you would treat your loved ones and the other team is ok to somewhat disrespect but there is a pretty strict line of assholeness that you cant cross
I'm a little guy and played rugby at school. I was fast and scored tries from time to time. There is a diagonal line of players running from the back of the scrum called the 3/4 lline with a winger at the end. I'd usually play on the wing or in this 3/4 line. We didn't have to be big (as you do in the scrum or forward line). You just had to avoid the pain of getting tackled.
If you can, try to watch the 6 Nations. It's an annual tournament between France, Italy, England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Each team plays each other once in a league and the team that is top are the champions. Next one starts 2nd February.
John Kirwan, the great athlete who presaged the professional era: anyone faster than him couldn't stop him, anyone bigger than him couldn't catch him. A great New Zealander.
A big difference between rugby and American Football is that a great rugby score usually involves complex interaction between a number of teammates, while most NFL scores involve a single run or throw.
Some of these tries are legendary. Japan v South Africa (the underdog) is fantastic. The Barbarians was outstanding
In that scene when the player had the ball and was being chased, he kicked the ball ahead to avoid being tackled - only the player in possession of the ball can be tackled. Once the ball had crossed the Try line, all he needed to do is put downward pressure on the ball to score.
"Did he just levitate?" 😂 love the slow realisation here ❤
The "coolest rugby score" from the 70s is still widely regarded as the greatest try ever scored.
About 50 years ago I was in Fiji and had the chance to watch the women's rugby team practice.
I stayed off the field.
The game at 14:00 when you wondered why they were going so slow wasn’t full rugby. It was a shortened version called “Sevens” with only 7 players per side. I suspect that the game was entirely lopsided and the other side had pretty much given up. It often takes place as a three day tournament with teams playing up to three matches per day. It’s quite good to watch but it lacks the depth and complexity of rugby.
Constant chaos, yep that's it 😂
Except for the stops for scrums and lineouts.
Not all rugby players are huge! Examples would be Shane Williams (Wales international) at 5'7" 80kg, Faf de Clerk (S Africa) 5'7" 88kg, Damien McKenzie (NZ) 5'9" 80kg, and Leigh Halfpenny (Wales) 5'10" 85kg. The scrum-half is often the smallest player on a team. They are the closest (though not that close) equivalent to a quarterback in US Football. I played scrum-half at school, and was just 5'6" and 65 kg soaking wet!!
3:56 this try was monumental for Japan. The first time they had won a game,e against 1 of the top teir teams I the world. Amazing moment.
A Try, or Try at Goal scores 5 points when a player carrying the ball crosses the Try Line and touches the ball down on the groundin the narrow strip behind the line.
A Conversion attempt then follows. A player will then attempt to kick the ball over the horizontal bar between the two upright posts. This converts the Try to a Goal and adds an additional 2 points to the score.
we all miss Jonathan Lomu.. the haka in his funeral gets me tears everytime.. br. from Finland.. yes I do follow rugby here
i am from South Africa. If you watch a game live, it is not only what you see, but in the stadium you can literally feel the player running past you. it is the closest you would come to the ancient gladiators
"so basically, you hand it off to your refrigerator...." 🤣 11:12
Jonah Lomu, Lord of the Wings would definitely be worth a reaction
The clip at 13:55 was Fiji scoring in the last minute of the game to win an Olympic Gold. But that was Rugby Sevens which is a cut down version of the 15-a-side game. Normally it is non-stop end to end stuff but for only two halves of 7 minutes play. With only 14 players on the field instead of 30 there is a lot more room and far fewer tacklers. That clip showed Fiji showboating all the way to a gold medal.
After a try, which is worth 5 pointts, your team has the opportunity to convert the try (add 2 points) by place kicking it though the posts, over the crossbar. The kicker has to be the same distance from the sideline as where the ball was touched down, so try scorers will try to touch down as close to the goal posts as possible to save the kicker from having to kick on a severe angle (lie from the sideline).
When a major infringement occurs, then a player is penalised and the opposite team has the opportunity to place kick a goal for three points, from the place the infringement occurs.
Also, during game play, if you have a good drop kicker they can drop kick a goal on the run for three points.
Scores work like this: 5 points for a try.
2 Points for a converted try(Kicking over the goal post after a try is scored).
3 Points for a penalty kick through goal
3 points for a drop goal( Kicking the ball through the post during normal play