Rugby is 80 mins of action, NFL is about 8 minutes. Nuff said!!

In rugby you are taught to lead with your shoulder in a tackle where as football is lead with the helmet. Jog around for 80 minutes with some sprinting for maybe 30 of those 80 minutes and wrestling for another 50 of that 80 and you will get the gist of rugby. You switch from offense to defense in a heartbeat when you gain possession or lose possession of the ball.

I worked with a guy who played rugby and he came to work with what he thought was a cut on his head. Couple of days later, it was infected … goes to Dr. who sends him for an x-ray … he had an opponent’s tooth embedded in his skull!

They hit harder in American football because of the lack of form. When you have no equipment tackle technique is key. Also factoring in the amount of breaks in American football. Rugby is a constant game like soccer. You're always basically under fatigue. Thanks guys

Lol "I feel like you can learn the game pretty quickly", maybe search the laws of rugby and say that again 😂

have to watch chasing the sun guyz, rugby documentary on South Africa winning the world cup, the journey, the guts and the Brawn. Incredible story. Goooo bokke.

The skill levels are so much higher in rugby. It's a much faster athletic sport.

If they wear helmets, it wouldnt be rugby anymore, now will it?

Rugby sevens are in the Olympics. What you are watching is the traditional format with 15 players on each side

I watched a whole season of NFL and maybe saw 6 so called "big hits".....lol In one game of rugby you'll see at least 15+. So it's BS that helmets make you hit harder. NFL players play 15 games a year and even then players are not on the field the entire time. Rugby players can play up to 30+ games a season with constant movement and physicality for 80mins a game. NFL is for woosies.

Avery, the first clever American I've seen reacting to rugby videos. I do believe that the hits are harder in NFL, but poor in technique because they're padded

Having played both rugby and NFL, rugby is by far the harder game. The only protective gear is a mouth guard. But really look at the laws of the game if you think it’s easy. But you have only shown tackles, watch a full international game.

In rugby, you can only pass the ball backwards to move forward. Same with american football, each teams try to take the ball into the in-goal area (endzone). To score a try (touchdown), the ball carrier must force the ball on the ground in the in-goal area, whereas in american football you just take it into the endzone. A try is worth 5 points. After a try is scored, a conversion is attempted, a successful conversion is worth 2 points. That's a 1-point conversion in american football. The point of conversion must in line from where the try was scored. That's why you'll see kicks are taken from the sides od the goal posts. Regardless of the outcome of the conversion, the play is restarted by the opposing team with a drop kick restart from the half-way line (50m line). Now at the kick-off/drop kick restart, the ball must: 1. Travel at least 10m; and 2. Do not travel outside the touchline, on the full (ball travel straight outside the field of play, without bouncing in the field of play first). If so, the refree will award either a scrum to the receiving team right on halfway; or a line-out where the ball crossed the touchline. A scrum is where the forwards from both teams (players with no. 1 - 8) comes together and contest for the ball, with the scrumhalf of the attacking team feeds the ball into the scrum from the side. There's a lot of laws regardings the scrum to ensure a fair contest for the ball, such as: 1. The scrumhalf must feed the ball straight into the scrum, otherwise a penalty is awarded to the other team. 2. They must push the other team in a straight line, angling in the scrum gives you an advantage but is also illegal, and a penalty is awarded. While the forwards push each other in the scrum, the backs (no. 10 - 15) lines up behind to form a set play. Lineout is played when the ball goes out the touchline. Again, the forwards are the main actors again here. They form a straight line perpendicular to the tryline and the ball is thrown into the lineout by the hooker (no. 2). A playercan be lifted to catch the throw. Again, there are rules to ensure a fair contest. 1. The jumpers must contest for the ball only, and not pull or grab the other jumper in the air, otherwise a penalty is awarded. 2. If the throw in is not straight, a scrum is awarded to the non-opposing team. If a penalty is awarded, the non-opposing team can either choose to 1. Kick for goal (worth 3 points) but will depend on the kicker. 2. Kick for touch (a lineout will ensued with their own throw-in) 3. Scrum at the place of infringement 4. Tap and run the ball. Now, when you are tackled, there's a lot of things going on there. First the game doesn't stop. As the ball carrier, you are required to release the ball and not hold on to it on the ground. As the tackler, you must release the ball carrier so that he has a chance to release the ball to his teammates. And you must also roll away if you are lying on the opppsition's side of the ball. (Confused already???) Also as a tackler, you can complete the tackle, release the player, get to your feet, and take the ball. This must be completed before another player joins you and the ball carrier on the ground. Cause if so, when another players joins (binds is the correct term) a ruck is formed. When a ruck is formed, no onr is allowed to touch the ball other than the scrumhalf. You can try to drive the attacking team's players off the ball, but you must not touch the ball nor fall on it. A penalty will be awarded to the non-opposing team. A game of rugby is 80 mins with two halves of 40 minutes. An injury time can be added after the 80 minutes is up if there was any stoppages during the game for injury treatments. Both teams must field 15 players with 8 players waiting outside as substitution. The only time you leave the field of play is you are substituted or injured. Once you are substituted, you are not allowed to go back in.

Awesome video. Fun fact: You (the US) have a National rugby team (an eagle is their logo) and they qualify each time the Rugby World Cup rocks around. They do their best and you would be proud of them. Keep up the awesome.

My kids all played and loved it. They only time one got hurt was when they played football. Take time to watch a full game. It is really fun.

This was like watching an edited version of NASA build a rocket then going to dad and asking for 50 bucks. "What for son"? Er, I'm gonna build a rocket.

kids play like this here in Yorkshire..... its a brutal sport but epic to watch

2 tiny videos showing the same thing is a bit confusing on the eyes and head! Sorry - didn't mean to be brutal!

This is not representative of the game, it was just tackles and no attacking and passing or scoring

Rugby is a lot more than big hits, its about passing running, kicking keeping the ball alive ... to understand the sport more take a look at 32 great rugby Tries (touchdowns) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mq1ioLOnssi6oGw.html

Love NFL played as a linebacker in UK and played no 8 in rugby both great games

There is rugby in the Olympics but it is "Sevens". It is 7-aside instead of 15-aside but on the same size pitch witrugby is 2 halves of 40 minutes.

And also every Rugby player can kick, pass, defend, attack whilst under fatigue.

There's a professional league in USA called Major League Rugby

A good recommendation for a rugby video would be Lord of the wings, no more needs to be said.

In rugby you are allowed to tackle anywhere above the knees up to the collarbone. Head injuries do sometimes happen but rarely and most players have rehearsed tackling right over and over so they have learned to tackle just above the waist to counter the mass your stomach has.

In American football helmet first tackles have been banned for years "spearing" is illegal now & alot of NFL teams have adopted rugby style tackling I.e shoulder tackle & wrap round.

This sequence doesn't show the skills the players have developed - the tackles are avoided if the players use fancy footwork and throwing. Very clever and very fast.

Rugby and (Rest Of The World) Football used to be 1 sport. But some wanted to use hands, others only with feet. So they split up, and one became a real man's game. The other became theater.

Nobody died when boxing was bear knuckle, only after gloves were introduced.

Can only strip the football in a one on one tackle.

4 pundits and two little screens both running the same action? Come on guys, get your act together!

Have a look at “Rugby hits…..til I collapse” and see if Ol’ Mate still wants to play 😁

I can pick up a ball and run, . . . but not all the time!

Rugby League, and Rugby union, our city it’s Rugby League, we never watch union.

helmets and padding allow you to hit harder but they also protect you from the harder hit. Rugby is simply brutal.

Imagine a human being running against you in full speed. Now, make that human into someone who is between 180-200 centimeters tall with an attitude. Plus 100-150 kilograms of pure force. And the game is going on for over an hour. No wonder that most of the people who likes rugby also worships icehockey. Cheers from a Swede in southern Italy.

This video is pretty tame compared to other vid's I've seen.

You can fill the ball with water and play submerged and it's actually a sport now, to play underwater rugby, and it is excruciatingly hard.

Rugby 🏉 is a sports and is played without helmet from young age, they used to it, they don't need them.

You will need to build up your endurance to play Rugby, the play is continuous, a game is played over two halves consisting of 40 minutes each with about a 10min break in between. Correct on passing the ball backwards, but lateral too, but you can however kick the ball forwards. Also, depending on if it's Rugby Union or Rugby League, there's 15 men on pitch for Union per yeam, but only 13 for League per team. Union is more tactical, but League is faster and tougher.

Rugby tackling as all about technique, this kind of tackling isn't every tackle or even every game sometimes. You are right, we hit harder on the softer parts, if we had helmets the rules would be different cuz we wanna hit as hard as possible

American football is a girls game sent super bowl team over and give Scotland a game without there padding they would start crying after first tackle

There are no "plays" in rugby. Play is continuous unless there is an infraction (forward pass, foul, etc) or the ball goes into 'touch' i.e. off the sides of the pitch

Soccer - football is were rugby comes from.

Ya, there's touch rugby, which kids post when they're learning, or when it's a large group & you know since we're bigger than others & will use it as an excuse to hurt the weaker guys. That's what you can post in the park with friends

There is rugby union and rugby league they are slightly different and rugby league is the professional game. Anything that is oval is rugby and played mainly by hand. Netball is your basketball and rounder's is you can guess and we where playing them before you also golf we like the tradition.

The lady has a good understanding of sports it's fairly simple to understand the the rules and play but to attain technics of how to play and learn technical strategies and to play in cohesion that is a different story...

These guys wear no protection whatsoever…..no helmet and no padding. Just shorts and a top. Much tougher than being all padded up and protected like American football. Just saying from an Aussie 😆

2:50 This is straight cap lol

7s rugby is in the Olympics. Its quicker to play and can fit in the schedule. USA also has a team in the 7s competition which runs throughout the year. Moving from location to location across the globe. There are some clips on you tube. If you search on you tube for US Eagles vs All blacks you can watch some games played in the US

Next video you should watch some rugby league videos

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Its normal on this side of the world.

Not 1 of you would last 20 seconds on a rugby pitch. Feel like you can learn the game quickly. I highly doubt it 😂😂

This is not really representative of the whole game..need more videos on rugby :)

Rugby 80 minutes, 10 minute halftime breaks. The tackler has a duty of care towards the ball carrier, you have to use arms wrap around. Ball carrier if youre big enough, you can truck all day. The ref still call foul plays

I listen to your comments, rugby easy 😅🤣

Rugby players hit just as hard. The difference is American Football 🏈 tackles are a free-for-all whereas in Rugby 🏉, the tackles are policed like crazy and so the tackling technique is more refined and calculated most of the time. I've played rugby and football (soccer) and rugby is way harder than football.

Please watch "Is Rugby Soft"..It shows a few seconds after a tackle and if it's a legal tackle..nit just highlights. Thank you.

Couldn’t make out the action, you can’t suss it out from these restricted clips, if you check some proper clips out you’ll see no stops to change players every five minutes, solid action , very tough game indeed. Salford uk

You have to watch Rugby when the players were covered in mud, not plastered with adverts across their tits. Try the Barbarians vs the All Blacks from 1973.

You know nothing It6 embarrassing to listen to your comments. Americans football is really only played in America , while rugby union is a sport played around the world. Plus the play doesn't stop when a player is tackled. Plus no pads.

a lot of the tackles are illegal, to tackle you must use your arms

Haha you’d play one half and go home and realise American football is for you😂😂😂✌️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Women and school children play too

I played rugby Union for 20 years. If you haven’t had dental work, stitches and don’t have cauliflower ears. You’ve never played competitive rugby.

Rugby players are heavier than american so called american “ football “players,who don,t use their feet or a ball

LOL... It's a total fallacy that handeggers hit harder than Rugby players.

The equipment is also just dangerous...

American footballers hit harder because they don't need to actually tackle their opponents; in rugby you've got to attempt to get your arms around the opposing player, otherwise it's a foul

American Football players lead with the head because they wear helmets. Play stops when the ball becomes unplayable, either going into touch, is knocked on, passed forward or penalty offence is made. Each half is 40 minutes, but the referee doesn’t blow for time until there is a breakdown in play.

I laugh when that guy said he would play rugby.. bro your not fit your fat ... you wouldn’t last the 80 mins ..

You want to watch ladies rugby, i played rugby at school and college and they scared The crap out out of me .

Please stop saying rugby is similar to American football because it isn't

Americans love to confuse the word 'stupidly' with 'harder'. NFL hits without much thought (comparatively). That's all. Never have I ever felt weaker and hit less harder when I play rugby than when playing Afootball.

no such thing as football players going harder than rugby players. in rugby you give a hundred % you always looking at giving the hardest tackle ever. if rugby players give a 100% how can footballers give more? can you not see from this video how hard rugby hits can be