As a huge NRL fan i think this is a pretty decent video to explain NRL to NFL fans. No it doesnt include all the rules but it does explain the basic ones. As for why you havent seen a field goal been done? Its only usually attempted when scores are tied at the end of a game to win the match. Highlight videos usually focus on trys that happen far more often not field goals. But there is nothing more exciting then a field goal ending to win a game.

Mate this would be one of the best bloody promos ive seen from the nrl in years. To the nrl and russell well done guys take the game to usa and the world

In the UK our premier rugby league competition is called Superleague and I love it but NOTHING in the world, no other sport or competition compares to the speed, power, toughness and passion of the NRL

I'm from Maryland and played league a couple of years. I'll be in Vegas supporting my Rabbitohs!

I started watching last year and I'm completely hooked, its now my fav sport and I've seen some games that were 10x more exciting than any nfl game.

As a Brisbane guy much respect for supporting our great team.

Thanks for covering this mate. Really hope more people watch our brilliant game. Also always remember, this is NOT rugby! It is Rugby League! Rugby means Rugby Union which is quite different!

Russell Crowe has been one of the biggest movie stars in the world for many years.

I think Americans will like this sport

Yes if you know the movie Gladiator, then that actor is Russell Crowe. He won the best male actor Oscar, for Gladiator (2000) and should also have won for A Beautiful Mind (2001) and The Insider (1999). Yes three years in a row, he was nominated, he is that good of an actor. Russell holds a 25% ownership share in The Rabbitohs NRL team in south Sydney, so he knows the game very well.

From Australia.... you guys in the USA would absolutely love this sport! I can only imagine the beasts you'd produce if you had a competition

Dude, Russell Crowe form Gladiator!

I can't wait to see your video after those games in Vegas. I'm sure you're gonna like it and I'm sure lot of Americans will love it.

Bring back the biff!!💪

It is a fast tough hard game with big hits. They are amazing athletes.

You have to watch a full game before you go watch it live. I suggest an origin game. They tend to explain more of the rules while commentating due to the thousands of people that tune in only for origin games

Enjoy watching it live bro. It’s a fucken great experience. I’ve only seen 2 games live and they were both crazy games. Never know what you’ll get with rugby league. Up the broncos

This weekend is the first real game of the year - Maori all stars vs the indigenous all stars. You should react to this games highlights, plus the haka and war dance is always special too

A very good promo for the game. Good explanation and demonstration of the basic rules. I'm an Aussie living in Australia and I believe the US Fans will have a great evening watching this sport.

Today is the day. Can't wait to watch your vlog. The hits in real life sound unreal. I'm American and I love Rugby League

Drop kicks are rare because they aren't worth much BUT they get pulled out in the last minutes to break tied games for the win, unless its a really close game you won't see them and they're hard not only because of the timing but they are made in running play, so defenders are coming quick to block the kick and smash you. 😁

You’re going to love it man NRL is 80 minutes of hard hitting non stop excitement! Enjoy the experience!

as an nrl fan being australian i watched the superbowl for the first time since it was in vegas and that's where the nrl are going to play, man that was some game don't know all the rules and plays but that last 15 mins of overtime was something special i always thought nfl was to slow with all the stoppages but now i realize that's what makes it so entertaining nfl and nrl are so different from one another it's like chess verse checkers, not sure that the american nfl fan will find nrl that entertaining its fast and furious but playing just after the superbowl could be a bad move

Russell Crowe, Gladiator! I hope you enjoy the matches, 90 minutes of excitement! 😂👍

Russel Crowe is a huge actor and also the co - owner of my favourite team (the South Sydney Rabbitohs )

G'donya mate. Good to see you get it. Nice reaction. I'll be watching the game with you from Aus.

Good video mate, hope your enjoy the games when you go. We love it over here

Great review brother! Respect for taking the time to understand our game 🤝 Hope you enjoy ✌️

Okay, first lesson; Rugby LEAGUE is one form of Rugby, but there is another form of Rugby, called Rugby UNION. The differences are not huge, but they make for a very different game. The most important thing is to remember that there are TWO different types of RUGBY.

Russell Crow is also the co-owners of the South Sydney Rabbitos.

Such a good vid bro! You describing how you felt on the video was hilarious!

I hope u love it bro. I can't wait to see you reaction after the games. ❤

Good to see you giving it a go and buying a ticket to go watch.

Yooooooooooo! Much love from Australia bro, Love this game CRAZY!!! LETS GOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

Excellent video. Thanks for posting.

Hope you enjoy the Vegas matches man, broncos gonna dominate this year, subbed, try and get some footage while you there

Really cool to see your opinions man 😊

I am so excited you are getting to n NRL game. That will be awesome

Yessir! Please do a short vlog when you go to Vegas!

Thank you Dar for your positive comments about NRL. Hope you get to the game and enjoy it mate !!

In my opinion, if you watch the 2015 grand final between the Brisbane Broncos v North Queensland Cowboys, everything will be on display and explained, best grand final ever played to date👍👍

You were right when you said you thought you saw players push the ball back with their hand after a tackle, its just you were thinking about the other rugby, called rugby union. This promo was for rugby league and while it's similar its also very different once you get into the details.

Watching from Sydney Australia 👋 my team is the Penrith Pabthers.....i live in Panthers Territory and they are the 3 time reigning premiership winners. Broncos play hard and very fast and sometimes dirty but i know they will be on their best behaviour but then again whats a NRL game without a fight 🤣 its truly the best game on Earth so enjoy

Enjoy your experience watching 4 great sides from Australia man I'm a Sydney Roosters fan and should be great fun to watch 👍

As a nrl fan this is sick content👏👏 new sub

The Field Goal takes a lot of skill and good timing.

Rugby League is one of the great codes of football. Nice reation Dar, you may enjoy a Matt Bowen highlight reel as his size and speed was exemplary. Hope you get to see the 1st round in L.A I'm in Sydney, Australia so a bit far...

enjoy the games my man!

Aw hell yeah bruz I hope you and your missus have a great time in Vegas and the games are good

Loved your reaction to NRL rugby league.The greatest game of all

Good one Dar. I played a bit of American Football in Australia - I really love both codes. Speaking of lingo -- here's one for you. If you just say "Rugby", that means "Rugby Union". The short form of "Rugby League" is "League", so you can differentiate between them. They're very similar, and both codes are played on the east coast of Australia, so if you just say "I'm going to the Rugby this arvo", everyone will assume you're off to see the local Rugby Union team, not the local Rugby League team. Funnily enough, we have *three* pretty popular football codes here. If you're in Brisbane, and say "I'm going to the footy this arvo" the correct response is usually "The Broncos (NRL), the Reds (Union), or the Lions (AFL)?"

Rugby League is such an amazing game. I’ve been a fan/player all of my life and have recently taken up refereeing. It is such a high intensity, physically confronting and passionate sport. I encourage people to open their minds and at least give it a go. You’ll be entertained at the very least.

How can you NOT know Russell Crowe? An Academy award best actor for Gladiator? He owns the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Russell Crowe is a Major Australian Movie star - one movie you might of heard of that he starred in was "Gladiator" - Russell is actually a co-owner of one of the teams playing in Las Vegas called "The South Sydney Rabbitohs"

You need to make a vlog of your experience next week of the 2 games. Be good to see you there capture all the action and your reaction on it all.😉

You should make a vlog. That would be so cool to see the fan experience at the las vegas games

Russell Crowe famous hollywood actor. Gladiator, Beautiful mind and so many other great movies to his credit. He is part owner of the South Sydney Rabittohs

Dude I’m so excited for you today!! Heads up, when there’s 5 minutes to go don’t be making a beer run! Five minutes is literally 5 minutes. Buckle up Brother, it’s fast!!!! ❤❤

i subbed cause of how good this video was

Glad you enjoyed it. Rugby League is a very fast sport they are gladiators.

*The hardest hitting game on the planet - Period! These guys don't have offensive and defensive teams, they do the lot but I really hope a lot of yous go watch a game or two, y'all love it!*

8:10 with the play the ball, later on in the game the players try to be slick and they do just push it back with their hands mainly due to fatigue but the ref can pull them up for an incorrect play the ball and award a penalty to the team defending at the time.

Russell crow owns the south Sydney rabbitos, also the lead role in gladiator among many other movies.

Field goals are rare. Tries are abundant. Some of the tries are amazing feats of athleticism.

These games gonna be lit

Russell Crowe, Oscar winner for 'Gladiator", is an Australian/ NZ actor who owns the South Sydney 'Rabbitohs"

Great video!

The reason they have to drop the ball before kicking it for a field goal is to make it harder. Otherwise if you could just kick it normally it would be way too easy. Usually you don't want to go for a drop goal because you always just want to go for the try for 4 or potentially 6 points instead. They only try to make field goal attempts in moments like when it's getting close to half time and they are already ahead or tied just so it makes it that extra bit hard for the opponents to catch up in the second half or in the dying moments of a game where they need that 1 or 2 points to either win or tie the other teams score. The other time when they use them is when the clock does run out on the game and the scores are tied, years ago it would just go down as a draw but these days what happens is 10 more minutes is thrown on the clock (in two 5 minute halves) and it becomes "golden point" rules. Which means the next team to score a single point are the winners, it's basically sudden death. When this happens it's field goal attempt frenzy, every set of 6 is basically an attempt to get the ball close enough and set up position for your best kicker to attempt a field goal. You can also score the points needed in all the other ways if you can too, but this really is when the field goal is most utilised. If those two 5 minute halves end with neither team scoring a point then the game is called a draw, that isn't too often though. The team on offence has a set of 6 tackles to run the ball. You thought it was 5 because you always see the team kick the ball on the 6th play. They do that to get the ball further down the field so that the opponent has to start their set further back into their own territory and further away from their try line. But they don't have to kick it on the 6th tackle, they are free to just run the ball and try to score a try or whatever, but if they do get tackled on the 6th they stop in that exact spot and hand the ball over to the other team and they start their set from there. So that is why it's better to kick it most of the time. (Russell kind of explained that, I wrote this before finishing the video). Playing the ball with your foot is so easy and simple but you would be amazed how many players are just lazy about it and don't bother to use their foot. If the ref sees that it's a penalty and change over of the ball and the coach will definitely rip your head off for that. You also can't fumble the ball on the ground or stand at an angle that isn't forward facing while playing it because those are penalties too.

You are going to love it mare

Russel crow is an Australian actor, the gladiator is a movie he starred in

If you haven't I would love for you to react to the 2015 Grand final. It broke records for the staidum, teams and captians, score and grand final records. As well as the 2015 State Of Origin Game 3. The Decider. Wich also broke crowd, score AND the State of Origin History records.

You can apparently score drop goals in American Football as well, I think its 3 points like a field goal, Unless they changed the rules, It might also be used for extra points, I think the last person to score one in the NFL was Doug Flutie.

Also nrl are working on 5 year deal with fox sports over in the US, so you'll be able to watch it live.

You're gonna see some mad hits, you will not be disappointed. ❤🏉

Check out some highlights of retired NRL player Preston Campbell (easy to find). He was the smallest player of his era, but his footwork, speed and reflexes were super-human. He's a great advertisement for what the game looks like when played at its best.

My brother payed NRL for many years. In a 1987 club game against St George he was tackled 43m from the opposition line, but left unmarked as the the final siren was sounding. He played the ball forward, then kicked a field goal from 42m out in the rain, to break a 20-20 draw.

I’m a massive NRL fan here in Australia 🇦🇺. I’ve been following it since I was a kid and both my boys played it. I suppose it’s like your superbowl but we only have 1 team who has to defend & attack. The game has two halves that go for 40 mins each. The players only get a 15 min break before having to return to play the 2nd half of the game. The object of the game is to get down the field as fast as possible and score a try you call them touchdowns. They only get 5 plays to do this and the have to kick of the sixth or last play to give the ball back to the opposition. If you manage to score a try within the five tackles, you get to kick the goal which is worth two points and you get the ball back again, so depends plays a really big part in this game. I don’t know I don’t wear helmets I only wear headgear and that’s only a few of them..

What he forgot to tell you is when guy kicks the ball All he's team mates must be behind him when he kicks If their infront when he kicks the ball they can't touch it Otherwise its a penalty the ball gets turned over So you'll notice ball gets kicked high and to a distance where the fastest running can get to it As he and other team mates are behind the kicker before the kick

Enjoy mate, you'll love it 👍👍

Irish Nrl fan here the game sells itself, you just need someone to introduce it to you.

Prepare to fall in love with this sport

Nice tone subbed

Thanks for the positive response to the game, hope sometime in the future America starts there own rugby league brand, America’s very own rugby league competition

Good promo and good commentary from Russell.

Dar, for some trivia for you: South Sydney Rabbitohs were the second accepted into the New South Wales Rugby League in 1908, winning the first ever premiership. The South Sydney Rabbitohs are the NRL team with the most premiership wins, 21 in total.

Love the promo from an NRL fan in QLD Australia. Once you understand the rules you guys in the states will love this I’m sure 👍 It’s high octane! 🔥

Nothing like the sound of bones crunching in the tackle. Enjoy bro👊

I hope you enjoy. It’s such a great game and as much as American football is popular in your hugely populated country rugby league is so worth getting into.

We use to drop goal are house or fence as kids daily in the 80s lol

His stared with Ryan Gosling in Nice Guys

You would definitely know who Russell Crowe is, he’s in a lot of movies you would have seen like gladiator, 3:10 to Yuma, the nice guys, American gangster and more

Being that this is an exhibition match in another country i reckon the boys will be told to put on some big hits. Should be epic.

FKN YURRR can’t wait for all y’all to see what we got here in AUSSIE 🗣️🗣️ ya’ll gon love this

Broncos ❤❤❤❤ as an Australian, this video was actually really well done. Obviously there more rules but these are the basics and great for anyone learning the sport. Enjoy our game guys and girls from the US. Hope you enjoy it 🎉

Field goals are used to break a tied score before the siren, a foot touch is technically "play on"

Hey from New Zealand glad you are going to games grab some friends as it would not be there all the time

I loved playing this game😉 hit'n the brothers around was fun😜 we born tough in Australia ☺️👊💪👍

Excellent promo !

Remember the game goes for 80 min, and it’s action packed. They’ve done tests and found that running the ball back into those solid blokes is like being hit by a car at 25miles an hour

The play the ball between the legs is done so well they basically pretend to play it with the foot. But usually they lift their leg and pretend to touch the ball with the leg lol