Before his body started to break down GI was the arguably the best combination of speed, balance and power the NRL has seen in the past 30 years. There was a player from the 80s/early 90s called Mal Meninga who was similar, but it was a different era.

He was quicker than he looked. He was never run down from behind until his knee gave out. His balance was ridiculous, seen him get ankle tapped at full speed and not break stride. Freakish athlete.

That player that tried to tackle Greg Inglis at 17:54 was none other than SBW (Sonny Bill Williams) absolute beast playing Rugby Union and Rugby League.. Rugby fans wanted to see how the two would match up against each other. Legends .

The ball was about to go “dead” (out after the try line). He jumped from in the field of play, caught it whilst out of bounds in the air, and passed it back to the player behind him, who scored. As he wasn’t touching the ground, whilst touching the ball, he was still technically in the field. The field (tryline to tryline) is 100m long (110 yards) + in-goal areas are typically about 8 metres each (but do vary).

Kick Back = play the ball Loving your reactions bro, keep it up!

What you call a "down" we call a 'tackle', and a tackle is not effected until the tackler has brought the ball runners progress to a halt. That is why in some instances you will see Greg, brought down, but he is not held, so he is within his rights to get up and continue his progress. In fact, he is more than within his rights. If he does not get up and continue to run or at least try to, then there is a rule in the book that will award the opposing team a penalty because he was 'voluntarily tackled'. And, that rule has been brought out and used on a few occasions in the past. There is another clip you might find on the internet, Tallis on Hodgson, in a state of origin. In that instance it was Tallis making the tackle. He grabbed Hodgson from behind, but he did not bring him to a stationary halt. Instead, he just kept dragging him until he threw him over the sideline. That also is quite ok. So long as 1. He at no time came to a stand still, and 2, the referee did not yell "held" it is totally permissible. I have seen many americans react to this clip and they all regard that as totally unethical play. I can assure you, it is fine in our game.

G.I. baby!!! one of the best! these guys all have fairly short careers. they get beat to hell. 3 nfl players have tried to play rugby league. two lasted one half of one match and quit, due to mass fatigue and pain. the third lasted one month, and walked away telling the press 'those guys are crazy'. now that you've seen G.I. in action, check out some latrell mitchell highlights.

👍GI - legend & supreme athlete , one of the best footballers🏉 in any code , ever !!

Your right his naturally gifted

Liked and subscribed ♥ The ball has to be put down to be a try....so he had overrun the ingoal area so he caught it in mid air and tossed it over his head before he touched the ground and the player behind him who was still in goal was able to catch it and put it down for a try. Loved watching this mate. The last team he played for in this video was South Sydney Rabbitohs.....The Green and Gold colours was for Australia playing against England...He played hard but he was/is a gentle giant.

In reference to these angles that you keep saying they need to do better with. Just letting you know that these defenders have a lot of options that they have to cover. The ball carrier can kick it over or kick it along the ground or they can pass to a teammate or they can just run it. That's why they can't just run at the perfect angle every time. Sometimes they could do a better job at covering them but yeah just thought I'd shed some light on that for you.

A lot of the times it may look like they take bad angles is to cut off the passing option also.

Inglis is native Australian and I'm telling you now they are some of the fastest people on earth. They are built to run and long distance it's crazy.

When you have a go at their tackling it's not easy to tackle a brick wall coming at you at 25 - 30kmh or 15 - 18 miles. A lot of these players are out there for the full 80mins playing attack and defence. Some have continued to play on in a game with already broken bones because they play with heart and pride. There are not many stoppages and little time to recover. You have to be mad to play it and we love it. Aussies. My profile pic is for the North Queensland Cowboys so at some stage you should check out Johnathon Thurston (now retired) and his kicking game it will blow your mind how he turns the ball in flight. Cheers

You aren't 'down' unless you are tackled and held, so if you get hit and land on the floor you can simply get up and keep going. If you are tackled you can still reach out and score the try if it's within reach, or if the momentum of the tackle naturally carries you into the try area. What happens after the tackle is one of the big differences between the two different kinds of rugby (rugby league and rugby union), but it's the same in both that you need to be tackled and held. For your other questions these highlights from different types of teams. There are the club teams in the NRL (equivalent to the NFL franchises), so Inglis started with the Melbourne Storm then went to the South Sydney Rabbitohs. There's no divisions just straight up 16 teams (soon to be 17 from next year as there will be a new expansion team). But there were also clips from international games where he was representing Australia, as well as State of Origin.

I think the confusion for new timers of rugby is the difference between a try and a touchdown. In NFL you need to hold the ball or have the ball within the area of the end zone to score a touchdown. In Rugby League or Union the ball must touch the ground of the endzone with downward pressure in order to be considered a try, if you lose control of the ball while trying to apply downwtd pressure it is not considered a try. This is why always you see rugby players sliding on the ground or trying to press the ball onto the ground of the end zone. However if part of your body touches the line or outside of it you are considered outside(dead ball zone).

You might notice in every situation where “they are taking the right angles” he has a support runner that the defending player has to cover the pass for as well as trying to tackle GI

8pm Central time U.S. is 12pm EST ie noon (the next day) here in Oz. OH, except for CDT (daylight savings) then it's 11am (the next day) in Australia 👍🏻

Yeah along with the fatigue factor you also need to take into the tactics of the game as well. In NFL once the receiver has the ball all your attention goes on that man. In league your having to watch for a possible offload at any moment. That's why you'll notice so many guys tackling above the waist to try wrap up the attackers arms.

Yup, running around for 80 mins pretty much non-stop apart from the 10 min break in between the two 45 min halves will take its toll on you. On average, there's around 60min of actual game play in Rugby, where in American Football, the average time of actual game play is just 11min.

17:47 for added context, that guy who tried to tackle him was one of the best tacklers in the history of the NRL. It's like if it was Ray Lewis or Lawrence Taylor getting stood up.

Legend GI

The biggest difference about tackling in rugby vs the NFL is that in rugby the ball carrier could pass the ball, or even kick it. So you’re often not 100% committed to just making the tackle. You’re analysing what’s going on around him, is there a supporting runner who he might pass to etc etc. Whereas in NFL you pretty much have one thing in mind and that’s to bring the ball carrier down. Often in rugby guys will break tackles because the defender has different things to keep his mind on.

Reece Walsh is a good watch, very entertaining

G.I is the best. A legend to the indigenous of Australia!

No way he catches the ball and places it b4 the dead ball line. It is why he dove and caught the ball b4 it went dead, and threw it back over his head to his team mate to score in goal. It is an absolutely incredibly difficult play to make. Totally awesome!

Please watch “johnathan Thurston qld maroons #6/7” and that video has commentary. IMO he is the Tom Brady of rugby league the goat of rugby league. The best playmaker Of all time. Similar to Tom Brady not really athletically gifted and pretty small.

His momentum is ridiculous

Now you know more about rugby league I feel like you need to revisit this highlight reel. Inglis is the goat.

When Greg threw the ball back the ball was about to cross the deadball line meaning it would been out of play, Greg therefore kept the play alive which allowed his team mate to score. Greg's momentum was such that he would have probably gone out of play before he could ground the ball, so his split second decision was the best play.

9/10 years is long for the NRL. The level they play at the body breaks down

A rugby league pitch (or field) is 68 m (74 yards) wide and 112-122 m (122-133 yards) long. The in goal is varied across stadiums, try line to dead ball line are generally 10 metres but some are 8 some are 12, on average 120 metres by 68 metres

Putting the ball on the ground and kicking it back is called playing the ball, also when the other team pass the ball and the other team get it, it’s called interception

Field is 100m long (not including the two in-goal areas at each end of the field) and it’s 48m wide

For your next highlights reaction watch Tom TRBOJEVIC highlights he's the reigning mvp and scored 28 tries in 15 matches last season

To answer your question about what you thought was a defensive try stop(First highlight under Kangaroo title. )was actually a try in which he chased down the kick and passed the ball back over his head for the other player to score. The reason why he had to jump before he stepped over the end line is much the same as a NFL receiver stepping out of bounds on there rought which makes them ineligible for the reception.

There reason they wear pink is for the women in league round to appreciate the women in their life. And the women who play rugby league and also to support Brest Cancer

Hey bro just want to say that you should do a matt Bowen reaction

That tackle at 13:03 was the reason shoulder charges (leading with the shoulder & tucking the arm to make a tackle instead of using arms with intent to wrap) were banned in the NRL, vicious hit

Greg was at full speed so instead of going out he batted the ball back in,in the hope that some one would score of it and tbey did ,and after a tackle they ,play the ball .

hey man great reaction, could you please react to "What is AFL", and if you like big tackles check out "AFL, biggest hits and best bits"

NOTE - when he's wearing Dark Green with the 2 yellow V stripes on the Jersey, That is an international League test match. colours

Your "kick-back" is referred to as playing the ball or the play-the-ball. Ingliss is a legend. Cheers.

the person with the ball needs the ball carying arm to hit the ground, when that occurs the defender has to have a hand on him to complete a tackle

Queenslander 👏🏽

Greg Inglis is known for having one of the best fends/stiff arms of all time in RL

There club teams ,first grade ,winter sport ,only nsw and queensland ,which are states play state of origin.

It is a field not a pitch. It is 100m long. Greg when playing was an athletic specimen!

The ball is down when the ball touches the ground or the red says ‘held’

It was about to go out of play and he knocked it back in to get his team a chance for a try

The fullback can't just focus on the one man in them situations as the attacker could pass inside it kick ahead and the earlier the fullback commits the easier the decision for the attacker

I think in the case of Inglis the reason why the defender angles are "wrong" is that his speed is so deceptive and he deliberately uses that to bait defenders into thinking they can cover him on the short-side (sideline) but then he burns them. His large height and long stride length make his speed deceptive and he often runs ~80% top speed (most of the game), subtly shapes to the inside until they commit enough for him to accelerate to 100% effort and burn them on the outside. It's his signature move. It's what they teach you as a winger and I used to do the same thing, but obviously just as an amateur kid. If you have a high enough top speed the defender will usually underestimate it several times over.

Have you ever reacted to Benji Marshall, Jarryd Hayne or Ben Barba? Please do.

U should watch Jonah lomu highlights, he was about 6 ft 6 110kg and he could run 100 meters in less then 11 seconds

It looks like he's not that fast but in reality no one could catch him

React to Latrell Mitchell and Roger Tuivasa-Scheck

International - Australia State of Origin - Nsw best vs Qld best Nrl - the profesional competition, ie storm and rabbits, 17 teams total across nsw qld vic and act Both qld and Nsw have a 2nd tier comp, qld cup and nsw cup - Devils are part of qld cup

Stiff arm you are referring to is called a fend or fended off an opponent

Field goal, is 1 point

Greg was one of the best ever played for South Sydney RABBITOES he was in size compared to other players in the the leugeu average some big players are giants

It's fine to suggest taking the correct defensive angles but you have to keep in mind that being very much open play as opposed to set plays where each play the ball in contrast to each ball snap in the NFL which obviously is stop and start and the defence gets to reset and a feel from the offensive formation at scrimmage,a lot of these NRL player's are caught out of position considering it's such a fast open playing game.

The opposition coaches had no answer of how to deal with him.

you need watch Latrell Michael

Greg Spent most of his career at Melbourne Storm until the salary cap forced the club to delist him and other highly paid players, he then transferred to South Sydney,(the rabbits) and saw out his career with them.

Benji marshall! Come on o Plz cuzz

The "angles" thing is caused by the passing game, it's more like basketball. When Inglis makes that line break down the wing he slows up slightly, holds the ball out in front of his body and waits for his teammates, creating a three on one scenario. The defender positioned himself for the pass, and got caught out. He definitely picked a shit angle. And the coach would definitely be yelling at him for not taking out anyone. But there are more variables than American football. Really Inglis had more options than the defender could manage. Inglis "should" of drawn the defender and passed to his teammate, drawn the defender and kicked to the open field behind the defender for his teammate or his last option, go it himself. You should react to a Rugby skills video, it'd probably give you more of a grasp of the game. Thanks for the entertainment. 👍🏾

kick back - Play the ball

The Rugby League not Rugby, finals start next weekend. There are too many aspects of the game that you will need to comprehend before you understand why Greg was so good. Highlights of his career in the National Rugby League, State Games and International games do not show you his skills, the tactical nature and fatigue aspects etc of the game. I would suggest you watch some of the finals so that you can absorb the rules and see why in many peoples eyes Rugby League is the greatest sport of all.

maybe you should come into rugby and teach them how to tackle?

14:43 so true real men do wear pink 14:43

Another highlight video worth the watch. Sonny Bill Williams Although Sonny crossed football code's from rugby league and rugby union and later became a pro Boxer. This is some of his BIG HITS...Although there is some controversy surrounding him and his hard core out spoken Christian beliefs he is no doubt an absolute freak. If you love big hit's than check this clip out being a mixture of his NRL and union smashing tackles. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n75-jZVlxLytqH0.html

field goal worth 1 point, ball must hit the ground before kicking, used most commonly to break a draw

Field is 100meters long

The NRL has no conference, it's just 14 professional teams, this is the equivalent of the NFL. We also have an equivalents to a minor league. There are minor leagues in Queensland and New South Wales. These are two states where Rugby League is by far the most popular and where most NRL teams are based. My guestimate is that players in these minor leagues are on between 50k to 140k per year, some of these will not be full time professional. Where as NRL players are probably on between 80k (not a starter, but trying to get into the starting team) through to about 1 million per year. Greg Inglis would have been up the top of this range. The State of Origin teams are made from players exclusively from the NRL teams. The best players from the State of Origin series go on to represent Australia. 1st tier International Rugby league teams will be England, N.Z and Australia. Then 2nd tier international teams would be teams like Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, Scotland, Ireland, France. This is not the same for Rugby Union however. Which has quite a different structure to Rugby League, both internationally and locally. To generalize between the two, Rugby (what we call Rugby Union) has a bigger presence on the International stage for sure, whereas Rugby League is much stronger at the local level with professional teams in a local league (more equivalent to the NFL). Both England and Australia (and I think to a lesser degree France) have a strong local professional league. To understand this well you would need to understand the history between the two games, when previously Rugby Union was specifically an amateur game (became professional in 1995). Rugby League was born out of Rugby Union as a professional code well over 100 years ago.

Kickoff

inglis 1st start to the vid hes 17 yrs old vs men

100 metres

What you're calling a kick back is them playing the ball

That was a good reaction, Rugby League isn't just about the big hits there is also a lot of skill. Can you do a reaction to Shaun Johnson The Lightning Footwork Warriors he plays NRL and is known for his side stepping (jukes) he played for the New Zealand team the Warriors here is a link kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pZ-UkseQq8ivd4k.html you will enjoy this as he is also a playmaker and kicker,

You keep talking about getting the right angle but often the defender isn't sure if he will pass to a supporting player, so they are often anticipating the pass.

How u gonna criticise the d on a highlight reel bro 😂

Laughing at the coaching...there fatigued asf

Club football

greg inglis sadly retired in 2019

Better recognise that indigenous talent Yankees lol

Nah mate nothing to do with angles, he's just too bloody fast!!! The ones that catch him are already closer, further up the field when starting their chase.

Bro these are the best player's in the world and you keep talking about angles with their defence I think you need a different camera angles to see it better Greg Inglis is too fast and too strong

Dude doesn't even know at the start he's reacting to a 17 year old.

Mate you need to watch more games before giving tips to proffesionals about how to defend against Greg Inglis. No clue. We dont have 50 players per team, we have 17 total who all play offense and defense for 80 minutes non stop.

I don't understand your football at all , but the game goes on far to long .. union don't stop and league as 5 move attacks . Both better than American football. We say why so many pads lol .

Mate if you want to see poor tackling just watch any Rugby Union game. The tackling in League is utterly brutal. You need to watch a full match not highlights

Its very difficult to take the right angle as you say, when you have to turn and chase out of the defensive line to chase and tackle an attcking player that has the momentum.

When you talk angles it's different then nfl. He moves the ball in his hands to pass which causes the defender to be in two minds. If the defender takes the angle you are talking about and commits to the tackle, Inglis is skilled and will pass it to someone else.

Should also check out some of indigenous all star game's. These matches are held annually and showcase SO MUCH SKILL AND PASSION.Check out the war cries that both team's begin the match with... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fr6jqstiqdKciYE.html