**WTF IS THIS?! FIRST TIME WATCHING! American Reacts To RUGBY HARDEST HITS You Will Ever See
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THIS WAS BRUTAL YALL!! OMG THERE'S NO WAY I CAN PLAY THIS SPORT!! AND MAKE SURE YALL HIT THAT LIKE BUTTON FOR MORE. THANKS FOR WATCHING!!
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@@larrywalling4682 ok you got me larry lmao!
Mate it’s a great sport and it’s not that bad women and kid’s play it and honestly I reckon your game would be great too if you got rid of the pads helmets and all the stoppages ( not a criticism just an observation) Great work mate keep doing what you’re doing
These were the legal tackles, you should see the illegal ones!
@@darealadogg SOUTHAFRICA KICK YOUR ASS AMERICA. SA VS USA IN 2015 WORLDCUP 🤣🤣
Rugby is a world sport. The main difference between rugby and American football apart from the obvious lack of a suit of armour, is the fact that rugby is non stop action for 80 minutes and American football is action for five or 10 seconds and then a break for a chat or advertising 😊
😂 So true
i think some of them do a bit of knitting while on the bench
Unfortunately the NFL keeps implementing new rules as the years go on that make the sport softer and softer. They are getting rid of the physicality of the game
em , no . the main dif is rugby the ball has ti be passed back , in us football they throw forward mostly , crums are another one rucks etc , aye !
There's rugby then there's rugby league...
"...no helmet, no shoulder pads, nothing" It's like American football but for big boys 😂
Yeah, right. American football is much more violent. People die playing football, even while wearing pads and a helmet. People are injured in just about every game.
@@scottprice8994 pffft
Rugby "padding" is called muscles held in place by true grit.
@@helenwhitehurst398and tape around the Cauliflower ear 😅
@scottprice8994 🤣😂🤣😂 Sure it is!
I had the pleasure of working in Florida in 2015 during the Rugby World Cup. My American military colleagues weren't familiar with Rugby but after watching the USA v the All Blacks, it lit a fire in them and they watched every game they could for the rest of the tournament. I'm surprised Rugby isn't more popular in the States.
It may happen eventually, it may just take a while. Look how long "proper" football (soccer) took to gain a foothold, now it's starting to take off & getting bigger all the time. Gotta stop calling soccer though, FFS, ya weirdos 😉
You will have to harden up! NEW ZEALAND, IRELAND, SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, BRITAIN, ARGENTINA ❤❤❤
Rugby is dying in OZ while soccer is killing it. Rugby grounds within the suburbs are empty during the playing season so councils are converting them to soccer fields due to shortage of grounds for that sport. Registered participation for soccer is at 1,450,000 while Rugby is 170,000 and shrinking.
@@tricky1581 I think they call it soccer to avoid confusion. If you say "football" to an American, they'll assume you're talking about American Football. Similarly in parts of Australia, "football" means "rugby (football) league".
@@etiennedevignolles7538 yeah but the main argument is that they should call the game where the foot kicks the ball ( football) and give American football another name, to avoid confusion. Why call the game where for 90 minutes the foot is kicking the ball soccer? It was called football before the American game was even dreamed off,they should have given their game a different name
So myself being Welsh and rugby being our main sport, I absolutely love seeing Americans reacting to it with pure respect and admiration. Cheers for the enjoyable watch big man! 👍🏻
But they always focus on the hits, they miss the actual play. Let them watch a full game, start to finish, with a decent commentary. Then they will begin to appreciate the skill.
I played rugby for my school, we were quite highly rated in London (considering ours wasn't a public school, in the south of England it's mainly posh kids that play Rugby) We played in a tournament with a team from Wigan, Swansea and I can't remember the other team (it was over 20 years ago). We lost every match, especially the one against Swansea 😂
Wigan and Swansea, that is like a main hub for Rugby, it's in their food system. Losing to them is okay, they thought your lot were worthy opponents.
@@jimmyjarrett-ws2izYou played, that's what's important 👍🏴🏴
Hello Neighbour... Rugby West Midlands UK is the place the game rugby was born
We have a saying in Britain 'soccer 90 minutes of pretending you're hurt, rugby 80 minutes of pretending you're okay'.
*football….soccer is something they play in America. It’s football everywhere else.
@@RgjDj1878 soccer was first used by the British as a slang term for association football in the early 1900's. then it was adopted by the US, while the term was phased out by the British, and it returned to being called football.
@@varazed5018 soooo it was called football all along and we don’t say soccer? Thought so!
its football not soccer!
You are not wrong, my brother in law, got the back of his head cut open, then got his head stiched up at the side of the field, then carried on to play the rest of the game, not professionally just playing for a local team. I started playing when I was 12, but the rest of the school started playing at 9 or10
I grew up in Virginia playing football, moved to Ireland and started rugby when I was a teenager. No pads and helmets is a good thing, you learn how to take a hit and how to deliver one safely. Now, granted that I will limp for the rest of my life and have had multiple operations, but rugby is the sport of kings
TWO buggered knees, a dicky shoulder and a nose I will never breathe through properly. Wouldn't have missed it for the world.
Obviously there are still injuries but people certainly get better at delivering proper tackles and also taking them instead of relying on gear to protect them.
Compressed L4 & L5 vertebrae..., would I do it all over again? Hell yeah, best years of my life!
Completely agree@@hendrikjordaan7510 rugby has ruined my limbs, ruined my back, but I met the greatest people and had the best of times. That feeling when you bump into an old team mate is incomparable
"A barbaric sport practiced by gentlemen" is the best way I've heard it described.
Love rugby. Lots of action, yet still a gentleman's sport without nasty fan behaviour. The wirst aspects of tackling have been tidied up as well so still plenty of action but less real danger of serious injury.
Shame that there's no longer any rucking in the rucks...
There's a saying: "Rugby is a thug's game played by gentlemen. Football is a gentleman's game played by thugs".
I was born and still live in the town of Rugby, England where the game was born!! Love the game!!
My daughter went to college in Rugby. I come from Kenilworth nr Warwick, hello fello Warwickshire person 😃
@@traceyrhoden9808 Another fellow Warwickshire person here! Born and grew up in Coventry but currently in Nuneaton.
@@creepyhero84 my sister lives in Nuneaton but soon to move back to Kenilworth
@@traceyrhoden9808 small world! Lol
One of the things I always like to stress to Americans is that a lot of tackles in Rugby are done with proper technique, mainly because the lack of protection means you need to have good technique or you're losing teeth, breaking bones etc. The use of pads and helmets in the NFL has actually reduced the technique level of many players tackling, which leads to just throwing your body in like a missile at the guy. This is why the NFL has more concussions in general than most Rugby competitions.
Unless you shoulder charge to the head like we see here but I get you. It's how my little brother takes down guys 60lbs heavier at 12. Technique.
This is especially true of tackles in the open field.
Agreed. Timing is everything.
Taking one for the team!
Agreed but let's be fair, you practice technique in tackles as much to protect yourself when tackling, I've seem bad tacklers injured unnecessarily, this fella should check out being at bottom of a ruck lol
I'm 47 (South African, but I live in NZ now) played from 12 years to 28 years old...My shoulder, neck and knee are seriously fucked up lol. Would I go back and do it all again? In a heartbeat, the greatest sport, the best mates.
Glad to see you living in a real country now Cuz
Wow. You started at 16 ? That's quite old to be starting rugby. Especially coming from Springboks country.
@@JaemanEdwards Learn to read champ...12 years old. English speaking primary schools didn't play rugby. Only once you hit high school.
@@cameron7847 I dunno, same same lol
@@alistairclifton1286 What school was that? Every primary school I went to had rugby, all english schools to, I started when I was 8
I still remember watching Faf de Klerk from the Springboks get knocked out in the first 40 seconds of the game, his neck snapped backwards and he was taken off.. He was perfectly fine and is playing today but the anxious moments of waiting for news that he was okay was so nerve wrecking
What's always funny to me is that the guys will fight on field and argue but will all go out and party after the game like friends 🎉
Old saying; Rugby is a game for Hooligans played by Gentlemen
I said simular but differently lol. as a lover of rugby it brings out the hooligan in us the lovers of the game.
Trust me they're not all gentlemen, the ones who go to a uni in the Town I lived are arrogant assholes, when they go out drinking in our town they they push everyone out the way, including womam, I lost my shit with one of them lol. However the England team do train there, I used to work at the uni amd we could see them practicing out of mu office window, phwor thanking you 😀 😉
Give Blood. play Rugby.
Rugby is played by hooligans and watched by gentlemen, football/soccer is played by gentlemen abd watched by hooligans
Or the expanded version - (Rugby) Union is the thug's game played by gentlemen, and (Rugby) League is the gentleman's game played by thugs.
My son started Rugby 3 years ago. He's now 13 and honestly, playing Rugby has made him alot tougher, more respectful and brought out the best in him. Difficult to watch at 1st but now I love it.
My son started at 14, in a rough ex mining village. He is now 27, respects his elders to the point of calling them sir, helps his team mates at a moments notice and will do anything for his parents, support that young fella, it's worth it
@@paulthornton8871 awww I will thank you. We're also an ex mining village lol
Glad to here famaley still making real respectfully men
Good mom. Now I hope this young man finds a good woman, marries her, and gives you lots of grandchildren.
Back in the 70s Rugby used to be the main boys sport in UK schools. They suddenly decided it was too dangerous because some boys were seriously injured, but life isn't risk free and if the boys want to play let them. Of course it also stopped boys in general growing up tough and TPTB seem to want weak ineffectual men, I think this was their real motive.
I'm from Wales 🏴 here rugby is not just a sport its a religion and we pray at the Principality Stadium
Yes Our Irish Rugby player make your American players look like scared babies in all the pads n helmets. These are veryyyy strong men.
I was on a flight just recently that had 2 rugby squads from South Africa on it. They were top flight teams I found out later, on their way to play a few european teams. I didn't realise until I saw them crammed into plane just how massive rugby players are. It was very impressive. Some of them stood around the toilet areas for most of the flight because they just couldn't fit into their seats. Watching normal men trying to squeeze between them on their way to the toilet without looking intimidated had me entertained for the whole flight.
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My wife an I went to ta rugby game. It was at a complex where a soccer tournament was also going on. We walked past field after field of soccer players, then my wife said "oh, that must be the visiting team. They don't look like soccer players."
Rugby players bulk is fairly recent though. I've been watching rugby for years, and some of the best players were really wiry and very fast.
What you dont realise is the size of the players. Lowest weight on the field if theres a unusually small player is probably 12 or 13 stone but most are probably between 15 to 20 stone. Jonah lomu was 19+ stone but could do the 100 in 11 seconds. Granted he was special. Rip Jonah.
I played centre, was considered heavy at 14 stone back in the 90's...but damn, I have played against pretty big boys lol
@@alistairclifton1286 i was 14st at 11 year old they threw me in with 15-16 year olds but my old man used to play for featherstone and went to school with Paul newlove and they practiced with me all the time .
@@kylewilliams6091 I was at school with Paul Sampson who played both codes. His cousin is Dean Sampson.
Jonah was a man mountain there's never been anyone like him, probably never will
In American football 14 stone is considered a small player. The official average weight is 17.5 stone. The official average height and weight of an NFL guard is 193 centimeters and 22.5 stone
Real mans sport! Rugby players look at American footballers and think "why all that padding??" 😂
Love that reply
No dude that is what you think..
@@IANHANDS no thats what we think when we watch American football
Rugby was a compulsory sport at school when i was growing up . All boys had to play , regardless of size we ALL had to play .
Rugby's a great game. I picked up far more injuries playing goalkeeper in football than I ever did playing rugby. And unlike football, everybody has a beer together after knocking chunks out of each other. Like I said.. great game!
Best part of it
post match barbecue or beer and sausages, the infamous third half lol
My daughter plays rugby. She's played in a rugby team since she was in secondary school. She's an engineer now. It's a great all round sport.
I was playing rugby since year 3 of school and I haven’t stopped playing since it’s a amazing sport and you meet some really nice people on the pitch yeah you don’t really get injured unless the other team is playing dirty or you mess up an angle and get tackled because of it but even then it’s great because you feel so alive in that moment
I am the same played rugby for 40 years main injuries were playing soccer
"Run with it as much as you want but you can *ONLY* pass backwards" makes for a MUCH more agressive game imo. Plus what you often get with Rugby is not segregation in the stands & both teams supporters going out afterwards and getting the beers in together and without issue. It's a whole "gentleman thug" thing! 😁
You can pass backwards as many times as you want to in American Football too (just only once forwards per play).
I have never known crowd segregation with the fans. As far as I know, it doesn't exist.
A rugby players diet and fitness is amazing..you can see why, peace, love an harmony from Manchester, England 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
My husband played rugby for his regiment in the British army. He said the adrenaline carried them through. What's more, however aggressive the play, it was always left on the pitch. A hot bath, and then you were all sharing drinks in the bar with the opposition.
As the old adage goes: Rugby is a hooligan's game played by gentlemen. It also gives our youngsters a sense of respect, discipline, and fair play. It makes you tough both physically and mentally and you only get out of the game what you put into it. I played for years - pure joy every time.
Englands hooligans did well on the fields, in the terraces and in the street. Around rugby, football and nowadays darts
Aye, I wish I played it for longer. I went to a public boys school until my parents split & ended up at a grammar school afte where it wasn't played. We played full contact rugby from year 4-6. I look back fondly on my time getting my head stamped on with studs 😂 played for a local kids team for a couple of years after but miss it until this day!
The other saying is...with Rugby, hooligans on the field, gentlemen in the viewing crowds....Soccer, hooligans in the crowds, gentlemen on the field.
The great thing about rugby is that it's a sport for every kid no matter how you're made If you're short and chunky you're a prop or a hooker - if you're tall you're a lock, if you're big and strong you're a number 8, if you're quick and strong and like to mix it up you're a flanker or a centre, if you're quick and have a bit of skill you're a half-back and if you're fast you're a winger. Any kid's got a place in the team
@@5ynthesizerpatel Don't forget the great Phil Bennett (Wales) - the quickest player I've ever seen. He may have been small by Rugby standards, but half the time the opponents never even saw him LOL!
as a South African... I loved watching this and the comments are hilarious
There are a lot of rules making the game a lot safer than it used to be. Most of those tackles would have resulted in a penalty kick for the other team. And you’re not allowed to tackle a player who is NOT holding the ball. FYI, the Rugby World Cup is currently on, so go watch it!
In the English Super League a guy started a game in the cup final with a broken Jaw and broken cheekbone. He had 6 metal plates in his face and a black eye. I remember another guy who ruptured his testicle in the 35th minute of the first half and didn't tell anyone until he had finished the game. Absolute warriors.
That hit on the guy at about the 3.58 mark is what we call a hospital pass, that gonna send you to hospital. If you want to see one of the best, search for Jonah Lomu, an New Zealand All Black, rest his soul, he was a mountain of a man and could run sub 10 second 100 metre races, absolute beast. Gone way too soon but never forgotten.
One of the true Greats of Rugby... A genuine one off...
Love that bro! Respect for your comment & I hope people take your advice & do look him up Chur! Rest In Peace my bro🙏🇳🇿🥝 My top3 would also have to be Dan Carter & Richie McCaw truly the sports 🌿🏉🏴 GOAT 🐐 Their representation of the Haka gives me chills every time 😭 ❤
they must have made great haka for him..
Jonah Lomu died? Oh my word. I remember New Zealand vs South Africa_Jonah Lomu vs Francois Pienaar
@@Xman_Taurus yes he died too young rip jonah.. his funeral is on youtube very emotional stuff
As a kid, rugby was my life. I ate, slept, dreamt, lived rugby. It was how I expressed and defined myself. Captained one of my teams to a national championships too. Sadly injury meant I never got to play for my country but friends did and they went on to win world championships. Best team sport in the world. Everything else, is childs play.
You forgot league.
@@Andrew-fy9wuleague is trash, boring with zero intensity.
@@RazorMouth Bollocks, it is league that has taught union how to be exciting. Maybe you were born five minutes ago, by that comment Id say so. I remember when a union match would end 21-12 with 1 try, 1 conversion, 5 penalty goals and 3 drop goals. And they had to replace the ball because it was kicked so much. So dont talk out of your anus.
When you play rugby you aren't 'special' because you are big and hard, you learn dignity, respect and manners or you get pummelled by your peers.Football(soccer) is a gentle game played by thugs, Rugby is a thug's game played by gentlemen, an old saying but when you look at the respect the Ref gets it makes sense.
New Zealand - All Blacks Australian - Wallabies English - Lions South African - Springboks Best teams in the world!!!
It's a sport that schoolchildren play. I played for my school from 11 years old to 18 years old! Great fun.
5:13 "I don't know how they do this!" It's practice and training. Most of those tackles show flawless technical form. Remember that our children grow up playing rugby, we're taught at a young age how to play rugby without hurting ourselves and others.
Yup, we started playing British Bulldog from as young as I remember. No Ball, Just tackling. Put a fool in the middle and run through them until everyone is in the middle and 1 person is left dodging their tackles...Must have been 4yrs old playing that until I got to old for it and they gave us a ball, lol...
@@Stonezster That sounds like Bullrush. At least, that's what we called it in West Auckland
It's bad when you get American football players switching to rugby. I remember watching a usa england exhibition match 15+ years ago on tv, when the players walked off the pitch at full time half the England team were on the floor
@@innocentbystander1447 it's called bull-rush in AU too mate :-)
@@knowEyeDeer its called British bulldog in WA
Very proud to be South African right now.... we are one of the biggest teams in the world. The Rugby World Cup has just started and I'm thoroughly enjoying it!! (SA 42 - Aussies 12 earlier tonight)
I watched, I'm south african and live in Aus, never gonna give up the springboks
It's not the Rugby World Cup playing now it's the Rugby Championship between New Zealand, South Africa, Australia and Argentina... The Rugby World Cup starts in September in France... Ps, congrats on beating Aussie. Now it's our turn ( the All Blacks that is ) and on to win the Rugby Championship.... Good luck in the world cup .... it could come down to you and us
@@easygarden777lesssssgoooo All Blacks
Dream,dream little bird.🎵🎶🎶🎶😎🎶.🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
Ek ook. They can keep their NFL
I remember the first time I ever saw Fuifui Moimoi play rugby (he's Tongan born & like many Islander boys he's solidly built like a 'brick sh*ithouse' 💪) he was running towards the try line with 3 players hanging off him who had failed miserably to bring him down 🤩🍻 That was my most memorable rugby moment, even tho I actually prefer cricket 🏏😁🇦🇺
Watch Jonah Lomu from back in the 1990s to 2000s...
All got same father
Tackling technique is cheek to cheek.
AS A SOUTH AFRICAN, THIS IS THE BEST EVER. REAL HARD MEN ON THE FIELD. SPRINGBOK WILL WIN THIS YEAR❤
as French , time will tell man !😉
Non
You wish...love from NZ
Rugby is coming home. 🇮🇪🤗🇮🇪
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Did you notice how nearly EVERY time the ball carrier was tackled, the tackler wrapped his arms around the ball carrier? It's a requirement in Rugby and as a result the players in Rugby are way better tacklers than those in the NFL and NCAA football.
And regrettably, a large number - greater proportion, perhaps - of hits in this video were foul tackles that did not. There were dozens of illegal shoulder charges and above-the shoulder 'tackles.
Yes you have to tackle with both arms...
I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure Gridiron doesn't allow grappling during a tackle, anf has to be open handed, so pushing and basic impact to tackle the player. Mostly what would be classed as illegal in Rugby.
@@stuartspencer2161 I will assume that "Gridiron" refers to American football and that "grappling" refers to locking your hands around or grabbing the uniform of an opposing player. In fact, the only time a football player is allowed to do either to an opponent is when that opponent is in possession of the ball.
Pick 'em and drive 'em into the dirt.
Good video. I enjoyed how you didn't stop every few seconds. Former Rugby player. Regards from England.
Bro, I'm an Australian we play AFL or Rugby. We find it so funny that American football with all there padding and helmets is supposed to be a tuff game. Even if you guys had your pads and helmets we still show you who the men and who the boys😂
Love my Rugby, watch as many matches as I can, my Brother played rugby.. live in UK from Irish parents and I married a Welsh man, so loads of fun cheering the sides on.. It is played everywhere now, with the England women's team doing well too. I believe it is beginning to be played more in the US too
US bloke here, played in highschool and almost college too
The US has had a women's side (and a men's) for many years. The US women won the first ever women's world cup back in 1991 (I think) and the US are still Olympic 15s champions (it hasn't been played in the Olympics since they won the Gold in the 1920s)
My grandsons play and one of them is recovering from Lukemia. We raise tough boys here NW UK
They are only tough in the north west..NW likes to look hard. Tha now's ya now I'm geetin it. 😂😂😂😂😂
I'm from South Africa. Rugby is like a religion here. It's a rough game. But we love it , and just like American schools play football ,most boys play rugby as a school sport.
If you have ever watched a great white shark diving out the ocean, flying 6 feet or more in the air to take a seal, that is what a rugby tackle is like from top teams. They come out of nowhere and boom.
Rugby is one of the best games in the world - free flowing, hard hitting and always exciting. It's very technical but with strict rules too. The closest you have in N America is probably NHL. Some of those hits in the video were questionable if not illegal. What you can't really see is just how big and strong some of those players are. At moments, the expression on your face were priceless.
I'd say the hits in hockey are on a different level compared to Rugby. I have played Rugby, and nowadays play rec hockey, but pro hockey is just ridiculous.
*Most of the hits in this video are red cards lol
@@endurojimmy3109 I'd agree for the reason that hockey players travel at much greater speeds and so there's more momentum and force (I'm not a physicist BTW) .
I also played. Some injuries haunt me now in my 40'd but I will do it again. I remember having a girl close my black eye with make up for class photo. Love this game.
My son was first team....if the phone rang on thev Rugby Saturday, I knew it was the hospital calling.....but he would be back on that field in no time....he still looks like a rugby player even 9 years after High School....
They start from young. Getting knocked and falling (hard) a lot simply makes you tougher and more pain tolerant, learn to take the punches. Even the skin get tougher. It's an amazing sport that is actually a strategic mental game which is coordinated and executed very physically and sometimes relentlessly.
The women are proving to be excellent gameplayers as well in the Australian national Rugby League, NRLW comp. Less aggressive, but excellent technicians. Newcastle Knights are back to back premiers. The Wallaroos, Rugby Union, have just beaten the French team in an international.
Ooooh yeah, the NZ women's team...dang!
Yup. My granddaughter played rugby for schools, went on to specialise in sport injuries
Rubbish
As a French, i can say that in rugby schools for kids (both boys and girls), they don't practice tackles because of danger. But they learn how to fall, how to resist to stay their two legs, how to catch the ball from adversaries, and how to enjoy, because, in reality, it's a team fighting sport. In many places all over Europe, in ancient time (i.e. since medieval age), villages "played" game in witch the goal is to put something (typically a big ball) to the church of the opponents. In France it was called "la soule" and it was extremely dangerous with possible deaths (yes, we started it as some kind of war"). So now, it is a little more civilized but still hard, physical and sometime harmful but honestly the rules are evolving to adresse commotional issues. For example, you can't tackle over the shoulders because of the neck, you can't tackle an opponent who is still on his jump. You have to wait his (her) feet are on the ground, and so on. Really, this sport seems very brutal when played by senior men but try to see feminine rugby. As woman don't have the same size, they must find other tricks to win the game. Personally, i enjoy women's game because it's different and very interesting. Have a good day and happy new year.
See if you can track down some of Jona Lomu's best games. Once watched him dragging 3 men down the pitch like they were rag dolls. And when you see the size of these men up close you appreciate it even more. The injuries can be horrendous...but what a game !!
Lomu was a god.
I remember something like that. Was it ‘95?
I couldn't remember his name, only him and how great he was. Thanks.
Go back to the 80s and Buck Shelford. Lost a nut in a game vs South Affrica. They stitched the sack and he went back on. And that's a true story.
@@petiseiuli1433 Wow, I honestly thought you were kidding until I looked it up. He apparently lost four teeth in the same incident, too.
Played both Rugby and Rugby League here in NZ from age six up into my early thirties and loved every minute of it with my old rugby team (we were all school mates) we went undefeated including all preseason games for three straight seasons and still hold the record in the club to this very day it’s unbeaten. The USA actually have a national rugby team as well bro you should check them out if you haven’t done so already! 🏉❤
Jip,the USA is getting better and better. Not saying they'll ever compete at the same level as the AB's,Bokke,Aussies,England and now the VERY good Irish but once in a blue moon they'll frighten bigger teams. Go BOKKE! 🇿🇦💪🏻♥️
Mate I am South African ..we grew up with rugby..kids play from 5 years old...you have to love it
And the South African team are considered the most feared team. Those guys are Big and strong
When my son was in the Navy, they would play Rugby on the base in the snow in Chicago in the middle of the night; doesn’t sound like a good time to me, but he loved it 😂
I really appreciate your reaction. Yes rugby football is still very much being played the world over by men and by women too. There are two main forms: rugby union and rugby league. I would highly recommend you now take a look at the mighty late great Jonah Lomu, a man mountain of New Zealand rugby union who was a sheer phenomenon of the game. His exploits on the field of rugby union have to be seen to be believed.
Loved Jonah! ❣
I watched him at Twickenham while I was in college and he was awe inspiring. A great man. A sad loss 😢
I went to school in the town of Rugby, this is where the game started at the famous Rugby school. We had to play Rugby at school, normal football (soccer) was not played. Some of us went on to play for clubs and even the country. Rugby football is a world sport and highly popular in the UK, Europe and southern hemisphere countries. The world up is every 4 years and it’s a great tournament of which the USA and Canada compete, however the 6 nations is to. It’s a great game to watch with 80 minutes of real excitement.
As analogy... American Football is to Wrestling like Rugby is to Mixed Martial Arts.
I played school and club rugby in Namibia. Broke 3 ribs, my nose 2 times, cracked my sternum, countless pop eyes and had two operations to remove torn cartilage from both knees. If I could, I would do it again. Loved the sport. Great time sport where discipline can be crucial to a win or loss. The ref should also be treated with respect, you can be sent off for backchat and also get a match ban. The after parties with the opposing team was also legendary.
Ek ken daai pyn
Rugby (the international union version) is actually played in the US. My stepson used to play it regularly when serving in the US Marines. He loved the game. It is a regular saying that Rugby compared with football (Soccer to you) is that “Rugby is a game for Ruffians played by gentlemen, whilst football is a game for gentlemen played by ruffians”
Rubbish!
@@valsyaranamual6853 some intelligent reply that is. My comment at least is initially based on fact, and the second part on humour. Yours is just shouting out your lack of knowledge.
@@steveglufcWe usually say thugs rather than ruffians, but other than that, very accurate. 🙂
We used the same saying in hong kong in the 90s but said hooligans instead of thugs or ruffians. I once played at the hong kong sevens in 1998 was on finals day in front of 20-25 thousand people. It was the finals of the school competition that was played a few weeks before the sevens tournament. Then one of the new zealand players gave us our medaks, was meant to be jonah lomu but i believe he was ill or injured n didn't make it there. Still Top3 experiences in my life though.
,,,These guys are strong and tough.. c'mon Bokke.. the World cup in on at the moment so watch and see them win again...South African team the best in the world
no commercial breaks, the entire team stays on the pitch, no oxygen mask during the game- it's a gentle man sports- no place for actors !
That's our national sport here in New Zealand. Your reaction was mine when as an 8 year old I was expected to play rugby lol. Love from New Zealand brother.
i love the Haka 🤪
Years ago, my son was invited to travel to Australia to play in a tournament of American football. The Aussie boys liked our football, because they could still walk at the end of the game!😂
Good one.
I’m from Sydney Australia it’s a tough game. Women play 😮 Good show !
You should also consider that these guys all play the WHOLE game! The same guys are playing the whole match no matter if your team has the ball or not! There is NOT one defensive and another offensive lineup. The only change are if someone get hurt or the regulated trade ins of one player at a time during timeouts.
Never heard of Rugby?! 😱 I naively just thought every country on the globe knew at least of the sports existence lol 😅 but I know for FACT that New Zealand have the best & toughest national Rugby team of all time! GO ALL BLACKS!! 🇳🇿🥝🖤🌿 ❤ U Richie McCaw you da GOAT🐐
Pity All Blacks are going to lose against Springboks this World Cup....😎
They must have seen your post and took it out on Italy, Anyway as much as it hurts this proud Scotsman, Ireland are the team to beat. @@johansteyn23664
@@johansteyn23664South Africa have to qualify for the quarter finals yet. Ireland and Scotland may have a different plan for you. Good luck, fingers crossed they do the right thing and both sides play fairly for the win.
I guess we are in the finals now. So much for Ireland & Scotland & England & France....oops. Last game to go and then we celebrate until the end of the year. 😎@@taniac1860
You have to remember that a lot of Americans don't know anything about the rest of the world. Statistically, 40% of them never leave the US ever in their lives, not even for a holiday.
When I played rugby as a kid in England. I broke a bone in each game. 😂 After six games my mother never let me play again! I was 7! I broke fingers toes a tooth Fracture a thigh! I seriously love that game!😅
Best sport on grass bro. Ireland for the Rugby World Cup 🙌💪🏻💪🏻
It is the noblest of sports. 80min of A hooligans game played by gentlemen. Awesome camaraderie. Amazing sportsmanship and respect. Bravery. Tenacity. Guts. Endurance. Fitness. Togetherness.
What North Americans call football was developed from rugby at the colleges and universities of central Canada in the 1860s. You can see the similarities: field lines, running with the ball, lateral or backwards pass, goal posts (in the US they were moved to the back while in Canada they're still in the front).
My understanding of the rugby origins of American football is the only reason I can now accept to it as 'foot'ball.😂 Rugby is different code of football, and developed out of football. I tried explaining this to someone the other day. They were still somehow confused. Must be the way I tell 'em, eh!😂😂
@blooblak01 but rugby (1845) is older then Association football(1863)
@@blooblak01 football (soccer), american football and rugby all originated from a game in europe played in the middle ages. It developped in England into two streams: one where hands were mostly used (rugby) and one where feet were mostly used (football). The rugby one developped into American Football.
@@aaohknsn it actually comes from playing footie when the ball was picked up in the middle of a game founded rugby england
And the touchdown as well. In the earlier days of football I assume it was necessary (as in rugby) to literally touch the ball down in the end-zone.
I'm 6ft and was stood in the pub when a rugby team came in for a pint or 10........ I haven't felt like a child so much in my life
They used to make us play this at school. 😂
i played for 34 years, up to semi pro level. its an amazing sport, the main reason we put ourselves through it is for our team mates. if you want to see a cross over, Christian Wade made it on to a training squad of an NFL team and ruined a few defenses. he came back to rugby after a while though. there are a good number of teams now in the USA. i cannot recommend going to a smaller team, watching them and then having a few beers with them enough.
My college toured the US in 1976, playing rugby. Went from LA up to Vancouver, played 8 games in 17 days. It was a tough tour, by the time we made it to Vancouver half the team was carrying injuries, but we played anyway.
Yeah the most unsafe rugby players are those who switched from America Football. I once watched an US Eng exhibition match on tv 15+ years ago. Half the eng team were on the ground at full time
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century.
and luvn it!!!....frm south africa....springbok alwayz....... tackling player witOUT ball ....penalty.....just sayn.... you should watch the world cup now....awsome gameplay to watch......
I played from 14 until I was 51 , apart from a few cuts, broken nose, and dislocations it was a great part of my life, and I wouldn't have changed anything. I was wing forward/flanker for most of my career and I was a tackling coach, i weighed 17 stone 240lbs so I could absorb a lot of impact.
Can you imagine if he saw Aussie rules 😂😂😂😂
He’d wet himself. Fantastic game!
Compared to RL it's crap.
@@thomasjohnrobinson4658 true but let’s break him in easy 😂
Aussie rules, that's just a mass brawl with a ball absolutely mental
He'd probably laugh his head off .
I played rugby in school and for the school, I broke my collar bone four times playing this great game. You learn how to take a hit and brush it off and await the next one you have to take. It's a game of hard action with big hits, but it's not often a player has to go off the field for an injury. But the person who has charge of the players is the referee, you don't argue with his/her decision. Yes her as women do referee this game and play it to a reasonable standard internationally. To play the game you only have to be in a school that has it on the roster for sports, or a school like mine where sports was rugby or rugby.
It's the respect shown to the ref that impresses me - especially Nigel Owens (before he retired)
American Football is played in America and has a following in some European countries, but Rugby is played in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, France, Italy, Argentina, Fiji, Samoa, Canada among others
Don’t forget the number 1 ranked team in the world 🇮🇪
You may as well say American football is played in America but Rugby is played in every other country including some in U.S.
@@77MrRd Can't say that because when I looked it up there was a surprising number of countries that do play American Football. I think the difference lies in when you talk about a World Series/Cup. Only American teams compete for football championships, but when you talk about Rugby it literally is any country in the world can enter.
@@GSD-hd1yh ,,, Of course , you are right , I'm sure there are also american football leagues in other countries but I thought too minor to mention 🤔
@@77MrRd They ARE too minor to mention 😂
As an Australian Rugby and Rugby league are the games I have grown up with, great game! powerful, skillful and brutal!
Used to play Rugby in high school. Ended up having eight stitches inside my lower lip after catching the heal of a boot (cleat) when I slipping forward during a "Ruck" move (looks like players piling on top of each other). It can get bloody but the adrenaline is so high, you just want to carry on playing 😂.
Rugby has been going on for well over 100 years and is so big around the world these days with teams from places like Argentina, Fiji and Samoa and they're very exciting to watch. By fat the most brutal though are South Africa, they're literally monsters. Google them and see some of their videos, I think you'll love them
178 years (as for 2023)
I'm sure you meant "monsters" in the nicest way possible? Go BOKKE!!!! 😂😂
You forgot about the all blacks, but jonah lomu was the man.
And to think this is a game we play in our schools 😂 even our school children play harder than the NFL 😂
Not entirely true, but pound for pound the Rugby (League)players rule in one on one tackling...in the NFL, a player of Lomus size is common...and no arms are required in the tackle + gang Bang 3+ tacklers in 1 hit. Many of the layers also have Olympic speed...but for all Rugby codes, we handle the jandle!!😊
I’m 70 now and remember those days clearly, great still puts a smile on my face.
Rugby is a game women play as it's so soft. You know what sport women don't play? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sure do.
Yes Rugby is still played. World cup going on right now in France. Taught and played in British schools. Of course they wear protection.......they've all got gum shields in!
You Sir have just watched a real mans game. Shoulder pads are what women wore back in the 80's. 🤪🤪😉
Or one week a month for 🐈 🐈’s
One of the most impressive sights is to see an attacking player get taken down REALLY HARD... but then to get straight back on their feet and go again, like nothing fazed them at all!! THAT'S the measure of toughness we like!
Fun video. Something as well that you don’t see in American football match is the frequent mismatch in sizes. A big defensive linesman will hit a big offensive linesman et cetera, but in rugby a 12 stone centre will often find himself up against an 18 stone forward. In American football it’s usually only just the quarterback that gets smashed by a much bigger guy, and neither will be running at full pace at the time.
He has not heard of the infamous " hospital pass" lol!
J'avais l'habitude de jouer au rugby pour mon école vers 15-16 ans - (maintenant 52 ans), c'est un jeu brutal. J'étais au deuxième rang, un gros gars costaud, beaucoup de puissance pour pousser dans la mêlée. J'ai été mis KO à plusieurs reprises dans un jeu, vous apprenez juste à vous en sortir !
Rugby is a SHEER-PURE ANIMAL sport!!!!!
Dudes have no fear
Rugby in Australia is grid iron x1000. It’s tough and bones get broken, concussions a lot. We are nearing the finals and it’s called NRL. Russel Crowe manages the Rabbitohs. It’s tough and no protective gear. Only now are they realising dementia comes from a life of belts across the head and concussion. Headgear is needed. I’m a registered nurse and I once spent a year working in a spinal unit. Many spinal injuries were from NRL and the men only young. Women play it too! Great to watch but you Americans got it right with protective gear. We are dumb. Watch if you can Penrith vs Rabbitohs Cheers 👍
People have died or were paralysed before the rules were stricter. The Rugby World Cup 2023 is currently being played for in France.
I had a teacher who played rugby for Exeter, he came in one day boasting of his achievement, he managed to stamp on the head of a opposition player in his weekend game, but his happyness was more in the fact that the player in question played for Englands national team.
here in the UK my nephew played rugby as a child, got a few broken bones from it, he now teaches rugby to the kids....brilliant game...
The only game.
Here's a little story for you guys. We were on combined services exercise in Germany, at the time I played rugby for my regimental team (fly half) we offered to play a game of American football against the yank football team if they played rugby against us. Sad to say that they refused to play unless they could wear their body armour.
In best case Rugby teaches u humility and respect,
Our sons start playing formally at 9 years old. BUT by their first birthday they would own a rugby ball. Once an American friend visited here in South Africa and I took him to a match in the super 10 (yearly competition between 10 best 10 teams of South Africa, Australia and New Zealand). He loved, loved loved it. Was on his feet most of the time. Declared we have the best spectator sport in the world. He loved one day cricket too.
Rugby is played by many countries, including, but not limited to,England, Wales, Scotland , Ireland , France , Italy, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Japan and Canada. The last rugby World Cup,was held in Japan and I had the privilege of watching the Japanese beat South Africa in the previous rugby World Cup ( a highly I unexpected result!).
Add Argentina, Fiji, Samoa and as a minor sport in quite a few more. NZ always the glamour team - the team to beat!
Chille have a good little team great game the outher day
Add Portugal to the list too.