So Whats With All The American Football Pussies?
 

Why dont you yanks play a real mans game like rugby?

Screw all that body protection and shit, if you are going to play a ball game other than football (the real name for soccer) then play it like it is supposed to be played - full contact, no protection.

Regards,

Lee

Says the guy that would break playing volleyball.

Ill play #8 in any rugby game you are involved in - on the other side.

Regards,

Lee

why dont you pay your bills?

love my rugby! cant wait for Super 14 to start in a few weeks! GO THE REDS

making plans for world cup 2007 in france

Would love to get to another world cup, went to the '99 finals at the millenium stadium in Wales and had a blast.

Regards,

Lee

yeah we had the last one down here in Oz, got to go to several games, was a great experience

there is a 44day package for the 2007 world cup... $22,000 :|

I got a few good reason why:

1. Korey Stringer
359 lbs., Minnesota Vikings, tackle
2. David Dixon
357 lbs., Minnesota Vikings, guard
3. Anthony Clement
355 lbs., Arizona Cardinals, tackle
4. Jamie NailS
354 lbs., Buffalo Bills, tackle
5. Three-way tie: 350 lbs.
Gilbert Brown, Green Bay Packers, tackle
Orlando Brown, Baltimore Ravens, tackle
Jerome Daniels, Arizona Cardinals, tackle

How heavy is the ordinary Rugby player? Like 250lbs is the heaviest player? Also there's the whole steroid thing...so...yeah I think American Football needs padding just to prevent people from getting killed.

there's a slight difference between the size and strength of Football players and rugby players.

If your rugby players would like to go up against our football players without any protection, I am sure they would have no problem with that.

haha, good reply :)

those big guys in American Football dont really cover much distance in a game do they?? its very stop start. Where as rugby players often play out a full 80minute game, there is a need to be big aswell as have stamina to keep up with the pace of the game.

NEWS FLASH TO ALL RUGBY FANS WHO KEEP COMPARING THEIR SPORT TO AMERICAN FOOTBALL!!!

IT'S NOT THE SAME SPORT..

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rugby? isnt that the sport where they huddle up around a ball and do shit like shove a finger up anothers players ass the break his concentration?

yeah, you should probably shut up about rugby now.

I completely agree, but it isn't the same sport. When I'm playing football with my friends I don't wear pads and it's full contact. I'm not going to get hurt because we're all about the same size / strength.

Once you get to the pro level you basically have these huge players, some of which are heavily juiced on steroids, and if they hit you once and you weren't wearing padding they could possibly cripple you or kill you.

Rugby players are in great shape, its a tough sport, but if I was given an option to play Rugby where the players aren't that much bigger than I am or play football where I'm giving up 140lbs...yeah, I think I'd play Rugby. :2 cents:

I enjoy watching NFL and as an aussie I also enjoy rugby union, rugby league, aussie rules (the kangaroos and swans played a match in L.A. a cpl of weeks ago and it seems to be growing more popular there) and soccer is a game of skill and finesse, also power and speed helps too!

here's a pic of Jonah Lomu, he played for the All Blacks and he was almost 20 stone of solid muscle and cld run a 100 metres in just ver 10 seconds, good enough for oylimpic qualifying, pretty amazing for a man mountain. no wonder when the NFL talent scout came out here a few years ago and saw the aussie playing AFL, and rugby with no or little protection, they remarked that we wer hardcore crazy! lol

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NFL with no pads.. I think I'll pass on the 40 minutes of injury timeouts per game.

3 weeks and there would be no players left:2 cents:

lee what's going on with the money you owe?

Regards,

Andrew

The toughest rougby players in the world compete every year to earn a spot as a punter in the NFL. Its the lowest paid spot on the team and very few every make it.

Then why show the pictures of him being "arm" tackled. In the NFL, you very seldom can arm tackle one of the running backs in the manner shown in your pictures.

Do you ask because you know nothing about either football or pussy?

Or just trying to start some shit?

The great thing about the protective clothing worn in American football is that is causes very serious injuries do to the way it is made. You are more likely to end up paralysed from the neck down because of the way the protective gear is made when you fall over than if you didnt have it on.

What a stupid comment. The rugby players who 'punt' are usually the skinny guys and a long, long way from being the 'toughest'. However, there isn't a lot of money in rugby compared to many sports. Football (soccer) is where the cash is at.

I agree with others in that you can't compare the sports for reasons stated. Besides which rugby is a lot better to watch as at least it keeps moving, but then most of the rest of the world aren't quite as obsessed with extra rules to allow advert breaks as the US. Other sports would rather keep the action flowing instead of seeing a new ford advert every few minutes.

However, many of the bigger rugby players compare well against NFL players in all areas. But then you need to spend time watching a sport to understand that and not base opinions on little or no knowledge.

what is with you stealing webmaster databases?

Retard,

Lee

:warning

The athletes are not even comparable.

Basketball players are the best all around athletes in any sport.
Hitting a baseball is the single hardest thing to do in any sport.
Playing QB in the NFL is the single hardest position to play in any sport.
Football players require the greatest combination of speed, power and strength of any sport.


Football helmets are worn to prevent death, not broken teeth and broken noses.



A sport that keeps going is fine to watch for a little while, but it lacks the strategy necessary to keep your attention very long. That is the very reason that soccer failed in the USA and rugby is a sport limited to Sunday afternoons on college campuses. The common fan doesn't realize 1/100th of the strategy involved in a single NFL play.

When you understand the intracies of the passing tree complete with completmentary routes from all formations as well as the adjusted routes for each hot call and disguised defense, then you might find football more interesting. Its really a chess board played with the fastest, strongest and most powerfull pieces in the world.

Rugby is not even a close second.