Football tackling technique

[Houston]

Maybe the fast guys are a little more athletic but I see a lot of unfit players in the NFL.

Yeah because the weight of an NFL players have a greater range because of all the variety in positions.

[Champ]

Im loling at somone saying that a Runners upper body is stronger than their lower body.

[Houston]

You sound like the reverse houston boy. You couldn't take a rugby team, put them in football pads and expect them to compete in the NFL cuz it's not the same thing. Just like baseball and cricket arn't the same thing, most stuff doesn't translate from sport to sport.

I'm willing to bet that an NFL player could adjust quicker and become a better player at the opposite sport than a Rugby player can.

[Saluki]

I'm willing to bet that an NFL player could adjust quicker and become a better player at the opposite sport than a Rugby player can.

I'm not talking about a single player, im talking about an entire team, to better represent the sport as a whole, i bet an NFL team would get their ass whooped in rugby by the best rugby team, just like the best rugby team would get their ass whooped in football by the top football teams

[brees fan]

rugby is alot more painful a sport too so i doubt nfl players would play more than about ten minutes and quit. I mean in nfl if you hit someone to hard you get fined in rugby those guys knock each other silly all game long

[CaribbeanJoseph]

rugby is alot more painful a sport too so i doubt nfl players would play more than about ten minutes and quit. I mean in nfl if you hit someone to hard you get fined in rugby those guys knock each other silly all game long

loooooooooooooooooool

i can tell you from personal experience, football >>>>>>> rugby when it comes to pain

edit: and i've played both forms of rugby at senior level and football up to high school

[brees fan]

right becasue rugby is huge here in the states and you play it all the time... when rugby players start wearing helmets and full pads then football might be tougher but they dont so rugby>>>>football

[CaribbeanJoseph]

right becasue rugby is huge here in the states and you play it all the time... when rugby players start wearing helmets and full pads then football might be tougher but they dont so rugby>>>>football

um, my mom lives in the uk jackass, i've spent a good bit of my life with her

and you just show how clueless you are when you use the helmet and pads arguement

[brees fan]

hows that? if pads make you a badass then my old ladys mr.t

[brees fan]

Andy Farrell broke his nose; they reset it on the pitch and then taped it up, 15 mins later he got it smashed all over his face. There was no way to reset it, so he just carried on. The doctors told him to lay off playing for 4/6 weeks, but he was back on the pitch that next Saturday. In 2006, Wigan the once mighty Super Club of Rugby League were firmly at the bottom of the league and looking at relegation for the first time in their history. Kris Radlinski who had retired due to being unable to walk as his knees were so bad, came out of retirement and offered to play for NOTHING, just so Wigan wouldn’t go over the salary cap. Before and after each match he received pain killing injections, and his remarkable commitment to the club was the inspiration to not only avoid relegation, but they only missed out on the play offs by millimetres. Name ONE footballer that would risk permanent disability AND play for nothing?
Wayne “Buck” Shelford played for the All Blacks and is famous for the infamous “Battle of Nantes”. Roughly 20 minutes into the match, he was caught at the bottom of a rather aggressive ruck, and an errant French boot found its way into Shelford’s groin, somehow ripping his scrotum and leaving one testicle hanging free. He also lost four teeth in the process. Incredibly, after discovering the injury to his scrotum, he calmly asked the physio to stitch up the tear and returned to the field to play.

[brees fan]

ive got hundreds more examples if you want me to keep going

[CaribbeanJoseph]

hows that? if pads make you a badass then my old ladys mr.t

lol

has nothing to do with being 'badass'

have you even played both these sports???

[brees fan]

no i played football in highschool never rugby but ive watched a "few" matches i just threw that out as a joke my real response is the next one

[brees fan]

oh i understand why they do it but our argument was football is more painful than rugby i kinda got off topic with the pads thing but it was only to further my point

[CaribbeanJoseph]

no i played football in highschool never rugby but ive watched a "few" matches i just threw that out as a joke my real response is the next one

then you're really not qualified to offer up an opinion

football is more painful hands down