Bok supporter here. Some phenomenal athletes in this list (and some not), but to think they can make the transition to NFL is laughable. Chaps in the NFL have been training for that specific position since they crawled out of their mothers wombs. There is very little free thought in American Football. You train to do 1 thing over and over. What I will concede is that a NFL player would have a harder time transitioning to rugby vs. rugby to NFL.
I think you mistake where a lot of these guys would end up. Most could probably not become skill players but oline\DE is all about physicality . I could see someone like eben making an impact in a jj watt type role
I used to think the same, but believe it or not, there is a tremendous about of technique on both OLine and DE, much like there is in the front row of a scrum. @@calvyn456
I used to think the same, but believe it or not, there is a tremendous amonut of technique on both OLine and DE, much like there is in the front row of a scrum. @456
The physical part of the game is only one aspect. You also have to have an aptitude for the mental part of the game. Not everyone does. Today's NFL (and American football in general) is a complex game of adaptive strategy, and it is quite situational. There are plenty of amazing physical specimens. It's the whole package that gets you to the pros.
You do realise that in rugby there quarterback/Halfback is constantly making plays on the fly no timeouts to draw stick figures and smiley faces. Everyone on the field knows the plays and calls NFL just try make themselves look smart by taking 10 minutes to write one play.
Just going off history is nigh on impossible for a foreigner to have any impact in an attacking position in the NFL but I think there are numerous guys in the rugby world that could make a big impact in the defensive positions and maybe even the offensive line too
Always hear rugby fans talking about how rugby so much harder than football and how they would cream American football players but you rarely ever see them try. NFL players make much more than rugby players so what are they waiting for?
@@daniellolohea2058 They all have one job to do. They even have a specialist kicker which is so backward. In rugby, the goal kickers from New Zealand are some of the best runners in the game. Beauden Barrett, Ritchie Mounga, and Damien Mckenzie will carve up a rugby field then nail 50 m kicks or kicks from the sideline. Like I said, american football players are unskilled in comparison.
@@daniellolohea2058 They all have one job to do. They even have a specialist kicker which is so backward. In rugby, the goal kickers from New Zealand are some of the best runners in the game. Beauden Barrett, Ritchie Mounga, and Damien Mckenzie will carve up a rugby field then nail 50 m kicks or kicks from the sideline. Great defenders too. Like I said, american football players are unskilled in comparison. That's why the world finds it boring. And you act like american football players are the only ones in the world who play multiple sports growing up. Clueless.
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I’m an American who grew up playing and watching the NFL. I watch way more rugby now. Rugby players know how to tackle, play offense and defense, have a lot more stamina and seem to be more well rounded. The NFL has become a joke.
Rugby = Non-stop action. Get tackled, get up, play on. You tackle someone, you get up and go tackle again. Rugby is 40min per half, two halves. And in total might take about 90min. NFL, make one tackle and the stadium erupts and the tackler feels like he's on top of the world. An NFL game is 4 quarters of 15-min each, so a total of 60min. Yet, a game will take about 4 hours long. And yet, in rugby, you have some cry-babies who complain about rugby taking too long. Yes, NFL might be tough, but I promise, rugby will demolish NFL. Fitness, strength, commitment, basically everything except for the huge salaries the NFL players make for pushing around.
NFL players and fans celebrate as if the end of the world has been cancelled after a single tackle were made or a few yards were run. Then the game stops, and a few minutes later it starts again. Once the ball is turned over, each team remove all their players, and send new players to the field. Rugby is 15-men vs 15-men for 80 minutes. Not 48-men vs 48-men who goes mad and celebrate as if they have won the lotto by making a single tackle or take-down. Take those teams and have them play for 80 full minutes straight... I think they will need urgent medical attention by about half-time. And what I truly do promise you, NFL are basically USA only, as with many other sports only in the USA. And yet many are called "world league" or "world series" etc. Wrong. Rugby is a world sport. So take your bush-powered brain and go be rediculous by watching a game of NFL for 5-hours and cheer each time a QB's throw was successful. You clearly don't have much else to do. I was making the statement about rugby being more brutal, and you come and tell me I'm pathetic. People with the inability to have a proper conversation or comment are those with "I don't agree with you, although I don't have an answer as I'm not intelligent"
I love rugby. I played in America here after I blew out my shoulder in college football 🏈 and miss the combine. I’m sorry, bro but the NFL has the biggest super freaks ever. You have a guy who is 59 250 running a 4.7 40 who you are saying is a freak, we have Derek Henry who is 64 260 And runs a 4.4… Our guy is bigger by 7 inches and he’s as fast as you’re 180 pound speed demons… Well, it’s true. These guys are demolishing other rugby players, your average rugby player couldn’t even make it on an NFL practice squad. Your professional rugby players are the same level as United States college football players. Imagine one in 10,000 college players make it to the pros and start. One and 100,000 is a pro bowler. I think it’s hard to explain just how freaky they are. Look at JJ Watt 6 foot five 295 pounds, could do backflips And could bench 550 lbs While being as fast as your ball carriers. Or how about the fact that the average offensive lineman is 64 300 pounds? With most tackles being 66 to 68 315+
@@Wolf-hh4rv wdym? He casually threw a rugby ball 30 metres. And is as elusive as anyone definitely a dual threat qb at NFL level, if he took it up the sport in his prime.
Jordan Mailata ex Rugby League player is current OLine Tackle for Philadelphia Eagles. Mad respect for him making it, is on a $100million contract. He wasn’t fit enough nor fast enough to make it into first grade Rugby League, but he has certainly made the transition successfully.
@@mannsolo6294 Man, but the guy does actually play o-line. Tuisova, Nadolo and Tupou, I think would be beasts for the NFL. Also, there was a Welsh rugby player who joined the Chiefs as a RB recently
@@Timoboza True. The shame of having to wear armour is going to be too much for anyone. I wouldn't do it if I were offered 5 trillion. Plus they don't have any competition. Also no-one watches it. It's a lose/ lose.
One thing about rugby is you can turn on the telly and somewhere on our planet a live rugby match is happening every day from Thursday to Monday at all times winter summer doesnt matter timezone 😅😅😅😅😅 but NFL not even close
Not this tired old argument again! Two completely different sports. Different skill sets. Different game strategies. The sign of a channel that has run out of ideas. What next? Blame the ref for rugby players not knowing how to tackle?
As a rugby and AF player, I have to say that all the amazing clashes, ball carries, and offload passes playing rugby would be nearly impossible with an AF ball. It would be a knock-on festival. The grip and size of a rugby ball made it possible. For the rest, YES it would be a carnage against our armored friends.
@@kelsofire7366 Give us your hockey players, they will die after 10 min of non stop hits ona rugby field. You guys think your protections make you real men. But its not, thats why your sport is not follow by the rest of the world and thats why Rugby is. Good by
@@Wolf-hh4rv It' was still deemed a risk and Jonah was not as good in his later years due to a health ailment that ended up killing him in his early 40s.
The NFL is so robotic compared to rugby. 70+ players, all with very specific and different roles. I doubt many of these rugby players could translate their more fluid and varied skills to the NFL. The fitness required is very different too. There’s a world of difference between training your whole life to be a linebacker and only in action for a certain phase of the game compared to rugby’s fluidity with attack turning into defence and back again in the blink of an eye. It would be like having second rows whose only job was at the front of the lineout, and them coming off the field for any other phases of the game. I doubt there are many NFL players who could transition to high class rugby either.
Don’t see too much talent/skill here that would transfer well to American football. Caleb Clarke’s combination of size, agility, strength & speed could see him test well as a running back. Tuilagi could test well as a nose tackle or nose guard. Lawes might be worth a look as an edge rusher but would depend on how we works with his arms against someone trying to block him. But that’s about it
I thought the Wasps wing was perfect for the NFL but he never. got off the practise team even after scoring a touch down from 60 yards + on his first ever possession in a pre season game
To all the reactors to die hard rugby I'd like to categorically let you know that when you guys skip through the video I stop watching the video at that point. Respect the composer and react to the whole thing.
Rugby players are suited and trained for long periods of endurance with faster players at longer runs, however the NFL players are conditioned for short highly explosive situations. Rugby player hit on another with great power but not so much that it runs their 80 min. Where as NFL players come off the play with far more power and acceleration on their hits due to the shorter playtime in that play. They have no necessary reason to keep their tank from being emptied. If the fastest rugby player raced the fastest nfl player. The rugby player would win 9/10 at 100m. But if they ran a 40yd day, the nfl player would win 9/10.
We used to have none and 1000+ people died per year. Injuries are a bad thing and make the sport worse. Af is much more liberal with how you can hit. Most af tackles are illegal in rugby
Almost every position on the field in the NFL is a specialised position. I have no doubt given time, most rugby player would find a position in the NFL. However a rugby player would be wasted in the NFL. Rugby players are a different type of fit. A larger focus on stamina, and longevity. While I still think rugby is the superior sport, NFL brings a different challenge. Short bursts of pure power, speed, and focus spread out over long periods of downtime.
Pads = harder hits. Rugby has more minor injuries than football, cuts, and bruises usually. But football injuries are far more severe when they happen.
Can you imagine prime time Ray Lewis, Ronnie Lott, Larry Allen, Reggie White, Bo Jackson, Herschel Walker, Rodney Harrison, Ndamukong Suh, James Harrison, etc. playing rugby?
This list is missing Ryan Baird big time. 6'6 254 lbs. Already one of the best at every athletic measurement. Perfect build and athletic talent for a Tight end
If a past it rugby league player can play one season for the San Francisco 49ers, it can't be that hard. American football is played in only one country. It's a minor world sport.
@@jacklav1 Jared Hayne. He got plenty of game time. There's a video on RU-vid. Only lasted a season or so though but did alright. Like I said, american football is only played in one country. Rugby is played in 140 countries. You do the math.
@@JaemanEdwards Not sure country count is a good measure of the sport, in fact it’s a problem. The more countries, the more national leagues, the smaller the teams are, the less money to pay and train players. I will do the maths with Google: worldwide 5+m registered American Football players, 8.4 Rugby players. However American Football is the number one sport in the USA (population 331m) and will get the pick of college athletes. There is one country in the world where Rugby Union is the number one sport: New Zealand- population 5.5m. I think the best comparitor is player wages, which will relate to the money available for training, the size of the academies, the pull of the sport for potential players, sponsorship and TV time etc. There is a 50:1 ratio for the wages of top players between the NFL and Rugby Union.
@@jacklav1 Where'd you pull those stats from. Your arse ? 50 to 1 you say. Some top players earn 2 million a season. Not much compared to top NRL players I know. But you get to play the world. Male and female. Honestly. The world couldn't give a fk about american football. A very boring sport with more stoppages than play. But you make more money which is the only thing shallow americans care about. Keep your superficial sport. We prefer international sport where countries go to war. Not a plastic sport where mercenaries play each other with zero passion.
This whole pads vs no pads thing really annoys me, so many people commenting when they have no idea. I have played both including rugby for 20 years. It's simple - you need pads in American football. The rules are different, it's way more explosive and if you don't, you will get hurt. Rugby is very physical but average collision is just not as big and the longevity of 80 minutes affects this too. Every collision in American football is big. Both sets of athletes are incredible talents and unreal in their sports. It'd be unreal to see more cross over. Tuisova or Clarke as a RB would be so tasty to see, even if I don't think either would get close to the NFL 😂
@@GlitchedVoid57 Nope. Professional American football athletes are some of the best all around athletes in the world. They totally take a shit on rugby players physically.
