AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS REACT TO RUGBY BIGGEST HITS 

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Here's a thought, American Football requires very short bursts of energy followed by lots of rest, bit of oxygen between plays, plus an energy drink every few minutes, (plus squad rotation). Rugby is non stop for 40 minutes, 10 minutes break and another no stop 40, with a few substitutes. Lets not pretend they are similar games.

Journalist : "Are you defensive or offensive player ?" Rugbymen : "Yes"

As a former Rugby player I can tell you that at 66 years old, I now feel the injuries from playing 50 years ago 🤣. I played from the age of 8 and loved every moment, every crunching tackle.

Rules: Ball goes backwards in order to pass Tackling rules: Only the ball carrier can be hit Legal hit zone is above the knee caps and below the collar bone You must remain in contact with the person being tackled

Fun fact....in the NFL, players are divided into 2 main groups. The offense and defense line. Whereas in rugby, every player does the attacking and defending as well. So if you've just made a thundering tackle than be ready to receive the same. Whatever goes around, comes around

Played rugby in high school..no better feeling than landing a solid tackle on a big dude .. props for the SA shoutout

There was a professional game of rugby where a guy got his balls ripped open, went off the pitch to get them stitched up then came back on for the rest of the game

Nah, it's really not as bad as it seems when you grow up with the game. These guys can take it, that's why they're built the way they're built.

Rules of Rugby: Don’t get taken out on a stretcher 😂

Tackling in rugby: you have to use your arms in a tackle, so checks are illegal. You are not allowed to tackle above the shoulder - these days if a tackle starts low and rides up, you will get penalised. No spear tackling - you're not allowed to lift people and drive them into the ground - you can't lift the person's legs up above their head, no tackling a guy in the air (until they land) and if you lift someone, you're responsible for how they land.

This a big boy sport my guy, I've broken a few bones myself but once you on that field life just feels better

An American football team came to the Uk to play an exhibition match against Wigan Warriors in the 90s the first half they both played in pads and helmets but when it came to the second half without the pads and helmets the American football team didn’t want to come back out to carry on because of how hard the rugby guy’s tackled them and these rugby guy’s range from 15 stones to 25 stones muscles it’s like being hit by a train at speed

Rest of the World loves rugby. American Football is just big in USA.

Here in New Zealand kids start playing tackle rugby at 8yrs. By and through high school you should know how to tackle safely. Concussion still happens but, there are strict rules that are pushed to ensure player safety. You might wanna watch a Rugby Union rules vid, if you interested in the game.

There are so many, so many, elite athletes coming out of US colleges that don’t make 1 of only 32 pro teams that USA rugby should be picking up. So many transferable skills. Love both sports

Massive respect to both games. Although I’ve watched both games closely. Rugby stands tall in every aspect. You have to be mentally strong to take up the game. No breaks, no pads, 80 mins of war with a 10min water break. Imagine stopping a 6.5, 400lbs running at you at 100mph, and you have no choice but close your eyes lol Btw even big dudes got flat belly’s and they can run so faster like rest of them. They also last 80mins too. American football targets entertainment more than the sports itself.

In the UK they start playing rugby aged 4 (boys and girls) no contact, contact and tackling normally starts around age 12

Basic rules to tackling in rugby: No tackling above the shoulders No lifting (can't lift and tip them above the shoulders) Must have arms in the tackle (can't use just your shoulders) No late hits unless you've already committed to the tackle and they've only just passed the ball. And that's basically it lol

I'm a tiddlywinks guy myself. But it's brutal. When a tiddlywink flies up in your eye you better be wearing goggles.

South african raised rugby player here. When myself and mates moved to the states and played football at college it was a breeze. Less running, less rules, plus protection? Hell yeah we dominated

As an Aussie that grew up in NZ, watching rugby - this was hilarious. Thank you.

Brothers.....react to 'rugby till I collapsed ' you will feel these hits and you're love em

The best thing about rugby is the respect , the players sort it on the pitch and shake hands after and the fans have a beer together after aswell

I was a Flanker for 5 years. You've got to have the agility and the sheer strength to take those blows.. I've seen boys with some really nasty injuries.. bust eye sockets, broken bones. Even having the the leg pointing the opposite way it's meant to be.. it's far more aggressive than American football! But to both players in each sport! Hats off to you for participating ❤ love big sports

As a South African,my love for rugby runs deep. Up to the mid 90s ,it was an amateur sport played for the love of the game and players not financially compensated. ..(well the biggest stars were quietly paid under the table) . Amazing that many played for the sheer love of it.

Come on now,the guy who looks most like a rugby player is the 1 with dreads.

1) smash people 2) no tackles above the shoulders 3) no dropped balls 4) no punch ups And more rules about gameplay but these are the main ones

Rugby looks like just tackles but I can say from personal experience it’s a lot more

I played rugby for a few years. The blokes they pick for these professional teams are ideally suited for the position. Just as in basketball where they try to pick the tallest people, so it is in rugby, where they pick the biggest and most athletic. These blokes are absolute monsters and can more than handle a bit of rough and tumble.

Rule number 1 of rugby : try not to die Rule number 2 : If you're still alive, try to kill the opposite side players

I used to play rugby at school. The highlight of the year was the traditional pupils V's teachers game. Kids loved it, teachers dreaded it. Any teacher who was unpopular got creamed. I can't remember a year when at least one teacher didn't end up in hospital, usually due to having their face stomped on. Look up the rules online dudes.

The fact that it's now a very popular sport for women and girls in NZ now is so cool, Like we grow up with this, these hits/tackles are normal to us, and it's cool these guys acknowledge how hard it is actually is. For real it feels so good to tackle someone twice the size of you! CHurr

The most basic law of the game is that no player is allowed to throw the ball forward to a teammate. In rugby, passes have to be thrown sideways or backwards to a teammate while the other ways to move the ball towards the opposition's goal line to score points is by kicking or running with the ball.

In Rugby, we say, "Trample the Weak, and Hurdle the Dead."

A game for true warriors no protection is worn no pads nothing

Good to see you guys enjoyed the video. When you are at a match in the UK you realise just what a fantastic physical game it is. Its constantly moving for the full 80 minutes so players are incredibly fit. No punching or kicking is allowed nor is tackling the head. Nor tackling from behind. The rules are intricate and there are many so referees have to be very professional. But it is a very tough game Full of hard physical contact. Players range in size and speed with the heavy hitters effectively acting as barging rams. There is also a lot of skill involved.

Woman play Rugby around the world. They some tough ladies.

Every solid tackle would feel like a car crash for your body. And these maniacs do it for a fraction of what epl football ⚽️ players get

I'm not a fan of the "big hits" video's, as the vast majority of the hits are illegal. I seek out the "biggest LEGAL hits" videos as they are, in my opinion, a) more reflective of the sport as a whole and b) a well\perfectly timed LEGAL tackle is far more satisfying as a player and\or spectator.

Grid iron football is not as dangerous as rugby Ppl have lost their lives on the field of rugby

There are three games played in Australia with an oval ball. Rugby union, Rugby League and Aussie Rules. The biggest annual competition is the State of Origin, where the best League players honour their state pride.

Best sport in the world, played it for 35years. Now in the USA love seeing you guys play. Lots of passion

It's kind of funny how americans don't know where their national sport comes from. And it comes from Europe, the first was soccer in Europe and the rest of the world it is called football but in North America you say soccer, the creator of soccer argued with another creator of the game there were 2 of them the second wanted to be able to catch the ball with your hands in this way rugby was formed after the argument of 2 men each created its own version of the sport and after some time it came to America rugby but modified, The game is virtually identical to American football, the only difference is the pads for the players in America have shoulder pads, hard helmets and pads for the balls, pads for the jaw. And in rugby there are only testicle protectors, and small helmets, helmets made of a material which doesn't really have any protective properties more aesthetic and it's mainly a reference to the first players and there are mouth guards but they're rarely used and that's why we in the world say that American football is a softer version of the sport of rugby and rugby is more masculine.

Best part of the game lining someone up and laying them out with a textbook tackle especially when you hit so hard that it changes the outcome of the game. Hype the bro's up with that tackle.

you've hit the nail on the head about tackle differences: in Rugby there's strict tackle areas-generally up to the shoulders-but you also can't dive at someone's feet. You've also got to wrap your arms around the player and bring them to the ground-so shoulder charges or sending them flying tends not to happen. Again, by holding onto them in the tackle a lot of the impact is absorbed. However the play doesn't stop after the tackle-it's relentless and every player plays both defence + offense so it's a lot more about repeated pounding impacts. From watching football for the last few years it seems that it involves a lower quantity of much higher impact tackles, but that the pads/helmet (lesser extent now) are almost weaponised or at least used to facilitate harder collisions. So I guess it's kinda like either being punched in a heardguard for 60 minutes or risk being hit by Mayweather using a knuckleduster once :P I should also add some of these hits are either penalties, or used to be allowed but no longer are-kinda like if you watched an NFL 'hits compilation' video there's certain targeting or initiating contact flags that be thrown today

Bro, its the pacific islanders you've got to look out for, they're built like bodybuilders and stupidly athletic, they tear it up.

Kia ora bros fire reaction, I reckon the Bro with the dreads looks like a rugby player. Peace and love from New Zealand

You're right about the 'form' point definitely. The tackle is a hugely technical part of the game, because our play continues after the tackle is complete. We teach it a lot for safety reasons as you say too, boxing gloves made boxing more dangerous; wearing pads and helmets does the same for this kind of sport.

Basic of the Tackle: You can’t tackle above the shoulder You have you to wrap your arms around (no leading with your shoulder and shoulder charge) You can’t lift a person up (unless their momentum takes them up, but you are responsible for their safe landing) You can’t touch him if he jumps up for a high one. On the ball: You can only pass to someone behind you, so you have to pass back but can kick it forward (the potential receiver must be behind you when you kicked it) The scoring is like touchdown (5pts) but you can also kick for goals in set plays and open plays (drop goal) for fewer points (3pts) I moved from soccer to rugby in high school

I love your guys' reaction :) I am from South Africa so this is normal for me but it is still great to see how it makes you react. The thing is, no one needs to compare rugyb vs american football (NFL) because both games are simply beautiful in their own way. You got to enjoy both games without trying to compare which one is better...that is why I love your video because you guys are not biased at all - just appreciating what you see. Really cool!

Statistically safer? Go look up how many players died during a game of Rugby. You will be surprised. The most recent deaths I know of is a player named James Ackerman. He died when an opposing player named Francis Molo tackled him. Nathan Soyeur died in hospital after taking a heavy tackle. Nicholas Chauvin died from breaking his neck during a game. Tino Amato was another rugby player that was killed from the shear impact of the tackle on him. French player Louis Fajfrowski took a heavy hit during a game and his heart stopped not long after the match was over. Dale Best a Rugby league player in Australia collapsed after making a tackle and died not long after. Wiremu Kahui, also a Rugby League player dies during a game. There are also plenty players who have life changing injuries from rugby with the most recent one I know of an Australian player named Alex McKinnon who fractured his C4 and C5 vertebrae after a tackle was made on him where he was driven into the ground head first. He’s a quadriplegic now. Mose Masoe is another Rugby League player that might never be able to walk again. Those are just the more recent ones I know of. There’s plenty more that I can’t remember off the top of my head but you will find them if you look it up. People who aren’t familiar with Rugby (Union & League) won’t know this. All I’m saying is, Rugby can literally be a fatal game.

I played Rugby from 7 (mini rugby) through school, local club to military, up to 25yrs old, then got a neck and lower back injury at Military inter services finals qualifying match. Its the most addictive game, once you start to love it its hard to stop playing. The training, after club part and game days, in the mud, rain it didnt matter loved and do love the game still. Builds self confidence and keeps you fit.

The only rule in Rugby relevant to an American is ‘no bubble rap’

Imagine American football but no forward pass and play keeps going after the tackle, ie a fumble drill every time someone gets tackled. There's a heap more, but that's a start

Lol😂 as a south African watching your guys reaction to our playing rugby is hilarious

Played DE in highschool .. smokin people and plowin into them is where its at . Expecially the QB . 🤤 "Aim to kill" full speed

Maybe you can react to faf de klerk you will see that size doesn't really matter in rugby

I was a Rugby player and I have played AF. Rugby is like war; it''s super violent.

I play rugby I am 15 years old I had concussion 10 times since I 11 years old and had a back injury 3 times in my career and I still play and love it to this day much love from South-Africa

Awesome video guys. Played rugby as a forward. It can get brutal, especially in the scrums and rucks. Played some American football as well. Love the sport.

I'm sure it has changed a bit now, but that was how we were taught to tackle from the age of 11. They said you learned to love or hate rugby in the first five minutes of playing.

Personally, I've had the pleasure of playing Rugby and American football. In my opinion your changes of injury are increased with all the pads, as you guys said for 1. it gives you that misconception of safety, so you approach a tackle with a "death be damned" mindset and 2. the pads, I feel, allow for a catastrophic result - aside from long term concussion from the helmets, example, if someone is a dick and grabs your face guard and just pulls it left or right, possible career ender or life ending. In rugby, tackling is a science (and as someone said earlier in New Zealand you get good at that from a very young age), you also go harder but with a mindset of not wanting to break your own neck. but thats my view from being a Loose Head prop for Rugby and a Defensive Tackle in American football. thanks for the vids.

Your allowed to tackle anywhere on the body as long as you hold onto the player and go to the floor with them and then roll away and release. If you really want to know more about it I'll be happy to help you out with this as I'm a rugby player aswell

I played from the age of ten full contact rugby..in one game a mate at the age of ten broke his collar bone and another had a back injury also black eyes and cuts were just a sign of having a good game. Without being disrespectful the American footballers would crap themselves in a proper rugby match...from padding to elbows smashing into the face....it hurts but we love it

Bones are broken regularly, the player usually carries on. Players have had x-rays after a match and found broken neck

American Football came from Rugby.

Been a rugby boy for 28 years....game of gods 😁.... you havent lived until you have both lined up a big hit and been on the receiving end of one.....always amuses me watching people who have never played the game do these reactions

Im a coach for my local Rugby team in Namibia, no pads is not the total correct saying, we do have pads but the pads are just a very thin layer of sponge on the shoulder. 1. ball must be passed backwards from the hand and the player that receives the ball must be behind the player that passed the ball 2. high tackles are illegal, high tackle is classified as a tackle above the shoulders 3. a tackle is only clasified as a tackle when the player that does the tackle wraps his arms around the player that he wishes to tackle 4. you may only tackle the player that is currently carrying the ball 5. forward pass results in a penalty - teams have to scrum to win ball possesion again 6. knock on results in penalty (scrum) - when ball leaves the players hands and touches ground inftont of his feet 7. to score a try the player must touch the ball to ground in the opposition try box(in zone) 8. if a ball is kicked - all players infront of the kicker on the same team is considered offside and therefore may not play the ball - only players behind the kicker is allowed to chase the ball and play it 9. a try (touch down) is worth 5 points 10. after a try the scoring team gets the opportunity to convert the try( field goal) for 2 additional points 11. a in game field goal (drop goal) is allowed and if successfull it is worth 3 points

Here in New Zealand, not only boys but girls aswell have been playing rugby ever since we young as rugby is the main sport of New Zealand.

All these vids miss the worst rugby tackle in history when Prime Minister Boris Johnson dropped his shoulder into that little Japanese kid - was nasty

Couple of things, there are two distinct and seperate types of rugby, known as are League and Union. You are watching Rugby Union played with 15 men on a team. After a tackle the ball isn't dead when it hits the ground, play carries on until either it goes out of bounds or the referee calls a foul. All passes by hand must go backward, but any player can kick it, similar to punting, at any time. This is a good strategy to gain ground, but if you do this the ball must bounce in play before going out of bounds, or else the referee will bring play back to where the ball was kicked from before play can resume. To score a try/touchdown you must actually touch the ball to the ground in the endzone rather than just crossing the goal line.

Ayy thanx for the shout my guy

This is tought to kids in Britain all the way through school.

I never paid attention to rugby until i read a manga on it and damn it is interesting

I started playing rugby in September 2020 broke my ankle in october (during practice) and I'm still recovering but I'll be fine.

I remember watching the Melbourne Storm train whilst I was watching dad train MVFC, the Storm players are massive, but they're some of the nicest people I have met

The player making most of the huge hits is called Manu Tuilangi, watch his highlights. Watch Tuisova as well he’s a unit.

I played Rugby up to the age of 50 for a local side in Coventry UK. Great team sport.

When I play rugby when I hit a dump or a big tackle my life is completed

2 homies at the back looking like J.Vole and 21 Savage hahaha🔥

True Story Buck Shelford NZ Back in 1986 in an infamously violent game between France and New Zealand forever known as the Battle of Nantes Buck got caught up on the wrong side of a ruck resulting in a torn scrotum with testicle hanging out ! Oh he also had 4 teeth knocked out . He never left the field he asked the docs to sew him up and he returned to the game alas he did not finish the game as he got knocked out cold in the 2nd half

We have a local Rugby team, but I've very rarely attended a match, I mostly just watch on the TV. As for the rules, you will need to be more specific, as there are two types of Rugby, Rugby Union and then there's Rugby League, similar in most aspects, but different in others. Also, you'll now need to do the defacto Rugby hits video, Rugby Hits Till I Collapse!

You can't tip a player over the horizontal, no tackling above the neck and there must be arms in the tackle...

Rugby teams have two groups - Forwards, who participate in 'scrums' and 'lineouts', and the Backs, whose role is to outrun the opposing Backs. You have to pass backwards, you can kick forward and collect. Once the ball is grounded in the endzone, it is classed as a try. A game is started with a ground kick into the opposition half. Penalties can be started by a full kick, a drop kick as well, or by gaining the put-in for a scrum. Once the ball is on the ground, players try and collect it by diving on it and rolling forward to enable other players to 'drive' over him/her to secure possession so the ball can be cleanly picked up and delivered out the back line. IF the ball goes 'out' over the side-lines, a 'lineout' is performed at the point the ball went over the outline.

You need to watch henry Tuilagi...literally the scariest man in Rugby. I'm fairly sure that no NFL player would want to tackle him without wearing full NFL protection...

Beware: for newcomers alot of the big hits in these compilations (dumptackles/hitting the head) they're all illegal tackles so don't expect to learn rugby just enjoy the content

To my man with the dreds...for an American dude who doesn't follow or even watch rugby, you actually know your facts bro...and you were right about the illegal tackles btw! A lottt of the tackles in this compilation are illegal... Heres some basic rules of contact in a tackle: 1) ABSOLUTELY NO NO NO NO SPEAR TACKLES!! - a spear tackle is when you lift the offensive player up off the ground in the tackle and invert him before forcibly driving him into the ground. If you tip any player beyond the horizontal mark it is highly illegal and will mostly be punished with an instant red card (kicked off for the whole game) and may even result in investigations, suspensions, bans, and fines depending on the severity of the offense. This is due to the serious risk of the tackle which has in many cases caused severe head injuries and concussions, spinal damage, dislocations, broken bones in the shoulder or neck, and even death. 2) No "head-high" tackles - basically just no direct hits to anywhere above the shoulders (if the player with the ball deliberately ducks down low right as he goes into contact causing the defender to make an accidentally head-high tackle then there normally won't be a penalty awarded). This rule also only applies to defenders, while the player with the ball can "fend" which is when they stick out a stiff arm to block and fend off their defenders and in this case head high contact to the defender is allowed. 3) No shoulder charging - a defender has to wrap their arms around the player they're tackling (or at least make a decent effort to) and can't use their shoulder to make a concentrated initial contact on the offensive player with the ball. Sometimes a shoulder charge is combined with a head high hit (when a defender makes concentrated contact with the offensive players head using only their shoulder) and is a lethal blow which will be penalized similarly to spear tackling. 4) No tackling the player when he's in the air - if the player has to jump to catch a pass or a kick you can't hit him until he's in contact with the ground (if he jumps for no reason just before going into contact with a defender it's his own fault and it'll be his funeral) 5) No tackling the player if he doesn't have possession of the ball - if you tackle a player when he doesn't have the ball it's illegal (although normally if a player releases the ball in a pass right before being hit by a defender who's already head down and fully committed to the the tackle then he can get away with it but it varies a little bit with every referee so it's still a risk). So you can get away with it if the player has just barely released the ball, but you won't get away with it if he is just barely about to catch the ball. After releasing the ball gets a small bit of lenience, before receiving the ball gets none at all. That's pretty much all I can think of as far as tackling rules go...then of course there's all of the rules of the ruck which would probly out-number the word count of a bible so I won't start on them. Lets just say there's a hang of a lot of rules!!

I played rugby back in high school and my ribs have never been the same since 😂

It's said that (paraphrasing here): soccer is a gentlemens game played by thugs and rugby is a thugs game played by gentlemen...

Rule are simple for tackling. No above the shoulder tackles. If you tackle and lift an opponent you must bring him down correctly ( basically set him down in a way that they arent going head first).

There should be a promo where American footballers ( with no protection ) play a friendly against rugby players. Would LOVE to SEE this happen.🤣

I played rugby for a while and I love playing the sport it’s so much fun the rush you get and I’d say definitely one of the sports with the most fun

Played rugby in high school...still a fan. Hi from SA....and always a AB supporter.

I myself am a Northampton saints fan (team logo is my profile pic) and most of these hits were done by Courtney laws and Luther burrel, we are the team with the dark green and black kit, but rugby is satisfying af to watch when there is a big hit

Although hits are bigger and more frequent in American Football, severe trauma is in fact more common in rugby

I was watching the Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 v Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 under ’20s this week, even I was thinking the size of the kids playing is mental, but I still love watching it ❤️ just for the brutalness of the game lol, they are all friends after it, I think lol watch the Wales live coverage of the games I was yesterday all good fun

In rugby you may push the ball holder. You are allowed, strongly recommended to create open scrum in order to go forward together as a team. All tackle above the chest could be sanctioned as high tackle. The game does not stop unless there is a line-out. Closed scrum is played whenever a knock on or forward ball has been sanctioned by the referee.

I played rugby growing up as a kid it's a big thing in rugby that you don't show weakness it caused alot of health problems but it's generally better these days you don't stop endless you broken or bleeding

You guys should react to "Lord of the Wings" Jonah was next level and the greatest Rugby player ever in NZ history.