American Reacts to 11 Rugby Players who would DOMINATE the NFL 

something to remember about posolo tuilagi is that he's only 19

I actually love learning more about the NFL as a rugby fan from your videos. Keep it up brother!

As a rugby player and fan, it's so refreshing to see an American take an interest and have decent knowledge about the laws of tackles. One thing I would ask is if you could go into some more detail about the NFL positions. Keep up the good work ❤

A few weird inclusions there, if im being completely honest

Another great vid. But Tuisova is a running back plain and simple - he's rapid, strong and would absolutely tear it up, similar to Marshawn Lynch or Derrick Henry. Tuisova has a 7's background too so he's got an engine on him

Love your content man. Fantastic technical coach both rugby and NFL

Just FYI the turquoise jersey cheslin played in was for South africa,it was their alternative jerseys💪🏻

You are def the best American who do rugby reactions ,thanks for the stats and where they would play 👌

just subbed, great content bro

Die Hard Rugby really knows their target audience with a title like that lmao. Great video as always, man.

Built like Haloti Ngata but a bit smaller. Haloti played Rugby for his high school team in Oregon (I think) and they made it to the national championship. He played football in college and was a good nose tackle in the NFL. He did not have the speed (4.85 in high school) or cutting ability to play running back--he did a lot of running the ball in Rugby of course. I would guess that Tuilagi would be a lineman in the NFL, too.

Duhan Van Der Merwe is actually a born and bred South African that plays for Scotland now..

I wouldnt say "DOMINATE" with their current experience. But if they played American Football their entire lives then it would be accurate.

I think the biggest challenge for rugby players going to nfl is two things. 1. The plays are a foreign concept. Just learning how to run a route or understand the xes and oes is totally foreign. The good thing about this is that it's something you can learn... but it's a steep learning curve, and you're competing with guys who've done it their whole lives. 2. The body height. Rugby players just run more upright. To me, this seems like a huge issue for rugby players. It's really hard to completely relearn your bodies running mechanics.

Courtney Lawes plays for my home town, Northampton UK and for England.

Love that you heard of nearly all these guys other than Courtney Lawes! The longest career of them all.

@QSN You mentioned it being difficult to find rugby stats. They’re all on the six nations website

Always love your reactions brother,just waiting on the SEVEN HEAVEN video to come out about Fiji Sevens🙌🏽💯💯

Caleb Clarke has it in his genes, -his dad Eroni was also an All Black.

posolo tuilagi is the nephew ! he's the new generation, and he's a beast. the uniform you like is the south african 3rd gear for the last world cup i think. really liked your video ! it's refreshing to see an american youtuber with decent rugby knowledge ! you should check mateo carreras too, we oly saw oe quick action from him in the video i don't know why ! he plays for aviron bayonnais, best team in the world (yes it's my hometown club and no i'm absolutely not objective! hahaha)

That turquoise kit was the Springboks RWC2023 "away" jersey

From my point of view, chelsin kolbe has everything to be a good American football player. He is the better 11,14 or 15 In the rugby world. He had a past of athletism runner in his youth and he also kick the penality at 50m, so he also could be a good kicker !

Cheslin kit was an alternate Springbok kit for the 2023 world cup yes turquoise in colour

The constant fluid nature of rugby makes it a very different game to American football. I doubt you would get much successful crossover in either direction.

The answer to your question about Quade Cooper throwing NFL passes. They are legal in rugby as long as they are lateral or move backwards. No forward passes with the hands are legal in rugby. you don't see NFL passes in rugby often because they're difficult to execute with the speed the game moves at

"I love those uniforms" That's Springboks reverse kit and trust me when I say that most South Africans absolutely hate that kit. Duhan van de Merwe is the most South African Scottish player you will ever see.

I'm telling you, if you Americans put half the energy you do with football into rugby - you guys will be serious contenders on the world stage. You guys have very fast athletes. If only you could harness that potential in the Eagles you can easily follow the same journey as Japan and Italy on the world stage. Also make rugby manditory in your schools. You'd see a massive boost.

Loving how the rugby and NFL universes are moving ever closer. The two sports are, after all, distant cousins. LRZ being signed by the Chiefs is fantastic, even if the kid doesn’t become a superstar. Maybe in years to come he will be seen as a pioneer - although having said that, the way that professional sports have been willing to learn from each other in recent years, the Chiefs are showing the mindset of champions: winners always look for that extra 1% to stay ahead of the pack, and they know that sometimes it comes from the most unlikely places. LRZ may also do wonders for rugby’s profile in the US and vice versa NFL’s appeal in the rugby universe. I sense genuine mutual respect between the athletes, teams and fans of both sports, which is wonderful. Rugby can learn from how professional US sports is. As for the Chiefs, they really can’t lose. There is no risk for them signing LRZ, expectations are being kept realistic, and if they unearth a star, then it may just open the gates for more cross-pollination between the two sports. NFL have also just won over a legion of new rugby fans worldwide. And the nicest thing about all of this for me is, LRZ is a wonderful story, a quietly determined young man willing to chase his boyhood dream, but do so humbly with a seemingly limitless hunger to learn and to give it his best shot.

Amazing, they just hate Wales so much. No one even cared for American Football until LRZ announced his intentions to try it. Bit of Jealousy I think! This happens all the time when They do well in the Six nations too, rules always get changed in order to give advantages to attacking teams, Wales’ domination from 05 to 21 came in a solid defence, so they brought rules in to make it harder for defensive teams to win the tournament. You get bonus points for scoring more than four tries but not for not conceding them, which I have always found weird!

Those uniforms are South Africa’s secondary kits

Love your rugby knowledge. Tom Brady got me watching NFL and I must say I'm loving it. Don't understand al lot but I'm learning.

A tip on New Zealand rugby - just as you think they have a world dominating winger, they concoct a new one. Everyone thought omg it's Caleb Clark. New Zealand said nah, shall we introduce Mark Telea. I've never seen a winger play like him. You CAN'T tackle him

man, you must see MATHEO CARRERAS !!! 170CM IS THE REAL DEAL !! A FUC..KING BEAST

Cobus Reinach next G

That turquoise type kit was an alternative kit we had to have for the world cup to not clash with others. And something about colour blind viewers I think.

Van der Merwe the next guy to cross the pond once he sees Rees Zammits wage packet..

WOW Leinster played like demons today! They ramped up the physicality to 11, not that the Bulls shied away mind you, we relish the physical, but L were superior in open play, and those ball skills were on point throughout. I can tell JN has had a very positive impact on their defense. That's also good for S.A, he can bring some of that attacking prowess to the Boks when he's back in S.A. and Head Coach again, 3peat here we come!!. Great Vid Jeff, thanks.

Van Der merwe is south african playing out of Scotland

I know with all the hype around a top 100 ranked super young player making the move across to the NFL is interesting but if some of the older freaks of rugby had tried to switch over - look at Johan lomu, Pierre spies, Sonny bill wiliams, Henry Tuilagi, Jerry Collins (to name a few) - speed and size of those players was unreal as well as their physicality.

You have great knowledge and insight of sporting capabilities across different sporting codes. Other than Cheslin (as a punt returner, or maybe as a wide receiver) and Caleb Clark (as a running back), most of the players on this list wouldn't get anywhere near the NFL. Not saying they aren't sporting FREAKS ... just not moulded to be suited for the NFL. Louis Rees-Zammit is giving it a go (check him out - he is a great talent from Wales), but even he will find it difficult to make it on to next season's team sheet. Only one RFC player comes to mind that absolutely would have been successful in the NFL. Jonah Lomu. In fact, he was offered a ludicrous amount to switch codes and play for the Denver Bronco's, but he was a home-boy and not lured by money and thus turned the opportunity down. In some sense it is a pity as more people (specifically Americans) would have become aware of his unbelievable talent, but in another sense I love his humility to stay grounded and be with his "family". Had he played in the NFL, he would've have been in the company of Walter Payton and Jim Brown ... without a doubt!

Don’t forget that all these players will easily put on 30lbs muscle on if they switch to nfl since they won’t need that much stamina in a nfl game.

Duhan van der merwe is a South African. Great player to watch.

Stats don't really matter in rugby, the first thing you learn is the bigger they are the harder they fall, size doesn't matter.

2 different sports that can learn from each other.I believe there is a rugby coaching NFL using rugby rucking techniques to great effect(although binding inNFL is illegal)

As a SA rugby fan. I also know a bit about NFL.They are very different sports. NFL players tend to be faster and stronger BUT!, they only have to keep it up for short bursts. You also have a lot of subs in the NFL so players can go 100% every play. Rugby player tend to be tougher because of the nature of the game. Broken fingers, you keep playing. Blood everywhere, you keep playing. With rugby you need rounded players that can do mostly everything and that is learned from a young age. In NFL each player does very specific things. Can rugby players play in the NFL ? Sure. Will they dominate? Maybe 1/1000.

Ben Tameifuna - a.k.a. "Big Ben" is not just big - at 151kg (333lb) he's quite possibly the biggest player out there. To put it in perspective, the biggest mofo in the South African forward pack, RG Snyman "The Viking", is only 131kg (289lb). Big Ben scored a wonderful try against Scotland in the 2023 World cup, with three giant Scots trying to wrestle him to the ground. Number 14 Kyle Steyn 102kg 225lb, No 13 Chris Harris 104kg 229lb, and No 4 Richie Gray 126kg 278lb - thats 332kg / 730lb combined that he just shrugged off. Feast your eyes on this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-shqSe3uoqW0.htmlsi=umVzGG_ZdHlCvKeb&t=85

Posolo tualagi is the son of one of the tualiagi brothers, Henry And the kit was South Africa’s second kit in the 2023 World Cup Courtney Lawes plays for Northampton Saints and he’s retiring at the end of this season

Hey man, can you react to South African school boy rugby, there is some insane talent and some crazy tackles and tries! I’d Highly recommend!

You want to see throwing the ball, have a look at Finn Russell.

As a South African I love watching people that didn't grow up with rugby trying to watch/get to know the sport. If you love Cheslin Kolbe, please watch Gio Aplon, cause Aplon is Cheslin's hero growing up

Rugby aint as explosive as NFL but they are fitter athletes stamina wise or should i say their cardiovascular stronger due to the stop start nature of NFL .

Rugby players are often underestimated by many NFL fans. But of the rugby players recruited to NFL, few can cut it. But heres another Die Hard clip you may enjoy reacting to ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vv2A6-4jzrw.htmlsi=aR_eL-WSM55Bt9Y4 At 6:05 theres a classic example of why spear tackles were made illegal and often red carded

You should do a series (if you haven't already) on some NFL positions and rules. So we as Rugby supporters can also better relate to positions. Enjoyed the video as always.

Duhan vander Merwe is a South African playing for Scotland.

The way Rugby and NFL are similar but in a different way

Ya'll gotta react to perry baker.

I think that the bigger rugby players that are 140kg plus, could bulk up even more in the nfl, they ain't need the same level of conditioning, so they can focus on getting really big. They would turn into monsters if in the nfl.

Thats the SA Away Kit that Cheslin was wearing

Don't get it twisted.. there are parts of an NFL game where these star rugby players could do damage and be freakish like open field running with ball in hand, or a one on one tackle where you need proper tackling technique to bring an attacker down who's not running directly at you which many NFL defenders are up for. But to say dominate is disrespectful. Tuisova with the ball at speed is gonna cause damage in both Rugby Union and the NFL its simple physics added in his insticts as a Rugby player to beat defenders one on one without blockers can be a positive and negative in the NFL.. he could get trapped with no blockers and find a way through due to this instinct Rugby players have.. or he could get slowed down or get stuck not knowing how to run with blockers infront of him. Rees Zammit our latest player to switch over would do freakish things if he gets the ball in the open field.. he'd swerve outrun and break tackles at will.. the trouble is him learning the routes and plays to be given the ball in positions that he's not vulnerable in with some space to move juke and outrun defenders which is his strength.

et dupont, penaud des joueurs incroyables aussi mais bref apres heureusement que t'as mis tuilagi quel colosse🤩heureusement qu'il joue en france😁et james lowe aussi il est trop fort c un gros atout pour l'irlande et il fait des actions incroyables

To be fair Eben Etzebeth would be a good Tight End

In all seriousness, how would Cheslin go in the nfl? Are there many players with his build?

All of the heights are wrong for some reason Tuisova is more like 5'11" and Rosko Specman 5'9

There are like 30-40 Pacific Islander rugby players that would completely wreck many NFL journeymen.

Definitely check out Rosco specimen, these were not his best clips in my mind. It looks like he kind of moves slow (even though you know he isn't), but his footwork is so good that it he makes the defenders look like idiots. He doesn't need a huge top speed to break a line. And on top of that he is actually super fast.

The pronounciation of Toulouse is almost the same as "to lose".

14:25 Jonah Lomu done that several times in the 90s.

If you think Caleb Clark is big you should search up Taqele Naiyaravoro or nemani nadolo.. also even tho he’s retired Pierre spies they where some giants who could really move

Weird they missed the one that's actually doing it and signed for the chiefs

Specman retired😢

Specman must just play sevens - never seen him play 15’s for SA!

It's a little sad not seeing Eben Etsebeth on this list. That man would either protect his QB or wreck the opposing QB...

Dude there are a lot more like those guys in rugby ....honestly, this is but a snippet.

george north would

Na those turquoise kit for South Africa was Terrible, for alot of us South Africans it was quite disappointing seeing the in that kit and not our proper green and gold

They missed Taniela Tupou

Two comments. Lawes plays with the limits of the laws. A couple of those hits looked a little late. Then, though it is not the point of this video, it should be noticed how often the defenses were still well organized on a few of the breakaways to stop them.

I don’t think there are any rugby players quick enough to play and dominate American football

Yo I've been watching himg your videos and I'm loving them could you please react to ospreys highlight

Is it just me or are rugby hits just the hardest in sport.

Kolbe would be to much for the NFL 😂 he’s already an unfair advantage in rugby 😂

Good video but where’s beauden Barrett bro

if u think caleb clark is a beast. look at jonah lomu

Ha and it would be great if you did actual comparisons to who you feel these guys would compete against, and how?!?!?

Please react to quade cooper bro, he play wonderfully

As a Brit love the content man

Jordan Mailata.

Rugby can’t cut it. Only special teams. Vice versa any lb db de dt wr rb can play rugby. Kill the mean with ball is basically rugby

NFL should poach the Pacific Islanders before every rugby playing nation does...let's be honest

'spats' look stupid. Use the same colour wrap as your socks so they blend in a bit. Some wrap them so high on both legs it's like they are wearing white socks.

React to Best Rugby under the high ball

Some of the tackles - 2 of the Courtney Lawes ones in particular - were illegal as the player has to have the ball when is tackled. You also need to wrap your arms around a player rather than just shoulder-barging them.

Rugby players just far superior athletes... much harder men!

Quade Cooper ????

"Rosko Specman? 3...2...1...10!!" - Weekly Dumb

React to taniela topou pls

Rugby players slow no lateral movement. You want to be looking at NRL players to play NFL

NFL, all hype and little action. Most rugby players would just get bored.

There’s never been 1 good rugby player in the nfl 😅😅😅😅😅

Why do Americans insist on calling sportsmen 'athletes'? Athletes do athletics. Sportsmen do sports. You can be 'athletic' in both. These rugby players are athletic sportsmen.