AMERICAN REACTS TO THE DIRTIEST MOMENTS IN RUGBY HISTORY! 

How the clip of Duncan McRae absolutely pasting Ronan O'Gara in the 2001 Lions tour DIDN'T get on this list I'll never understand. One of the most horrific acts of barbarism I've seen on the pitch...

SA school rugby in the late 80s was all out war ! We used to be like a hit squad going to a rival school to beat up the other team and then chat up their girls. Bones were broken, punches thrown all kinds of shithousery !

Rugby rules changed.In the old days if someone lay offside at a ruck you could use your boots to get them away.Sometimes it looked like we were running on a treadmill to get the offending player away.Great vids.Come visit South Africa and watch a game.

My friend's 9 year old son is recovering from a spinal concussion from playing primary school rugby. So they startat a very young age. It's literally war on those fields!

The 'stomping' was perfectly legal when I played High School rugby. It was meant to be using your feet to heel him out of the way as the player on the ground would be blocking access to the ball. It happened to me as a 14 yearold playing another school. And they were wearing metal studs. I remember seeing a match about 12 years later between two Scottish teams - Galashiels v Heriots FP and one of the Gala wing forwards did a bit of stomping but unfortunately it was on a team mate who had to exit the game with blood streaming from a head wound. And that was when the players were amateurs! It was a farmer stomping on a vet. The good old days.

As a schoolboy in the 70's raking someone on the wrong side of the ruck was allowed and common. As a hooker I did a lot of tackling There were red stripes all over my back after many matches. One often looked back to identify to culprit. In Rugby what goes around comes around. Revenge is a dish best served cold. I could dish it out, as well as take it. The rules have changed a lot taking out much of the brutality. I understand the players are bigger, stronger, and serious injuries are more likely to happen if the laws didn't change. Plus mothers wouldn't let their boys be exposed to such risks. Still I miss the older style of tougher Rugby.

"You making wine, bro? You over here, crushing grapes?" 🤣😂

you kill me dude im dead with laughter here "i gotta fight em twinkle toes"

In the day's of old school rucking that really was something else. JPR Williams playing for his club side against the All Blacks,had his face ripped open by John Ashworth. He went off the field,his father, a doctor,sewed his face back up, 35 stitches, after which he came back on the field.

❤the fact how often NZ, Rsa, and France are in there

Proper rucking should make a comeback. Then there will be less infringements around the rucks.

Rucking use to be a legitimate form of clearing out players from your side of the ruck, was used constantly and the lesson was pain, don’t go there keep on your own side, tackles from 30 years ago were brutal compared to today’s.

Now there is a law where the tackler has to roll away. Back in my dads day that law did not exist but if you did not get out the way the opposition was allowed to stamp on you. Also as you can see by the colour of the cards being given that the game has changed a lot in recent years. In amateur level we obviously do not have tv officials so a lot of these dirty plays are still very common.

NZ All Black Sir Wayne "Buck" Shelford will always a rugby football legend for the 1986 injury he sustained in a match against France, while still an amateur player (no sponsorship or endorsements) 20mins into the match he was involved in a very aggressive maul where he lost 4 teeth and a french players boot tore open his scrotum leaving his testicle exposed. He calmly left the field, asked the team doc to stitch him up and he went back on the field to play. Now that's hard core 🤘🤘

@ 3:13 time stamp....thats good old fashion rucking!!! you lay on the ball you get a seeing to!!

Dammit I am so glad to have find you just before the start of the world cup, Hood language analysis to the point. YEAH!!!!

That 'running on the spot' on peoples ribs was part of the game back in the day... If you don't roll away, you will regret it.. I think the commenttors affectionately called it 'mountaineering'

One of the last clips is English Rugby League with commentary from the immortal Eddie Waring - he goes for the early bath! Classic

Good old cairsbrook in dunedin the first one that stadium isn’t there anymore . Now it’s the indoor stadium Forsyth Barr stadium

I LOVE it . I did try for ladies rugby...20 minutes later on my way to A &E to get my broken arm fixed !!! Decided better to watch than play !

I still have "sprigmark" wounds from 20yrs ago lol, metal sprigs cut my socks and cut my shins to the bone

back in the day your job as a forward was to slow it down and you could lie on the other side of the ruck. the other team would mountain climb on you. the ruck marks on your body were a badge of honor. the rule was you had to make a backwards motion with your rucking. if you came straight down it was a stomp and illegal.

Another great video Sean! Good to see you out here making it happen. You should take a glance at Twitch and do Just Chatting streams since RU-vid keeps holding you back. Keep it up!

I love that you said you're gonna swing. And it does happen 100%. But then y'all both in trouble...the rugby union don't mess

“You making wine bro” is one the funniest comments I’ve heard in a while

Not stomp the yard. It is called rucking...... aaaaa the good old days. Once got rucked so bad my shirt under my jersey was torn. Loved every moment. Head stomping ect was not allowed. But if you were on the wrong side of the ruck making it difficult to play the ball you got RUCKED.

The one where he kneed him and then stamped on his head they had old scool metal studs about and inch or so fairly blunt but usually with some sharp bits from wear and tare 🤣 thats old school rugby where fights didnt really get punished

I miss rucking, you learnt quickly not to get into a bad position. A few boot marks never killed anyone but it did make you think about it next time. Less penalties more game play.

The South African team The Springboks are notoriously vicious on the field they are the team in great and yellow.

In the old days of rugby... If you were on the wrog side of the ruck... the players could ruck you until you moved out the way, to release the ball.

The one at 2:19 really can't be called dirty. If you're going to have hair like that, it's expected. Folau clearly went for the collar

If like like Etzebeth then u have to check out the guy that was there before him... Bakkies Botha... he was a bouncer. Laughs in the face of fighting

When someone boot stomps you, the last thing you want is for the ref to send him off. He needs to stay because he's going to hospital in the next ruck

You forget the number 1 P4P fighter in UFC is Alexander Volkanovski a former professional rugby player

Funny thing is,it's both South African players who shoved their faces in the ground

If you swing for him you’ll be off, so they win…….that’s a psychological battle played on the field of rugby, playing for reactions to remove players.

#5:41 blocking our clearing out the ruck was was commonly excepted and largely went unnoticed back in the day...Pretty much a common practice no matter the age or unders you played in

If you’ve had 18 stone stomping on your back you won’t be in a shape to fight especially if your hands have been stomped

Getting stomped in a ruck is a badge of honor. It has happened to me more than once...and i probably deserved it.

These kind of tackles are not a regular occurrence thank God. 🤷‍♀️🙏🇬🇧❤️🇬🇧

Rucking back in the day was a little more vigorous.

That stamping on people used go be legal if they were offside 👌

Rucking used to be a normal party of the game,just ask Buck Shelford.

If you fight every time someone stomps you you'd be suspended every game. Stomping is a part of the game.

Thoroughly enjoyed that

you making grapes - lol

Thats why you have referee's, they deal out the punishment not the player.

first one's the worst ruck infringement ive seen, involving a spine, i think

Old skool. You were allowed to ruck people if they fell on your side and didn't move. You should see the old skool scrums.

The clip at 2:58 was around the 9'"s where the rules and attitudes were changing with regards to rucking. Before that if you were in the maul and lay over the ball the opposition would basically be fine with running a treadmill on you. The only thing was you couldn't ruck a person's head just the body to get the offending player out of the way. Now the refs would observe and award a penalty if you were covering the ball and you have to make all attempts to roll away and not obstruct it. Video technology also is great because any foul play can be caught and it lessens dirty play. Old school rough play was brutal and entertaining in a gladiator sort of way but the point that has grown(for the better) is that safety and the prevention of injuries takes priority. Not to mention blood born diseases from wounds due to rucking.

If they bring back the rucking no one will be infringing lol

Stomping used to be allowed, but not on the head

Raking/stomping on a player caught on the wrong side of the ruck was totally legal back than. Been caught in similar positions and raked a few times. Still got a thick arse scar on my knee after being raked in a under 16's game which to this day is still plain to see & I'm now in my mid 40's. Needless to say I had to be carried from the feild on this occasion. Back in day no matter how young coach used to encourage this as it was all part of the game & totally within the rules. Btw we used to wear stud's/cleats on our footy boot's made with metal not rubber.

I came out of a game with a cleat footprint on my back from someone stomping over me. Ah, bruises stories! ❤️🏉

Dam right Brother... but the law says if u reteliate u go down 2

Those white guys damn diiiirty 😂😂😂

Some of these matches are old. This kinda stuff doesn’t go on these days. You may get the odd one every know and then.

Played blind wing.yeah the ruck can be a meat grinder

Rugby is a though game played by beasts not men. Most of them are 260lbs to 300lbs some are less and some are more and they all train hard every day. There used to the violence it's part of the game.

8:55... Looks like some of them are cases of players seeking spur of the moment retribution. Thinking the referee missed the first incident. 10:25... That's what I mean't. 11:35... That's now called a chicken wing tackle in the NRL.

Facts brother! GOTTA SWING, then we meeting outside if i didn’t get a a chance too

The worst part of having sprig marks on your body is when you hit the showers after the game

The guy who got his head pushed into the ground does not want to fight positions 1 - 8... The are forwards and the big heavy's of rugby. Position 9 - 15 are lighter and smaller... The average 1 -8 position weights about 110 - 130KGs the rest of the team are about 90 - 105KGs

bro, the funny thing at amature level of Union & League after beating the shit out each other we'd shake hands & go have a few beers after the game

That`s why the rules are like what we have today. Ian Foster is commenting wow!!!

Before you can FIGHT him, you gotta FUND him. And that means you gotta try getting up

Making wine!

Rucking used to be allowed

If you are known as a player who retaliates, opposition players will mess with you even more with the hopes of getting a reaction our of you that gets you sent off.

You think you makin' wine bro!!?

RED cards incominn XD i loved my time playing rugby... got beaten up in a game so hard i went home like a stray dog.... next game we played i broke ( UNintentionaly) a guys nose in ruck XD but if you get wracked like that best way is to win the game and stuff it into their faces and best thing is after game you go drink beers with oposite team and have fun XD

And this is pro level games that are trlevised. You should see what happens every weekend at amateur / club level. Lol. All fun n games.

Please look at what the bottom of a rugby shoe looks like. Eish Nasty.

Excellent content

On the pitch , these guys are ruthless machines , that are trained to stop you scoring at all costs , off the pitch , they are some of the nicest guys you'll ever meet , with hearts of gold, god bless all rugby players

Cleats are called boots

You truly wanna see dirty violent plays than just check out literally any Australian NRL game during the 70' through to the 80's...Near every single tackle there was something brutal going on and that was just excepted as part and parcel of the game back than. This video is nothing compared to the shenanigans that went on the during these Australia rugby league time's mentioned.

They dont wear cleats 😮

Wrestling are you kidding, this is real not fake?

Just proven how little you know about rugby... wales italy and you choose Italy.

Great videos but don’t understand why you can’t wait to see the outcome I.e. the referees decision. Spoiled it for me.😢

i dont understand the point of this sport.... just sign up for UFC

The older clips? That's just the way it was. But the video is far from the worst. Have a look at The Lions winning tour of NZ, or the 99 call tour of SA!

the difference is wrestling is fake and this is real

Watch faf de Klerk giant killer

Stop laying in the ruck

you play the game then ur ganna get rucked lol played since i was 14

Le jour où les USA décideront de jouer au rugby, les nations qui pratiquent ce sport trembleront.

If i can get you after me your not effective on the field especially if they are a star player .red carded players are useless to the team.lol😊

Bro older games were played with minimum rules. Think it was 5 rules. Compared to 500 rules now. Lol. Exaggerated a bit. Watch older rugby games.

Stomping on the head is literally attempted murder ... those studs are way longer than soocer cleats n they full metal .... noway nfl can even be compared .... that team with the green and yellow are extremely agressive the guy head butted a man on the floor in motion

You only think South-African rugby is dirty? It's more culture when you grow up with it, played since I was 7 years old. The war of the mind is just as powerful.. No other teams have the intimidation factor of SA teams except for our worthy equal NZL. If a good player moves to a rival school, you better believe he will have a rough game with many scratches from studs and if your lucky he gets a minor injury and gets subbed early

i dont understand the point of this sport.... just sign up for UFC