Best Rugby STEPS, HITS, TRIES, FENDS Of 2013 

this sport is actually bigger than american football

^^ not really, american football is way more popular.

Stjepan Cindrich no, it's not. american football is basically only played competitively in america. rugby is played throughout Europe, the southern hemisphere and asia

I'm aware that it's popular around the world (draws audiences comparable to Am. Football.) But I really want to see it as popular as American Football here in the states.

oh you mean in the states my bad. you should watch super rugby competition. it starts on the 13th February

kevin batting amen brother.

fuck up keint

majority of this is from the Union pal

+Wartortle ur drunk m8

+Wartortle Best head-high tackles of league. That's it!

not really though is it.....

I'm South African and I love Willie le Roux but I must agree with you Filau is such a classy player

+The Gaming Matrix I'm south African but I live in the us i miss peppermint crisps😞

I feel for you man but I'm sure there's lots of amazing things in the US that u can't get here

To bad man , but like Matrix said, alot of thing there that you won't find here ...

That "some dude" is Piri Weepu, Ma'a Nonu's team mate on the All Blacks.

Didn't look like him.

Just letting you know that it is Weepu.

can tell you're american :L

NO.

Just looked him up. He's utter shit, just fast lol.

Ashton's better

+fin quilligan noone cares

+Asher Jack did I need your opinion

fin quilligan no but you still got it kiddo

Ben Tameifuna

then start watching super rugby.. best inter provincial rugby league competition in the world... and you should also watch rugby championship... trust me you won't regreat what the best countries in rugby have to offer.. coming from a bok fan..😉

+Cedric UMUHOZA IRADUKUNDA I will thanks

yeah buddy! you have my agreement :)

Rugby union soft, anyway did you see how many people got bumped off in this video.

Its usually the other way around, Americans saying that NFL is a harder game than rugby league or rugby union. If you gonna wear pads then you shouldn't talk about how tuff you are, especially when you don't play for 80 minutes straight and take breaks between every play, have about 60 people on one team and a defensive and offensive team. Twice the size but not as fit, clearly there is no comparison.

Dai Nguyen Definitely twice the size, the defensive line are just pure fat n muscle. Wouldn't last more than 10 mins in a free flowing game with no breaks. Plus why play a full contact sport padded to the hilt, just doesn't make sense, might as well lose the pads and play touch football if you don't wanna break a nail.

Carolyn Piera clearly doesn't know any thing about either sports. What she says is stupid unless she proves me wrong by stepping on either a football or rugby field and giving either sport a try.

Carolyn, i'll put it to you like this.. People who watch Rugby Union and Rugby League (such as myself) think American Football is for "Wee Girls Blouses" because of the fact that the only protection a Rugby Player uses is maybe a bit of body foam that is 3cm thick that covers their body and shoulders and they are tackling other Players with the same force as a 40mph Car Crash. They also play for 2 x 40 Mins halfs with a 10 min half time break, and are ONLY substituted when another player is injured or they need more "Power" back in the team Now, NFL Players put in massive tackles as well, but they also have massive shoulder pads, body armor, a helmet and i think they also have knee and shin pads too. They play 4 x 15 Min Quarters and each team has three "Time Outs" per quarter and Breaks that are regulated by the TV Advertisment Companies So, that is what makes them look like "Wee Girls Blouses" in comparison Hopefully that has cleared it up :-)

I think the pads make football more dangerous. Guys do things they wouldn't do without the pads. I mean football players wouldn't. Rugby players do it every game. Rugby has some big men as well . But 2 40 min halves with a minimum of stoppages make it harder to stay fat.

thekamron1234 Come play in NZ. You'd all be considered sissies haha

+thekamron1234 Totally dude, I'm doing the same thing, freshmen year I made it into varsity but I was shit compared to the others, same happened sophomore because I thought I'd get better If I just told myself to and watch a bunch of videos like this. So this year, junior year I've been training hard with weights and doing conditioning with my wrestling team. The more you train, the more you go through pain than all the other players on the field you can see the difference. I'm a loose forward but this year I wanna be the eight man

+Lincoln X yeah that's true but I'm still proud of myself

thekamron1234 Ignore that previous comment man, keep chasing the dream.

+Lincoln X hey you weren't lying new zealand has one crazy rugby community, but thanks alot, I finished the season with 11 tries in total and I can't wait for next season, I'm all about rugby now where before I was all about american football

+Drew Grey That sucks man only one year...

Olikong McManus couldnt hack it man. I pussed out.

+Drew Grey Well, at least your honest. I probably wouldn't play NFL from what little I've seen, the hits just look dangerous.

+Drew Grey i played both. Football was scarier for me. I cant deal with someone going headfirst into me and the only thing i could do is put my head down too

We stop every 10 secs because thats how the game was made. The lineman that used to play were as fit and skinny as the running backs when the game was first made. It isnt because we are to big to go for a long period of time its because its how the game is made. And if thr game kept going someone would get hurt because we hit so much harder than rugby players and are mich faster

Isaac Kurusu if I wear those pads man I'll be the man I can run to a army tank.....NFL players a girl basher...

BrownCoconuts Elly jesus christ no the fuck you wouldnt. I would give everything I own to you if you went head up with an nfl line backer. Id like to see u run through ray lewis in his prime. People used to die in american football. The president had to make a law making helmets and pads mandatory.

Dretube523 nfl suck...armour for gay people

BrownCoconuts Elly but in rugby they wearing short shorts

Big Hit = Bravery + Extreme Collision Doesn't matter if there was a technique involved or not.

Hollenthon2468 not true

Louuis Santos How is that not true?

Hollenthon2468 Benson Stanley, his technique is superb and he makes huge hits.

CptXXXEvilXXXFluff A big hit is usually defined by the force or power of the impact. Benson's big "hits" (actually tackles) wouldn't be big if he didn't have the force and power to go along with it. A lot of Rugby players tackle in the mid section of the ballcarrier. If the player had the ball at his mid section, it could create a turnover. If he held the ball up higher, then the tackle would be clean and unguarded which may make it look like it was a "big hit".

Yeah

Same here

+Harry Balzak hahahah Americans when they see rugby they love it don't they hahaha one day ma bro

+Harry Balzak Im happy America started rugby but they suck. All blacks almost scored or if not 100 points on them. It was like playing against a baby

Asher Jack Its action packed, highly athletic and stategic, brutal, padless, and the rules are a huge mystery to me, which I think might make it more entertaining. I never know whats going to happen next.

Olikong McManus America didn't make rugby

he didnt really get smashed he just got shoulder charged by nonu cause thats the only thing his good at.

B00Bthruster69 there was that great delayed pass to smith about half way thru

Ye g

Very much so :3

American football is WAY better than rugby.

lookbackatit yea and barrack Obama is straight

lookbackatit go burn in hell

Rugby isn't easier than American Football lol. Sure, you will likely specialise in a specific position on the field, but you have to attack and defend and you don't get to stop and catch your breath every time a tackle is made. American Football is definitely athletic in a different way - it's like a 100m sprint vs. a 10km marathon.

Bro your wrong NFL tallest player was 6,8 rugby's tallest player and heaviest was 7,3 and 430 pounds get ur facts right

With you 100% man. haven't played in 3 years. hard to even find someone to talk to about it here in the US let alone find enough to play

BOKKE!

BOKKE MY BRA! Lol

Mate shut up australia is better than your country Australia hmm Radike Samo Quad cooper mate get this out of here australia is at the top

You need just as much strength for rugby. I would say it like this: Rugby is about endurance and a good combination of skills and football is about explosiveness.

You don't need strength for football. You need stamina, speed, football iq, positioning, awareness, and be talented with your feet. Unless ur talking about Handegg

Depends what code you're playing, usually league players have to tackle high to prevent an offload

+1runerman Also in NLF they have helmet and big protections

Rugby is more tiring and energy consuming but american football definitely hurts more. And this is coming from a guy that has played 5 rugby seasons and only 3 american football seasons

dude remember in football you can tackle however you want and you are wearing a helmet and padding and have basically two teams, one for attack and one for defense and have a chance to get your breath between downs, in rugby you play 80min non stop and when you get hit you actually feel it

lol whats you trying to prove here

drkInxgud that football is a pussy American sport