When rugby became professional in the 90's, all beefed up, because they could afford time in the gym, now, a professional game, with all those hits and bumps, it's like being in a car accident every weekend
You cannot see the structures in a highlight video. Thers a lot discipline in this game. But, when we hit we hit hard. Best game ever. Chech out the womans leagues, just as powerful.
Fully agree that a highlight video wont show the structure properly. Also respect to all women's rugby players, I played for 14yrs and in that time I've always said "I would take a bit off the biggest guy before any woman cos you guys scare the hell out of me" haha
Black Superman I read all the comments of the vewers of your video and all their very informative comments and info...but we all have forgotten to signal that there is a third kind of rugby (after Rugby Union with fifteen players and Rugby League with thirteen) and that is Rugby Sevens (Union rules), played by sevens players against seven in seven min each half, same field as the others. Obviously a lot more running skills and passing, but also good tackling. It's a game played at the Olympics and USA ( in the men game as in the women's, is becoming a true force). The side who played the best sevens is Fiji. They naturally excel in every code of rugby, but in Sevens they're absolutely amazing!!
Can I reccomend to watch the most physical game I've ever seen. It was South Africa vs Samoa a couple years back huge hits and fights all over the pitch too.
Love the new additions to your channel. fun fact: Rugby Union is the reason Rugby League and American Footy exist today. And if it wasnt for Football aka Soccer... the game of Rugby would not have been invented. Anyway, love the reactions brother keep them coming. If and when you get the chance can you react to Jonah Lomu Lord of the Wings. Now he was also IMO...a SUPERMAN/SUPERHUMAN. He was one of the main reasons why Rugby Union got so much more exposure and literally got the professional era of Rugby started. May you R.I.P Jonah thank you. Black Superman I wish upon you many blessings for you and your channel.
@@SuperhumanNationTV Best of luck! I broke my colar bone on my very first serious training at rugby. That was a wrap for me! It is really a tough sport!
Growing up playing rugby in Fiji was the best. Playing wherever & with whatever we could find to use as a ball be it a bottle, shoe, anything. Miss those days
NFL is get in formation, snap, play is over. Get in formation, snap, play over, etc. Rugby is get in formation, kick off, tackle is made, fight of possession, next play, tackle is made, fight for possesion, next play. No stop/start like NFL, so you will get a lot of broken formation, defenders being suckered to go to the ball carrier so he can pass it to someone in space. You only get formations at kick off, knock on (forward fumble. Backwards fumble is play on), line outs (ball has gone out of bounds over the sidelines). Apart from that it's play and react to where the ball is.
Thank you love! I will definitely have to react to his highlights. Definitely got more reactions on Rugby and other types of videos coming soon. Comment any video links you would like me to React to.
This is all Rugby Union, which are national teams representing their country. Check out some Rugby League, which is local area teams, from a county or state level. They are really crazy. Nice to see your appreciation of this great sport where the women's teams play just as hard and no-one wears a helmet or padding. They say you need leather balls to play rugby!
NFL has structure because they only play 1 phase then have a 5 min rest. Rugby can last up to 20 phases before a set play. The structure is good in rugby, but the long phases is what gives opportunity for tries. Watch the world cup final to see structure.
Growing up in New Zealand during the 80s and 90s it was commonplace for me and the bro's to play rugby on Saturdays and league on Sundays like so many others in this country
Rugby actually has a lot of structure. There are 8 forwards who's primary job would be to win the ball for their team. This is done by winning it from line-outs and scrums as well as loose scrums. Line-outs are formed when a player gets forced into touch or the ball is kicked into touch. If the opposition carry or kicked the ball into touch it's your put in at the lineout and visa versa. A lineout is formed with the two opposite packs forming a sideline a meter apart 5 meters from the line and within 15 meter from the sideline. The ball is thrown in by the hooker (nr. 2) from the side that didn't put it into touch. Scrums on the other hand is conducted at any place on the field when the opposite team knocked the ball on (nocked it forward in a failed attempt to catch it or liste the ball forward in a tackle. A scrum is formed with each pack of forwards scrumming down in a 3 - 2 - 3 formation. The first 3 has two Props (nrs 1 and 2) on either side with a hooker (be 2) (the guy that has to hook the ball with his right foot to his side) in the middle. Directly behind them packing on both sides between the props and hooker are the two locks (nrs 4 and 5). They are the tallest guys on the team and are also the main guys in the lineouts. On the outside next to the locks the two flankers (nrs 6 and 7) scrum down on either side. The 8th man scrums right at the back with his head between the backsides of the two locks. A loose scrum (ruck) are formed when a player is tackled with the ball and the players tries to win the ball back for their team There are also 7 backs starting with number 9 (Scrumhalf "first receiver"). He is normally the smallest guy on the field and feeds the ball into the scrum and collects it at the back from the eigthman's feet as well as from the lineout. He can kick it up field or pass it to the Flyhalf (be 10) who in turn can decide to kick, run or pass it to the next player, normally the inside Centre (be 12). Next to him is the outside centre (13) with the two Wings (Left 11 and Right 14) on either side next to the touchlines. The two Wings are normally the sprinters and therefore the fastest guys on the field. Bind the Backline is the Fullback (15) who's main purpose is to field kicks from the opposition but he can also sneak into the Backline in unsuspected places to create an overlap and by doing so trying to create more space for the Wings so they can win more field or score tries. Tries are scored by placing the ball on the ground behind the opposition's goal line (touchdown) and actually accounts for 5 points and not three as the name suggest. A try can be converted to 7 points (adding 2) by kicking the ball through the posts directly inline where the try was scored. Penalties can also be converted to 3 points by kicking for post as with conversions of tries. A third way of scoring is by means of a drop goal and is achieved by a player dropping the ball to the ground and kicking it through the posts at the same time as it touches the ground. The objective in kicking for the posts is to kick the ball between the two posts and over the crossbar.
in rugby you have a line of offence and a line of defence. if your on the offence you have to break the other teams defence whilst only passing the ball backwards. a team can only receive X amount of tackles before they have to either give the ball to the other team or kick it into a free for all. tackles must be conducted below the head/neck.whats I've just stated is not an accurate description of the rules, its just meant to be a very basic description for people who have no reference.
Rugby is a great game for showing you just how much punishment your body can take. No feeling in the world like having some bigger guy smash into you at full speed and you just get up, walk it off and then flatten the big bastard next chance you get :)
Yeah, I checked your comments feed and I didn't see any feedback regarding what was in one of the players hair that you asked about. Yes, you are right, they are beads, the player's name is Speckman he he is one of our top sevens players representing the South African Blitzbokke in the International Rugby Sevens Tournament. He is one of the players that took us to three Sevens World Champion titles. He has now moved across to the 15-man game, the game that you've been watching. He has represented South Africa in the Springbok team but unfortunately wasn't selected for the Springbok World Cup team that won the Rugby World Cup, for the third time, in November of last year. He currently plays for one of the top SuperRugby 14 franchises, the Vodacom Blue Bulls. He is a fantastic player and we miss him in the Rugby Sevens, where he has been World Player of the Year and is a highly respected and revered. The competition is tough, to get into the South African Springbok 15 man team, we are blessed with world class quality players who work hard and are dedicated to the sport, but I have no doubt he will represent the Springboks again in the future. Thank you for your video I thoroughly enjoyed your insight and view points.
Rugby does have structures, you have set pieces, where everyone has a position. The heavy weights are up front, the guys with speed and agility are at the back. In open play, where you just attack, every player can stand anywhere, like a setup move, to get a miss match, a heavy weight against a smaller dude, or a faster dude against a slower dude. In a nutshell, but watch more and learn. Im a south african, and south africa just won the world cup, rugby is in our blood as a nation
"They can run anywhere and throw the ball wherever they want." Actually, complete opposite. There are strict off-side rules and the ball can only leave the hands backwards, or opposite to the direction of play. Rugby is entirely based on discipline and structure... and hitting each other like runaway trains. NFL is much more open and free.
It's actually very similar in structure to american footbal you have wingers which would be you wide receivers fast and agile scrum half who's sort of like the Q.B initiates the passing play from the the scrums and rucks. And then you have your big men or pack who are used to crash through opposition defenses to advance ball if theres no passing options . It's actually a highly structured game but you kind of have to play it to fully understand it. Watching it gives you just a snapshot .you should play!
@@SuperhumanNationTV You played wide receiver so you will understand when I say that England now have a young winger who is 6ft 4in, 18 stone and can run 100mtr in under 10 seconds! Faf de Clerke, who is in the video, plays for South Africa is only 5ft 7in but stands his ground against all comers. I'm a Brit but still respect that kind of player. That is what rugby is about! Play hard and afterwards go for a beer or six with your opponents who you were knocking the hell out of only a few minutes before!
George Davie Wow! I’m excited to check these guys out! Also I can really respect that concept of fighting each other to win then knocking back a few beers right after together. That’s dope! Definitely going to check them out!! Salute!
the hats some of these guys wear is to protect them from concussion or fractured skulls which they have suffered before but most do not like wearing such things because it unsights them on the field.
I love how people thinks this hurt,you guys gotta think growing up playing this the hits slowly get stronger but so do you these hits don’t hurt them as much as you think they still hurt but it’s not that bad and this is coming from someone who has played and rugby being my country’s choice of sport
I would definitely like to fam, comment the link of the best one you can find on RU-vid as a reply to this comment and I will definitely do a REACTION to it. Salute my fellow SUPERHUMAN!
The name, American Football, is in fact an abbreviated one, the full name is American Style Rugby Football. Back in the early days, Rugby was generally called Rugby Football, as there was still some dispute over the rules of the game between the two camps. Eventually the two distinct forms settled on becoming two different sports, and we got what you were just watching for one camp, with the other settling for what you know as soccer, we just call football, as such 'football' was essentially dropped from the name to just Rugby in order to avoid confusion, but whilst all that was being finalised, America had taken a liking to the name of football, plus it was more recognised and profitable, so the new distinction between the two was not taken up and you are now watching a game called American Football. Though another thing to note, is that American Football plays to a modified version of old Rugby Union rules.
One of my fav new reactions to rugby ! Rugby is 2 40min halves, with no timeouts and a limit of 7 substitutions per team. When the ball goes out of play - dead ball - then that's a couple mins rest unless the team w the ball wants to hurry it up and play the ball. 15 players a side on the field at 1 time. Yellow card means bin for 10mins Red card means ejection from the game. You should react to bump offs or skills ! Should add more colour to the game.
@@SuperhumanNationTV no worries my guy.. I guess when it comes to rugby rules.. it's very important things are interpreted the one way.. so no bending rules and shit hahah But looking forward to it
Since the majority of these guys are walking mountains its it's hard to see how big they really are. No offense intended, when you said "that guy looks like me", standing next to these players you would probably turn around and say "nope, this dude looks nothing like me at all" Some of the guys are bigger then NFL players with padding. The agility of these guys are on another level. 🙂
@@SuperhumanNationTV hi, not sure about your weight but id guess around 6'4", in comparison most second row forwards are around the 6'8"+ mark with the odd weirdo like Devin Toner coming in at 7'1", now compare that to scrum halves who mostly are about 5'8" ish, the thing is it's about fitness, you don't want to be lying on the floor when all those lumps are running round, particularly when the scrummaging units can face each other and have be measured in the tonnage category, try to remember we all run all through the game, no stoppages unless the referee blows up, so some plays can last for several minutes. I think you would enjoy a run out but please remember the other players won't see a fellow athlete all they will see is a target, haha I'm not kidding :)
@@SuperhumanNationTV nice one! just to help out here a bit, I'm 5'9" and played in the front row as a hooker, so to me seeing these bigger guys just means a bigger target, that's the mentality we tried to instill in kids, my youngest started when he was 4 and the youngest of 4 who all played, today he's 6'2" and throws washing machines around for laughs, and for some of these lunatics that is considered normal, anyway try to get a game and good luck
Hey pal, you should do a reaction to one of the biggest international rugby rival games (England vs Scotland) specifically the draw last year. Lot of heart in that game and it was proper good one to watch.
Yeah I’d say rugby has very similar structure to American football I’d say the level of tactics is the same as well because although it doesn’t seem like it there is a lot of thought going into every movement and direction for each player and every player has a different job while playing the game as it is
That's why football (soccer - derived from Association Football, British people) is called The Beautiful Game and rugby isn't. By the way, there are two codes - League and Union. Finally, rugby is played in North America, the United States and Canada have national sides. I am sure there must be club sides nearby you attend. I bet they need the fans
Rugby is real good brotherman, it's a hard out game. Eighty minutes non stop you do have a ten minute half time, so 40 minutes straight, have to be pretty fit and good to be strong aswell.
The other thing with rugby players, it's hard to see in videos because there's no reference but the average height is over 6ft and average weight is over 240-250lbs. If you look for Sonny Bill Williams, Manu Tuilagi or James Haskell, they're the kind of size a bigger player is and a smaller player will be around Dan Carter or Leigh Halfpenny size. Basically, they're all a LOT bigger than they look in these videos.
@@SuperhumanNationTV Oddly, because there's so much technique in tackling because as a tackler you don't want a head/neck injury, injuries aren't as common as you might think. I played from when I was 4 till around 18 and only saw a couple of bad injuries (ligaments/tendons/bones breaking). But they definitely do happen. If you wanna see more big hits, there's a youtube channel called Rugby Beast that do a series called "Taking Names" where they show short 5 mins videos focusing on one player hitting/running through people. I highly recommend it.
There are two rugby sports. This video is rugby union and the other one is rugby league. I personally prefer league over union but really like both. You should react to individual player videos or the "Til I collapse" rugby league video next. As for individual players, in union you can't go past Jonah Lomu (RIP) or in league I would go for someone like Greg Inglis or Shaun Johnson for the most exciting highlights.
The big difference between rugby and American football is that the tackles in rugby are ultra precise, c!inical. Because if they are not it's or a miss or a yellow or a red card.
Rugby definitely has structure to it every player has a number and that number is there position u got 1- 15 the first 8 is ur front and next 9-10 are basically centers and 11 - 15 is the back u u know ur rolls and stuff wat to do rugby is a legit tough sport played both and definitely rugby on top
And 22 guys do all the defence and offence.15 on the field and 7 on the interchange,same with rugby league but 13 on the field and 4 on the interchange
ONCE U KNOW THE RULES,U WILL REALIZE THAT IT IS MORE STRUCTURED. U WILL ALSO NOTICE THAT THERE ARE NO OFFENSIVE N DEFENSIVE SQUAD. U GET HIT, U HV TO GET RIGHT BACK UP TO DEFEND. DISCIPLINE IS EVERYTHING IN RUGBY...
Rugby is very tactical, and the best way to get a handle on the game is to watch a match and you'll see that it is a very structured game, with forward and back lines. Vids like this are very entertaining but are not very demonstrative of the game as such. I'd advise watching a vid on the rules (there are many) and then watch a match. I'd advise something from the last world cup, like the Semi between England vs New Zealand (for me the best game of the tournament but I am English so biased) or the final between England and the Springboks.
Black Superman i agree, you can have a better idea of the game. But you also have to understand that are structures in place, complex ones at that, especially in the first faces of the play, after a scrum or a touche. Think you could love that. And also the epic skills those players have and the amazing team play they capable of. React to All Blacks awesome skills and you’ll see!
Pick an international team to support ( probably New Zealand if you like to win) and watch some union games. The rules are obvious if you pay attention and listen to the commentary. It is a very complex game and there are 3 ways to play. A kicking game, a running game and a scrum/maul game and these tactics make rugby more than just brutal and turn it into strategy.
I love watching these reaction videos. You and all the other folks who does them, really are doing a great job at exposing the game to a wider audience, especially in the USA. The sheer amount of ‘wasted’ talent that just ends up nowhere, can have a new outlet. I mean, you Americans love sport almost more than anything, and I can certainly see the game growing over there, and videos like this, certainly will attract a new generation of ‘footballers’ who might be inspired and take the jump to rugby. I believe, that in 20 years time, with the right structures in place, that America can finally awake from being a sleeping giant, to being right up there in the mix with the top top international teams. It’s so heartwarming to finally see a professional league in America. Thank you for the exposure and please, keep up the good work. PS- maybe try a couple reaction videos to some footwork, passes, and tries ( a try is a touch down, but you actually have to touch the ball down. - it’s called a ‘try’, as when the game first started and for many moons, a ‘touchdown’ was worth 3 points, moved up to 4, and now worth 5 points. Looking forward to seeing more rugby video reactions. Thanks again bro
Werner Tukker Thank you bro!! I’m super stoked that I can be apart of spreading more awareness of rugby and hopefully later next year I can go out and try to play this sport! Definitely have those reaction topics in mind. Salute!!
Hopefully by now you will have learned that rugby DOES have structure, each player does have its own position and specific job. What you saw was the parts of rugby that only happen very occasionally during a game. Fighting is not tolerated or allowed and those that do, get their teams punished as well as themselves. There was a lot of foul play also. Too many people seeing this for the first time think it’s played like this for the full 80 minutes, it isn’t.
The 6 nations be starting on the 1st February you should give that a watch its a International tournament between Wales, Ireland, France, England, Scotland and Italy. Wales won it this year my home nation and they got a good chance of winning it next year. You should react to Shane Williams retired now he is a Welsh rugby legend
Man, these are baby tackles! You need to watch rugby league. The fastest team sport in the world. Rugby has 2 codes. Union or league. League started because Union is so much stop and start, as well as a hell of a lot of kicking. We play this in schools! Its awesome.
I would like to point out that by their very nature a "big hits" rugby video will invariably show a lot of hits that are illegal and not bother to point them out. As far as the "structure" of the game, think basketball. Players run in a "pattern" and the ball carrier reads what's in front of him to decide weather to go for the basket or to pass it to someone else. One reason I suggest this comparison is that basketball was invented by a rugby player looking for something to do during the cold winters of the midwest.
Rugby has set plays just like in American football however they are more subtle (less noticeable) set plays are a move performed by most of the team where everybody in your team knows what is happening with the ball when you have it just search up barbarians greatest moments
Hey mate,i don't know where you are in the USA but they'll be a rugby club somewhere near you.It would a good watch if you joined and put it on here and we all could follow your progress.could be a popular youtube maker as there's millions of rugby followers around the world,go find a club mate,also watch a few usa eagles 7s videos and youll be surprised how big rugby now is in the usa,subbed
Yo that’s a great suggestion man! I will definitely think about that and may even do it! I may even start a separate channel on that! Salute bro and welcome to SUPERHUMAN!
@@SuperhumanNationTV youre welcome to the family bro and im sure uf you can make them and show arriving ,meeting the players and training and playing games i wouldn't be surprised if the club would get behind you to make it work as theyre trying to grow rugby in the states and youll love the camaraderie that rugby gives you and the sense of being part of rugby family no other sport offers,good luck to you mate hope to see you grabbing some tries and big tackles
Green shirts with gold numbers = South Africa. White shirts = England. Green & Gold = Australia AND Black shirts = NZ All blacks. These guys are playing for their respective countries.
Each team brings something different. Some force a structured play and other teams try at all cost to speed the game up. I think if you watch an actual game you'll see there is more structure than what is depicted on these videos. Sometimes I feel there is too much structure, I love it when team speed up a game and broken field play.
Basics = get the ball to the opposite side and put the ball on the tryline "endzone", dont pass forward, dont tackle above the shoulders, and if they dont have the ball try your best not to tackle them 😂, and hit really hard if you want to tackle.
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