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<blockquote data-quote="Caledfwlch" data-source="post: 162651"><p>That's very much a debateable topic. People often point to the helmet and pads and say that it is weaker because they wear padding. Of couse it's the complete opposite. if you think of simple physics really, the faster you go with the more weight the more it hurts. Everytime you see a helmet to helmet hit, a concussion has just happened.</p><p></p><p>One thing the NFL has going for it, is there are athletes in the league that just aren't in any other sport. One could argue the NBA has more athletic players, from a jumping and quickness perspective, but the NFL has the fastest, strongest most brutish athletes on the planet. The rugby world has not seen athletes like this or at least not in the quantity and quality of these athletes. Maybe Jonah Lomu, but he would be just an average athlete amongst the NFL circles. <strong>Quite scary the thought of rugby taking off in the United States.</strong></p><p><strong></strong>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>I'm sorry, but I'm going to disagree on this "If American picks this up, we'll be beaten to a pulp" rubbish. Absolute trash. Yes the do have the numbers and the money, but talent brings your sport to as totally different level. So what if you transplant say some 350lbs linebacker in rugby, they lack speed and agility, and all they'll make is one tackle and drop dead exhausted because they foces on nothing but muscles on their ***s, muscles on their arms and muscles on their ball. They forget that rugby is a nonstop 80 iminute game as versus a 15 second stop start jog. Rugby players, instead, are a the whole package. Speed, agility, size, strength etctec.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Caledfwlch, post: 162651"] That's very much a debateable topic. People often point to the helmet and pads and say that it is weaker because they wear padding. Of couse it's the complete opposite. if you think of simple physics really, the faster you go with the more weight the more it hurts. Everytime you see a helmet to helmet hit, a concussion has just happened. One thing the NFL has going for it, is there are athletes in the league that just aren't in any other sport. One could argue the NBA has more athletic players, from a jumping and quickness perspective, but the NFL has the fastest, strongest most brutish athletes on the planet. The rugby world has not seen athletes like this or at least not in the quantity and quality of these athletes. Maybe Jonah Lomu, but he would be just an average athlete amongst the NFL circles. [b]Quite scary the thought of rugby taking off in the United States. [/b][/b][/quote] I'm sorry, but I'm going to disagree on this "If American picks this up, we'll be beaten to a pulp" rubbish. Absolute trash. Yes the do have the numbers and the money, but talent brings your sport to as totally different level. So what if you transplant say some 350lbs linebacker in rugby, they lack speed and agility, and all they'll make is one tackle and drop dead exhausted because they foces on nothing but muscles on their ***s, muscles on their arms and muscles on their ball. They forget that rugby is a nonstop 80 iminute game as versus a 15 second stop start jog. Rugby players, instead, are a the whole package. Speed, agility, size, strength etctec. [/QUOTE]
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