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<blockquote data-quote="Jaguares" data-source="post: 724075" data-attributes="member: 63264"><p>So much stupidity here. First of all in Argentina, rugby isn't a college sport since most of the teams are independent clubs.</p><p></p><p>Most of the players are college students don't mean that universities invest in rugby. In fact the biggest universities such as UBA or UCA don't invest money in rugby and aren't interested in our sport.</p><p></p><p>Only isolated cases as the University of San Andrés, which has their own rugby team, doesn't mean that rugby here is a college sport.</p><p></p><p>Second, I think that you don't follow the NFL so you don't much to say about it. This year there is an Aussie Rugby League player on the Niners, Jarryd Hayne. The NFL scouts were impressed with his athleticism:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNrRpZ6J5ao&feature=youtube_gdata_player" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNrRpZ6J5ao&feature=youtube_gdata_player</a></p><p></p><p>While Hayne wasn't at the NFL Combine, his US manager Jack Bechta tweeted that Hayne's 40-yard sprint time of 4.53 seconds would have been among the top five running backs at the combine. He wrote: "had client/rugby league phenom*hayne run at the NFL Combine he would have finished in top 5 in running backs based US times" - jack bechta February 24, 2015</p><p></p><p><a href="http://m.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/all-eyes-on-jarryd-hayne-as-us-scouts-earmark-the-nrl-as-potential-nfl-talent-pool-20150224-13nj3b.html" target="_blank">http://m.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/all-eyes-on-jarryd-hayne-as-us-scouts-earmark-the-nrl-as-potential-nfl-talent-pool-20150224-13nj3b.html</a></p><p></p><p>Rugby and American football are completely different sports. American Football is pure explosion, movements lasts few seconds while in rugby, the action lasts longer, making it more aerobic sport.</p><p></p><p>The workouts are different, tailored to different results. Comparing them would be ridiculous. NFL players are better on skills for their own sport and rugby players are better on skills for their own sport, for example rugby player has greater cardiovascular endurance than a NFL player.</p><p></p><p>However, in rugby we have great athletes that have nothing to envy to the NFL players:</p><p></p><p>Carlin Isles (US rugby player) at the 40 yards is faster than the faster NFL players ever:</p><p></p><p>Carlin Isles 4.22</p><p></p><p>Rondel Melendez 4.24</p><p></p><p>Chris Johnson 4.24</p><p></p><p>Even is faster than Usaint Bolt at the 40 yards</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1pEI0kvyBM&feature=youtube_gdata_player" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1pEI0kvyBM&feature=youtube_gdata_player</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaguares, post: 724075, member: 63264"] So much stupidity here. First of all in Argentina, rugby isn't a college sport since most of the teams are independent clubs. Most of the players are college students don't mean that universities invest in rugby. In fact the biggest universities such as UBA or UCA don't invest money in rugby and aren't interested in our sport. Only isolated cases as the University of San Andrés, which has their own rugby team, doesn't mean that rugby here is a college sport. Second, I think that you don't follow the NFL so you don't much to say about it. This year there is an Aussie Rugby League player on the Niners, Jarryd Hayne. The NFL scouts were impressed with his athleticism: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNrRpZ6J5ao&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/url] While Hayne wasn't at the NFL Combine, his US manager Jack Bechta tweeted that Hayne's 40-yard sprint time of 4.53 seconds would have been among the top five running backs at the combine. He wrote: "had client/rugby league phenom*hayne run at the NFL Combine he would have finished in top 5 in running backs based US times" - jack bechta February 24, 2015 [url]http://m.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/all-eyes-on-jarryd-hayne-as-us-scouts-earmark-the-nrl-as-potential-nfl-talent-pool-20150224-13nj3b.html[/url] Rugby and American football are completely different sports. American Football is pure explosion, movements lasts few seconds while in rugby, the action lasts longer, making it more aerobic sport. The workouts are different, tailored to different results. Comparing them would be ridiculous. NFL players are better on skills for their own sport and rugby players are better on skills for their own sport, for example rugby player has greater cardiovascular endurance than a NFL player. However, in rugby we have great athletes that have nothing to envy to the NFL players: Carlin Isles (US rugby player) at the 40 yards is faster than the faster NFL players ever: Carlin Isles 4.22 Rondel Melendez 4.24 Chris Johnson 4.24 Even is faster than Usaint Bolt at the 40 yards [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1pEI0kvyBM&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/url] [/QUOTE]
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