In American Rugby many places give you pads. Studies show that hits in American football are significantly harder than that of rugby because if I'm wearing and pads and the next guy is wearing pads I can hit him harder because I know that I'm less likely to hurt him and the same goes for the other guy. Football hits are significantly harder than Rugby.
i don't care if I hurt someone while tackling in rugby if they are goman play the sport they should deal with the pain, and I think that football players are pussies for thinking that the can't handle the same stuff that happens in our game ^o^
Have you ever played American Football? Apparently not. Rugby is about speed and stamina more than actual physical strength. American Football is more about physical strength and how hard you can hit someone.
Dont call football players pussies. Im a football player, and the hits Ive taken, given, and seen taken are much harder than anyone without pads has hit me with. If you value rugby more than football, I understand, but dont call football players pussies just because you think rugby players hit harder.
Here I end this debate on which is more hardcore. It's ice hockey
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American football is mainly about strength with some stamina due to the fact that there are generally short plays, but in rugby you need stength and stamina because there are fewer turnovers of the ball
ok? the reason American football has so much padding is because studies have shown that plays receive significant brain damage. So yes they have a lot of protection because they need it. Honestly rugby plays probably have a lot of brain damage as well and probably should wear more protection.
studies have also shown that wearing helmets like those in american football can increase damage caused by hits
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Rugby tackles are a lot more difficult than an American football tackle is, rugby you need to grab peoples legs but in football you just throw all your body weight into your opponent
This is such a pointless argument. They're two completely different sports with two completely different styles of play. Just because they have similarities doesn't mean they're related. It's apples to oranges.
I'm gonna add to this. First of all metal man is right about the studies of rugby and football. Second, sadlab you are an idiot, shut up you don't know what you are talking about. But anyways I used to work with 2 guys one from Scotland another from England, and they both told me that rugby does have hard hits and there are injuries but they are way stricter on where you can and cannot tackle. They said a big difference ( and I may be getting this confused with a different spot) but in rugby you can't tackle from behind whereas in football it happens all the time. If anyone (besides slabtab) that plays rugby, please correct me if I'm wrong about the tackle from behind.
Well for me, I only wear the shoulder pads, knee pads and thigh pads, and helmet when I play and I haven't gotten injured and I play very often in a game and during practice.
Meg, I would like you to watch one of my games and tell me if I'm weak or not... There have been some really hard hits. Also, in football it's not about being able to take hard hits, it's also about being able to get up and take another hit after another after another. Not to mention that there is a lot of running around involved.
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