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Originally posted by bigoldalphamale
interesting points. but then again, rugby is hardly the toughest game in the world to learn. american NFL pros must recall intricasies of plays from playbooks which often are over 100 pages in length.
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Whereas rugby players have to think on their feet. No stopping every five minutes to ask the coach what to do next.
And if you think top level rugby players don't spent huge amounts of time planning plays, you're just demonstrating your lack of understanding of the game.
Moreover, rugby has more areas to master - the scrum, maul, ruck, and lineout have no real equivalents in American football.
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Originally posted by bigoldalphamale
in rugby, ummm...skip 1, skip 2...yeah, its not that difficult. point here, is that NFLers could learn the rules of rugby with absolute ease.
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I doubt it. Rugby League players have a hard enough time coming over to Rugby Union.
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Originally posted by bigoldalphamale
the physical aspect? i am sure you were joking about that one.
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Quite serious. How many NFL players can go 80 minutes with only one half time break? How many NFL players have a physique that can work on offence and defence? How many NFL players have played a game with their testicles torn open, like Buck Shelford did against France?
And just wait until they got caught at the bottom of a ruck.
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Originally posted by bigoldalphamale
besides, once some poor aussie took a hit from lavar arrington...that would likely be the end of his rugby career.
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Wait until an NFL player tries to pack down in a scrum. Bang, broken neck, game over.