Whats better rugby of americian football?

Question

Why do americian football players wear all that padding but rugby players only wear a gum sheild and a jock strap. Is there any honour in these sports

Answer 1

The only reason the hits are bigger in American football is because they are wearing half a ton of armour. Their players aren't any bigger or stronger on their own.

No, I wouldn't want to take a hit by an American footballer if he was wearing kevlar body armour and I wasn't, but that is irrelevant.

In Rugby no one wears any armour at all. Even shin pads are technically illegal, and I've never, ever seen anyone wear a cup. American footballers don't go into scrums, or rucks, or mauls. They don't get raked, or punched, or kicked like we do, and we have to do it all without armour.

When we make hits it has to be done with only the force of our own bodies, and when we take hits we have nothing to protect us.

I have never come out of a rugby match without at least half a dozen bruises on my body, sometimes I have huge cuts going l the way down my legs or body, I've had black eyes and bloody noses. How often do American footballers get those injuries.

Answer 2

Rugby League is the best in my opinion. The ball rarely goes out of play so the action is almost non-stop.
Although there are bigger hits in American football not all of their players actually get hit (the kicker, or punter). In Rugby League all 13 players and four substitutes have to be able to run fast and take a big hit and also give a big hit in a tackle often for 80 minutes.
American football is a good sport though, as is rugby union, but the best= Rugby League.

Answer 3

Rugby doesnt have the stop-start nature of american football, and also the players don't need to wear ridiculous sized pads because of the idiotic tackles they make.
Also the only country in the world with majorly successful american football teams is america, whilst rugby has all the British nations, Repubic of Ireland, France, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa plus many other developing countries.
So Rugby is the more successful, and you'll probably find its because it's a generally better sport.

The point made by sam21462 only highlight the idiocy of american football:
"There is nothing at all in Rugby that comes even slightly close to the speed of head to head impact that you find in American football"

Also clearly he didnt see Colin Charvis of Wales being knocked out in a tackle against New Zealand (he didnt need to be hit head to head for this"

Answer 4

Rugby

Answer 5

Yes, apart from the obvious answer. Consider, that after the game, no matter how many teeth lost, the game of Rugby is honourable amongst the competitor. Both sides bond by having a pint, several infact, after the game. Do they do this in the States? Although, I feel that one similarity shared between the two is they both have a good family base of supporters. Not like 'real' football GB where an increasing number of supporters are out for trouble. Yes, them septics have to trance the playgrounds in padded supports and bras, not like the real lads. Suppose the US game has good entertainment value.

Answer 6

I grew up with football, playing with the neighborhood kids, it was fun. One season pf Rugby and I was hooked!

American Football takes an entire Hour to play a 15 min quarter! Whats going on the other 45 mins?? All that down time in football just makes me lose interest.
And the touch rules, for football, you can take the easy way out by running out of bounds if you can't take the hit. In rugby your loose the ball if you hit touch!

Rugby all the way!!

Answer 7

Rugby is by far the better of the two. Rugby league the better of the two codes of rugby.

American footballer players wear the padding simply because they are big soft lumps of fat who cannot take a real hit off another man. I understand its nessisery to wear some kind of padding but the amount they wear is just beyond a joke , evan the kickers and punters wear it.

And the fact that they have 3 teams in one club really rattles me off (offence,defence, and special teams)???? wtf. Is it because there players arent intelligent enough to do all 3 or 2 at least?. Or maybe the offence are 2 scared to defend?. who knows?

Answer 8

American Football: Everything else is just a recreation.

The padding? Waaaay too many people were getting killed. They didn't always wear it, you know. Actually a former President of the U.S. threatened to bane the game because of all of the deaths unless something was done, thus the current equipment. There is nothing at all in Rugby that comes even slightly close to the speed of head to head impact that you find in American football.

Answer 9

Has to be Rugby League, although there is some body protection there is no armour! League players have been known to suffer broken noses, go off and get taped up and return to the field and help their team to win (Andy Farrell you know who you are!) There is none of this broken nail rolling around the floor in agony mallarky!

Answer 10

If you check out american football they ram into each other with a lot more force. You see guys doing cartwheels over others etc. As its basically a kicking sport people will run to get the ball then jump up at it hence potentially hurting somone. With this constantly going on they need protection. Rubgy is my fav though - I feel there is more skill involved - how they can run with the ball dogde so many defenders and still score a try is brilliant!