What's the average career length for a Rugby and Australian Rules Player?

Question

I have played many years of American Football and have great respect for Rugby Players , I even had two team mates from the U.K who played College ball with me who played Rugby , they were some tough S.O.B's , I even tried to play Rugby in a league here in Southern California , and yes I can say it is tougher than American Football , my Question is what is the average career length of a Professional Rugby Player ? Best Answer 10 big ones !

Thank You .

Answer 1

AFL players tend to last longer than Rugby players due to the physical nature of rugby. Some of the best AFL players have started playing at 18-20, and have played untill they are 35. So you would say around 13-15 years would be the length of a career for a good, relatively injury free player.

But some players do sustain major injuries to knees, shoulders, calfs and hamstrings, which can shorten there career by a lot. I would say some players don't make it big until there 24, but they will then play until they are 34-35.

If I could take a stab I would say average career length for an AFL player would be 8-10 years, but if they have injuries, and/or lose form it could only be 4-5 years.

As for rugby, I'm from SA so don't follow it.

Answer 2

Average Football Career Length

Answer 3

NFL - The Stop-Start Nature bores me. Why they wear padding is a complete mystery to me, it would be a whole lot better imo if they removed it all. Rugby - Also bores me to an extent. League is much, much better. League is more skilled, the players are fitter and the game makes sense. Hard hits, awesome skill (Inglis's set up in the Centenary Test is an example of this. Aussie Rules - As a League fan, I can't say much about it. But some of the goals they pull out are quiet good. Soccer - Most skilled, yet I get annoyed at after 90 minutes it's 0-0. When it's an end to end game it's pretty good to watch.

Answer 4

5 years

Answer 5

10 years