Im thinkin that rugby may have some guys with good stamina and a little power, but when it comes to the nfl. We have to wear padding or they get killed. Faster, stronger and rugby players dont have to carry around like 30 pounds of padding. NFL owns.
2007-02-01 02:58:56 · 7 answers · asked by silent_engage 2 in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
Rugby, because they do not wear padding and its a full contact sport.
2007-02-01 03:06:36 · answer #1 · answered by baby_squirrel 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Played club rugby in college, pretty much tougher than football. Never broke a bone or been punched in the face in football, had several in rugby. NFL is still tough, those guys are fast and strong. For me, it's apples and oranges. Rugby players have to think about playing an entire game. Football players play from one down to the next, so they can unload on someone for one play and then sit for three more.
With regular stops and starts, the NFL has established a position for large guys who are out of shape -- linemen. In the NFL you have five 300+ pound guys standing in the way to protect you. This doesn't happen in rugby, everyone has to be conditioned to perform at max because everyone is required to advance the ball. Rugby definitely requires more team coordination, especially on the fly. Also, every rugby player plays both offense and defense simultaneously. Good luck getting an NFL player to do that. Rugby is essentially what the NFL would be if it had two rules (offside and no forward pass), no pads, no jumbo linemen who can't even run down the field, 40 extra yards to go to score, and 4 extra players per side. Of course, it can't make it in America because there's no time for TV comercials, same as soccer and hockey.
Scenario: you've got the rugby ball, now it's 15-on-1 smear the queer, and you're the queer. Good luck... The only Super Bowl starter this year I'd take for my rugby team is Urlacher, and he'd be a substitute until he learned the rules.
2007-02-01 03:23:55 · answer #2 · answered by littleman77y 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ever tried underwater hockey? I reckon it takes the gold medal for both mental and physically demanding. It has all the strategy and mind games of basketball and ice hockey (which are really just other forms of chess), and you need to be in top physical condition because you have to do with out the luxury of the innate physical response which comes naturally when exerting energy in most other sports: breathing ! The fact that you can not breath adds a whole new mental dimension to the equation that is only really matched by extreme sporting codes involving sever risk management like BASE jumping and motor sport. And as for the dude the mentioned sheep sharing: nice.
2016-03-28 23:46:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on who you ask. American football is much more about one-on-one teamwork and the contact that comes from fighting one person or two people only. It's individual effort within a framework.
Rugby involves scrums more. It's much more close contact with lots of people than american football is.
They're equally tough, I think, but for sheer force of individual impacts, the NFL is harder. For fighting dirty and playing mean against a lot of people who hate you, I'd say rugby is harder.
2007-02-01 03:07:37 · answer #4 · answered by Brian L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For sure NFL. Those rugby boys could not hang when you throw pads & a helmet on.
2007-02-01 03:06:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Rugby!!!
2007-02-01 03:06:39 · answer #6 · answered by jeff 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think u jus answered ur own question bt i do agree with u
2007-02-01 03:08:04 · answer #7 · answered by well thts it...... 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋