British Husband Shows American Wife | Rugby's Hardest Hits **REACTION**

[@sidarist]

Rugby is one of many reasons why the British are who they are. Every lad at some point has had to play Rugby on a semi frozen field first thing on a Monday morning for PE. Its like a right of passage.

[@GSD-hd1yh]

Many's the time I remember playing on rock hard frozen pitches in the middle of winter. One particular game, we played during a snow storm. After the last scrum the final whistle blew and we all trooped off the pitch. It was only after we got to the changing room that we realised someone was missing. As the last scrum broke up our hooker fell face down and couldn't move his arms due to the cold. We found him covered in an inch of snow and carried him to the bath as he was, dumping him in the hot water fully kitted out, boots and all.

[@geetee1539]

I only remember playing on frozen fields, or mud swamped. I don’t think I ever played in the summer.

[@GSD-hd1yh]

@@geetee1539 Worst mud I ever played in was more than ankle deep at Haigh in Wigan in January. When you were tackled it covered half your jersey, after 20 minutes you couldn't tell who was who. Everyone on the pitch was glad of the final whistle.

[@tylerhorne7631]

Sunday morning in snow and rain it hurts when u get in the shower after

[@huughjanus7680]

Except for the soft lads playing soccer 😂😂

[@Howling-Mad-Murdock]

One year (when I was 17) my parents had a au-pair from Hungary live with us for a year, the deal was she got free lodgings and food and to improve her English in return for picking my little brother up from school and doing the ironing. Her first comments on seeing a game of rugby on tv were “this is game from the jungle” and “there are no rules, right?”. She thought it was the craziest thing she’d ever seen. 😂

[@crashgorilla]

I picked the game up in the military absolutely loved it! Played for 12 years miss it got the aches and pains but would do it all over again!

[@philippugh2133]

The way rugby started was from the original type of football played at Rugby school. All the different posh schools had different rules of "Football", with the Cambridge rules becoming the most popular sport throughout the world (aka soccer for the americans).

[@allthebanter9316]

Rugby started with a misunderstanding of the rules of rugby football, hence why despite scoring the goal wasn’t allowed, and the headmaster decreed “it isn’t a goal, but it was a good try”, which is where we get the try from

[@bandycoot1896]

Best team game in the world, bar none. I'm 67, arthritis in both knees and hips and a vertebra out of place slightly, trapping a nerve. And I'd do it all again.

[@logansiaosi5429]

Hahaa body on the line. The only way a rugby player retires is with some sort of reoccurring injury 😂😂

[@lewiskirby9036]

It's just not, though 🤣

[@terrym3837]

Played for 30 years and left with many memories and arthritis in the shoulders. Knackered knees that need replacing and if I could still play I would sadly the years are slowing me down

[@logansiaosi5429]

@@terrym3837 bro I’ve been playing 15 yrs and im only 23, playing prop/8 and im already feeling the effects hahaha

[@terrym3837]

@@logansiaosi5429 Great stuff bro your feeling the effects but you love it and won’t stop it’s a great game

[@joelwagg8314]

Rugby can be brutal, but it would be great if you found a video of the best tries or skills since there is so much more to it than people hitting other people (as you obviously know, having played).

[@owen8440]

Yeh but as a forward the hits are the best part of a game easy. It’s what makes rugby different from other sports

[@CheesusTheRatJesus]

Yeah but people who play rugby we love rucking to get in there no fear get that ball and push it's what makes the game rugby also the tackles are skilled tackles it's not just men running into each other over and over and knocking each other senseless you don't tackle above the shoulders no arms around the neck etc there is alot to it but yeah I do agree when the Americans laugh at us and say what they think real football is but they wear all that protection and stop the game after a tackle 😂 I'm sorry but it seems like Americans are scared of everything like getting hurt and fighting I don't get it you are like little baby's

[@bhurzumii4315]

I played for my Regimental team, 2nd row (shaved ape - big, sweaty, angry bastard) and was either training for the next match, playing the next match or recovering from the last match. Great fun, awesome for building team spirit (critical in the Army) and a brilliant way to let off some steam. Oh, and the post-match piss ups were epic!

[@devonbritton337]

Love the reaction!! I'm a huge rugby fan and I watch my teams religiously whenever they play...but I would never let my son play the game. You guys mentioned brain damage in rugby. There's a huge number of CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) cases in rugby players. Sadly the disease is only diagnosable after the patient has died due to the in-depth examination of the brain that's required. There's a very sad story about Stephen Thompson who won the Rugby World Cup with England in 2003. He doesn't remember winning the tournament and struggles to remember his children's names some days. He's only 44 years old and has severe early onset dementia from repeated head trauma in rugby.

[@whattiler5102]

You should let your son play. They are very protective of young players these days. There are strict rules of progression for any RFU clubs before they reach the age where they are allowed full tackling and full-on scrummaging. It is still a fantastic social game where friends are made for life!

[@valerianschneider5084]

like the interaction between you guys. as a german in south africa in the 1980s i was very sporty and fit. my last 2 years were in a south african school and i went to rugby for a while. the training always brought me to my limits. you train that way you automaticaly get tougher over time, what hurts at the start you wont even notice later on. some hits though....brutal. i liked the training, not so much playing. never got the egg (ball) handling working.

[@kShaw3369]

One thing many people who don't watch rugby don't know is there are 2 main different types of rugby. Rugby Union and rugby league, both of which are pleayed in different ways. One of the differences being the number of players (league fields 13 players a side, Union 15) I'm personally not the biggest fan of union but love rugby league. And things like this are what everyone knows and sees about this sport but there is also so much skill needed to play rugby, not just to run as hard as you can (depending on your position you play) The ball handling you need to make a clean pass and catch the ball as well as not loosing it when you get smashed, knowing when to pass the ball and when to just take the tackle. And if you don't know how to safely tackle someone one of you are going to get hurt. This is one of the greatest sports in the world in my opinion. Non stop action, players completely devoted to what they do and who live for the sport.

[@loneranger668]

Here in America, we called that sandlot football when we were young kids. If we could find a vacant lot, we would use it as our football field and played without pads. If no lots were available, we would play in our neighborhood streets.

[@matthewcullen1298]

I'm not sure if you knew but American football evolved from rugby

[@marcusrockliffe2440]

Here is a scary fact for you the AVERAGE tackle average is like a 40mph head on head car crash like those big hits are near 70mph

[@NeilAndrews-f2w]

I played football most of my childhood loved the game,l would rather watch rugby now anyday,wish l played it when I was younger...

[@vengeancethedemon]

FIRST DAY OF RUGBY FOR SCHOOL....I WAS HOOKER NO2 AND STRAIGHT AWAY GOT BANNED FOR BREAKING THE SCHOOL BULLIES NOSE WITH MY KNEE.

[@eoincaomhanach1983]

With regards tackling in rugby, you can not take the player out in the air, you can not hit neck and head (or the testicles) and you can not land the player on their neck or head.

[@fiktang]

Back in School in NZ we used to play rugby on the concrete when thecare taker was mowing the grass...We used to stick wet toilet paper on our sores and leave it to dry...

[@S1lentSniper]

in scotland we have a field as to not break bones but if you're the all Black's home country i guess tis but a scratch

[@patrickdevine1085]

studies have shown that there are significantly lower head and brain related injuries in rugby, one because of the way rugby players are taught to tackle and as hard as the tackles are the object of the tackle is not to stop the player but to impede the movement of the ball with the intent to poach or turnover the ball.

[@paulabbott5855]

The lad was from rugby university and his name was Webb Ellis and that is why the Rugby Union World Cup is called the Webb Ellis Cup

[@zombies8324]

the real rugby is when french team playing dude

[@rawschri]

Some many of these tackles are illegal now ... There are many great things about this game for young people, getting rid of aggression, the respect for the referee and your opponents, very little play acting, discipline, working as a team, learning to win/lose and a great social scene. In 2018, our local Club organised a reunion for the u19 XV from 1983., 33 turned up with wives, some came back to the UK from France, Italy & Sweden and wonderful time was had. At least two of the men told my wife that playing the game stopped them from going down another road, drugs, gangs etc ... they've gone on to be very successful in life. My oldest & best friends are all from my Rugby days, at 59, I've had 2 new hips, 2 knee operations, broke my nose twice and 59 stitches .... I wouldn't change a minute of it.

[@oolookiehere]

When you said about there being more brain damage later on in life @ 9:20, you were spot on. There has been a massive increase in awareness of that in recent years. It's very similar to the NFL's concussion issue. There is an ex-England International World Cup Winner from 2003 called Steve Thompson, who has recently said he has no memory at all of winning the world cup. He's got an early onset of dementia at ~43 years old. It's going to be a bigger problem going forward with advancements in detecting and diagnosing issues like this.

[@mrdilgames6546]

I thought they were somehow less prone to it vs the Amercians too, as they wear padding they often hit each other at higher speeds and do more damage thinking the pads will protect them, it's in the mindset. So whilst the English players look like they are taking the hits harder and could cause more damage, they are subconsciously more likely to protect themselves when it comes to tackling one another. Tackle height and where the padding is worn played into too. So whilst Rugby players get injured more by almost 3-4 times the amount, I think it worked out that football players had risk of more severe injuries.

[@neilperry2224]

It's called CEL in American football, it was discovered by an African doctor who did autopsies on a few American football players who died early due to injuries.

[@alganhar1]

@@mrdilgames6546 How about no? They hit just as hard as American football players, without the padding. And no they do not protect themselves as you suggest. What they are trained to do is hit low as much as possible. As a kid we literally had a tackle dummy to hit, hit it low, hit the hips or below with your shoulder. That is the ideal tackle... But you often do not get the ideal tackle. And Rugby is played by more than just the English, I am Welsh, but even I will admit the best Rugby team in the world are the New Zealand All Blacks. They have been the dominant force in Rugby for a Century.....

[@kurtsudheim825]

Ya, the issue is since the game turned pro, now everyone's as big as Jonah lomu, rather than that being the outlier. That Welsh player just died, it's becoming more of an issue that wc pros are speaking about, so hopefully they get safer & we still have the great game

[@kurtsudheim825]

@@mrdilgames6546 is about how you tackle, so yes, union is safer in that regard because of the technique whereas as us game, is hit the guy how you like, & since you're allowed to take a guy out without the ball, it's more often unexpected. The big issue with us is how they use their heads to tackle, whereas union at least tries to protect the head

[@johnwilson5743]

Re Rugby Union and American Football. What most Americans don't know is that American Football originated from Rugby Union. Rugby was played in all the top Universities in the UK and the USA Ivy league Universities also introduced it as many were based on UK and European Universities. Rugby in the US gained a huge following at the Ivy Leagues with crowds of 50,000 watching in the late 1800's. The USA were very good at it and even won two consecutive Gold Medals at the Olympics in Rugby Union in the 1920's, before Rugby was dropped as a sport from the Games. However, sports sponsors in USA wanted to take Rugby professional but the World Governing Body (based in England) were staunchly Amateur and refused, so the US sports saw an opportunity and decided to design their own game, loosely based on Rugby. It was called Gridiron and many of the terms used in Rugby were copied. eg In Rugby to score a Try you had to "touch down" the Ball. In US, it became a Touch down. The US now developed professional Leagues outside the Universities. They also re-designed the Ball to suit being thrown rather than kicked. Weird, because their game changed its name to American Football when it is seldom kicked as part of the flow of the game. Totally ignoring the already developed, world-wide game of Football (Association Football) that Americans later called Soccer. (From Association) Then the entire game was adjusted to fit the Coaching and Sponsors requirements, rather than the players. In the UK other groups also tried to take Rugby Union professional but the Union resisted so a break-away group became known as Rugby League. They also changed many of the rules, number of players etc and players could get paid. Rugby Union stayed (officially) as Amateur until the 1980's although many Country's were getting around payments to players. Cheers.

[@daviddunn6779]

Brillant explanation, thank you

[@SuperTyrannical1]

I used to play rugby at school for the team too, and it's important to remember it can be a dirty sport too. I went to a pretty rough school and played some away games at some rough schools too. So when you're in that scrum and people on the outside can't see into the middle of it all you may get a few uppercuts from apposing teams. I was second row because I'm tall as well. Also if you're on the ground like he said people will stamp on you for shits n' giggles. Also should teach her about British bulldogs. I think they stopped it now at schools, but that was a classic game.

[@DB013]

We have to do rugby in my school for like pe and shit but like they give people who never play it to go against each other but like if you used to play rugby you could just go and wreck the people who don’t and the teacher just sits there watching people he knows has played for actual teams full blown dump tackle someone

[@jeeweewee]

Man I've just stumbled upon this channel but watched like 10 videos in a row, cool channel! She seems so intelligent and nice!

[@robtralou]

Rugby is much older than football, going back to the Romans, over 2,000 years ago. Back then the game was called harpastum, meaning “seize” in Greek. During England's Tudor era of royalty, the game was considered a “devilish pastime” and forbidden due to fatalities and injuries, obviously, the game has changed since then, the modern game of rugby rules was created by William Webb Ellis back in 1823. Great video keep up the good work 👍

[@kurtsudheim825]

Yes, that's why it's not called the origin of the sport, its changed so much. Same as to who soccer isn't considered Chinese, but English, because the game evolved over 1000 years. Though the English to just like to claim everything as their own, just ask any Scotsman

[@Neion8]

@@kurtsudheim825 Tbf though the Scots also like to claim everything - just look at the entire Stuart dynasty.

[@S1lentSniper]

@@kurtsudheim825 your damn fucking right rugby is scottish, even though its named after the english town rugby (real place)

[@censedsumo7273]

nah i play a fair bit i’ve had concussions and the lot but the best part is taking and making the tackles

[@tridentuk6885]

I hear you on the young adults rugby. Having to wake up on a Saturday in the winter to have people wreck ya and stamp on you! Ended up playing for Ireland and Scotland while trying not to, and hated it (we're a big rugby crowd). My mate had a school ski trip booked the next week that cost his parents a fortune, and I suggested he take it easy (in a serious 5 Nations Schools semi) and he subsequently got his leg broken. I got revenge and knocked the guy who did it out and was sent off. Still won. Don't argue with a pissed off No.8. I took the easy way out and joined the Paras :D

[@irishwristwatch2487]

"Having to wake up on a cold Saturday to get stomped on" seems like an average morning after a Friday night with the paras! You lot were absolute loons! From a former Mick Guard

[@tridentuk6885]

@@irishwristwatch2487 G'wan the Micks! :) FAB & UP mate. "You lot were absolute loons!" as much as I'd love to include it, I tend to try and keep that off my CV in NI :D

[@callumclarke9384]

A fellow Lock here and hell yeah

[@davidgjenkins]

You have to show her some of the highlights from the 2022 Women's World Cup of Rugby. Those women are awesome!

[@YTWorldTraveler]

They don't suffer so many injuries because Rugby players are solid, incredibly fit athletes. Sonny Bill Williams was a specimen.

[@mattgraham1983]

Sonny Bill is a show pony... Ritchie McCor is where it's at

[@callumclarke9384]

@@mattgraham1983 Lomu

[@fallenwelsh]

@@callumclarke9384 deffo

[@guntherbottcher]

Eben Etzebeth is solid ask the Australians 😉

[@beachamj]

I dunno if it has already been commented already etc, but if you're doing the rugby thing, you should do a reaction of both the all blacks Haka, and/or Jonah Lomu highlights. Both kiwi things and I'm Australian so you know it pains me to suggest them but they are absolute must watch.

[@philipharrison1701]

I remember watching Jonah Lomu, early 90's. That was one BII-IIG!!! unit but apparently the nicest guy you could meet...not that that helped the English players who just bounced off him, or were hanging off him as he thundered down the touchline.

[@ant16rst]

My rugby days were some of my most fondly remembered and hardly any serious injuries! First game of football at a higher level and I broke my leg in 4 places!

[@halloween8160]

I'm from Warwick UK, My wife is from Rugby UK (where the game was invented. The game is named after the town) and yes william webb ellis picked up the football and ran with it. we are a little way down the line from that but it was essentially the birth of rugby. Both of us being so close to the birthplace naturally it's a pretty popular sport, our girls play it and my son plays it, all under 10 all full contact. no pads, no helmets. i guess we are just built differently from these parts

[@kingspeechless1607]

Named from the school specifically.

[@ianhogben3472]

why on earth would you wear helmets

[@LeoXcs7]

Scrum caps at least

[@connor.2.1]

Im a rugby lad, it’s a tough sport but much much more entertaining than football! 2 40 minute halves of GBH with a beer afterwards 😂 and we’re much bigger than average guys, 6ft 2 and 118kg

[@antoniom.andersen6704]

Great vid, I love rugby and have tried playing it myself and had a blast. Do hurling vs. lacrosse, that'd be great.

[@deeeeeeeench1209]

The interesting thing is the NFL have started to adopt rugby teachings of tackling in rugby as early as I can remember we're taught to tackle from the chest down this helps reduces concussion but it still happens and definitely taught not to forearm people or shoulder bump as many of these big hits are technically illegal tackles not all but many.

[@tonyrata4796]

It's good to see someone watching a compilation of fair tackling ( mostly ! ) Usually people react to videos of foul , dirty play , not good hard tackling . Well done , enjoyed the reaction . Watch something that shows the skills of the game , there is so much more than just the brutality . By the way , the All Blacks are the most successful team in sporting history . Any sport . You're right about the origin of the game , it even takes it's name from the school where it happened . Cheers !

[@kurtsudheim825]

Ya, there was a late tackle or two, that one in the air, & most notably the shoulder charge @7 min

[@tonyrata4796]

@@kurtsudheim825 They say that rugby is an intelligent game played by thugs . Wouldn't be the same without a little skullduggery ! But you're right on both infringements .

[@cooper5897]

I played for 14 years and had to stop at 17 because of injury I tore my kidney, punctured lung broken ribs, collarbone, fingers, nose, leg, split open head and my only regret is that I stopped playing it’s the best sport ever, I played rugby league but played for the men’s team at 16 which shall we say was very fun and painful at the same time 😂

[@satanicflau]

I was out for 10 years due to a spinal fracture. Back when dunp tackles were allowed. I am now a team whore ill out anyone's shirt on for a game haha. I played union

[@nickgrazier3373]

Don’t forget Rugby Union is played almost all around the world. This year I’ve noticed more countries have entered the real World Cup knockouts.

[@Dom2D2]

6:26 lil pansy boy is crayzee😭🤣

[@TrimTrimmer]

I spent 5 years playing mini rugby for Bath (on the wing) and they get rid of about 25 kids every year if you’re not good enough, I survived 5 years until I quit and then I went to senior school and they never picked me once until the final year when I refused to play, but they didn’t pick me because they didn’t realise I was good. I played football, rugby and cricket for the best teams in Bath and nobody realised until my 3rd year of senior school (year 9) when I suddenly got picked for the school first team in cricket and football and picked for the rugby team. My teachers never noticed me until they asked people in my year if anyone was any good and almost everyone said my name and the sports teachers didn’t even know who I was 😂 won player of year for the cricket team and the football team the following year 😂 my teachers were earning their salary And the guy that picked the ball up (Webb Ellis his name, the rugby World Cup trophy is named after him) and ran with it he didn’t pick it up because he was rubbish he picked up because there were no rules unifying the game, some schools picked it up and some kicked it and a school that kicked it played a school that picked it. When football was first created the first half was played under football rules and the second half under rugby rules.

[@trevornelmes9331]

So many of those contacts were red or yellow cards. But some were full on and OK. I really enjoyed playing rugby when I was young. They used to bounce off me, I used to smash them in tackles. Yep, that guy was me. Human version of a fast tank you did not want to get in the way of. I actually had some kids run the opposite way, ball still in hand. Plough over for a try with 3 or 4 still hanging off me trying to bring me down? Yep. I scored almost every match, often 3 or more tries. When I stan next to one of these guys? They make me look like a dwarf. These guys are huge.

[@cyberdan42]

This is a mix of Rugby Union (mostly) and Rugby League. There is increasing recognition of CTE in current and former players; however, the incident does not appear as high as in the NFL, ironically likely because of the helmets. If you watch those tackles, most of the time, it is shoulder, and the head is to the side, the head clashes are not intentional. In the NFL, the helmets and pads allow defenders to hurl themselves into hits that a rugby player would never contemplate. Also, the helmets provide some protection, but the impact still does some damage every time, and the helmets help reduce that to a level where it is tolerated, so over an extended time, you get an accumulation of partially protected impacts that do more longer-term damage. This is why evidence exists that boxing gloves, while they reduced the immediate risk of fatal damage and decreased the bloodiness of the sport, actually increased the long-term brain damage risks, boxers could get hit more often and harder (the gloves protect the hands), and those repeated blows accumulate.

[@bongodrumzz]

For those who fancy a bit more information about Rugby, please watch Pacific Warriors, a documentary about islanders and how they perform on the world stage. Oh and how a sense of humour is paramount to playing this amazing game.

[@niallmclaughlin7027]

Should do Rugby league hits as well

[@kevinridley8883]

Lots of dementia & MMD at the moment RIP Doddie Weir . I played at school & for local club Blyth loved it. Forward loose head prop, strange how teachers leave a mark, mine was Mr Wallace , he said i was a forward because unlike the backs we didn't have the brains to run round people we run over them lol . Shall we say he did regret that remark when it came to the teachers v students end of year game :) No tackles when player in the air nower days & if your tackle is high & looses his/her feet it is your responsibility to bring them down safely.

[@hammygaming8790]

As someone who has played both Rugby and American football, the sports are very different. But doesn't matter if you're wearing pads/helmet both sports hurt just as much when you get hit.

[@jordandav100]

I must admit I’m English and I love watching American football 😅 the four chances to get 10 yards and the turnover if they don’t manage it etc just makes it so tense and strategic every play for me! Almost like a game of chess but you’re right it does lose its ‘wow factor’ with the stoppages and swapping of teams etc, I also was made to play rugby as a teen and I LOVED tackling other people (I was an avid “Soccer” goalkeeper so wiping people out was my hobby!) but hated being tackled myself 😂 I know nothing about it and don’t particularly enjoy watching it, football (soccer) has and always will be my sport, nothing comes close for me but I think sometimes the slowness and strategic-ness of NFL actually makes it more interesting than rugby, Everyone’s different but I love seeing different people discover and react to different sports 🙌🏻

[@emobx02]

I'm a fan of both football (soccer) and American football, and I agree with you. When I see fans of either sport complain about the other, it's clear they just haven't actually tried to understand the other sport or just don't want to. They're both great in different ways, and yes, the chess-like strategy in AF is my favorite part too. On the other hand, they both have downfalls. Oh well, I say anyone that doesn't give either sport a fair chance is just missing out.

[@jordandav100]

@@emobx02 Agreed!

[@davidedbrooke9324]

Well said I watch many sports American football is interesting as you say! Love rugby esp 6 nations!

[@howardchambers9679]

You mean like rugby league?

[@davidedbrooke9324]

@@howardchambers9679 No, rugby union, 15 players each side. League however is also good but mainly up north.

[@olivermarshall2991]

as a smaller guy who plays full back and wing i personally find it easier to tackle the bigger guys simply because theyre less likely to have good footwork also i think it would be cool if you reacted to some of the smaller players but with better footwork such as cheslin kolbe.

[@tanks4lyfe509]

Most of the time the big guys destroy smaller people ik my mates are massive and just dominate since one is 6'3 at 15, and the other is 6' at 15, they are tanks and they're fckn quick. In professional rugby the big guys are stronger and more powerful in the end, however some small players can be quite good.

[@olivermarshall2991]

@@tanks4lyfe509 whilst this is definitely true i know as long as i set myself and get low ill stand a reasonable chance of at least slowing them down and even if they do plough through me at least its definitely not as embarasing as being stepped

[@tanks4lyfe509]

@@olivermarshall2991 yes very true

[@alganhar1]

@@tanks4lyfe509 The smaller guys tend to be play makers though. Rugby is not just about the size, a good Fly Half is not a big guy. Hell most of the backs are not big guys. These days you have monstrous wings like Jonah Lomu (RIP) or George North, but you still need those quick guys in the back. A Fly Half is probably not going to be big, they need to be quick light, and aware.

[@danny84gee]

@@tanks4lyfe509 in my early to mid 20’s when I was at my peak before I tore my knee to shreds I played 6&7 my job roll was basically annihilate anybody with the ball I’m 5’9” and would happily take on 6’ by 4’ wide lads all day long, probably why my back, knee and shoulder are F**ked now mind. I loved the game though and would go back and do it all again, only regret was that I never got into it earlier

[@hopehops2913]

See that's why in rugby you can't be tough but dumb. If a big guy or girl is running at you at full speed you should be smart enough to either tackle with one Two other people or use their momentum to fling them to the ground and jump on them to keep them down.

[@davewalker9608]

Several comments I gotta make. (Played from mid 60's to mid 80's) 1 - Look up the Women's Rugby World Cup played a month ago shows how the ladies play the game 2 - William Webb Ellis codified the game at Rugby School, have a squiz at the 1940 film Tom Brown's School Days to see how the game started. 3 - If you fancy checking out how the game was played before the civilized games you watched here, please check out some of the videos on a youtube channel called "The Cultured Kiwi" 4 - The shower after the game where you found out where all the sprig marks had been added :D

[@paulj7736]

Agreed about the women's game. Should be noted for Akasha. The US women won the first world cup back in 91 and .are consistently in the top 10 in the world.

[@alistairevans1428]

Half of those tackles were more like shoulder barges and I'm surprised they didn't at least get penalties against them 😆 I miss the game so much!

[@asdssaafdasd9625]

those ones are mainly from the NRL when it used to be legal to shoulder barge

[@ytmtlgamse0192]

i love playing rugby when i did it in pe i was one who alredy played in i have played it for 10 yrs now and i still love it

[@chrisholland7367]

Rugby was invented in 1823 at the English school of Rugby by William Webb Ellis. It is played at club and international level. South Africa 🇿🇦 are currently world champions. I'm a big Rugby fan hated football and still do .😂 It is an extremely tough full contact sport.Despite the 'violence' there are strict rules in place.Certain parts of the body you are not allowed to tackle high tackles or around the neck are strictly outlawed. Players are often sinned binned for infractions, usually for 10 minutes or in the case of serious infringements a player could be sent off for the entire game, leaving their team a player down.

[@davidsewellclarke4997]

It was invented at a School in Rugby hence the name, the game was started by William Webb Ellis who ran with the ball rather than kicking the ball. He was born in 1806 died in 1872 He was Born in Lancashire.

[@alertedcoyote7892]

I'm surprised most of these weren't poor old Sexton getting fuckin clobbered lmao. The fact he's still able to walk nvm play rugby is crazy

[@davecoleman2417]

Created by William Webb Ellis at Rugby school. Apparently while bored when playing in a soccer match, he picked up the ball and ran with it, thus creating a new game.

[@tomwilliams-parry2796]

American football has a bigger concussion and cte % but rugby has a bigger overall injury %

[@Dynasty2812]

BEST SPORT EVER

[@nesk2011]

fuck, the way he laughs after every big impact is killing me!!!

[@2-me698]

The thing for Births who said they plaid in snow, I respect the cold of snow but it removes much of the momentum and power of a tackle come to South Africa where a guy tackles you with all the momentum of a grippy patch of grass where you feel his full force and anger.

[@jash1281]

On the subject of brain damages, quite a few ex international players have recently filed suits against federations and clubs for lack of prevention/proper care of concussions. They're faced with early dementia and other brain related issues. So yeah that's a hot topic. For amateur players it will mostly be muscles, bones and joints lasting damages.

[@markwakefield8533]

Rugby apparently started by William Webb Ellis who picked the ball and ran with it when he was a student at a school in Rugby

[@JakesEntertainment-en5vx]

south africa is the most feared team in the world at the moment there is a video about it would love your reaction

[@hellowaves]

Bokke all rfe way.

[@GSD-hd1yh]

NFL - a touchdown is when the ball carrier crosses the goal line. Rugby - you must touch the ball down on the ground. NFL - football, a game played with the ball in your hands. UK Football - a game played with your feet and a ball.

[@tuttobicci]

Taking a 'hit' was one of the most enjoyable aspects of playing rugby.

[@sandgroper1970]

Played a bit in Highschool, but I have watched some of the professional games Super Rugby, and with really hard hits, tackles, you can hear the smack of the bodies as they slam together..

[@robertmickey442]

Clips from the State of Origin, which is THE rugby league, keep getting into these best rugby whatever videos. QUEENSLANDER

[@BenBallard-hp8sk]

American Handegg - points are scored by the ball moving forward. Rugby - points are scored by the ball moving backwards.

[@johanmeischke9189]

William web Ellis a student at rugby school England is widely credited as the first person to pick up the ball ( a soccer ball) and run. That's why the rugby world cup trophy is named after him

[@djgrant8761]

Rugby Union is also known as “The Running Game”. Rugby Union is the game they play in Heaven. The closest football game we have in Australia to American Gridiron is Rugby League.

[@CryogenicFire]

It tickles me to bits watching these videos as the game is so much cleaner and safer these days (when compared to games I watched with my gran in the 70's and 80's)

[@pauldurkee4764]

The legendary lions coach Carwyn James was coaching in Italy, and was lucky enough to meet the pope, the pope said to him 'They tell me its a violent game Mr James' , to which he replied, 'not if its played properly your holiness'.

[@eifionwynwilliams-iffy1288]

Rugby came from an ancient and truly brutal form of football in which death was not uncommon. In the early days some of the many participants were even armed. A special law was passed so that you couldn't be charged with murder if the death happened in a football match. Soccer is now the beautiful, no-contact game but rugby doesn't look as if it's evolved much at all...😅

[@TheDevilWAH]

One thing is rugby is I recall how you tackle is more controlled than American football. So while yes hits are full force, you have to use a flat hand to push someone away, and tackles have to be below the waist (in general without getting in to specifices). From what i remember you can push away with a flat hand, or you can attempt a legal tackle. you can't simply barge into someone. And i think this differs from american football where barging and blocking are common tatatics. So the two sports are very different, rugby the contact is much more controlled and precise i would say. While american football is more brutal head on stuff. Coming from playing rugby i alway think American footballer are judge a bit harshley no sane top rugby player would get on the pitch without padding if playing american football rules. And i am sure most American football players would be happy to strip of there padding for a game of rugby.

[@xeno9671]

This is a great video, would watch more.

[@YTWorldTraveler]

AF also stops whenever the ball lands on the ground. The rules and setup of AF were invented to make Rugby safer.

[@juandupreez1985]

There is tons of brain damage for players bruv.. Trust me, have four mates that play provincial and two play for Springboks...

[@B1ngBang]

I still have my concussion letter from my Year 9 Rugby as a forward, still proud.

[@Irishgaul1014]

And remember ladies and gentlemen in rugby we wear almost zero protection except for gum shields

[@mentalasylumescapee6389]

i used to play rugby when i was young too, although later in my life i found basketball was where my heart was and i grew to 6"2 so it was easy. anyway going back to rugby i was a winger too, back then i was small but fast and wild lol in my first game ever for my club i didn't even know the rules or which direction i was meant to be running -i scored 3 tries and got player of the match...then playing against harder clubs with kids pretty much born into the game i got my ass totally whooped, white kids twice as fast as me and maori kids naturally built like tanks -coming from New Zealand ❤ for the video.

[@TDMFAN]

Football used to be a 'mob' sport, where villages would face eachother with the goal of moving an object to a 'goal' with no real rules. English public schools then began forming their own rulesets to make it a team sport and when they played eachother, the game would have two halves with the first being in one school's rules and the second in the other's. People had been kicking and carrying the object since time immemorial, so it is likely a bit of a myth that Webb Ellis was the first to do this and there were even common rules in his time permitting players to pick up the ball to run backwards or kick it - however he was likely the first to run forward while carrying the ball when the common rules at the time forbid it. Rugby Football was actually the first codified form of Football in 1845. It wasn't until 1863 that the Football Association formed with representatives of several Football clubs coming together to agree on a single ruleset and thus codified Assosication (Soccer) Football - primarily because they wanted to prevent their clubs from having to play games that included rulesets which were influenced by Rugby Football (i.e. allowed players to carry the ball forward). The Cambridge rules you mentioned actually allowed players to run forward with the ball in certain situations - so those rules were not included in the Association's code which actually caused some people to leave the FA. The original FA rules allowed a player to catch the ball and call a mark for a free kick, which existed and exists in Rugby Football to this day along with Aussie Rules Football (and potentially Gaelic Football, although I'm not familiar enough with their rules). This is why people sound redacted when they claim that Soccer is 'the only Football,' or call it football when it's just one code of Football out of several (and not even the first codified form of Football).

[@alunchurcher7060]

in my school in wales we had either rugby or rugby all year around, if the surface was to hard to take a boot we had practice sessions. I broke my collar bone yearly through being tackled hard, but they heal fast, but even in a sling there was thigs I could be doing to train.

[@stuffbyneilsmith]

I'm not a fan of rugby but I would love to see an American football team come over and play again of rugby to see how they could handle no pads etc. Also do a search for Football: A Brief History by Alfie Allen, gives massive amount of information on the origins of football and also a bit on rugby

[@shauntiatoa4862]

They should try play Rugby league not Rugby Union 🤣🤣🤣

[@DK-cy5mt]

@@shauntiatoa4862 yeah, that's as stop start and as boring as NFL

[@Corky341]

During the 90's I played in a Rugby Union team and on a couple of occasions we played American Football teams. Both at rugby and American football. They weren't too bad at rugby to be fair, but we were absolutely rubbish at their version of 'football'. :-)

[@shauntiatoa4862]

@@DK-cy5mt Rugby Union is just as boring when they start kicking the ball down the field because they dont know what to do 🤣🤣🤣

[@shauntiatoa4862]

@@Corky341 America's a better good at rugby 7s they aren't that good at the 15 a side

[@billlansdell7225]

You should watch the Atherstone Ball Game and/or Royal Shrovetide Football. These are examples of traditional ball games which football and rugby come from.

[@steveforster9764]

My Canadian wife CFL (Canadian football) watched the 2007 Rugby World cup she looked at me and said this is crazy

[@kurtsudheim825]

Us football is derived from Rugby league, which is derived from Rugby Union, the most common relation with league & us is that you have to give the other team the ball after a few attemptsto score, whereas Union you can keep yhe ball as long as you can. They're are also rules to tackling, you can't just take a guy out, bot taking someone out in the air, late tackles as you can only get the guy with the ball not just anyone, & you have to use your arms to wrap around, so you can't just use your body as a weight, ie shoulder charge, which that one @7:04 is, etc you get penalised for those.

[@TheSportsBoffin]

Just want to say thanks for subscribing to my channel guys. Also you should check out any videos on NRL hardest hits.....you will both be seriously shocked with how much more brutal Rugby League is compared to Rugby Union.

[@davidsilence3463]

Have you seen videos of the Haka, Sipi Tau etc.? The cultural challenges before rugby union matches can really get the adrenaline flowing!

[@kingspeechless1607]

What "...they say" about the origins is somewhat off. There were simply different types of 'football' (but not 'soccer'). The version at Rugby school involved being able to pick the ball up, or catch it, in order to kick the ball forward for the rest of the team to chase. It is said that on one occasion in 1823 William Webb Ellis picked up the ball, saw a gap and raced forward to score; some years later it was firmly established in the Laws.

[@marcoferrantini2717]

Rugby is for everyone, not everyone is for rugby! But it is fun! What none of you mention is the party after the game, that is part of the game as well and that can be as brutal as the game itself. Am 57yo still playing Prop

[@brianOcurradhin]

I still remember the hit to my forehead that put me out of rugby for good

[@jameshancoxphoto]

Hey from New Zealand! If you enjoyed this, have a look at Rugby League hits and the faster game style. And Aussie Rules! Man I swear they spend most of the game in the air and being slammed.

[@thunderchild1083]

Before the sport split into rugby and football it was played by two opposing villages with way more players than you have in either sport now and you scored by getting the ball to that village. you could either kick or carry the ball and was it apparently really violent which lead to the sports and rules we have now in the long run

[@Yvolve]

Not sure if you're into cars, but I highly recommend watching some World Rally Championship highlights or from local rally's. Those guys are mental, flying through forests or along narrow mountain roads. There are full stages posted by the WRC (Spain is amazing, tight and twisty tarmac) but also many fan compilations. Mr. M is probably the best place to start as he compiles video's from all those channels into highlight reels.

[@paul35776]

From the name of Rugby School in Rugby, in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, where the modern game was developed in the 19th century.

[@horacehhelmsley9375]

Love the vid, thank you... from South Africa

[@mikdavies5027]

Another reason to differentiate the sports, in rugby, they only have one team, NOT three teams.(And it's non-stop play for 40 minutes each half!)

[@Wickerrman]

Yeah Rugby is a tough sport to play, really fun but even in school you get hit hard. I once got tackled while sprinting and took a forearm to the throat (a blatant foul by the guy) and had to take a minute just to make sure my breathing was ok.

[@ECOWE]

I've played full contact rugby since age of 12 it's the best game in the world, I started in the back row then moved to front row I still play 2nd xv rugby now at 60