Irish People Watch Lacrosse For The First Time

[@Turtletvcom]

As a player the quote "there are more subs than bystanders", perfectly describes lacrosse. It's a great sport that doesn't get enough recognition.

[@adamrogers2760]

fax

[@BlackBunn1e]

@@adamrogers2760 facrosse

[@A1J23]

yet somehow ive never played with more than 6 subs

[@thronelacrosse]

As an Irish Lacrosse player this is hilarious.

[@MOHvsCOD]

THRONE LACROSSE What do think Joe, time to show them a little box?

[@hunterhudzik1450]

Where's the vids Joe? I'm suffering through a throne video drought

[@coleomalley5097]

Same

[@Whyeld]

THRONE LACROSSE God I love the sport! I live in a lacrosse neighborhood though! LoL

[@PsychoDaModder]

Italian lacrosse player here :)

[@ceounicom]

"My sports are better and your sports suck" - Everyone, always

[@jjhooles1874]

Lacrosse is actually the fastest growing sport in America, and like most newer activities, will take a little bit to fully take off. I've seen towns where half the town comes out for its school's games and it's a tradition. Baseball is actually in decline, and hockey and lacrosse are pretty much cousins. It is mostly people with little experience of the sport that think of it as a "pussy version of football for rich white kids that can't play baseball." It takes athleticism, thinking on the run, and strength to play well, never mind hand eye coordination. For all the Irish out there, I don't have much experience on curling, but I'm sure they are both good sports, and like most sports, should not be compared. The reason it is seen as a rich white kid's sport is because of the cost of equipment, as well as the cost of summer travel teams or lessons, which can be in the thousands. Other than that it is a sport which a lot of people enjoy, and more so every year.

[@yohi7273]

JJ Hooles Sorry to burst your bubble, but rugby is the fastest growing sport. look it up.

[@jjhooles1874]

yo hi I did look it up, and there was one link saying rugby is, two saying lacrosse is, and one say obstacle course racing is. I guess they are all fast growing, whether rugby or lacrosse is I really don't care, my point was that it is growing a lot so that's why a lot of people judge it preemptively without knowing it.

[@yohi7273]

JJ Hooles I got you man. Thanks for the clarification. I just look at the date the articles were published.

[@laxgoalie5115]

JJ Hooles wow. A well thought out, informative, and rational youtube comment. I didn't think those existed

[@Simbot36]

Yeah I mean I'm a middle class black guy and I play lacrosse

[@devinhaber9408]

lol he said lacrosse isn't a contact sport. you will realize once you play

[@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186]

Devin Haber not as much as hurling

[@TheCarolinewalsh]

@@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186 feck yes

[@Fatblue246]

@@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186 it definitely is as much as hurling lol. You can check with your stick in lacrosse as well, albeit with limitations. What you all would call “chopping” is legal in lacrosse and is actually quite important for defensive plays, and you can hit their hands as well as their stick. Beyond that though, the rules for contact are basically the same in both sports. Both are very physically demanding sports with a good amount of contact and are largely played at an amateur level. They’re really more similar than they are different

[@jaychrist4437]

​@@Fatblue246 hurling is to lacrosse what rugby is to football. Men's sport vs little boys sport 😂

[@amrcncllctble]

i played lacrosse in high school. its a pretty brutal sport. as a defense, my objective was to hit the guy really hard til he dropped the ball. the first week i started playing, i saw a kid get his femur broken from a tackle.

[@purple1345]

I used to do that too I would run into someone and give em a shoulder regardless of how tall or tough they were. A wall of muscle running at you with speed was how I took people out. Hurling is great fun.

[@shamrockrancher7673]

***** Gay sport Hurling? Ha! That's funny. You've obviously never watched Hurling. It's organized chaos with a heaping helping of violence stirred in.

[@shamrockrancher7673]

***** You must be on the British channel. There's no way you can play a sport where you're 'running for your life' and be fat. You don't see fat soccer players and they don't run half as much.

[@brandondiaz9576]

You know who's a great role model for us defensemen? Tucker Durkin, that guy is a true tank defensemen.

[@Mcnutts3]

JT Folstad thats funny i saw my buddy break a kids femur that was on defense... he just plowed right through him.. the ambulance drove onto the field to scrape up the body lol

[@sputnick243]

I really like seeing this sort of thing happen because whenever I try to explain hurling to people, I always have to compare it to lacrosse because of the sticks, so it's nice seeing that my comparison is shared by the Irish.

[@SlyRemark]

Played Lacrosse in high school once (then I moved) and it was a lot more brutal than this. We would bulldoze into each other, hack each other and all that; never left a game without bruises.

[@CuseFan100]

GR!MACE How long ago? Like football, lacrosse used to be more brutal but it's become pussified.

[@SlyRemark]

M Dev 08-09 in California and then I moved and played football where it was heavily pussified.

[@skate323k137]

GR!MACE High school tends to have more body checks because kids hold the ball longer. Once you're on a college level you learn to get rid of the ball and make a pass before you get run over.

[@KJ110813]

I played highschool lacrosse 05-08 and it was pretty brutal. The skill level was pretty high, everyone could move the ball fast, but since a lot of us also played travel hockey there would be some pretty big and devastating hits. Played middy/long pole mid and would be black and blue after the games. Not sure on the rules now but back then shoulder pads and kidney protectors were optional if I remember right. Oh and there would be the occasional asshole who brought a wood stick and use it sporadically just to break some bones.

[@AE-ll2zh]

Never have left a game without bruises and never left one without returning bruises.

[@valificus7338]

No contact? I have played lacrosse for 16 years and have broken 13 bones (9 being my right thumb) Lel

[@SebideeTW]

You should probably quit, or get better at it hahaha

[@benmurphy3106]

***** helmets aren't optional anymore and the way you describe a Hurley make hurling sound like a sport where you fight to the death. A 'Wooden Axe' it isn't shaped anything like one its more curved less sharp.

[@benmurphy3106]

Played hurling for 10 years never came across a sharp point because its not properly sharp. The part about the shins is true tho.

[@ethanspearman6683]

Lacrosse is a full contact sport

[@kentuckysmoose]

***** then you sir are a bitch

[@meabhusfromoursins1436]

No matter how much anybody tries no sport will ever beat hurling😊

[@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186]

Meabh Broderick spot on boi

[@kinghf10]

Lacrosse is quite old actually. Eastern Woodlands people (East Coast American Indians) used it as a way to settle disputes between tribes without losing lives through warfare. Traditionally it was pretty brutal because that might be the only thing standing between your tribe getting the resources it needs or starving in winter.

[@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186]

kinghf10 hurling is older than Lacrosse and was used by the Celts to gear up for war

[@Mastinae]

"I'd love it if it was full contact and they didn't respect eachother." Time to show them box lacrosse!

[@chaytonthompson1860]

lacrosse is a deceiving sport. it looks super easy but it takes a lot of skill

[@AE-ll2zh]

Exactly right

[@TheCarolinewalsh]

Have you even played hurley

[@oceanranger3819]

@@TheCarolinewalsh you mean hurling? yeah. it's similar

[@henryphilippeaux3566]

Doesn't even look easy to me

[@nicktant1756]

Fastest game on two feet!!

[@brieannabernier399]

plus, this sport is not played by only rich people, its played by people with heart and devotion who love the sport, you people in this video are so stereotypical. plus you wouldnt believe half the things these college kids do to play this good

[@seancarroll5966]

hey look it's the crooked arrows kid again

[@blacktimhoward4322]

As a black american who grew up with a bunch of rich white friends, I will respectfully agree that _most_ lacrosse players are quite affluent.

[@ishka8835]

"A good hurling player would actually dominate this game" hahaha gold

[@alex7086]

They shouldve showed them notre dame. Cause. Fighting irish.

[@bradleybiggle7481]

Having played lacrosse for most of my life I must say we need to get these guys to play some lacrosse so they understand that A) The ball can be knocked out of your stick VERY EASILY B) You can't overplay a guy on defense because then he can pass you easily C) Lacrosse is actually a difficult game to play D) NO HURLING PLAYER WOULD DOMINATE AT LACROSSE

[@connerrad3272]

Praise

[@inisboru3181]

I think you'd find the best lacrosse player would get a rude shock amongst top hurlers. look at any All Ireland hurling final between kilkenny and Tipperary in recent years. actually most AI hurling finals.

[@voxiqvantor8661]

+Fergus Flynn soon to be Waterford this year!!

[@icyfish6923]

Bradley Biggle Amen

[@harleybobklenke4942]

Irish people watch Dating Naked

[@meatwoodflac4526]

2:25 HE KNEW THE CONNECTION BETWEEN LACROSSE AND DOUCHEY PREP KIDS IM SO HAPPY

[@gurtegbedi1172]

I didn't get why they weren't impressed with it.... Until I looked up hurling

[@Jennifer-tv3ny]

+Gurteg Bedi exactly haha!

[@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186]

Hahahaha

[@avaleacy815]

😂😂

[@12inchy12]

exactly!

[@TheCarolinewalsh]

Welcome to ireland boi

[@blakshema]

I live in Alabama, and most people here play American Football. Most people in this state haven't even seen a game of Lacrosse.

[@VeniceBellamy]

blakshema It's a Yankee sport they play up in New England.

[@JHowesitgoing123]

blakshema I thought it was played mostly out West...

[@Morrowjake]

JHowesitgoing123 East coast. It is growing out West though

[@199bane]

I live in Alabama and in my city lacrosse is booming!

[@Chuckschwartz]

Ariana Grande Florida too

[@gamestarr16]

normally i just ignore the ignorance in these vids, but some of these guys were my teammates, and it pissed me off to hear people belittling the physicality and skill it takes to play lacrosse. I really wish you guys would send them out there to play the sports

[@jcrdk4442]

Really wish you could realise that when it compares to hurling the physicality just isn't anything near the same as it is in hurling

[@bruinshockey199]

john kehoe You can't judge a sport until you've played it. I can't judge hurling, but it looks like an awesome sport, don't get the hate :( Just because you've never played lacrosse doesn't mean u should automatically think its a shit sport.

[@gamestarr16]

john kehoe The problem is you're only looking to compare a sport you love to a sport you don't understand. I would never compare the 2 because a) they are nothing alike, and b) I don't know enough about hurling to talk about it. Sure lacrosse players may not bash into each other without any padding, but acting like you don't have to be in peak physical condition, and be prepared to get whacked by a 6 foot metal pole on a daily basis is just ignorance. Let somebody break a metal or wooden pole over your arm/chest/stomach, and see if you don't gain a little respect for the sport. Not to mention the extreme amount of talent it takes to play lacrosse.

[@gamestarr16]

gamestarr16 also, the game is 100% full contact as long as you don't hit them from behind, and as long as you aren't completely malicious with your stick, or hit them in the head with it, hitting them with your stick is perfectly legal. 3 minutes of a hour long game doesn't do it justice.

[@ellasexton2388]

Just look up our sport hurling and then you will understand

[@Falcon9015]

"There's more substitutes than there are audience members" DONE xDD

[@m.horsman9642]

The skinny red-headed guy wants full contact, he would be crushed. Are those his arms or just two bits of spaghetti hanging down then.

[@MrHypnofan]

+M. Horsman He didn't say he would play it though, just watch it.

[@flemminganderson7121]

+M. Horsman hhahahah

[@nerozerohero751]

+M. Horsman Even though we play Hurley, which is full contact and pretty similar to lacrosse

[@carsoncoin]

Dead

[@JK-vp2ux]

+Nero ZeroHero . You say "we", but I'm pretty sure you don't mean that "skinny red-headed guy." What he was saying is 'don't mock a sport that you can't stand up in.' Just like all the fun you guys make of our football. People die each year playing football, but you guys never fail to mock it as being sissy.

[@connerneads756]

I live in the U.S. and I have some family that lives in Ireland and plays hurling and I was pretty good at it. The reason why was because I have been playing lacrosse for 10 years. I appreciate both sports, both fun to watch and play

[@DakotaChase1]

Seriously though people in Maryland are like "wait you don't play lacrosse and/or soccer? Why are you even here?"

[@BobPapadopoulos]

As an Irishman who lives in Virginia who had family who played lacrosse, this is pretty much how I felt watching it the first time. It was a general "wtf is going on?" moment.

[@Zephyr_Zeitgeist]

"It's like quidditch."

[@icyfish6923]

Sonya Steadman Not really

[@AllieAorta]

Lol it really is

[@juffurey]

it's easy to say "this guy who plays sport A would be really good at sport B since they are similar" but there are so many nuances that set them apart, especially at the high levels that you can't really tell.

[@soccerchamp0511]

Lacrosse is a pretty intense sport, and I think it used to be more intense before it became regulated. It was a game created by the Native Americans to prepare for warfare after all. But I understand why they weren't impressed. Hurling is like 10 times more intense. They're right, a hurling player would dominate in modern lacrosse.

[@atsenhakeniate]

+soccerchamp0511 ive watche hurling before and it doesnt seem rough, its more of a fast running sport, and im native american

[@soccerchamp0511]

It's pretty rough. Hurling players get a lot more injuries than lacrosse players, especially since they don't wear any pads.

[@atsenhakeniate]

did you ever get hit with a woodie ?. slashed on the wrist? its rough when only native vs native. not little rich white boys.

[@soccerchamp0511]

Ok, I won't argue that. As I said in my original comment, I know that it was created by Native Americans to prepare for war. So I can imagine that if you play it more like the original version it is rougher than hurling. I've never had the opportunity to see a group of Native Americans play, so I'm just going off what I have seen watching my brother play and watching college level games. I'm from Maryland and it's the state sport there.

[@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186]

Here just watch a couple of native lads from kilKenny play hurling

[@maura1667]

this is now my favorite facts video

[@MrSalOwns]

hockey next? Stanley Cup Final is here

[@MrSalOwns]

***** But im Canadian. I wanna see if they know what it is

[@Noisebox3]

All of them seem to like full contact sports, so ice hockey would probably be enjoyed. :) Also I'm an insane hockey fan so…

[@MrSalOwns]

***** Lemme be more clear i want to see them react to it so they can get a better understanding of it. It would be very entertaining as a Canadian to watch.

[@ThatDamnPandaKai]

***** I've seen ice hockey in many countries outside of the US and Canada, and they are nowhere near as violent as the NHL :p

[@HoodlumRooster]

***** why is the national hurling league in such high demand Lol

[@jjlax7]

"Wow they're fast!" yup, you damn right they are! some of the best athletes you will find, anywhere.

[@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186]

Jay J except they are not as fast or fit as hurlers

[@modern_ronins_cc]

and I'm not rich at all or native American

[@yaboiirandy8924]

Same

[@jaydadex___1278]

is this randy wikson

[@chaytonthompson1860]

+Dakota Clink im one of those things. ps im poor af

[@atsenhakeniate]

+Chayton Thompson your n8v American ?

[@Zinkx.]

I fail to see where they said anything about native americans??

[@thecrowrains]

"... .. ..there's about 5 million substitutes standing around!..." . .., .. .. ...CLASSIC review right there! I loved that!

[@Laxhoop]

Someday lacrosse will be as big as American football here in America. And it should, it's the first all American sport. The Native Americans created it.

[@sammix4504]

I'm a fan of lacrosse and I'm pretty sure that day will never come

[@Laxhoop]

And people also thought that American football would never become America's national pastime, but it might as well be at this point, since baseball isn't that important to us anymore.

[@Chubbyclam5]

I requested this a while ago! Not to say that it was my suggestion that swayed them to do this video, but exciting to see nonetheless :D

[@Adam-dm1se]

Irish People Watch Australian Rules Football.

[@kieranfitz]

Adam Curry Dude it's on tg4 every weekend.

[@JfkJames]

Everybody watches there's Auzzie rules clubs in Ireland

[@LeftHeadKick]

Adam Sure we would all know Aussie Rules from the International Rules games. Great sport though so it is.

[@stoney7145]

+Adam That wouldn't work there is even gaelic footballers going off to australia to play it so we are pretty familiar with it .Though with these videos they get people who have no interest in sport whatsoever

[@stoney7145]

+Kieran Fitzgerald used to be but haven't seen it on their in a long time

[@jameskoskidescamps2497]

This game has been played in America for hundred of years before Western settlers came here; games used to be played with up to a thousand people aside as was sometimes used as an alternative to war.

[@1412Bunny]

i like lacrosse o.o it's a sport that was invented by aboriginal canadians and so it has a long history in north america (though of course the original game was modified quite a bit by european immigrants to the americas into what's now the modern game of lacrosse) where i'm from in canada quite a few people play it and it's not considered a sport for only rich people :p love the video :) i'm not really sure why, but i love your videos of irish people reacting to stuff lol xD

[@DeltaCain13]

Bunny1412 Aboriginal Canadians? You mean the Iroquois.

[@1412Bunny]

Chase Sandlin Thanks :) I first thought of them but wasn't completely sure

[@DeltaCain13]

***** I mean that the specific group that made Lacrosse we're the Iroquois. But yeah that'll do, haha.

[@1412Bunny]

the people that originally played it, the iroquois, live on both sides of the border. the difference between being aboriginal canadian and native american is just what side of the present-day border you fall on and has like nothing to do with the traditional territories of the indigenous groups of north america. :p anyway it was on the canadian side of the border that the modern version of the game was made.

[@lucienlachance2476]

I didn't even know that people thought it was only for rich people 'till today. I'm Mohawk though, so my family plays it together in the summer.

[@andyblaszkiewicz-dibacco6632]

2:23 lol!! he gets it! didn't think that preppy east coast bro-type would be that recognizable to him hahah

[@cuselacrosse1]

I'd love to see these people actually try the sport as opposed to watching it and bashing on it...smh

[@aaronduffy7179]

Well, that's how Americans judge other sports such as football, rugby and hurling

[@bremCZ]

Dakota Morris They play the sport it is based on. The sport that has less pads and more skill.

[@lukemmurphy795]

+Brem Exactly!

[@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186]

Dakota Morris well hurling does make this look like child's play

[@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186]

Brem bang on

[@Abernier3]

Passes it to the man and...boom goes the dynamite. Haha solid reference.

[@3threethreethree3]

Mexican from Chicago that plays and loves lacrosse

[@Minato-tp9jd]

La Capone

[@Jaime16921]

Mexican in Cali

[@BillyDrakePianoMan]

To be fair, hurling makes lacrosse look as exciting as synchronized swimming.

[@adrianbigboss5685]

Fine bros will sue you

[@Pqow-v3y]

It is an AMAZING sport. I don't ever want to here graphic language like this again.

[@vance5466]

lets go maryland(my home state)

[@Addict4Gaming1724]

"He looks so American rich." Hahahaha

[@cameronlastname5751]

"more contact" lawl

[@jibbs_aim]

This. Idea. Is. Genius.

[@Spawntaneous]

Hey, women play lacrosse too! Could have thrown in some women's clips as well. :)

[@jongray6051]

+Samantha Schwemm womans lacrosse isn't nearly as tough as mens. also not nearly as entertaining

[@Spawntaneous]

+scoober doober HA! Tell that to all the bruises, cuts, fractured fingers, and the concussion I received... Women don't wear any equipment other than eye gear AND we have a shallow pocket unlike men's sticks. It takes a lot more skill to cradle and control a ball in a women's stick than it does in a men's. Just because we can't beat the shit out of each other doesn't mean we don't play tough. It's lacrosse, men's and women's is equally entertaining if you love the sport.

[@pizzapizza2225]

You cant hit each other. If womens is so intense and its so difficult try proving how easy cradling against a normal hs defense. You will lose the ball and be hurt.

[@Spawntaneous]

God forbid.... Everything men do is superior to what women do... I forgot. 🙄 Just because the rules say we can't hit each other doesn't mean we never get hit.

[@yaboiirandy8924]

They do? Hm... You learn something new eceryday

[@coreyhall6029]

Lacrosse is Americas actual first sport created by Native Americans way before there was any basketball football or baseball.

[@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186]

Corey Hall hurling is older than Lacrosse

[@deanquinn1275]

Nothing compared to Hurling

[@ivi122]

Dean Quinn hurling is boring 💤

[@N00ffense]

i love how people don't give the slightest fuck about lacrosse, not even when it's a video by this channel.

[@christianthemuslimjew1176]

"Is it on horses?" "There's no contact" (in Lacrosse) "That can't be his real name" "He looks so American rich" Is Ireland really in that much a bubble of ignorance?

[@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186]

Christian the Muslim Jew nah Americans are the most ignorant

[@Fatblue246]

@@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186 deosnt seem that way from this video.

[@JessRambo42]

Where's the guy who did the best Guinness video? I haven't seen him lately and he always had funny commentary on these reaction videos.

[@MrWillieb83]

Every one of these "Irish people watches international customs" vids is just constant- "hurling, now that's a sport" or "look at these e numbers on this candy" followed by whinging and a false sense of superiority like the sun comes out more than thirty days a year there. I lived there for 2 years, liked it fine, but christ almighty, the whinging is non goddamned stop. Irish who never have visited America are nearly unbearable in their pomposity. The crying about other American food is the most ridiculous. This from the country who gave us Supermacs, sausage rolls, chip shops, carvery lunch and the full Irish? Cop on to yourselves. The butter is good, the milk is good, the cheese is good. Your country gave us beans on toast, but we gave you the beans. Ease up a little, the dry shite act is really getting old.

[@liquidnectarine9151]

I play lacrosse and I didn't realize how much it gets shit on until now.

[@crassenti]

You show them lacrosse and you don't show them Canadian teams playing? Blasphemy

[@annab670]

Tbh no one cares about Canada if you see a country vs that country video they always compare America.

[@annab670]

+Anna B like not being a hater I love Canada and all but it's true

[@shaalis]

+Anna B It's Canada's National aboriginal game, dipshit. We allow Yanks to play it. And we laugh when they do.

[@smooooth_]

No they should have showed Native American tribes playing

[@andrews7541]

Im American and I agree with you. Canadians are brutal whenever I play them

[@okcool4532]

2:57 this guy really say lacrosse isn't full contact lmao

[@TheSpiritBeing]

That's shit! Show em Canadian Lacrosse!

[@icyfish6923]

TheSpiritBeing Lol you mean the gayest sport in the world

[@garybroderick4616]

TheSpiritBeing box lacrosse

[@SwampyGFX]

all 12 fucking people that play it

[@TheSpiritBeing]

Icy Fish You only think t's gay because you 've been thinking that the sport in this video is laccosse, and because (I assume) you're some kind of high school aged kid who thinks calling things gay makes him cool... Have fun with puberty.

[@SwampyGFX]

you do know that box lacrosse was created AFTER field lacrosse, correct?

[@Fortunezz]

Lacrosse into American opinion is the greatest game

[@castom7714]

Go Maryland best team ever

[@crkluck7006]

Yes boy

[@icyfish6923]

Castom hell nah North Carolina for life

[@lanestovall1715]

Icy Fish yassss!!!

[@Gantzz321]

Irish people who have never played a sport in their life watch Lacrosse for the first time!!! should have been the title.

[@KingInky13]

Way to show them a shitty game. Find a game with some decent hits and a game where the defense actually does their job rather than just letting the offense run right into the net.

[@SirKingHoff]

+KingInky13 show them a highlight video right, like the Maryland hidden ball, the Powells. Cant get a grasp of the full sport by watching just the first quarter of a quarterfinal game.

[@jibbs_aim]

Bruh it was just an offensive highlight reel, just look up lacrosse hits. It makes football look like some kidergarteners playing in the sand

[@lukecampbell4671]

+The Outhouse Studios that's so true

[@KingInky13]

The Outhouse Studios Doesn't change my statement at all. Show them actual lacrosse. Show some amazing saves, some big hits, some nicely set plays, some real faceoffs, etc. The guys watching even make a statement that there's no contact and that they'd like to see more stick checks. I played lacrosse from the 4th grade (at a time when only 6th graders and up were allowed to play in my area) all the way through high school. I've been going to the men's NCAA finals since 2001 when they were still held at Rutgers. I'm well aware of what lacrosse should look like, which is why I was upset that they didn't represent it well in the video they showed people who had never seen anything of the game previously. Cheers!

[@johplaysmusic]

+The Outhouse Studios lol

[@machinenvy]

YAY!!! Curly is back! :D

[@bugsmane]

lacrosse on teen wolf looked much better

[@bugsmane]

Vince Friel thank you xx

[@NoName-bh4pf]

+Vince Friel Lacrosse is cancer

[@NoName-bh4pf]

Vince Friel I can afford to play lacrosse and I'm definitely not jealous. It's just that I have a penis, so I play real sports.

[@NoName-bh4pf]

+Vince Friel Lol. I'm not 12. You probably are, just like the average lacrosse player.

[@NoName-bh4pf]

+Vince Friel How am i being stupid?

[@anthonyarena7617]

Hahaha the guy who says they shouldn't respect eachother. Thats awesome

[@sophiajane1452]

Girls lax is different, less contact

[@itsriceking]

No way... Really?

[@atsenhakeniate]

+Anonymous Lol jk 😂😂

[@maxmojo10]

Indoor girls box lacrosse isn't. It's full contact and its brutal haha

[@atsenhakeniate]

Gianna Lal yea because they have the same rules as male lax. My sister played for a team called the ladyhawks. It was fun teaching her.

[@GirlsWhoGame]

It's actually a different game. The sticks are even different: men's has a huge basket and women's is smaller and shallower. It shifts the focus from brute force to precision. Baseball may be superior to softball, but women's lacrosse is more interesting than men's.

[@paulomalu182]

I was one of those 12 fans..great game. Go terps!!

[@scottk1525]

Why is this funny? Because they have accents?

[@Kellieslife29]

You should do " Irish people watch hockey for the first time" .... As a Canadian i would enjoy that

[@z8ph0d]

+Kellieslife29 They did it already, and gave it the biggest compliment I could have heard them give ice hockey: "It's kinda strange, but I understand why North Americans hate soccer after watching this."

[@flemminganderson7121]

I'm not trying to be that "butthurt american", but these guys must have been picked out for the video because they don't know anything about the sport, and like making fun of the u.s.

[@TimothyGreenTRiG]

+Flemming Anderson Well, not knowing anything about the sport is kind of the point, see "First Time" in the title. As for making fun of the US, nah, they just make fun of everything. They're Irish; it's what we do. Watching Americans take Irish sarcasm seriously in the comments is kind of fun, though. Also, they are, of course, watching this while thinking of hurling, a rather less tame sport. TRiG.

[@flemminganderson7121]

+Timothy Green true

[@cameronlopresti5033]

I LOVE this video!!

[@nyodeler6647]

"He looks American rich." Biggest give away there is that he's playing lacrosse. About 99% rich white people who play that sport.

[@ibefullofme]

Thats what happens when the equipment is expensive, why do you think soccer is so popular?

[@nathanclausius324]

I'm not rich at all but I still play lacrosse so try that statement again

[@imlex123]

same! U don't gotta be rich to have a sick flow bro

[@icyfish6923]

N Yodeler wow stereotype much. Most people I know (my self included) that play lacrosse are not Rich

[@icyfish6923]

N Yodeler but I guess since I play lax I will get rich soon. Does it work that way? 🖕🏻

[@owencottingham3044]

Yes!! Thank you as a lax player myself this is so funny!!

[@ShimoGames]

You show them a Canadian sport in an American league smh

[@Bassrocker19]

ShimoGames Lacrosse was invented by native Americans, so no, it is not a canadian sport.

[@ShimoGames]

Yeah in Canada and the US but we adopted it as our national sport so it's Canadian. Plus more Canadians play it per capita than Americans Bassrocker19

[@karmicobsession1636]

I definatly thought the Canadian national sport was hockey?

[@karmicobsession1636]

It was first played by Iroquois indians in what is now the northern united states, thus it is american. But a version of lacrosse originated in Canada, but modern lacrosse resembles how the native americans played.

[@ShimoGames]

***** Though this was before USA was a thing and that area was occupied by the british.

[@flon57]

it was invented by native Canadians, and actually our native sport, and that ball is friggen hard as hell

[@brand1nn943]

A hurling player would get rekt

[@marcboland6492]

has anyone got covered in blood or died in lacrosse

[@brand1nn943]

Probably

[@marcboland6492]

watch more hurling and see that its more than lacrosse

[@marcboland6492]

ya

[@icyfish6923]

Brand1n N amen

[@Akaspecs]

I have played lacrosse for 8 years. it's the greatest sport ever. I play in NY

[@SebideeTW]

I don't get it. Are they allowed run around forever with the ball in their net things? Where's the fun in that? Are they allowed run into each other? Why the armour?! How do you get the ball out of someone's net? Its a bit silly now lads. Go on, play hurling lads.

[@samuelcoughlin9165]

You get the ball and try to make a play while passing the ball. The tackling is complicated, there's different rules on that, mostly concerning dropping your hips. The "armor" is to minimize injury and bruising. You have to stick check or wait until they drop the ball to get the ball. I hope I answered all your questions:)

[@josephpetty1724]

It's basically like soccer, football, and hockey all in one sport, you have the running back and forth like soccer, the hitting like football. You can actually somewhat "tackle" someone with your stick you have to hold it in front of you horizontally and you can hit the person with the ball, and the gloves and pads are basically like hockey you can use lacrosse gloves in hockey they are the same thing.

[@SebideeTW]

Ok, well are they allowed to hold the ball in the net as long as you like? What's going to stop me from just holding onto the ball and barging up to the goal and firing at it point blank?

[@SebideeTW]

In hurling (which I think is the nearest sport to it) you can run into people and push them around. Thing is though that you can only hold the ball in your hand for a few steps and the rest of the time you have to balance it on the stick so it's easy enough for people to take it off you. In lacrosse it looks like you could just run right up to the goal without worrying!

[@ethanspearman6683]

Lacrosse is a a lot more physical then what these clips show you. Look up lacrosse hits and it will show how aggressive it can get

[@leholmes19]

Box Lacrosse here in Canada (and in the States) is crazy, so violent! And you get to hangout in an arena and get shlammied.

[@alastairward2774]

So it's like hurling, but lame. Really lame.

[@nickproductions1551]

Go fuck yourself :)

[@EarlSquirrelsonn]

+Sportz Clipz go play hurling :)

[@morganmcshane6570]

+ballyoulsterboy there's a reason they wear all the pads because it's a contact sport and it hurts if you take a hit most of the time your suppose to wear sholder pads helmet gloves rib pads elbow pads and a gum shield and I wear three of those things because I'm not a fucking pussy if like to see you play lacrosse it requires skill

[@EarlSquirrelsonn]

+Morgan McShane alright. Yeah it's not an easy sport, but it doesn't compare to hurling. Hurling is just on another level.

[@alastairward2774]

***** Morgan McShane​ Dad always told me the lack of padding on hurlers was a sign of their skill. WTF is up with Lacrosse anyway? "Get the ball!" "I can't!" "Why not?" "It's in this dude's basket, he won't give it back!" "Ask him for it!" "He says no, now he's walking away from me!" "Nooooooooo!"

[@inter_1097]

Lacrosse may be tough to play but hurling makes it look tame.

[@NoOne-ex4sx]

I like how you make them watch a championship game for their first time. Talk about an induction.

[@bistel1432]

nareteV denosaeS quarterfinal

[@NoOne-ex4sx]

Huh, UNC and Maryland were the teams in the finals also. Thanks though

[@bistel1432]

This was from a couple years ago, I think 2014

[@bistel1432]

nareteV denosaeS this was from a couple years ago, i think 2014

[@TheCrazyCanuck420]

Had to search "Hurling" to figure out what the heck they were talking about. It's like lacross and field hockey had a baby :)

[@bass22ails]

I'm Irish and I play lacrosse, this is an awesome video. :D

[@charlesb8267]

This is an Iroquois medicine game. Traditionally played for the creator by that group of Native Americans. This is the original American sport.

[@Shahska1]

You need to watch a Choctaw Stick ball game to see what this was derived from

[@dannybanani8013]

And now you have seen more lacrosse game than any American who doesn't have children.

[@shawnwhiteshair]

Hurling players would dominate.

[@3DJapan]

I don't normally watch sports and have actually never seen professional Lacrosse but we had to play in high school gym class and I fractured 3 fingers when I was whacked on the hand with someone's stick. I didn't see it happen so I was never sure if it was on purpose or by accident.

[@xxamazingjayxx]

+Phil Nolan i was also whacked in the hand during lacrosse in high school gym class! i talked to a friend of mine who played lacrosse, and she said that when two players from opposite teams hit each other's sticks, theyre "checking" each other, but i guess some people take it too far lol

[@atsenhakeniate]

+Jay Forst no your friend is actually wrong. When whacking you stick it's called slashing. And hitting them with they're stick is checking. And women's lacrosse their is no hitting

[@3DJapan]

Wampum Productions2 I don't really know much about it. Isn't box lacrosse the version that has a lot of hitting?

[@atsenhakeniate]

Phil Nolan yea

[@thescroogemcduck]

Lacrosse is the fastest game on two feet, nothing in the world like it

[@jordanbarrett7754]

The Scrooge McDuck apart from hurling. not a diss seriously look it up its way faster

[@michaelsheehan5596]

The Scrooge McDuck Hurling is way faster

[@stoney7145]

Hurling changes ends with two strikes of the ball on a 160yd field

[@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186]

The Scrooge McDuck actually hurling is the fastest sport on grass and that's a fact

[@aglassofwholemilk783]

"That can't be his real name" She would love the Stanwick family

[@jakedagoalie021]

The Scottish lacrosse team's coach would coach our team in the off season.

[@mrwxyz101]

lacrosse is very underrated, in terms of skill, speed, and brutality

[@jaredreaman4972]

I played box LaCrosse for 4 years, that got brutal at times

[@jaredfox1289]

Im a mid fielder and im also Irish and lacrosse is prob the best sport ive ever played

[@AJisFunny]

I'm part Irish and I play hurling and lacrosse. I am beast at both.

[@TMBfan1997]

I do not miss playing that sport at school every week

[@jjhooles1874]

Emma Hudd then why did you play?

[@TMBfan1997]

we had to do it in PE

[@jjhooles1874]

Emma Hudd Oh I gotcha. You should also know that a sport shouldn't be based on the PE class version. I also played it in 7th grade PE and thought it was the most retarded thing I've ever tried. Picked it up my sophomore year on an actual team and love it. Not saying that would be your case, just saying.