Spine Shattering Rugby Tackles | The Best Rugby Tackles, Big Hits & Defence

[@patrickdowdle9931]

Lifting the player's leg as you tackle him , allowing you to drive him backwards , is the perfect rugby tackle. And it works every time no matter how big the player is

[@defaultyboi3313]

I dont think you ever played rugby in ypur life

[@defaultyboi3313]

@Ziggy Ewart Yeah I know but in a real match when a thicc boi runs at you, you have to fall with him. (I'm a n 15 I dont know what the names are in english)

[@9037I]

Except when u’re as tall as me, I’m short

[@doniallan998]

@@defaultyboi3313 it works bro i play football, and wrestle. If you can get the leg before a thicc boi run you over they're done for

[@benjibloodbath]

@@doniallan998 I’ve played rugby 15s for 8 years now and it works to an extent lol if I am much larger than someone and they get a leg it’s not 100% going to stop me. They’re chances are higher but I very well could just run them over as well. Sometimes the best you can do is slow the big guy down. People do break tackles believe it or not lol

[@user-vt5uq7dj8v]

This is a great example of text book tackling.great for improving skills for tackling one on one.thanks for uploading this.

[@Moose6340]

As much as I like American football (as an American), I love watching rugby players hit and tackle. Seems like college and NFL players are *still* constantly leading with their heads even though it's heavily penalized now.

[@Dizzifying1]

NFL defenders lead with their heads because the RBs also do. If you don't lower your head when a stocky RB lowers his, you'll get blown up and give up a big gain. Unfortunately, because RBs aren't penalized for lowering their head often, defenders while always lead with their head or shoulder.

[@joeycorsi9142]

@@Dizzifying1 that’s the dumb but true you just need to wrap the legs get low and drive your feet that’s how I was always taught

[@scottfraser7118]

Plus no Protection 🤷🏻really

[@lilkris3008]

I played both rugby tackles hurt more we also played on shit fields compared to my football career but they always knocked the wind out of you I played fly half so I got a good beating. Football is amazing the hits don’t feel like rugby it’s like having superpowers and messing up everything in your path that’s why it’s dangerous you don’t get addicted to contact in rugby but in football it’s the best part

[@rossfuller3224]

Can’t lead with your head with no helmet. NFL hasn’t figured that out yet. Protective gear ain’t just for the defender

[@thelastwolffe2167]

As an American who played football, I admire how technical Rugby tackles are. Rugby players always aim to wrap then follow through like a double leg takedown while in American football there is a lot more collision due to players running top speed just to run over someone. I believe it’s because of the gear that football players don’t care much about technicality. In fact when I played you get to be more badass and celebrated by people when you run over someone without going down with them, just standing in front of them while they’re laying on the ground after giving them a big hit makes you look powerful. I can attest that when I put on shoulder pads and helmet, I feel more powerful and fearless. Both sports are definitely tough no question about that.💪🏈💪🏉.

[@acecun6202]

It’s not that rugby players focus on tackling like that because they WANT to it’s because they HAVE to. There’s a rule saying that you have to make an active attempt to wrap and when tackling your head and shoulder must be below the nipple. These rules are in place to keep people save as well as in my opinion make rugby one of the safest contact sports out there. Injuries due to collision are few and far between due to the strict rules around tackling. It’s even worse at the highschool level (which I played)

[@chrissmit6439]

In South Africa American football is sometimes referred to as Tupperware rugby because of all the gear lol. It still is an awesome game and those dudes are TOUGH Tupperware or not. My all time favorite American football player was Dan Merino from the Miami Dolphins. Play safe. 😁

[@240devil1]

I don’t follow rugby at all, but I watched this for the big hits. These guys have better form and follow through on their tackles than almost any American football player.

[@burn1898]

Yes because rugby is all about technique, American footballers try to push and battering ram people over with their heads, that’s ineffective. The lower you get, the easier someone will fall. Rugby teaches technique. Think of rugby like heavyweight champion fighting for UFC or boxing, and NFL like a street scrap. Also rugby is 11x more popular than NFL, I feel muricans seem to think rugby is a small sport hahah. NFL is literally a niche sport.

[@littleoffthetop3055]

Football is also at a much higher speed than rugby

[@oldageisdumb]

@@burn1898 Too bad rugby players don’t have enough common sense to wear protective gear. They may like to say they’re tough and don’t need it but it is just plain stupid. With all the research on concussions and CTE and this is still allowed? Edited to add: I would really like to see your stats showing that rugby is 11x more popular than American Football. Considering each NFL game has literally millions of viewer compared to MLR which is in the thousands. Average attendance for the NFL is 16.67 million, MLR 160,000. Revenues per season: NFL $16 billion. No stats for MLR on the website I saw but the Championship (equivalent to Super Bowl) had only 6000 people attend and watched by 500,000 (compared to 100 million for super bowl) so I’d say it’s safe to assume not even close.

[@sam-sj1nc]

@@oldageisdumb nah, rugby players just built different

[@oldageisdumb]

@@sam-sj1nc Apparently not: “Since 2020, the debate has taken a legal direction, with an increasing number of former rugby union players joining a potential negligence action against the Rugby Football Union (RFU), the Wales Rugby Union (WRU) and World Rugby. The ex-players claim they’ve been left with permanent brain damage because of repeated head collisions and concussion.”

[@deltascout22]

I have zero idea about any of the rules.. but damn it’s interesting to watch

[@9037I]

As a rugby player, too many rules to keep track of 🏉 📝 📌 ❓ 🤔

[@jogolock1190]

It is like any sport watch it for a day and you will get it. These guys take hits without pads, unlike NFL fairies.

[@blaccout1812]

@@9037I nah Fr tho

[@michaelday8459]

There are no rules, only laws. www.world.rugby/the-game/laws/home

[@sambetz3958]

@@jogolock1190 rugby is actually safer than football because you think more about what's happening to your body

[@JustSage-b2y]

Amazing content as usual Die Hard Rugby💪🔥👑

[@malikdzha9443]

Yes, best Rugby channel

[@Sallymartin83]

Don’t get me wrong, I love rugby but it’s amazing that there isn’t more back, neck and whiplash injuries

[@portaccio]

At last a hard tackling video that isn't full of illegal shoulder charges and late hits, apart from the one on Farrell near the end. Awesome stuff 🔥🔥🔥

[@bloodorange6713]

Shoulder charges are the only rugby hits worth watching. These are weak

[@branominal]

As much as I'm English and like Farrell, he deserves the hits he gets honestly. Some of his tackles have been shameful

[@verde343]

6:00 The Linesman even shat himself

[@Bolognabeef]

I don't get it

[@mattybhoy6522]

Those late 2000 /early 2010s super rugby games were titanlike in their physicality. Miss that

[@mattybhoy6522]

Lol well I'll cheers to your loss. I'm a sharks fan

[@karlosdeevs]

@Denzil and the lions were usually on the receiving end..

[@marlon1171]

Perfect free style wrestling double leg takedowns....

[@amareecampbell9020]

As an American I will gladly say rugby is a sport that should be more popular just because of the insane tackles

[@kevinwheeler5595]

I just dont see anything insane about them. They are all exactly the same hit. Brutal football hits are players running at eachother from sometimes 20 yards apart. They are two different sports with completely different types of big hits

[@AustraliawinRWC]

@@kevinwheeler5595 someones sad that they dont play the most brutal sport

[@overstayer-459]

@@kevinwheeler5595 yall wear protection to protect yourselves from getting hit on ur balls stfu rugby dont need to wear protection lmao

[@kevinwheeler5595]

@@AustraliawinRWC Im happy I play neither. My brain is worth more to me than money

[@AustraliawinRWC]

@@kevinwheeler5595 rugby is fun, your brain is fine

[@andrewressell512]

6:20 my favorite one by far

[@radmrmonster5363]

6:02 look at the lineman😂

[@manneeriksson9303]

😂😂😂

[@franklyiamallbymyself2870]

That ref must have been hit by the collision waves

[@brownnative4988]

Brian Lima should be in this, the Chiropractor 👌

[@joshuabarrientes5477]

As an American I've played American football 🏈 for 7 years throughout my youth and rugby 🏉 for 2. I can honestly I've had more fun and built longer friendships through rugby. My love for the sport is endless

[@loblolly777]

Great video. Advertised Rugby and showed only Rugby. All legal hits as well.

[@zanewafer4536]

1:15 that tackle from Damian Mckenzie, the guy actually scored the try...just FYI

[@alexhahn5832]

Thats crazy. He can see in his eyes that he keeps focusing on the try, eventhough he's being tackled.

[@Mr._Nobadi_M._Portent]

Well, good news: if any of these guys wanna transfer to MMA, that's one skill they'll have pre-equipped

[@dannyhipolito817]

Alexander Volkanovski did rugby as a 205lb slab of Macedonian meat before shrinking to 145lbs

[@orical2832]

Is it wrong to laugh everytime Owen Farrel gets smashed? Nah, didn't think so...

[@nocturnalrainbows6167]

It's therapy

[@davewilson9738]

But he gives as good as he gets!

[@orical2832]

Some are even legal...

[@westham535]

@@nocturnalrainbows6167 Why dont you like him?

[@tonyfnd]

I think there is a video that’s just him getting smashed. Like an anti-highlight reel or something

[@jasoncrawford3589]

It's nice how they show the hit and wrap and driving through the tackle. Unlike American football where they just shoulder smash the other player and hope for the best. Great video mate!

[@parisholmes9129]

You've never watched a game a football in your life have you

[@jasoncrawford3589]

Soccer? Sure I've seen a few matches. Kind of boring though. And I'll presume you've never stepped foot on a Rugby pitch let alone played.

[@TDMFAN]

American Football has been adapting Rugby tackling techniques for a while now bruv. They still need armour though...

[@realtalkz3930]

This is what a real man's sport looks like

[@davidgibbs1288]

Hooper can take it and give it!! Nice vid!!

[@robertgibbs333]

Great tackling!

[@slyhill9860]

Fk’n intense! Good video, love the sport

[@JacoLuus]

I find it interesting that in many of the examples the tackler heads on the wrong side of the tackle.

[@gregordouglass9116]

It’s because when players go flying into a tackle the technique isn’t great but they hit them hard and it makes it into these compilations

[@tip6398]

Well they are running and it's there strongest shoulder

[@misterpractical]

I have never played rugby before but these tackles are amazing to me. What do you mean by the tackler's head is on the wrong side of the tackle?

[@misterpractical]

@@jed932 OK. Thanks for explaining. I see what you guys mean now. I was wondering how they do this to a 200lb+ man running at full speed and not worry about breaking their necks. But that knee to the head seems more likely.

[@Wonderwhoopin]

😂you just like the guy on guy actions

[@KiT11982]

No happiness fot you! I love it. 😊

[@Nightowel905]

I wish I could understand this wonderful sport

[@OFFPLAYER-qc5sh]

This is how I imagine myself playing rugby

[@gabe60hz65]

The second hit tho

[@hagikanteh2751]

IV never seen somthig that brutal

[@branominal]

Jacques "car crash" Burger and Sam "concussion" Underhill, two of the best tacklers ever

[@3xTuesday]

The greatest rugby tackle of all time was Isitolo Maka on Olo Brown. Auckland v Otago, NPC Match, Eden Park, I think it was around 1998/9. To see the great Olo Brown, a granite of a tight-head prop get stretchered off the field was unreal. The tackle from Isitolo Maka came from the depths of the Pacific Ocean and folded Brown backwards, the body is not made to fold backwards. Instant lights out, curtains drawn, kids in bed 🛌 Isitolo Maka was a human wrecking-ball with so much mass and power. Henry Tuilagi is probably the only other person that is in the same league.

[@michaelrobinson8947]

Big hits moving of the line good

[@NLSkeletor]

Underhill's technique is so beautiful to watch!

[@hbghgmnkn6466]

When you see football players breathing next to the other and them crying and rolling on the floor Is hilarious but this is a real man's sport

[@dhagberg7429]

Awsome content 😮

[@cheantruter4275]

Theres so many huuuge hits, but was kinda hoping to see angelo Davids one in the Currie cup of this year I believe

[@1MegaBubble]

As an American I gotta say this sport has a real "playground" vibe and I love it

[@SIZED2x]

the beat drop, drops harder than my marks👀

[@Coldfeet5295]

i feel you my brother. am on the 3rd hour of a 25min break

[@matchu.j]

Yeah (as an american) this is awesome...it looks fun to play because the defense don't have pads to exacerbate the violence

[@sambetz3958]

the whiplash on that first one tho

[@normanguzman417]

this is my 1st time seeing rugby and oh my god this sport looks scary. im ngl this just looks like football but without the small safety measures crikey

[@cyrinking4376]

they are really good tackle

[@ethan7484]

that #12 picking up that prop at 3.00 is just power personified.. maybe he was another prop and they got jersey # wrong...

[@mrlucky103]

That is Levani Botia, he also can play Open side flanker apart from playing Inside center...

[@jonathanwhitsed2188]

Missing some of the bigger hits... Bismarck on Carter comes to mind...

[@thatellipsisguy8984]

No Ma'a Nonu, Frank Bunce (a.k.a. Whispering Death)... and what about George Gregan on Jeff Wilson?

[@elams1894]

@@thatellipsisguy8984 I second that. Wrote almost exact same comment re Bunce, and Gregan v Wilson. Epic tackle.

[@MaoriiGurLO9]

South African rugby players and late hits go together like south African rugby players and steroids 😅

[@ProMelots]

What a fight sport emotional😍😍

[@MatiasAlemann]

Que viva el rugby♥️🇦🇷

[@MatiasAlemann]

@@mertinlad 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@holliswilliams8426]

@@mertinlad español con ñ

[@patrickstar564]

This sport forces you to know how to tackle and how to do it correctly with power these boys ain’t out there doing head on head tackles intentionally. They’d be asking for a death wish eventually.

[@Truecrimecommunity]

This is crazy, but I guess tradition & they all know what they signed up for

[@mattybhoy6522]

5:38 An 8 getting smoke by a 9. Fourie du Preez wasn't a big scrummy either lol. Perfect timing

[@karlosdeevs]

@Tumassot Tarugu he's actually zimbabwean born & raised

[@jayjayekandjo1479]

Man, you should’ve seen what faf de Klerk did with Nathan Hughes, it was embarrassing🤦🏾‍♂️😂😂

[@barryduff7533]

6:20 Your welcome.

[@rexasiev9377]

🤣

[@chaz.92]

*you're...drip 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@lukenukem1164]

Lawes lol...king of the late hits on fly halfs.

[@filliphischlickmann2421]

These guys are ready for any stampede 😂

[@jimearthworm6120]

Rugby is not a bad seasonal sport to keep in shape.

[@mischahewitt]

It was nice to see Owen Farrel in heaps of these

[@Yinyang1277]

Rugby, Lacrosse, and Hockey are the best! If America has Rubgy I would’ve played that too! Football people always use their heads etc and it’s too annoying how many plays there are imo

[@juniorjaybrown7465]

Ok I'm going to be honest. This ain't spine breaking tackles. A lot of the tackles in this are actually quite soft. You want spine breaking tackles, look up Brian Lima and Motu Matuu. You will actually see the pain that the opponent feels.

[@lukassfunk]

Jump on field then mukka. Go ask for one of those “soft tackles” You melon 🤦🏻‍♂️😅

[@burn1898]

We don’t want illegal hits. We want safe, legal hits that are big impacts.

[@juniorjaybrown7465]

@@burn1898 what's illegal about their tackles??

[@toxicsoundz1396]

The linesman at 6:03 one bakuwavivi

[@AstroRayGun]

A lot of these seem like regular tackles in gridiron football. I get that we got pads but even back yard football with no pads is not too different from this.

[@barndog007]

Love your work, dude. Keep it up. Not a fan of anything Lawes does, but that's just me. What's the music track on this one? It's dope AF.

[@ekbusdriver]

Nbhd Nick - world tour. Probably instrumental version.

[@banana-hc2qk]

Nice

[@coletteleonard6620]

mans neck snapped on the first one

[@ekbusdriver]

Pretty good stuff, but 1:54 is the only one that looked like it hurt.

[@manneeriksson9303]

That first one though

[@lifewithq7891]

Some of their form is better than most of NFL player today

[@miles4212]

Seeing big guys smashing smaller men isnt impressive. Now watch someone like Jerry Collins who crushed men his size or bigger.

[@HaroldtheDon]

Dang how do they even survive one game?

[@royalhero4608]

I wonder if the guys on the receiving end of some of these start re-evaluating their career choices when they're lying on the floor lol

[@false5942]

All that goes through your head is protect the ball and then react to how much it hurt

[@xrayfish2020]

Crazy videos of big hits - excellent! could you be kind enough to give us the link to the backing track used on this video - its great workout music cheers for now from a new subbie

[@jimmynovak7913]

The NFL needs to hire some of these dudes to teach proper tackling. Make them practice tackling without helmets on so they fully suffer the consequences of doing it wrong and leading w their heads. Bet they’d learn pretty quick that way.

[@user00149]

If you guys don’t mind me asking, what’s the name of the electric music in the beginning?

[@spysaac7949]

i play in highschool 7's and getting lit up after catching the ball is the worst

[@nofxceghxst9192]

How would any of them feel about playing free safety for the Steelers?

[@matthewbales7254]

Is that the game where the players wear all that body armour

[@nofxceghxst9192]

@@matthewbales7254 yes

[@matthewbales7254]

@@nofxceghxst9192 bit wet that

[@breadwinner3558]

@@matthewbales7254 there’s a reason helmets and pads are worn in the nfl, it’s a more violent game players go head on with each other at 20mph. Most of the hits in the video are just normal tackles in the nfl

[@nicholas104]

@@matthewbales7254 There's really no need to trash either sport you know? They are very different. NFL doesn't depend on endurance as much as Rugby. instead its about quick acceleration from running backs and wide receivers, strength and hand techniques from linemen, and good ball placement from quarter backs. Every down they set up their players for a different play. It's hardly "wet." The emphasis on quick speed makes for incredibly powerful hits, tackles, and sacks. that's the reason for pads. You are getting hit way harder than rugby. These highlights in this vid are hits you see regularly in a normal NFL game. Hell, concussions are more common in the NFL. I'd recommend giving the NFL a look if you are able to watch it this season. Sorry for the rant.

[@juanjosemascarell2167]

Ke bestias.... són todos...

[@animekawaiichan9399]

Where's Habana on Tommy Bowe 2009??

[@annasouthersouther3765]

Rugby be like a giant unlike American football

[@mak.]

Imagine these dudes chasing a thief down.

[@jimmynovak7913]

The NFL needs to hire some of these dudes to teach proper tackling. Make them practice tackling without helmets on so they suffer the consequences of doing it wrong and leading w their heads. Bet they’d learn pretty quick that way.

[@suyog4140]

Dangerous sport

[@granthall2325]

You missed the best one of all time under 19 world cup Wissie on baby black No8 best tackle I've ever seen!!!!!!!!!

[@youngblood6926]

aren't you only aloud to lift one of the carriers leg off the ground i got in troble for this and im confused?

[@xoio]

How many of these would get sin binned or even red carded now? Just Curious...

[@mveledzotshishonga3971]

6:05 anyone notice the ref fell 😭😭😭😂😂

[@BbBb-sd2bs]

Fourie on Ma'a en Ma'a on everyone else

[@nsg_r4ge532]

Jinne chom hulle hit hulle tackle ma hard

[@tacticalarrow8141]

1:56 bro got sent

[@tacticalarrow8141]

Sorry 2:01

[@standishfortin6797]

Got Chebal doll?

[@deck3884]

They're a spectacle to watch for sure. But damn, as legal as they are. Some of these hits are meant to maim the opponent. Hence the very high injury rate. I doubt when they invented Rugby they envisaged players will be 110+ kgs 6 footers.

[@DEAD4LIVE]

I'm pretty sure sports were invented so people wouldnt kill each other in their idleness. They have warrior Physiques

[@mulondokalemera7531]

Most dedicated viewer of this video = chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

[@michaelross7153]

Soccer is a game, played by Boy's. American Football is seriously hard hitting. But they have 20 mins off, between plays and wear pads This is the only true game. Trust me. One love X

[@elguero928]

All I have to say is. “ don’t fuck with rugby players because you will regret it.

[@doctorboy5892]

When you get tackled by an Islander. Their bones are thicker and muscles denser.

[@Wonderwhoopin]

Where did 11 come from?!…. He came from hell😂

[@mrstamp5121]

It’s not very often you see George North run in to a Brick Shit House, blimey

[@clarence7309]

American footballer are softies compared to these beasts!! And I'm a life long Bears fan lmao

[@dasy5250]

Holy shit new to this. And thats no pads???😲 😲 😲

[@nikkicoetser1595]

... Indeed young padawan. This ain't no "Any Given Chocolate Sunday"...

[@williamsomers1536]

These tackles are beauties for sure! But imagine how great rugby would be if you were allowed to hit anybody anytime, even if they didn't have the ball! And if a runner is flying down the touch lines, knock them out of bounds and into the cameraman (well, you would have to allow cameramen between the touch lines and the wall) charging the runner with your shoulder while you shove him out of bounds. The other guy is jumping for a pass in a lineout? Hit him in the legs and flip him so he lands on his head! Tackle by going over the top of his shoulder and muckle onto his head! Make hair tackles legal! Allow tackling at the knees and below the knees to be legal! Allow defenders to break the horizontal when tackling! Allow tackles where the runner is driven head-first into the ground! Allow runners to hurdle over the defender! Allow forward passes so the receiver can be running downfield full-speed, looking back over his shoulder for the pass, only to get hit head-on with a high tackle! Imagine how great it would be!

[@komodocoon4735]

weird as fuck u have problems go get em looked at out here wanting to shorten careers nigga just watch MMA instead since its obv u just wanna see violence over here talm bout "flip him over so he lands his head" nigga who says that

[@williamsomers1536]

@@komodocoon4735 no wait! but I mean all this stuff is legal in the NFL, just think if it was legal in rugby. Here's one hurdle gone wrong, where he gets flipped and on his way down head-first he takes a helmet to the spine, then he's bent in half the wrong way when he hits the ground. It's just college football I know but nasty. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIjPlmCDnthqf9E. everything you see in this video is legal, but man we are not meant to bend that way.

[@ozielmendoza930]

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