First Time Reacting Rugby

[@stevec8064]

Jeremy Clarkson- "Rugby is a bit like American football, except it's played by men."

[@simoncampbell3144]

That's why Clarkson doesn't play rugby

[@ronhall9039]

@@simoncampbell3144 Clarkson is a Public School twat, which is amusing since some of England's players come from those institutions - where was he?

[@SIP100Ka]

and American football is for seissup (reverse the last word)

[@slashnburn9234]

* and women as well

[@Yeraveragemoron]

Mmm, American football is the equivalent of a car crash, sooo - this comment is competent ignorant 😂 biased is about as accurate as this comment gets

[@RyanESmail]

That guy in the beginning that is being checked out by the medical staff and then stands and makes a BEASTLY tackle still amazes me

[@MrFEFman]

The lack of protective equipment encourages correct tackling techniques , whereas NFL pads and helmets seem to lull players into a sense of security. That's my opinion.

[@tonynorman6642]

I totally agree.

[@alpey8487]

Helmets are the worse thing in the nfl tackling head to head is just stupid

[@xazarl3381]

in a normal game some of these tackles are pretty bad lol.

[@JaseFace1985]

Your opinion is backed up by fact. I did my dissertation comparing concussions in Rugby, American Football and Association Football.

[@richardgoddard37]

Apparently injuries went up when helmets & pads were introduced.

[@FilJR99]

The combination of physical and technical skills required to play rugby is just incredible. Strength, stamina, speed, bravery, hands, feet, vision, tactical awareness. These guys don’t get enough credit! I played a bit of competitive soccer as a teenager and I can only imagine what it must feel like after a game of rugby of the highest level!😮‍💨🤕👏🏻

[@bluesnowy1000]

You don't feel it until the next morning, during the game your high on adrenaline, then straight into the bar after the game....

[@daboy12s]

@@bluesnowy1000 once played a whole game with broken toes, it was that cold my feet were numb, it wasnt until I was in the showers and warmed up that i realised

[@oshanpallawala]

Football (Soccer) is a gentleman's game played by hooligans, and Rugby is a hooligans' game played by gentlemen" - Winston Churchill

[@whattiler5102]

Apocryphal!

[@SimSim-zf9if]

Oscar Wilde

[@popfoz7169]

Never more true words spoken

[@rocketrabble6737]

On the other hand, Rugby League is a hooligan's game played by hooligans!

[@chozusmakavelli]

football players today are snowflakes. screaming like they got shot when the wind blows.

[@readMEinkbooks]

The 'helmet' is a scrum cap used by rugby players to protect the ears in the scrum, which can otherwise suffer injuries leading to the condition commonly known as cauliflower ears. Although originally designed for forwards they are now worn by players of all positions, even those who do not play in the scrum.

[@OleGitRule]

And adds zero protection for anything else

[@alexanderjermaineabrahams1615]

they need to rename it cause most flyhalfs, fullbacks and wingers wear them now and not a single forward🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kevinsavena4070]

I'm from Fiji, and rugby is our national sport. Played from class 1 all the way through university and into club level (6yrs old - 32yrs old). it's a brotherhood, we go to war on the rugby field, but when the games over we get together, have a beer or two in friendship and mutual respect. The only sport played in heaven

[@euricofrade6728]

Spot on, mate!

[@psychoticgamr]

i remember playing full contact rugby when i was younger in freezing temperatures and icy ground. shit can be brutal

[@FenixShephard]

Respect to my Fijian brothers from Ireland. Look forward to meeting you on the pitch in the future 🤘

[@1967AJB]

Hi, do you know of Mike Ratu, he’s a very dear friend of mine here in the uk.

[@wanderer5581]

and that;s what it's all about in a nutshell.. beer and dinner after,, we'll get you next time, on the pitch,, great match today though, cheers !!

[@bojorgen123]

Over the course of a season, 30.8 injuries occur for every 100 National Football League players, compared with 38.8 injuries in the National Hockey League, 42 in Major League Baseball and 72.9 in the National Basketball Association, according to a 2021 analysis of injuries across 13 seasons of professional sports in rugby 25 % of players get injured during a season.

[@floofy117]

Noticed her asking twice: "why is no one defending him?", "where was the defense?". In rugby you're not allowed to obstruct the defending team from tackling the player with the ball. The player with the ball has to defend themselves or pass the ball before they get tackled.

[@tsaki_titan]

It's so annoying hearing these brainless Americans say this bs bruh yoh💀

[@D_ickie]

I live in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and this is our national sport. In my decades of playing rugby I’ve fractured both collar bones, a few slipped discs in my neck from having my head the wrong side in a tackle, my back is badly damaged from Scrummaging and a load of badly damaged nerves and tendons from my neck to my biceps. I used to play NFL during my injury recovery just to keep moving!

[@slavianalbanovich9025]

I wonder why Ireland and the Isle of Man have their own football, Gaelic football! While Scotland and Wales are not 🤔

[@Chubbz69UK]

wait, i thought in Wales the national sports were sheep-chasing and signing on?

[@D_ickie]

@@Chubbz69UKhow dare you! It’s sheep shagging, not sheep chasing. Signing on is probably our best sport amongst others like drugs taking and cider chugging

[@joebloggs8422]

🤣🤣🤣 Spoken like a true taff

[@stephencurran9716]

Don't forget Rugby league

[@Bald_Thoughts]

Football is 90 minutes pretending you're hurt. Rugby is 80 minutes pretending you aren't.

[@timhannah4]

Gentlemans' Game played by Lunatics & Lunatic Game played by Genleman!

[@domainmojo2162]

Football is also +90 minutes of running - up to 13km on average, per player. By far the most active- and one of the most demanding sports in the world. Pretending to be hurt is just a tactic to rest and catch a break. You try doing that and come back to me. It's also a strategy to "waste" time and deny the other team from making full use of their time and to lull the game towards the end. Get it right! Rugby on the other hand...barbaric. "Gentleman's game", my a**.

[@Dreyno]

@@domainmojo2162If you’ve spent and hour running around and someone clips your foot, you’re ending up on the ground. Sometimes I hear people criticising people for diving and wonder if they ever played the game.

[@domainmojo2162]

@@Dreyno Exactly. People cannot think critically these days. I wish detractors could try doing that for a full 90 - on a normal-sized pitch at 100 percent commitment- playing ONLY with your feet(no hands).. and then they can talk. Your ankles are your most valuable and most critical asset in football and since you play at speed, using only your feet, including tackling with them- an ankle injury is just a tackle away- and the likelihood that it takes you out for weeks or months, increases as the game wears on and fatigue and exertion starts to take its toll. You can get away with a hurt ankle in other sports... not in Football. Not in Football! Just a little discomfort after a tackle or due to exertion, is grounds for substitution. You have no say in that. Ankles need to be in tip-top condition, so that you perform at 100% for a full +90 minutes- at top speed, accelerate/decelerate flawlessly, jump to fight for a ball, and to turn on a sixpence.

[@SeanCleverly]

LMAO I couldn't have said it better!

[@Originalroninstorm]

There is a very valid argument that the 'safety gear' our athletes wear lead to more injuries than not. For example, no professional boxer ever died in the ring UNTIL gloves were introduced. They allow you to hit harder... much like the pads in American Football

[@shoestring-budget08]

Also apply to amateur boxing where the headgear was ditched in 2010s I think beacuse of the concussions

[@jonathanhodgson2142]

They are NOT helmets, they are called scrum caps and made out of thin high density foam (about 5mm). They do not do anything form impact, they are to stop ears getting wrecked in the scrum.

[@williamprice6318]

This. Have heard about ears getting chewed off in heated matches.

[@cameronhunter3832]

Thank you, I'm sick of people calling them helmets.

[@NTL578]

Calm down.

[@jonathanhodgson2142]

@@NTL578 to whom do you refer?

[@tonyhaynes9080]

Similar to the frap hats that we used to use when skydiving.

[@ruthrau8970]

2:11 well they don't have gears and padding because they have the technque to bring down their opponent

[@rossshepherd9836]

The lack of protective gear isn't the worst thing about it, it's the best thing about it.

[@jrvautou]

The thing of it is - You have to play it to really really understand it... One pro described it as getting into 6-10 car collisions during a match...

[@andrewlaw]

This is why we laugh when we hear people say NFL is brutal. They play in ten seconds bursts for one team of offence, defence or special. Rugby players play for two forty minutes halves so eighty minutes continual play with no protection apart from a few use a scrum cap to protect their ears.

[@kipp1231]

This is an argument I've had for years with my NFL loving friend. NFL players are on the field running for mere seconds before they get a rest. Imagine what the forward line of all blacks would do to an NFL team. Yes they might be good for the first 2mins but the rugby players would gas them out and run over th e top of them after that and it wouldn't be close 😂😂

[@oxfordrfc]

American football origins is from rugby

[@acelovesdiyschristopher7023]

​@@oxfordrfcthats the funny part.

[@acelovesdiyschristopher7023]

Also rugby is 80 min but yank football is 3 hours with only 11 min of play.

[@joyfulzero853]

You will not promote rugby by denigrating their sport. Just concentrate on the attractions of Rugby.

[@The2010designer]

Played by a LOT of non-British countries - Japan, Argentina, France, Italy to name a few - gumshields, like boxers normally the only protection, no helmets - some can wear scrumcaps to protect their ears. I started playing at 12 - same pitch, same game, same rules as adults!

[@Rich-f4k]

“These guys have nothing” That’s not true, we have gum shields.

[@Eat-Meat-Live-Strong]

and Jock Straps.

[@acelovesdiyschristopher7023]

We got the promises of God on😂

[@jupitermars1974]

And a proper set of balls

[@AdrienMorley-ck4eb]

​@@jupitermars1974Encased in a protection. They're not masochists.

[@libbysevicke-jones3160]

So not true, Rugby players have real talent are are not pussies. They learn to handle rough p,ay from an early age. Our kids can start to play from 31/2 years old in the rugbytots teams., then from 5 years of age through their school years, with the hope that one day they will be chosen for the junior All Blacks and Black Ferns Male and Female squads.

[@S.J.T.101]

Rugby is a dangerous sport , especially in schools since my friend broke his collarbone in a rugby match but he carried on playing like a trooper!!!!

[@sharnefourie7791]

Hay guys so I am from South Africa and this is our number one sport. So even though there is a lack of protective gear. There are many tackling rule and when these rules are followed, players are strictly penalized with either a yellow card, which is a 10min sin bin sit, which means the team plays with 1 less player for 10 min or a red card, which means the teams looses a player for the rest of the game. Alternatively, if the infringement is not as serious the ball will be given to the opposing team. But the most important tackling rules are not spear tackles and no tackle higher than shoulders. these are seen as dangerous tackles. There are also rules about if the tackle is in the air, players must ensure that the player in the air is safely set down on the ground and not dropped. The "helmets" are more like hats, it really just keeps the players' ears flat and stops the ear from forming "cauliflower ear'.

[@thegreytone]

Dis nou reg!!

[@franklypaul8002]

🎉 3 x world champs 🎉

[@richardashworth400]

@@franklypaul8002 4 times...... but who's counting....

[@sbumzulwini1324]

As a South African, YOU KNOW we're going to be flooding up this space and asking that they check us out!!!!🤣

[@kabelomakgabo4976]

@@richardashworth400 🤣🤣🤣

[@hippobed2849]

The extent of their protective gear are gum shields (mouthguards) and some people wear scrum caps

[@TheDocumentarian01]

Brilliant video guys. I'm an English rugby player, been playing since I was 4 (rugby tots) and alllll the way up...high level club rugby, country level, played for the navy at the Army V Navy at Twickenham for 2 years on the trot, and almost got selected for England under 21s and I still play to this day at the young age of 43 haha, although I've retired from 1XV (first team) rugby and now play a mix of 2s, 3s and vets. So lovely to see a couple of Americans enjoying the sport I love so much. and to mr TNT, the rugby is growing in the US, I bet there is an amateur team near you looking for players? go on lad go and play, you know you want to haha

[@marieantoinette1360]

"Thick socks" lol gold, yeah Rugby is international, like cricket we all love it! G'day from Australia :)

[@davecoleman2417]

And let's not forget the third half, which is the singing and drinking together in the bar afterwards.

[@psychoticgamr]

Rugby is a gentleman's game. only protection you need a mouth guard and sometimes a scrum cap so your ears dont get ripped off

[@davidb7422]

There is some padding on the shoulders, but it’s very light compared to american football

[@Begbras]

​@@davidb7422optional. As a 1st line i rarely see undershirt pads outside of the runners and pass players or recently injured players

[@psychoticgamr]

@@davidb7422 there isnt any padding on the shoulders

[@data9594]

@@davidb7422I’ve never wore padding

[@slavianalbanovich9025]

​@@psychoticgamrthere are, but they are not mandatory.

[@jamsandwich2979]

the helmets people are wearing are called scrum caps and they prevent their ears from bleeding and filling up with blood.

[@Lemmys_Mole]

My grandfather played rugby internationally, we all played it at school in the UK.

[@drewmaidment2685]

I used to hate rugby season in school 😂

[@pauldurkee4764]

Who was your grandfather.

[@Lemmys_Mole]

@@pauldurkee4764 Bleddyn Williams, last Welsh Captain to beat NZ.

[@pauldurkee4764]

​@@Lemmys_Mole I believe he defeated New Zealand with Cardiff and Wales, from a big rugby playing family from the Taffs Well area, that's quite a family accolade.👍

[@Lemmys_Mole]

@@pauldurkee4764 he certainly did & taught me to pass a rugby ball 😁.

[@HannibalLekta-qg2ip]

Another one of the great things about the sport is after destroying each other on the field, we shake hands & go have a few beers & a few laughs together...everything gets left out on the pitch & that's the beauty of it...Rugby brings people together even countries together & that's why the people who play respect each other

[@justonecornetto80]

As my old PE teacher used to say, it's a man's game get up. 😂😂😂😂

[@speleokeir]

I remember playing once in a hailstorm when I was 11 where the hail was the size of a large pea. That hurt! I remember our PE teacher had a big waterproof with a hood and still took shelter whilst making us play on. Bastard. After the hail stopped we were soaked to the skin and frozen too. Those of us playing in the backs were turning blue by the end of the game we were so cold.

[@reactions5783]

You should have told him that you were only a boy.

[@justonecornetto80]

@@reactions5783 That wouldn't have bothered him. The man was a sadist! 😂😂

[@justonecornetto80]

@@speleokeir I have similar memories of Friday afternoons being caked from top to bottom in mud on a pitch resembling something from the Western Front of WWI. Mr Armstrong there in his beany hat and thick arran jumper screaming obscenities from the touchline between steaming hot cups of tea from his flask. The school bully giving me whiplash with a tackle that bordered on attempted murder. Some people look back on their schooldays with feelings of nostalgia, I look back on mine with feelings of PTSD. 😂😂

[@Happyheretic2308]

As I would have said to my sons.

[@gjhunt916]

I loved it when the guy said they have helmets on. They’re not helmets they’re basically stitched bandages to stop your head splitting open. There’s been players with broken jaws that have had them strapped up and gone back on the pitch. Rugby is a hard game. I hope you get the chance to come to England and watch a full match. No kickers coming on, A break halftime and that’s it. No sponsorship advertising during the game. Totally different from what you’re used too.

[@munashemanyeza5812]

rugby 101 1. you can only pass backwards 2. you can kick but whoever catches it on your teams needs to have been behind you when you kicked it. 3. when you score its called a try and when you kick a “field goal” its a conversion from the try or from a penalty you can kick. 4. 15 men on both sides 5. A scrum cap is a soft padded cap that some players wear. 6. Rugby players usually play with gum guards to protect teeth. 7. No additional padding is needed due to the tackling techniques, tackle above the breast bone is a high tackle and you could get sent off and receive match bans. thats like the basics of rugby. Make sure to check out the most feared rugby team video which is the Springboks! you would love it!!!

[@Bushbaby1977]

You did good explaining rugby in a nutshell. I'm from Namibia and here its like a religion just like in SA.

[@galadinthedark9862]

@munashemanyeza5812 Springboks ? What about the all black ?

[@lucidnonsense942]

@@galadinthedark9862 Springbok's fans inhaling industrial quantities of copium... 🤣

[@forwardpaunganwa4135]

​@@galadinthedark9862There's a video titled "Springboks, The Most Feared Team In The World"... And I do think it's true😊

[@dkennell998]

Great summary. Thank you!

[@HayleyPamela22]

Firstly, LOVE HER! secondly, ur reactions to the first hit had me laughing for the rest of the video 😂😂

[@barr790]

Our kids in England play rugby in secondary school which is 11 years old, my daughter has been playing for 3 years she's now 14, most of them love it, they have competitions with other school too so it gets rough.

[@geordieboy1309]

Yep it gets heated 😂 played for my school team and for a local club called Gosforth from the age of 12. The coach for the school used to let us properly fight 😂 and when we would get bloody noses or burst lips he would tell us to run it off 😂😂😂 unfortunately I wasn’t really good enough to try go pro with my back injuries building up and now I’m 30 and literally have to be very careful as anything set it off and then I’m crippled for weeks on end. But wouldn’t change a thing I love it.

[@nox6885]

South Africa, we start in primary at 7 years

[@geordieboy1309]

@@nox6885 yeah we can start younger just in primary school football is far more popular, they usual start at that age doing tag rugby with the Ribons attached to your side so no tackling

[@LollyJ]

South African here - our kids start from age 7.

[@barr790]

@LollyJ Age Grade Rugby is the game for all players aged 6 - 18 in UK clubs, schools, colleges and within the representative pathway and it incorporates the rules of play, regulation, competition formats and the structure of the season. It becomes curriculum based in secondary schools

[@TheCapitainecorwin]

The Guy who looks "crazy at 9:50 is Sebastien Chabal a legend for the french rugby. An absolute beast. Go check a best of of him you will not be disappointed

[@grousetheghoul2754]

he actually played a couple years with Mathieu Bastereaud ( apologies for butchering the spelling ) . What a tandem they made.

[@couvertgerard7742]

A big hello from Toulouse my friend.

[@SteveDavies80]

Love to hear an American agree with the absurdity that is Football/Soccer. The funniest thing about american sport is the World Series, yet only Americans play in it 😂

[@em0_tion]

Men don't like nonsense, so these names must have been chosen by a female manager. 😂

[@Leslie-cg7ph]

That’s the American brain.

[@rambo3852]

Actually i believe its called the world series as the tournament was created ot sponsored by a newspaper called World or something, hence the name world series. Or something along those lines - fun fact 😊

[@garyross4602]

@@rambo3852 However, the issue is that US teams who win their 'National' Championships have this tendency to then describe themselves as 'World Champions' as if anyone else was playing. It's a combination of myopia, arrogance and sheer ignorance of sport outside of their own Country.

[@rambo3852]

@@garyross4602 all i did was explain the origin of the name world series. That was all just a simple fact nothing more and certainly nothing to do with US ream arrogance.

[@matthewprice2626]

Me and my mates used to organise a friendly rugby game against eachother on the school fields. Getting a hit and giving one gives you so much adrenaline.

[@Tohurangi]

the problem with AF is that you give player helmets, heaps of padding etc. (gives people the illusion of having armor & hitting people harder and using your head). tackling is all about where you put your head / technique. Rugby players are good friend after the game as what happens on the field stays on the field (no ill will towards other team).

[@slavianalbanovich9025]

the critics of American football have to decide: either it is a game for debauchees because they have protections or it is more dangerous because the protections give an excessive sense of security. P.s. in many youth federations protections are also mandatory in Rugby.

[@colinglen4505]

'I'd be screaming the whole time!' Lol 😂

[@bigdave1302]

Football is called football because the players have to use their feet to play the game. American football is a game of catch. The difference between American football and rugby union, rugby league[a different game] and AFL[Aussie Rules] is that they are actually played by men.

[@slavianalbanovich9025]

1) did you know that American football is called that because it derives from "rugby football"? if you accused the first sport of being called "football" despite the use of hand, for the same reason you should accuse Rugby. 2) Both rugby football and American football can be played by both men and women.

[@Nerivan-911]

american footbal is a game of field gain and it's a far far more startegical game than rugby/footy/football, and footbal is called footbal because players stands on their feet, not because they use their feet to play ! and real men try to understand things, children don't try understanding and only repeat stupid things...

[@dudeymcduderson]

First time I've seen your videos. But the ladies reactions are hilarious!!! 🤣

[@adamdixon2473]

They learn to tackle properly from an early age so they don't get the injurys. Do wear mouth guards, but that's it. Watch some world cup highlights, amazing games.

[@sabjitathwal3235]

“Soccer is a gentleman's game played by hooligans, and rugby is a hooligans' game played by gentlemen.” Winston Churchill,

[@sammygirl5835]

Football (Soccer) is 11 guys running about pretending to be hurt, rugby is 15 guys running about pretening they'er not hurt.

[@speno8976]

Gentlemen that gouge eyes and use blood capsules 💤 rugby's fans are more obsessed by football than football fans are

[@jonisilk]

This is why we call American Football, Rugby with armour.

[@Shoomer1988]

I call it Handegg.

[@stephenhickman304]

“ hand egg “ lol

[@joopapril1]

That's adorable

[@jukeseyable]

you flatter it equating it to rugby, its boring slow and predictable

[@euricofrade6728]

Not on your nelly! Not even close! American Football is all about commercials. Rugby is a non-stop battle that ends in insane amounts of beer at the local pub.

[@tdurb0]

We did this at school. On no occasion since then have I ever felt the need to dive head-first towards someone’s studded boots

[@davebooth5847]

If you're familiar with American football, you'll (mostly) get rugby with a few pieces of information... (this is how I explained it to my buddies when I lived on your side of the pond) You know those word games where you have to get from one word to another changing one letter at a time? Whell here we go from football to rugby. 1: Forget the football passing game. If the ball is going forwards it must be in your hands or off your foot. The ball going forward through the air off your hands is not allowed. Rugby is a rushing and kicking game. All passes must be back or lateral. 2: Take your offensive, defensive and special teams and pick ONE team from all those guys that stays on the field for the whole game. A rugby player has to do it all (although there is usually ONE player on the team that is the best place-kicker on the squad, they take all the set-piece kicks while playing all the other roles the rtest of the time) 3: you want a "touchdown" (in rugby it's called a try) then TOUCH IT DOWN. The ball has to touch the ground in the end zone under positive control of the player touching it down. hand/ball/ground, all in contact. Or it doesn't count. 4: Do not block. You'll be penalised for obstruction. Your coach will have your ass for lunch. You get to hit the guy WITH THE BALL. If he offloads it while you're in mid-tackle thats ok, but deliberately targeting a player who doesn't have the ball will have the referee in your face. 5: Now, take your pads and helmet off. You can keep your mouthguard. You see some maori brick shithouse that's four times your size steaming down the field with the ball under his arm and you gotta know that hitting him is gonna hurt. Get your tackle technique right and it doesn't matter how big he is, he's eating dirt. But dont expect it to be painless. Go get him. 6: Forget "downs" - if the ball goes down in rugby, it's still in play. DO NOT STOP unless the referee whistles or the lineman's flag goes up saying it went out of bounds. Step out on a rugby pitch and expect to be playing for 80 minutes, with 15 minutes break at half time. There's a lot more to rugby than that - I played through school and college and it's the reason I'm missing so many teeth (yes I WAS wearing a mouthguard) and have rivets in my left forearm (the forearm was the career-ending injury.) but with these six things, somebody who knows and understands American football can watch a rugby match and mostly get it :)

[@dominicrobertson7626]

I've still got a crunchy nose after getting kneed in the face nearly 10 years ago playing rugby. The bloke was way bigger than me so I had to get low, it was a pity his knee was in the way

[@MarcusGorinski]

From NZ here one of the main Rugby countries, The All Blacks. Some players depending on positions will wear mouth guards. Also it’s not helmets some are wearing just head guards for when they are in a scrum.

[@davidfuters7152]

Watch Jonah Lomu , he’s possibly the best rugby player ever He was a New Zealand international who unfortunately was taken from us too soon and check out the Haka while your at it

[@hootysnaf]

The only protective equipments they have are Mouth guards, scrum caps which are optional, and shoulder pads that they wear underneath their jersey which is also Optional.

[@ChristopherStendeck]

I've never been into rugby but the headmaster of my middle school (in England) was. He practically banned football (i.e soccer). It was usually what we did in PE, especially in bad weather. Torrential rain, even snow and rock hard ground. I was small but very fast and agile with a low center of gravity. Scored a few tries but when I got tackled, I was either knocked into the next field or smeared across the turf. 😂 I was 8-11 years old at this time, a long time ago. My abiding memories of it are burning lungs, bruises and bleeding grazes, concussions, and being covered head to toe in mud. Mud and blood might sum it up. I kinda dreaded it. But I can't deny there was a tremendous sense of pride, achievement and camaraderie as we limped back to the changing rooms to compare wounds in the shower. 😅

[@stepney56]

Some players have soft caps on because they are in the scrum, where both sides put about 7 players opposite each other. They lean forward shoulder to shoulder and push.(The Scrum) but due to ear injuries they cover their ears. All usually have cauliflower ears from years of being in the scrum.

[@Shoomer1988]

The hats that some choose to wear are to stop ears getting torn off during a part of the game called the 'scrum'

[@Alvinslife37]

the headgear is called a scrum cap. It is to protect the 4 and 5 from their ears turning into cabbage ears, and also because they get their skulls rattled in the scrum. Rugby is a wild game.

[@andrewcowan145]

No pads because we are tougher and have free health care 😂

[@Nerivan-911]

in the reality of real world, no pads in rugby because the hits are more softer...

[@1986natedogg]

Watching this as an Aussie(Australian) Love the reactions. While your oww and ahh I'm laughing at them boys getting laid out. Also, that clip is a mixture of two sports. Rugby League and Rugby Union.

[@nox6885]

Ive lived in North America for 2 years and i find it crazy that Americans dont know much about rugby and yet American Football comes from rugby. Not only that, the amount of athletes the US has would make them a pretty strong nation if the people knew more about it. Great reaction guys

[@quantaca5773]

I believe that a few years back I saw a US team play some tournament against the top nations, mix of us rugby players and some nfl players, from what I remember they actually did ok mostly lacking in strategy and ultimately stamina (keeping up for 25-30 minutes isnt enough when the half is 40 minutes), but they had some good (fast) runners and some very big guys.

[@guyosborn615]

I think that IF the USA started to play rugby and all American football players switched to rugger, they'd be world champions in four years

[@nox6885]

​​@@guyosborn615there are teams that have a far greater rugby culture than the US that have never won the world cup. This thing needs generations. I totally disagree with you fam. It will never happen in 4 years, don't even see it happening in 4 World Cups, that's a twelve year cycle. I'm talking reality no hypotheticals

[@danielralph8580]

​@@guyosborn615funny fucking jokes bud😂

[@guyosborn615]

@@danielralph8580 What does "bud" mean - is it the end growing part of a plant? Odd thing to say - I am not a plant!

[@shaunhovell8262]

I'm from NZ and like Fiji "rugby football" is also our national sport, we also play from the age of 5yrs, good old "school of hard knocks". We had one player Buck Shelford, have his scrotum ripped, he went to the sidelines, had it stitched up so he could continue playing

[@michaelavery6390]

Woman play rugby as well . They are just as rough as the men's game.

[@randomlyfactual1943]

No, they aren't. No disrespect to the women, but you don't have Eben Etzebeth and Duane Vermeulen in the women's game

[@andrewchornoby1140]

To be fair they aren't competing against them either. They're competing with people of similar body types and they go hard against each other. Unless you're in Canada. Then there's a chance there will be a man on the field and somebody is gonna get broken lol.

[@TheShingo72]

no

[@KevinIsUltra]

Never😂

[@loreleiocarolain2209]

Leur jeu est plus beau, il y a plus de passes, c'est en effet moins brutal, mais plus intéressant je trouve.😊

[@jeremyroberts39]

Hi guys......thanks for the video. Glad to seeing you enjoy the best game in the world! 😊🇬🇧

[@Stevegrass]

In the UK the average professional salary ranges between £150,000 - £180,000 per year

[@tntreactions]

That's not enough

[@danielgardecki1046]

​@@tntreactions Rugby League players get paid much much less, with budgets of around £2.1M for the entire squad. Only 2 Rugby League players per squad are allowed to be paid a maximum of £150K. Everyone else in the squad gets paid much much less. The average wage for players in the Super League (highest English division) is £75K. The average wage for players in the NRL (highest Australian division) is £90K.

[@thegreytone]

​@@tntreactions y'all should check out the South African national team who just won the Rugby World Cup, yes World Cup back-to-back and for a 4th time overall in France on Die Hard Rugby, also known as the Springboks, also check out the New Zealand national side, known as the All Blacks, they are the most dominant team in the history of team sports, coming from a South African!!! Idk, how much our club players get paid but they have a whole slew of sponsorships as well, I Know a Stormers (provincial club) player who earns R580 000 (our currency, you can convert it) including bonuses!!

[@LittleBallOfPurr]

We play this as school children, usually 11+ years. The record for ambulances at one school game was three, two for broken wrists and one for a broken collar bone. Good times, if you didn't come off that pitch battered, bruised and probably bleeding, then you probably weren't really playing.

[@simonpoole2635]

Ill never get bored of listening to Americans getting stuck on repeat! "they've got no pads!"

[@Itguyrocks]

Rugby players are of the toughest athletes in sport. Greetings from South Africa. Go bokke 🎉

[@astraboots]

You can see how they got the idea for American football.

[@sbeehre]

American football is a direct dependent of Rugby.. I think the diverged in the late 1800's I think.

[@patguilfoyle9720]

American Football was based on a variation of Rugby rules.

[@stevehartley7504]

Mouth guards yes! You'll see some soft skull caps to protect your ears from getting ripped off!!!! All the armour is muscle

[@tianaandclintbroadbent2371]

Dead at the rugby league clips that made it in 😂😂

[@gazzoh]

I think its wise that Americans stick to playing sports that only they play really, American football, Baseball, Basketball. That way when they win at those sports they can call themselves "World Champions" without ever playing against other countries. So, kudos for that.

[@MrKyleElise141]

Well we also dominate the Olympics so I'd call us world champs in just basic athletics

[@maroondoor]

Good previous comment. There was a fantastic documentary from the mid 90s (narrated, I think, by the short actor Ed Asner - who starred in the US legal drama Lou Grant) about how protective gear, particularly the helmet, was CAUSING injuries in American Football. I've never been able to refind this documentary.

[@Lohanginfroot]

Got 3 titanium plates in my jaw from playing this game. Wouldn't change anything I had the time of my life. The friendship and bonds I made were worth more than momentary pain.

[@butetowncarnival7729]

The ‘helmets’ you saw are called Scrum Caps. They are made of lightly padded leather or textile and are worn mainly to protect their ears.

[@liamcorrigan3158]

It’s worth pointing out that a lot of the tackles shown here are illegal and would result in the offending player being sent off.

[@gazzoification]

Randomly found this video. Im in Scotland, we have two pro rugby teams and do pretty well internationally. Loved your honest assessment on Soccer vs American Football. American Football should definitely be called something else 😂

[@InsertURL]

1:58 That's what makes it fun as a popular South African sport, We do still wear teeth gaurds😂

[@tntreactions]

Gotta protect the pearly whites while getting a brain concussion, lol

[@danielevans1997]

The dude looks genuinely concerned the whole time 😂

[@SomejerkRammakar]

As a rugby-mad New Zealander, I love seeing Americans getting into rugby. It can only strengthen our game globally!

[@MarcusGorinski]

Yea same. From NZ too Wellington

[@couvertgerard7742]

@@MarcusGorinski A big hello from Toulouse my friend.

[@BTL6666]

Guys , please, now that you watched rugby...also look online at the rugby playing rules...because you keep on comparing it with American football and the rules are totally different!

[@one.of.two1969]

I loved playing this in school a lot of fun

[@drewmaidment2685]

Football goes back to 1314. America wasnt discovered until 1492! Can we just all agree the we 🇬🇧 play football and you 🇺🇲 play american football! Anyway, welcome to rugby ✌🏼

[@claverhouse1]

Football is a game where you use your foot to play a ball. Handegg is where you use your hand to play an egg. Americans play handegg, not football.

[@willrichardson1809]

its far older than that.

[@drewmaidment2685]

@willrichardson1809 games like football were obviously around before that, but that's when it was first recorded as the game known as football.

[@aaronbarlow4376]

The forwards often wear head gear because they're at the front of the scrum where heads are banging together, and at the bottom of rucks and front of driving phases.

[@jjdecani]

Rugby is so British. It was invented at a time when the belief was you weren't a man unless you experienced severe pain and, possibly, grievous injury.

[@MalignMusings]

I play rugby, thick socks help a bit. You just gotta learn to get hit and get up. Builds resilience. Pass backward, kick forwards. On the 'helmets' they are scrum caps and they really just stop you getting scratched. Sometimes you come of the field with blood all over your face, which feels super cool.

[@roybrookes9433]

I agree with everything You have wrote and summed it up to a tee and saved Me having to write it . Thank you 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@tonibaker3823]

england women just won the grand slam put the men to shame

[@em0_tion]

They played against men?

[@Daredevil311-g9l]

Ive played rugby all through school loved every minute of it! Go bokke!!!! 💪🇿🇦

[@timglennon6814]

Rugby is played by REAL men who don’t need helmets and shoulder pads to play their sport.

[@nadspurs]

Rugby 1st started in 1823 so its an old skool game. 133 member countries participate so global sport. Without the padding you learn how to hit correctly. I played rugby at school and after 1 season gave it up and joined the football (Soccer) team lol

[@imperial109]

1:58 Of course they have protective gear, its called a gum shield. What more do you want? 🤣

[@Statto92]

When i was in the UK military (RAF) i worked for may years at a JSU where we had Americans also stationed. whenever a new batch came over the pond we would encourage them to come play rugby, if they were not broken on the pitch they were broken in the bar afterwards LOL..... @6.30 they aint helmets, they are scrum caps, mainly to help preserve ears rather than brain cells :)

[@carportsnewcastle3603]

You're a true talent; keep up the amazing work!

[@mikee9763]

In uk you play rugby from 11yrs old generally in school... Its a winter sport also... So from 11yrs old you get to know that a frozen pitch feels like concrete and if the week before it was raining when you played.. This week itll feel like sharp concrete as it shreds you as you batter each other around the pitch... Ahh those were the days 🤣🤣

[@Gamezpork]

Rugby is a strange game to try and explain. You go forward by passing the ball backwards, you have to play the ball whilst on your feet but spend most of the time on the floor. As a welsh man, this game is our national sport and we love it.

[@saihaynes]

Great reaction - Rugby is a real mans sport for sure

[@creeperman9183]

A commonly heard phrase after a mighty tackle is "Get up, yer girl!"

[@barbaragreen3742]

Many years ago. Football was being played at a private (public) school in England, and a boy picked up the ball and ran with it, which was not allowed. The school is called Rugby and that was the start of Rugby football.

[@yyddddllllyy5870]

It's probably mentioned already, but American Football was a spinoff of rugby from the late 1800's, early 1900's that was originally called "Gridiron", and is still reasonably commonly called that outside the US.

[@whocaresnotme9434]

There was a mix of video's in this of rugby league and rugby union. The game 3:00 mark is a game of state of origin (QLD(maroon's) V NSW (blue's)) that is a three game series inside of the league season in Australia.

[@timglennon6814]

I love the expressions on your faces guys when you see a big hit.

[@colinmusgrove8080]

when i was in grammer school in england in early 70s and played rugger . the gum shield was to stop you biteing not protection

[@gerrydalemans6672]

Love the way I see you guys faces 😂🤭. So welcome to the rest of the world when it comes to sports, ain't nothing padded, nobody wearing a helmet unless it's motorsports...you guys ain't ready for us 😎🤭😂. Much love though 💙