First Time Reacting Rugby

Welcome to TNT Reactions, where we bring you first-time reactions to compilations of brutal rugby clips! Join us as we dive into the adrenaline-fueled world of rugby, witnessing bone-crushing tackles, heart-stopping scrums, and jaw-dropping plays for the very first time. Whether you're a die-hard rugby fan or a newcomer to the sport, our genuine reactions and expert commentary will keep you on the edge of your seat. Get ready to experience the raw power and intense action of rugby like never before, only on TNT Reactions!
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[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@darrencurtin2386]

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 !!

[@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💀

[@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.

[@ZugZugMahogny]

yeah similar or the same as wrestling headgear

[@cameronhunter3832]

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

[@NTL578]

Calm down.

[@jonathanhodgson2142]

@@NTL578 to whom do you refer?

[@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.

[@rossshepherd9836]

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

[@user-tt8wl8dd3h]

“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😂

[@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 😁.

[@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

[@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.

[@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!!

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@marieantoinette1360]

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

[@user-cx9kg2ui7g]

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).

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@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!

[@Ozzpot]

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. 😅

[@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.

[@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

[@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!!

[@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

[@andrewcowan145]

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

[@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

[@dpomination8974]

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

[@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😂

[@simonpoole2635]

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

[@lrh5206]

They do show rugby on TV! Major League Rugby is in it's 7th(? I think) season now. Check it out, there are teams all across the US playing professionally :)

[@fredmayhew7126]

The fact you appreciate the sport and heavy metal is a plus in my books. Rock on and massive respect to you both 🤘I also played rugby…ended up with concussion and dislocated shoulder

[@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.

[@stevehartley7504]

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

[@Shoomer1988]

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

[@barriehull7076]

In Premiership Rugby, the top tier of the English club game, the average salary of a senior player is £171,187. Fly-halves earn, on average, £175,679 a year, making them the best paid players on the pitch. Meanwhile, centres earn around £167,779, while locks can expect to take home £158,617 a year for their efforts.12 Feb 2023

[@billmorrison8292]

The scrum cap is to prevent or ease cauliflower ear. Google the term and you find pictures where the outside of the ear is all lumpy like the top side of a cauliflower.

[@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.

[@sabjitathwal3235]

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

[@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

[@glenbe4026]

There a sport called "football" which was played in Britain in the 16-19th centuries. It was called "Football" not because you kicked the ball, but because it was played on foot, instead of on a horse. Each town, village and school all had their own rules. In the 1800s two groups tried to unify the rules, One called "Association Football", the other called "Rugby Football". Both still football. Association Football became known as Soccer for short. It was originally the English word for the sport and only went out of fashion in England about 40 years ago, which is why Australia, New Zealand, USA & Canada still call it soccer. So the US is not wrong to call it such. Rugby was also called football and American Gridiron split off from Rugby very early which is why it is called American Football. Britain eventually stopped calling Rugby "Football", but New Zealand still does. And Australia still calls the other Rugby spin-off "League" by that name. So TLDR, the USA is not wrong in using the name Soccer for Association Football, as it was a name originally coined by the British for the sport. Nor is it wrong in referring to American Football as "football" as a) the name football has nothing to do with kicking, but to do with playing on foot, and b) American Football is a descendent of the original Football sports.

[@Rawedreamer]

Yeah, used to call football soccer in school in the 60’s, also footer, and er… football 🙄

[@maieldmik5233]

G'day from NZ 🇳🇿,we call it soccer in NZ and Australia as well.cheers👍

[@marlenebailie7456]

In earlier years a group of kids were playing a game of soccer when one of the players grabbed the ball and ran with it, he was then tackled by the rest. It happened in an English town called Rugby. So the new game was started....

[@martinconnors6200]

I used to play Rugby Union for my school. I used to be a Scrum Half, and those scrums (Scrimmage for you) are like Stags Rutting (smashing into each other). Just pure muscle, adrenaline, bravery

[@bigdave1302]

You watched a combination of two different games, Rugby Union, and Rugby League. Rugby Union is usually referred to as Rugby, while Rugby League is usually[but not always] referred to as League. Two different games.

[@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.

[@marcuswardle3180]

The players you saw with a "helmet" was wearing what is called a "scrum cap". This is designed to protect the players ears when they are in a "Scrum". I would try to explain what a scrum is but if you can find examples on the Internet it would be easier to understand!

[@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.

[@TGUJJNET]

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

[@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.

[@CagedPaps]

You'd probably enjoy reacting to some of Jim Telfer's rugby pre-game motivation. Rugby is names after a town in England called Rugby, the oldest international game is between England and Scotland (Scotland won). But most ex colony countries play it, while there is rivalry within Europe (the 6 Nations Championship), it's mostly a divide between the north and south hemisphere. They've won every wold cup apart from 2003 when England won it. But all the others have been New Zealand (The All Blacks), South Africa (Springboks) and Australia. Every 4 years Great Britain and Ireland combine their internation teams (England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland) to go on a tour of one of those countries as The British and Irish Lions. A lot of history but some great matches and clips.

[@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

[@sabinbouwer5071]

From South Africa here, there are laws surrounding kicking and different types of kicks, but not necessarily any laws regarding when you can or can't kick the ball, the ball can be kicked at any point throughout the game and is really the only way you can "pass" the ball forward is by kicking.

[@tonibaker3823]

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

[@em0_tion]

They played against men?

[@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.

[@michaelmcginn7260]

Rugby was created in an English Public School in 1823. It was originally called the Wall Game, and had few rules.

[@BikeGoZoom]

Think about this guy: 131 wins 15 loses 2 draws. Of those, 97 wins as captain. Anyone who knows rugby knows who I'm talking about: Richie McCaw - Captain of the All Blacks (New Zealand) from 2006 - 2015.

[@zaanredelinghuys191]

The first person to invent Rugby was William Webb Ellis, who basically was playing football (soccer) when he picked up the ball and started running with it. And thus, Rugby was born. This is a very in a nutshell explanation for it, but it is true.

[@jeremyroberts39]

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

[@m88888]

I'll address a few questions: Rugby has some strict rules around contact. Some (very few) of the clips you see here would constitute illegal contact, usually a tackle above the shoulders or a tackle with no attempt to control the player. You have to attempt to wrap your arms around the opponent and make sure the guy you are tackling goes down "safely" i.e. you can't just hit him with your shoulder and let him fall upside-down on his head. Also, the ball is still in play after the tackle is made, so both players are still contesting for the ball after the hit. Modern rugby players will sometimes wear small pads on their shoulders and sometimes a "scrum cam" (small, padded head protection you can see on some clips. Additionally, the ball must be at the front of play, so if the ball is behind you (based on your team's direction of play on the field) you cannot interfere with play, so you cannot hit somebody from behind. The protection in NFL style football is necessary due to the difference in ruleset. i.e. you can hit somebody from any direction with no regard for their safety. Most of the tackled in NFL would be illegal in a game of rugby due to lack of technique.

[@MrPistolpete1234]

We played rugby at school in the uk. I was a skinny kid. I remember going to tackle someone and missing, and as he ran away, his boots kicking me in the teeth. Then another big guy ran into me, and as I bounced off him, it felt like my skeleton had shattered. I decided there and then rugby wasn’t for me

[@tasso_viola2011]

Maybe you don't know that American Football was born from Rugby (1823). By the late 19th century, rugby was being played in North America, but it seemed that some adjustments were needed to make it the perfect sport for Americans. Walter Camp was the pioneer of this change: he was a student at Yale University, where rugby was quite popular. He graduated in 1891, and the following year Camp had already begun his battle, proposing some drastic changes, which are still part of the game today: the downs system, the snap back from the center, the points system, the safety and the offensive lines. Today all vital parts within a game.

[@joyceflowershed]

My hubby played rugby for years it was always hard to watch but the bar after the game was fabulous 🤣🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@huguesroland6308]

You understand better what happens on a rugby field when you know that the first thing you learn is to absorb shocks, to fall, to protect yourself from tackles. Then you learn how to properly tackle an opponent. The players respect these rules because they know that if they do not respect them, the other, opposite, will not respect them either and that hurts!

[@Ianbos1]

Nice reaction guys! You should deffo check out more rugby, there are two main types, Rugby Union is the most popular globally and then there is also Rugby League. The head pads/Helmets you saw are purely for protecting ears and the players do wear mouth guards! :)

[@darthwiizius]

The term "Soccer" also came from England, it was posh slang for "Association Football" and was commonly used in the UK alongside "Football" until the 1970s.

[@paulbromley6687]

Look how you said “ Uou could break something “ you looked thrilled.

[@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.

[@EstonianShark]

I was 13 years old and basically 6ft tall. My middleschool's Rugby coach was begging me to play (Early years of Secondary for everyone who knows what that is, I'm not from US). I wasn't interested. A few weeks later, the season had just begun, it was lunch time, there was slight rain and it had rained heavily earlier in the day. Our senior Rugby team came from a match, almost everyone was covered in mud, cuts and bruises. One of the players were in a hospital suffering from a concussion. It was straight out of a movie, like the little kid seeing the hero and wanting to be one too. Welp it has been about 6 years since then, multiple awards and many injuries, I no longer play (I did 3 and 1/2 years until Covid ruined our season and many people were too old for our league so our team was shut down) but when I think back to my Highschool days I felt absolutely honoured to play with some of the best at our age. From not having a clue to how the game worked to teaching the new team that launched when I was in my final year and there was no one else who had similar experience. I remember the feeling of getting my first tackle, my first scrum, my first concussion (I luckily only had one, I was bigger than most so I didn't suffer any bad injuries). I unfortunately never got a try but I got a large amount of assists/stops. I remember standing on our School's pitch, a light breeze, clouds in the sky and seeing our team training in front of our school building. I will never forget it.

[@georgemorrison6689]

The guy you seen near the end with the long hair and beard was one of the most feared and wildest players in rugby, it would take to long to tell you how it works but safe to say never say that rugby is a mix of football no rugby man will have football and rugby in the same sentence

[@20SilverTeeth]

Passing backwards will be the NFL's version of 3 points in NBA. There will be an era where passing it back is a great strategy and everyone will do it.

[@remyd1984]

In rugby you need to wear a gum shield and you get a choice to wear a scrum cap. A bit of padding around your head, mainly players choice this to protect their ears from becoming cauliflowered

[@kableedge9278]

I love how at 1:44 no one realizes the dude is getting his head checked because he's split it open and then proceeds to tackle someone

[@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.

[@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 😂

[@katatonickiwi8310]

You guys have a professional Rugby comp in the US called the MLR. I couldn't tell you all the cities in the states that have teams. If you would like to attend a match that's probably the highest quality you will get in your country outside of International sides playing 1 off test matches. New Zealand vs Fiji I believe is getting played on July 19th in San Diego this year for example. That will be a good open running game I'd expect.

[@edwardvardabasso8180]

It seems like that among many Americans’ early reactions to rugby is “Its like a mix American football and …..”. It’s understandable to try to get a grasp of something new by looking for similarities with something familiar, but rugby and football (soccer) both developed from an earlier less organized pastime. These are the originals therefore rugby is not a mix/combination of other things. These other sports have likely adapted elements of rugby into them.

[@aleksanderdomanski222]

Mens game. Adrenaline, controlled agression, skill, fitness. You can feel you heart pumping just from watching it.

[@barrymacdonald4515]

Rugby is rugby. American football is based on rugby. Rugby is 14st+ men running around for 80 minutes with the endurance and speed of a football(soccer player), whilst been knocked around

[@markhughes8314]

"Concussion just from watching it" 😄

[@courtneynairn508]

In rugby, every player, plays defense and offense. There are no downs, no stoppages unless there is a very serious injury or an infringement. If someone goes down, they play doesn't stop unless it's a serious injury. It's just two 40 minute halves with a 10 min half time. The game is fast paced. With regards to mouth guards, they do wear them, but that is the only protective gear they wear.

[@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 :)

[@PollyTheWog-ff8rt]

Agree with the comments that more protective gear adds a sense of invulnerability to players and can actually lead to more serious injuries.

[@user-xn1xn7mg8b]

Rugby is brilliant - glad you enjoyed it so much. Get across to us in Scotland and we'll take you to some live games!

[@shaunhovell8262]

Rugby football was invented in Britain by a football player fed up with using just the feet so one day he picked up the ball and ran. The birth of the greatest game on the planet.

[@FrowningIke]

Helmets cause more concussions. A concussion occurs when your brain bounces back and forth in your skull on impact. Helmets prevent cuts, superficial injuries etc but also lead to harder hits using your head as a weapon. It's like in boxing. You can cause the other guy way more damage using gloves. You get a lot more bloody faces in bare knuckle boxing but you are much more likely to break your own hand by hitting full force without protection.

[@michaelboyce7079]

That's what they found in amateur boxing when head gear was made mandatory. Head/brain injuries increased because the fighters were relying on the head padding to protect them rather than learn how to do it themselves.

[@jamesbond3235]

" they probably got thick socks" 😂😂

[@susanplatt5331]

I've been in a and e after a rugby match. It was carnage. Lost teeth, ears hanging off, broken noses, bulging eye's. Every one of them were smiling and laughing. Both teams.

[@ShikNara-xl7dm]

I played rugby for many years had a great time, I had anger issues and behaviour issues and rugby helped me become more disciplined.

[@warpedreflection3650]

My older son had some behavioural problems at school. I put him in to rugby. When he was in the army he wanted to try out for the rugby team but he wasn't allowed as too many guys wanted to play.

[@ShikNara-xl7dm]

@@warpedreflection3650 Thats a shame he didn't get a chance to play im sure the army helped him in similar ways.

[@williamprice6318]

Yeah we all had to play it at school. I was bad at most sports because I was big boned as a kid but that made it more fun when it came to tackling :D. It can hurt, but the worst part was jumping and falling on a frozen pitch all chewed up by rugby boots.

[@Yeino]

"He looks crazy" : he's Sebastien Chabal, feared throughout the world, even by the strongest team (the All Blacks from New Zealand). He's a gladiator.

[@nishkarheera2509]

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

[@twt3716]

What happens in a scrum is truly horrific. People can and have died in a scrummage. What a dainty sport 😂

[@saihaynes]

Great reaction - Rugby is a real mans sport for sure

[@alunchurcher7060]

I played this in school, boys game options was rugby or rugby, it toughened us all up. Yes we played the same sets of rules as international rugby and got hit hard and got injured occasionally, you just shrugged it off and ready to re-join the action. We had teachers who had retired from rugby and they joined in and tackled hard and we loved playing even the end of the year match against teachers. But we all knew who was in charge the referee, what the referee said, went no arguing or disputing a decision which taught us discipline.

[@Jamie_D]

As others have likely said, if they have padding on it is likely around an already injured area.