I feel that when you play rugby you have no pads so your brain is going to naturrally not make you hit someone as hard as you can. With football though, people go all out because of pads, which makes the sport dangerous and pads can help you hit someone better than with no pads.

that makes a lot of sense, actually

not only that, it has been proven in Boxing that the gloves do more damage per area than bare fists, that's why there hasn't been any deaths in a UFC ring let alone very few concussions as compared to Boxing.

I'd like to think that a lot of football players would do pretty well in Rugby though...

dude, football players would kill each other. Have you ever seen a regular rugby player? Yeah, they're well toned and muscular, but fucking football players are roided up fucking monsters. They would literally kill at least one or two people every game. No disrespect to rugby players, it's just that I think they're "natural". pretty much all football players take steriods

I enjoy watching both and I agree, football players would tackle a lot harder only because it's part of their practice.
I don't really think rugby players are taught to tackle on the same level as football players, because the play isn't over with the ball carrier goes down in rugby.
But yeah, watching Urlacher or Ray Lewis play rugby....holy shit hahaha

Rugby is the smarter sport. It is better than playing for 5 seconds and then stopping every damn play. I like rugby, but idk. I feel like the point isn't to hit in rugby (neither is football really) but to play the ball. I'm saying American football players are brutes not because of their nature, but because they are hopped up on a massive amount of steroids. rugby players seem less overly muscular and more like an ideal athlete.

I'm saying American football players are brutes not because of their nature, but because they are hopped up on a massive amount of steroids

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Your argument was that football players are more muscular than rugby players, therefore making them less athletic.

You also believe that all football players abuse steroids.

This is just...hilarious. I'm sorry, but it truly is.

no, not all, you're right. At least 98-99% are on PEDs

but, k

Dude, the NFL takes steroid use very seriously, I'm not the NFL's bitch or anything and I don't believe everything they tell us, but they definitely lock down on steroids because that shit can be dangerous and cause lots of lawsuits.

67% of statistics are made up.

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