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Originally Posted by J. Falcon
American Football is the most violent team sport in the world. In case you dont know, there is a reason why players use pads and helmets in American Foootball. It cannot be played without them.
In Rugby you can only hit the guy with the ball - In football everyone gets hit.
In Rugby there are not blindside hits - In Football you can get from any side at any given time.
In Rugby there are not head-on, automobile-style collisions - In football there is practically one in every play.
In Rugby blocking is not allowed - In Football you can get killed during a block
Another point is that pads and helmets are not only used to protect, they are used to hit. Simply compare the amount and seriousness of injuries in pro football to those in rugby and there is a clear difference.
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You obviously did not see many rugby matches, because you're wrong. I recommend you to watch the World Cup, in September this year.
Rugby is a fair-play sport, not a "war". Only think that those men are wearing 1 inch nails shoes which can easily be use to crack heads in a mawl, but they avoid stepping on each other's heads.
A rugby player is in continuous movement almost all the 80 minutes of the game.
Most of the "football" players only play effectively a few minutes. Quite athletes there. 90% of them could not finish a rugby game, they would choke on the field, I'm talking especially about the defense players.
And, above all, "football" is a derivate of rugby, anybody can see that, since rugby was invented in the 19th century, then brought in and modified in America.
I'm not putting down american "football", since I enjoy watching it, but rugby is more of a men sport in my book. But that's just me.
