24 Jun 14
Originally posted by RBHILLtricky one gridironers suffer more brain/neck problems/rugby players suffer more back injuries and many become paralized. when a ru team played a rl over both codes they both won playing in their own code.
Which ever sport has the most injuries percentage-wise of players.
30 Jun 14
Originally posted by redbadgerNope. In the nfl the most injuries occurred in the knee or ankle and in rugby ~25% of the injuries were concussions but being as they don't use pads, the majority of injuries are contusions.
tricky one gridironers suffer more brain/neck problems/rugby players suffer more back injuries and many become paralized. when a ru team played a rl over both codes they both won playing in their own code.
30 Jun 14
Originally posted by redbadgerThey are just different. While both sports require explosiveness and endurance American football is a more explosive type sport than rugby whereas rugby is more endurance. A play in the nfl lasts mere seconds whereas a try in rugby lasts minutes.
which is the tougher sport?
30 Jun 14
Originally posted by iChopWoodForFree
They are just different. While both sports require explosiveness and endurance American football is a more explosive type sport than rugby whereas rugby is more endurance. A play in the nfl lasts mere seconds and the rest time is 5 to ten times longer than the play itself, in rugby the action continues as soon as the tackled player gets up and returns the ball to play.
02 Jul 14
Originally posted by RBHILLYou would get a red card in soccer for doing things that happen on every play in the NFL.
Futbol/soccer is the most injuries.
No team sport that I know of is as tough as the NFL. The expression that the most important player is the QB and the second most important player is the backup QB tells the story. That they put the QB in a red shirt in practice so that nobody should hit him and that the NFL keeps having to make the rules stricter every year about hitting the QB and hitting people in general to prevent class action lawsuits against the league and brain damage to the players also speaks volumes.
In rugby, there's a lot of physical contact of course, but that's not how people get seriously hurt. They get seriously hurt when huge people who can run like the wind come at you at 20 miles per hour and try to take your head off. No scrum is as dangerous as Ronnie Lott or Steve Atwater lowering his helmet on you as you reach for a crossing pattern pass.
09 Sep 14
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Originally posted by RBHILLAlthough I do not see what the obsession is with wondering what is the most dangerous sports; football/soccer is usually in the top ten. Possibly it could be all the clashing of unguarded heads, also most of us who have played have collided with the goalposts at one point.
Futbol/soccer is the most injuries.
If its danger you are looking for here is a decent list but rugby isn't in there:
http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/Risk/sports.html
09 Sep 14
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Originally posted by redbadgerRugby league or rugby union?
which is the tougher sport?
The league payers don't have any protection these days (except mouthguards I think). In the past they had shoulder pads.
The number of injuries I see every week in rugby league is staggering and there are constant rule revisions to try to stamp out "rough tactics", but that's half the point
09 Sep 14
Originally posted by iChopWoodForFreeA play lasts mere seconds because of the start/ stop nature of nfl.
They are just different. While both sports require explosiveness and endurance American football is a more explosive type sport than rugby whereas rugby is more endurance. A play in the nfl lasts mere seconds whereas a try in rugby lasts minutes.
We hate it here - the fact that nfl is always starting and stopping.
There are always commentators reminding us that a good game is free flowing and not bogged down with with video referees.
And that's the way the public to like it too. No time-outs, no stuffing around and show ponying . Just a good open running game of football
11 Sep 14
Originally posted by sh76ah, ya left out Jack Tatum...... John Lynch.
You would get a red card in soccer for doing things that happen on every play in the NFL.
No team sport that I know of is as tough as the NFL. The expression that the most important player is the QB and the second most important player is the backup QB tells the story. That they put the QB in a red shirt in practice so that nobody should hit him and that the ...[text shortened]... onnie Lott or Steve Atwater lowering his helmet on you as you reach for a crossing pattern pass.