rugby or american football
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Yes very, attended one of the most elite boarding schools and has extremely rich parents
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Only 4 international rugby players from this school though, I just read that the founder of the SAS also went there
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Not in Alberta. Even Pakis call themselves Pakis here. Not a derogative term. Actually, not much is considered derogatory out here in Aryan Nations country.
I played American Football and Rugby in school. They are both fine sports.
Rugby you don't need the pads because you start in a push from the scrums and the game is more fluid with constant movement and lateral passes so there is not a good long while to size up a hit like in football.
In football a receiver waiting for a forward pass or jumping for one is a still target for a heavy moving person to line up and hit hard same with a quarterback that is setting to pass also the lines start out a few feet apart from scrimmage so you get a run at the opposite line.
I am originally from Calgary, Alberta too and calling people Paki's there could get you beaten up if not shot or stabbed in some neighborhoods so you probably don't want to do it if you are there. Here in Vancouver we call people people though.
Rugby you don't need the pads because you start in a push from the scrums and the game is more fluid with constant movement and lateral passes so there is not a good long while to size up a hit like in football.
In football a receiver waiting for a forward pass or jumping for one is a still target for a heavy moving person to line up and hit hard same with a quarterback that is setting to pass also the lines start out a few feet apart from scrimmage so you get a run at the opposite line.
I am originally from Calgary, Alberta too and calling people Paki's there could get you beaten up if not shot or stabbed in some neighborhoods so you probably don't want to do it if you are there. Here in Vancouver we call people people though.
That's just sad, talk about oversensitive. That's like someone calling another person an aussie and getting beat up for it. It's just a short version of their nationality, it's nothing like the n word.
In any case, I like rugby league the best, then probably American football, then rugby. Unless it's a big international, rubgy is really boring. The gay thing about American football is that they have like 100 people in a team, and it is pretty slow.
In any case, I like rugby league the best, then probably American football, then rugby. Unless it's a big international, rubgy is really boring. The gay thing about American football is that they have like 100 people in a team, and it is pretty slow.
All the deaths and serious injuries in the old American Football were actually caused by the rules still present in Rugby. America simply sterilized the rough and tumble game of rugby because they couldn't stomach the more brutal game. Americans always excel in a game that no one else plays.
Another thing that stood out is that most deaths were caused by heat exhaustion and existing medical conditions. I guess all their flab and fatty players isn't making things any easier.
1) The game of football was even more dangerous in its early days, before the invention of the forward pass along with the banning of mass tackles and "flying wedges".
2) in 1904, when President Teddy Roosevelt threatened to ban the game due to 12 collegiate deaths. At this period in time the game was really a North American variation of Rugby. The rules were changed, primarily altering the way players would now line up for the "scrimmage" - originally it had been a "scrum", essentially a free-for-all melee in which a live ball could change possession and play would continue unabated.
3) Every year a few people still die playing although I think most of these now are either heat related or from hidden medical conditions. There have been movements, especially during the early part of the 20th century, especially between about 1900-1910, to ban football.
According to a report titled "Football similar to car crashes?" conducted by Virginia Tech in 2004 there were "five (that) came off the sidelines this season with concussions".
Queensland University also presented a report to the Journal of Sports Science and Medincine in 2004 that showed that there were "Forty-three consecutive concussions were recorded over three competitive seasons in 175 professional Rugby League players". This is 43 reported concussions per year with far less pool of players.
Seeing as I have less than 15 posts, I cant include the link, but I do have it if anyones interested.
NFL players are far better off than rugby players because of their protections. America changed the rules and the game in order to lower deaths and injuries (i.e. from scrum to line of scrimmage), the rest of the world simply reinforced and trained harder with their tackling techniques.
I can imagine that without protection NFL players would have a very very high injury and death rates. NOT BECAUSE OF PHYSICALITY BUT BECAUSE OF LACK OF TACKLING SKILLS AND TRAINING.
I guess you do not read the news though as Prince Harry was for calling someone a "Paki". When the n***** word is used by gangta rappers, it is presumably about self-empowerment, but is otherwise considered an insult worldwide (I would think). Similarly the word Paki is usually an insult unless used as self-empowerment.
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Back to the subject of rugby, it is played worldwide and even small countries (in rugby terms like the U.S) can produce a good showing e.g. against World Champs South Africa? Here is vs the All Blacks.
Rugby everytime without a doubt. I love playing it, couldn't imagine playing anything else (yes i'm a girl, and yes we play full contact )
)Aussie rules rugby is just ridiculous, (in a good way
Theres no such thing as Aussie rules rugby, Aussie rules isnt rugby but more like Gaelic football.