The Rock: "Rugby is tougher than American Football" - Page 3

Danny Gunz

Played both and both are hard. It really is impossible to say which one is tougher.

Russian Crushin

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Originally Posted by ShaunRoberts

That man is fat as f*ck.

Aaaaaaaaand?

TensionKiller

Rugby is tougher. They are also a lot fitter. Nfl has fine arhletes tbough.

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Own3d

One of these threads again.

The yanks can chuck out there all the stats they want it doesn't mean anything because those big guys are trained to play 20 seconds at a time and wouldn't last in a rugby match. All that muscle and size takes a lot to move and they'd be having an heart attack after 5 mins playing Rugby.

shogunn

The only position rugby players can play in the NFL is Kicker, and thats exactly where a few kickers (or punters) from the NFL came from . Darren Bennett for one.

BTW, he was a rugby player, and NFL player. He said NFL was definitely tougher.

Own3d

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Originally Posted by Haglerwins

The NFL would be worse than Rugby if they were no padding and I believe the excess padding developed from too many player deaths in the beginning. Rock's just stating the obvious from a physicality standpoint and his quote itself gives that away, I seriously doubt it's a harder 'sport' to play.

Without padding the game was more like Rugby, the padding changed the game because players could dive in to each other with force they wouldn't without padding. It made the game look more spectacular.

Own3d

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Originally Posted by shogunn

The only position rugby players can play in the NFL is Kicker, and thats exactly where a few kickers (or punters) from the NFL came from . Darren Bennett for one.

BTW, he was a rugby player, and NFL player. He said NFL was definitely tougher.

Australian Football isn't Rugby. So a guy that couldn't get a game any more in the AFL and retired got a place in the NFL? Doesn't help your argument that does it.

shogunn

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Originally Posted by Own3d

Australian Football isn't Rugby. So a guy that couldn't get a game any more in the AFL and retired got a place in the NFL? Doesn't help your argument that does it.

guess not, he was just a punter. Do you know what a punter does?

Own3d

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Originally Posted by shogunn

guess not, he was just a punter. Do you know what a punter does?

Kicks the ball for up field. But it shows that a player that has no use any more in one sport can be useful in the other. There's no black and white, their training is tailored to one role in the NFL, in Rugby they're a jack of all trades.

The_Bringer

He didn't exactly blow the lid off of anything with that statement.

American football is a padded p*ssy sport in which the ball is only in play an average of 11 minutes per game. The rest of that time is divided up between penalties, time outs, replays, huddling, and commercial breaks for advertising.

Weak.

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Own3d Undisputed Champion Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 5,326 Rep Power: 25 Points: 945,118,099.38 Bank: 29,768,897,641.24 Total Points: 30,714,015,740.62 Donate	One of these threads again. The yanks can chuck out there all the stats they want it doesn't mean anything because those big guys are trained to play 20 seconds at a time and wouldn't last in a rugby match. All that muscle and size takes a lot to move and they'd be having an heart attack after 5 mins playing Rugby.

shogunn Undisputed Champion Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,558 Rep Power: 17 Points: 741,147.55 Bank: 728,631,759.31 Total Points: 729,372,906.86 Donate	The only position rugby players can play in the NFL is Kicker, and thats exactly where a few kickers (or punters) from the NFL came from . Darren Bennett for one. BTW, he was a rugby player, and NFL player. He said NFL was definitely tougher.

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