Rugby in the spring helps Football players in the fall

Rugby makes football players better. If you want a better football team in the fall have your players play rugby in the spring.

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[9a9Cha]

Great video! The American at the start, who represented rugby, you should be loved in Britain! Nice job!

[jmanistheman12345678]

rugby is a winter sport.but good on americans for giving it a go

[miltime27]

@91gt306 yep agreed. the challenge was dumb. But that's a coach of an emerging sport just trying to push his sport anyway he can. still dumb.

[91gt306]

@miltime27 but theres things his guys wouldnt be able to do better then nfl guys aswell. "And atho I do agree to an extent that coaches would want the players to choose to tackle correctly, if he can shut down the reciever and get an interception or 2 in games then sadly the coaches will look past their tackling abilities which is what i believe is the problem, unfortunetly. Looks like alot of offensive players are seeing it aswell as im starting to see guys getting hurdled these days lol.

[91gt306]

@miltime27 "but his ability to cover wideouts & get ints makes him an NFL star". Yes I agree with this aswell, but then again thats another reason why the sports differ so much. Some are bad and some are good like troy and patrick are excelllent tacklers among others and asante and dominique cromartie are not so good but they are great cover guys. I agree with most you have said. I just had an issue with his challenge at the end, altho he could be right that his guys would fare better...

[miltime27]

@91gt306 eh.i think ur on shaky ground. there r plenty of NFL players who r notoriously bad tacklers. Assante Samuel for example. He would never survive rugby without that skill, but his ability to cover wideouts & get ints makes him an NFL star. A lot of cbs are like that. And I think a lot of NFL coaches would prefer their players "choose" to tackle the correct way. I think over time, whatevr good tacking skills they had have eroded over time for some players

[91gt306]

@miltime27 but they choose not to do it.

[91gt306]

@miltime27 Dont get me wrong I totally agree that there is an epidemic of poor tackling in the nfl, but I believe it stems from the reasons that I stated. It irritates me when I see a guy fly in with a shoulder charge and either miss the guy or just bounce off him and the receiver gains another 10-15 yards before hes brought down or scores, but in his mind he wants to jar the ball loose instead of tackling properly. But I know those guys are taught at a young age proper tackling...

[miltime27]

@91gt306 I hate that he said that though. Its stupid to compare sports. They are both tough as hell to play and both require some serious physicality.

[miltime27]

@91gt306 safely. Instead they HAVE to wrap which makes it more difficult. Thus their tackling form is by necessity better than NFL'ers b/c it is their 2nd most critical skill.

[miltime27]

@91gt306 bc rugby players dont wear that padding, they cant safely launch like nfl players. hes saying that launching is the best way to knock someone down & rugby players cant safely do...

[miltime27]

@91gt306 I agree with the basis of your point, but if ur trying to deny that there is an epidemic of poor tackling in the NFL then ur way off. That's not even his point. his point is that....