 Alright you guys, what is up? Welcome back to another video. Today I want to try something new. I don't think anyone has ever put a video like this on YouTube. This is going to be a call it a pilot, call it an experiment, call it what you will. But today guys, I'm going to try my very best to try and place an NFL player into each of the 15 positions on a rugby team. I've literally, I haven't even looked at the top 100, I haven't looked at any players, I've just used my knowledge and what I know so far. And I've actually been able to, you know, basically select 15 players that I do believe would suit each and every single position on a rugby team. Following this video I am going to go in depth with some of the different positions and explain exactly why. But today, today guys, for any rugby fans out there that can follow this without me explaining too much, here we go. Okay so this is my first ever rugby team complete 15 aside rugby union team made up of current and past NFL players. I tried to do all current, in fact they are all current except for two players, they're going to be the two props at the front of the scrum. In rugby when you see the two groups of forwards, the bigger guys, basically the linemen going up against each other like this in a scrum. There's three guys at the front of each scrum, one in the middle is called the hooker, funny name but it's basically because he hooks the ball back when the ball gets fed in. The two to his side have to be just as big, just as strong and just as mobile these days but they're called the props. Okay so the two props on the team I've used past players but every single other player is a current player. So here we go from number one to number 15. Number one, left hand side prop, we've got Larry Allen, hooker, Aaron Donald, other prop, Jerome Bettis, the bus. The two lock forwards we have Travis Kelsey and Kalei Campbell. The three loose forwards we have Luke Keekley, he'd be an absolutely brilliant flanker. JJ Watt, another absolutely brilliant flanker, in fact you could put him anywhere in the forwards and he would be immense with his size and Khalil Mack, number eight. So we've got Luke Keekley at number six, JJ Watt at number seven and Khalil Mack at number eight. Number nine, we're going into the backs. Number nine needs to be a great passer. They need to be not too big, they need to be a fantastic passer to be able to read the play and in that position I've got Drew Brees. In the number ten position, in the game of rugby he would have to be able to tackle, he'd have to be able to run, he'd have to be able to kick the ball but that's just not the case in the NFL. Number ten, the playmaker, we've got Tom Brady, the goat. We have to, we've got to get him in there somewhere. Then we go out to second five eighth, which is number twelve. This guy is basically the meat and potatoes of the back line and this guy is going to be Leonard Fournette, number twelve. Number thirteen, outside of him, we need another player, another skilled position, another skilled back from the game of NFL. And the guy I've put on at number thirteen is Saquon Barkley. So we've got the midfield combination of Leonard Fournette and Saquon Barkley. I mean just imagining that in my head is just fucking exciting and you know I'd love to see these guys actually suit up and have a game, see what they could do. On the left wing, we have Julio Jones. On the right wing, we've got Odell Beckham Jr. And at fullback, my position and my favourite position to play, we've got Christian McCaffrey. So once again, from one to fifteen, Larry Allen, Aaron Donald, Jerome Bettis, Travis Kelsey, Kaleigh Campbell, Luke Keekley, J.J. Watt, Kaleel Mack, Drew Brees, Tom Brady, Leonard Fournette, Saquon Barkley, Julio, Julio Jones, Odell Beckham Jr. and Christian McCaffrey. So that is, once and for all, my rugby team created from all NFL players. Now in the next video, in the next few videos, I'm actually going to use my whiteboards and go a bit more in depth into this, why I think that, what the different positions in rugby actually have to do on the field and why I believe that these particular players would do so well. Basically, you've got your three front rowers, they need to be big, but nowadays they need to be mobile too, so that's why I've considered those three players. I mean, Jerome Bettis was a running back and as big as a prop. You've got Aaron Donald, who is, you know, can basically put him anywhere on the field, he's absolutely insane. And Larry Allen, I mean, who can go past Larry Allen, he bench presses 700 pounds. I don't think anyone in the All Blacks can bench press 700 pounds. Okay, and he's got pace. He's got a 4.85 second 40 yard dash. Are you joking me? Are you kidding? In the lock forwards, we've got, we need tall players. We need someone with, you know, at least six foot five, six foot six of height, but also mobile. You know what I mean? Not too slow. And so we've got Clay Campbell at six foot eight, 300 and something pounds. Ridiculous. Travis Kelsey, you know, mobile, tall enough, and he would be an amazing lock forward. Six through eight are the loose forwards, the back row of the scrum. When you're going like that, we've got eight players on each side. The backs are lined out the back, just like your running back, basically like a whole bunch of running backs out the back of the line. That's, that's how the backs are sort of, you know, formed. So the three loose forwards we've got Luke Keekley would be an absolutely amazing flanker into everything can tackle, can run, can catch the ball. Who else we got? JJ Wop, what is he? Six foot, six foot seven, six foot six, 300 pounds. You put that guy in the forward pack. I mean, this guy's nearly 140 kgs. Yep, he's going to hold down that, that right hand flanker side. And at the back Khalil Mack, I mean, he can do everything. He can do everything. Drew Brees at number nine. We need a good passer. We need someone who's shifty. We need someone who can control the back line. That back line full of running backs. We need someone who can control that. Now, usually that would be Tom Brady, but we need him at number 10. So straight from the back of the scrum to the number 10 would be from Drew Brees to Tom Brady. Can you imagine that? Can you imagine having both of those guys in the same team? It would be fucking insane. From there, we spin the ball out again to the inside center, Leonard Fournette needs to be a good combination of speed, strength, vision, skill, power. And I think he's got all of those. At number 13, I mean, this, to see the passes, to see a pass go from Leonard Fournette out to Sacron Barclay at pace would just be a sight to see. And then another pass from Sacron Barclay out to Odell Beckham Jr. running on pace. I mean, running at pace. I mean, I put Odell Beckham out there because of his size and his speed, but also his hops. And the fact that, I mean, if he needs to go out one handed to catch a rugby ball, he most likely would catch it. And that's what happens out on the wing. You know, you can have a kick out to the side, a winger will catch it. You can have a pass out to the side. Wingers need to be shifty. They need to be fast. They need to be onto it. And they need to have great vision too. So Odell Beckham Jr. on the right. Julio Jones on the left. We need, you know, one wing, I've had the more slight build, smaller build, fast. On the left wing, we've got Julio Jones. I mean, that's basically possibly the equivalent of like a Joan of Lomar. I mean, six foot three, 240 pounds. I think he's 240. You know, we want a bigger style of wing on the left. I mean, you don't have to. A lot of teams don't have the luxury of actually picking a guy at that size that can play on the wing. But for this particular team, we've got one smaller guy on the right, a bigger guy on the left. And at fullback, I mean, we had to have a white guy, right? I'm not even joking. Look, Christian McCaffrey, I've always been a fan of his ever since I first reacted to him. I've always thought he would do amazing in the game of rugby. And at fullback, spying gaps as a running back, literally a running back could transition into the game of rugby into the position of fullback easily, I believe. And that's why I've picked a running back, especially at fullback. You want to spy holes? Basically, you're going to be getting little handoffs, backwards passes from your quarterback in the game of NFL. And you're going to be getting backwards passes on the burst, kind of like a toss play all the time as a fullback in the game of rugby. So if you've watched this whole entire video and you think that I've just talked a whole lot of gibberish, let me know in the comments section below and let me know if you'd like for me to expand on my explanations using the whiteboard. It's something I haven't done before, but it's definitely something I'm interested in doing. And, you know, imagine getting these guys together for like an exhibition match, an exhibition rugby match or something, although that had never happened because the risk of injury is just too high. But, you know, all these players are absolutely amazing. They're some of my favorites. And like I said, I did not look at any list. This is all from my head. I just thought, I put the 15 players, the 15 numbers down on the piece of paper, thought about it and thought, yep, this is my team. This is my team of NFL players as a rugby team. And it would be an amazing fucking team. I'll tell you that. We could go into reserves. You know, they have substitutions. They've got seven subs from numbers 16 to 22, although they've got eight now actually from 16 to 23. So we could have another eight players who could replace these guys once they get tired on the field, but we didn't go into that today. We just finished it with one to 15. I hope you enjoyed. I have. You know, playing in the midfield, playing in the backline personally, I have played from 12 to 15, 12, 13, 14, 15, and also left wing as well. So, you know, to think of a guy like Fornette in the backline, to think of a guy like Barclay in the backline, to think of a guy like McCaffrey in the backline, I mean, it would work. It would absolutely work. But in saying that, there's definitely plenty of rugby players that could make the transition over to American football, I believe. And I will be getting into that. Don't think I won't. So with that being said, if you've liked the video, hit the like button. If you want to see more, let me know down below, and I'll see you in the next one. Peace.