And then your babysitter came to drive you home, cause ain't no way you were riding your trike after a whole beer! Too bad your dad saw you and beat you with the jumple cables when you got home.
No bench in the rugby that I played. It was 90 minutes of running with a short break at the half. Worse would be having the 8 man hold the ball in the scrum and push it all the way down the field for a try.
Americans need to get into rugby. It's got the international popularity of soccer with the action of American football. Also is a better sport than both of them.
We like our sport, thanks. Keep in mind that those kids trying to tackle are all about 40 pounds lighter than the lightest players in the NFL. I'd speculate that the current champs, the Philadelphia Eagles, have at least 4 Line Backers that would hit him so hard he'd literally die right then. Line backers are middle-sized players in American Football.
The largest American football player is Terrell Brown at 175kg, and the largest rugby player is Ben Tameifuna weighing in at 160kg. Which is an approximate difference of 40 pounds, as you say. However, I think the point is more most every country around the world plays rugby, only America plays American football and it’s a missed opportunity to embrace more internationally celebrated sports
Me as a 9y/o, taking down 13y/olds at junior Olympics wrestling camp. I was just there to visit my cousin who was on the team. I ended up with an alternate spot for the summer bcuz my chunkiness came with some athletic ability.
It's Pasifika players who are generating the call for weight divisions. Parents are sick of seeing their little Jaxxon being steamrollered by kids twice their size. Andrew Johns is pushing hard for it. Makes sense if you consider what the League is doing regarding concussions and that.
It's tricky, man. Sure the kids huge but they're still kids and have the maturity/social skills of a kid and should be socialising with their own age. On the other hand, little kids getting mowed down by fridges on legs is a no-no.
I remember getting absolutely bricked by this wall of a dude charging at me full speed in HS. He was prob 6'2 200 lbs, and I was a measly 5'6 120lbs wet. I was the only one in his way to the end zone and he made sure to make an example of me.
Rugby is a team sport though. Not everybody is meant to barrel through defenders like this, and if you're on any even footing at all, they'll probably have a big fast guy who can stop him as well. Which is why high school sports are often classed by enrollment, not the individual players' sizes.
We had one in my school, he was basically the size of a full grown adult at 13. He couldn't run for shit, but he was strong and heavy. Rugby games would be him walking up the field with half a dozen regular sized kids hanging from his waist.
My school had two guys on the football team who at like... 15 were both enormous. One was a lineman and just absolutely jacked and plowed through people, the other they actually moved between defensive line and being a running back (I think thats the position). Was a good friend of mine, I went out to watch him play against another school... 8 yard run where 3 different people grabbed onto his waist and he just dragged them. It wasn't until a 4th grabbed his legs that he actually went down.
Now, we were in a pretty small and weak district, mind you so the other kids he was dragging weren't like... BIG guys, but both him and the pure lineman went on to play either d2 or d1 football somewhere.
Get in front of him, get low, square your shoulder to his hips, drive with your legs, wrap up, and if he trucks you hold on and let your weight help bring him down, but hold on! You'll slow him down so others can join in and help.
azzabat
I love how he almost goes out of his way to bash the last 2. 😁
Edgarflaps
Oh lawd. He's comin.
ChetinBey
Sign him up for Da Bears!
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
Well come to league. The only reason why that guy is wearing a head guard is to stop his brain falling out
nullbr
Travelcedric
Choo choo...here comes the pain train!
Illpostcheese
Have you considered getting the fuck out of the way?
CommanderXirlos
ARE YOU FUCKING SORRY?
Magnar1183
What a try-hard!
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
"Parents aren't home. Bring a ball."
ThanksForTheThing
CHOO CHOO
Zephrman
That's one hell of a stride
Blakeadelic
And that day, the blue team came to be known as the Concussioneers.
chuckaholic
OMG I missed my calling. I've got those same legs. Tree trunks. I could have played footie!
CommanderXirlos
As a Sydneysider, it’s a beautiful thing to see rabbitoh colours blasting past the bulldogs like that.
I still hate Russell Crowe, though.
SilentSecretMan
KatInTheCorner
Hell yeah! That's a "final scene of a sports movie" goal, that is. 🎉
Tenzil
What an absolute unit.
dogfavoriter
This dude has never skipped leg day in his life.
emu314159127001
Did... Did Batdad take the field?
EngorgedPhallus
Ah man, don't make the 8 man run the whole length of the field. I did that once as a lock, needed 15 minutes and a beer on the bench to recover.
mantamaya
My partner is a bookend - he’d need the whole weekend to recover from this before going back to work on Monday lol
eetsumkaus
I don't see what's wrong with giving him a wind sprint every now and then even if the field has a few speed bumps.
OurEndlessNumberedDays
As a jack of all trades in the front 5
BananaForScaIe
And then your babysitter came to drive you home, cause ain't no way you were riding your trike after a whole beer! Too bad your dad saw you and beat you with the jumple cables when you got home.
mas0chist
Our #8 always been the fittest along with the flankers
Baggsy13
No bench in the rugby that I played. It was 90 minutes of running with a short break at the half. Worse would be having the 8 man hold the ball in the scrum and push it all the way down the field for a try.
EngorgedPhallus
Yeah I've played on clubs where you can barely field 15, so no subs.
mas0chist
90 min? You always go over by 10?
HumansArePrettyNeat
CTE delivered hot and fresh or your money back.
abbiistabbii
Americans need to get into rugby. It's got the international popularity of soccer with the action of American football. Also is a better sport than both of them.
StephenDaniels
We like our sport, thanks. Keep in mind that those kids trying to tackle are all about 40 pounds lighter than the lightest players in the NFL. I'd speculate that the current champs, the Philadelphia Eagles, have at least 4 Line Backers that would hit him so hard he'd literally die right then. Line backers are middle-sized players in American Football.
KiwiGameDev
The largest American football player is Terrell Brown at 175kg, and the largest rugby player is Ben Tameifuna weighing in at 160kg. Which is an approximate difference of 40 pounds, as you say. However, I think the point is more most every country around the world plays rugby, only America plays American football and it’s a missed opportunity to embrace more internationally celebrated sports
MattTheImperialRadarTechnician
"Soccer is a gentleman's game played by Hooligans, while Rugby is a Hooligan's game played by gentlemen."
RainCityRogue
It's got a lot more action then American football. Most of that game is just standing around
HIVp0sit1ve69
DankestofKang
My God. I thought he was a woman in a women's league.
BigDaddysMeatWagon
Jesus Christ that one kid thought he could stop him by getting right in his way. He was very wrong
dragoncloud9
2 Trains Colliding
cubistpterodactyl
That's hit a mother fucker with another mother fucker energy. I approve.
eetsumkaus
more like hit a mother with another mother
cubistpterodactyl
Fair enough.
initforthespecs
That's a lotta M•A
ObeeJuanKenobi
I'd argue it's more M*V than M*A. So, P instead of F.
Omicron416
F
JCBalance
Respect
SilkyAvenger
Every tackler went high. Hit the guts and slide or just ankle tap him or something.
PauliePlaysPoorly
Kid's got a good fend on him. This is why people are calling for weight divisions instead of age, some kids are just naturally fkn huge.
InappropriateSarcasm
Me as a 9y/o, taking down 13y/olds at junior Olympics wrestling camp. I was just there to visit my cousin who was on the team. I ended up with an alternate spot for the summer bcuz my chunkiness came with some athletic ability.
Jimmyb3121
I get it, but then youd just have the Samoan Rugby League, and it’d subsidize the “everyone else” rugby league
PauliePlaysPoorly
It's Pasifika players who are generating the call for weight divisions. Parents are sick of seeing their little Jaxxon being steamrollered by kids twice their size. Andrew Johns is pushing hard for it. Makes sense if you consider what the League is doing regarding concussions and that.
skippingmyhsreuniontogetdrunkinmydriveway
It's tricky, man. Sure the kids huge but they're still kids and have the maturity/social skills of a kid and should be socialising with their own age. On the other hand, little kids getting mowed down by fridges on legs is a no-no.
MeatPopsicleMultiPass
I remember getting absolutely bricked by this wall of a dude charging at me full speed in HS. He was prob 6'2 200 lbs, and I was a measly 5'6 120lbs wet. I was the only one in his way to the end zone and he made sure to make an example of me.
eetsumkaus
Rugby is a team sport though. Not everybody is meant to barrel through defenders like this, and if you're on any even footing at all, they'll probably have a big fast guy who can stop him as well. Which is why high school sports are often classed by enrollment, not the individual players' sizes.
Emjayen
Yeah this is probably some 14 year-old Maori or Pacific Islander kid.
NeonKitsune
Especially considering rugby gets played a lot more commonly where Pacific Islanders live, and those Samoan and Tongan boys are pretty effing large.
CormacTheCat
We had one in my school, he was basically the size of a full grown adult at 13. He couldn't run for shit, but he was strong and heavy. Rugby games would be him walking up the field with half a dozen regular sized kids hanging from his waist.
dogfavoriter
And with a few years of training and dedication, he'll be a massive college student who CAN run for shit and will be like this guy.
Micro2112
My buddy learned to shave in 4th grade. Massive for his age
chewybrian
that was me
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
Downside is that their weight and size probably collapsed the scrum?
arikelrecords2000
Dive like that he may have collapsed his scrotum!
itsokimaussie
He IS the scrum!
silverfoxxflame
My school had two guys on the football team who at like... 15 were both enormous. One was a lineman and just absolutely jacked and plowed through people, the other they actually moved between defensive line and being a running back (I think thats the position). Was a good friend of mine, I went out to watch him play against another school... 8 yard run where 3 different people grabbed onto his waist and he just dragged them. It wasn't until a 4th grabbed his legs that he actually went down.
silverfoxxflame
Now, we were in a pretty small and weak district, mind you so the other kids he was dragging weren't like... BIG guys, but both him and the pure lineman went on to play either d2 or d1 football somewhere.
redsmerf
A buddy of mine has an 11 year old son. The kid is pushing 6 feet tall already, and it's not a skinny 6 feet.
DemSumBigAssRidges
Get in front of him, get low, square your shoulder to his hips, drive with your legs, wrap up, and if he trucks you hold on and let your weight help bring him down, but hold on! You'll slow him down so others can join in and help.
PauliePlaysPoorly
Beautiful tackling technique, well done. Make sure you keep your head out of the way.
lazybuthappy
He's Juggernaut
stewgru
Bitch… had to finish the line
WhoUhz
DontTazeMeBrah
Deadpool 2 dropped the ball not including THE line
stewgru
But Deadpool should have worn his white pants. Totally redeemed