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Anonymous
Eurofags and Ausfailians who think rugby is better than real football have never played a real sport in their life.
>> Anonymous
As an Amerifag, I request you shut the fuck up.
>> Anonymous
4807 lbs with an armour faggot
Rugby is for real men
Fatball is for niggers
>> Anonymous
So only sports, which are called football although they are played by hand 99% of the time, are real sports? I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT!!1
>> Anonymous
Oh God, not this "the harder players get hit, the better the sport is" bullshit again.
>> Anonymous
>>191583
4807 lbs of force by a tiny cornerback. now imagine a linebacker's force. rugby players = pussies
>> thetruth !!aGXBnMVTlN3
>>191594

go back to physics class you inbred faggot
>> thetruth !!aGXBnMVTlN3
>>191594

sorry perhaps I was mean, let me dumb it down for you friend. Who weighs more a 200 pound linebacker or a 200 pound corner?
>> Anonymous
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I have no numbers but this sport is clearly superior to your faggot sports. The amount of force generated is a great way to determine what sport is best!
>> Anonymous
>>191604
MASS TIMES ACCELERATION EQUALS FORCE. LINEBACKERS ARE TYPICALLY MUCH MORE MASSIVE THAN CORNERBACKS BUT JUST AS FAST WHICH MEANS MORE FORCE.

TELL ME HOW MY ASS TASTES.
>> Anonymous
>>191606
>>191604
>HURRR LINEBACKERS AM SAME SIZE AS CORNERBACKS
LINEBACKERS WEIGH AROUND 50 MORE POUNDS THAN CORNERBACKS, IDIOT
>> Anonymous
>>191607
LULZ
>> Anonymous
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yer well no wonder the force is more with all the fatties playing. overweight people cant play rugby as it doesn't stop every 10 seconds so they can catch their breath unlike american fatball
>> Anonymous
Fatball player are not fit... Rugby players are the toughest. Football players can't be fat because they lose all speed and technical skills. Fatball players can be fat!
>> Anonymous
>>191622
>>191625
Yeah because cornerbacks and linebackers who run the 40 in 1.3 seconds are just loaded with fat.

facepalm.jpg
>> BravesFag62 !!gNy6YVXV64J
>>191632
1.3 seconds?

are they superman?
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>191632
Well some fatball players could ofc play football, but most of them are to slow or fat or slow or fat
>> Anonymous
>>191639
KFC GOOD?
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
GUYS, I thought we all watched the youtube thing?

Rugby = Less force per hit, unprotected, more per game
Football = Massive force per hit, protected, less per game.

Rugby players have to play through the ever increasing pain.
Football players have to hope they can walk away from the next hit.

Soccer = 5 pounds of force from a light bree-- I mean a sliding tackle.
Soccer players have to get their coach to kiss their booboo's and hope they draw a card to feel better whenever they scrape their knee.

Rugby = Football >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Vaginas >> Soccer
>> Anonymous
>>191657
cricket = more manly than all 3
>> Anonymous
Oh god not this shit again.

Rugby players don't get pads. All the force from a tackle is placed on a single part of the body.

Rugby hits hurt much more. The players are tougher than the guys in the NFL. Get over it.
>> Anonymous
>>191673
lest we forget in better shape
>> Anonymous
>>191691
lolno

compare a rugby player to any player other than a lineman. football wins
>> Anonymous
Hockey players are as big or bigger than rugby players, hit at 3-4x the speed on a smaller surface, and wear padding that doesn't soften any of it.

oh yeah, ps, everyone carries a stick that is capable of either cutting you or slashing you hard enough to break bones.
>> Anonymous
we can not continue to bicker with our friends down under. us fat nations must stick together and fight the real evil here, soccer. join me ausifags and lets hate on a version of football that is no where near either of ours!

yours friend
amerifag
>> Anonymous
Jesus Christ, not this shit again.
>> Anonymous
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Itt: Eurofags think offensive linemen are the only players in real football.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2ra1mG55XE

Helmets cause more damage because they are used as weapons.
>> Anonymous
No sport on earth is better than NFL Football. Sorry but that's just a fact.
>> Anonymous
Oh yeah, that sport where one has to be in full armour +2.
FAG FAG FAG.
>> Anonymous
ITT: kids who never played a real sport and thing strength is the only meaningful factor.

lern2technicalskill/creativity/endurance/intelligence/etc
>> Anonymous
...L.A RUGBY CLUB FOR FUCKS SAKE
>> Anonymous
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Do you see those little thing on the bottom? If you've never been tackled STFU.
>> Anonymous
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>>191673
>> Anonymous
>>191750

I'm one of those little things. lololololololol
>> Anonymous
not this shit again, GOD DAMNIT
>> Anonymous
>>191747
>intelligence

1/10
>> Anonymous
There is a British saying. It goes:

Football is a game for gentlemen played by ruffians.
Rugby is a game for ruffians played by gentlemen.

Now, they may be talking about "soccer", but I wish all the fuckers who bitch about how awesome american football is compared to Rugby can shut the fuck up. As an Amerifag, I've played both, and I can definitely say I was hurt more in Rugby than football. American football is for pussies.

/thread
>> Anonymous
>>191758
oh ya, i forgot, rugby doesn't stop for a pansy breather after every play, you keep going. i guess ruggers are just not fat slobs like american football players
>> Anonymous
>>191755
wat? sports require no intelligence? i guess you've never heard of chess...
>> Anonymous
>>191763
not a real sport
>> Anonymous
>>191765
FAG
>> Anonymous
>>191760
AUSTRALIA IS THE FATTEST COUNTRY ON EARTH DIPSHIT

lrn2news
>> Anonymous
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None of you faggots have ever played American football in your lives. Just shut up.

The "fat" lineman do the hardest work, especially on the high school level where you run the ball a lot. Our 220 lbs. DTs would routinely lose 5 lbs of water during a game. I played both ways as a wide receiver and a cornerback, and I had it comparaitvely easy.

In fact, I bet most of the people here haven't played any of these sports at all, otherwise they'd know in all of them the athletes routinely play to their level of exhaustion. It doesn't matter if you're running for 20 minutes and jogging for 70, or playing full tilt for 30 minutes and on the sideline for the other half. Either way you're getting gassed or you're not playing right.

That being said, soccer is for pussies. Pic related.
>> Anonymous
>>191779
>routinely lose 5 lbs of water during a game

You mean they die of dehydration routinely?
>> Anonymous
>>191784
lulz

You can lose a lot more than 5 lbs of water and still live.

A average-sized person (~150 lbs) can go through 1 gallon of water in a full day. That's nearly 9 lbs right there. How many days without fresh can a normal person survive? 4? Conservatively we're talking 30 lbs there before your liver and kidneys fail.
>> Anonymous
>>191784
owned
>> Anonymous
Rugby Union is deeper than American Football.
Rugby League is more enjoyable than American Football.

Sorry, but American Football suck.
>> Anonymous
>>191791
you are quite possibly the stupidest person ever

you really think a person who is that dehydrated will lose 30 lbs? god americans are stupid
>> Anonymous
>>191784

lol, ownage!!
>> Anonymous
Does this mean that bullshit man-groping fest of Ultimate Fighting/Mixed martial arts is the best sport in the world?
>> Anonymous
Warren Sapp + play action rollout = the end.
>> Anonymous
>>191784
>>191796

You must be a troll. Camper's rule of thumb is 1 gallon of water per person per day.

In a decent workout the average person loses a quart of water an hour. That's a quarter of a gallon.
>> Anonymous
>>191796

pussy jew who has never had physical contact in his life.
>> Anonymous
>>191818
yes, but you quickly replenish it. if you didn't your body would start putting out less and less water, you would not lose 30 lbs of water weight. fucking look it up dickweed
>> Anonymous
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Chabal!
>> Anonymous
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Fuck this shit!
Again?
Rampage's slam is harder than anything in any sport.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vwpWTHDox4Y
>> Anonymous
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jFvNHM6MytE&feature=user

This is the best game to PLAY.
>> Anonymous
>>191846
>>191846

Overrated faggot,

Eli Manning would have him sucking his dick by the end of the day
>> Anonymous
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>>191861
Whut? That boyscout against the caveman? Lol
>> Anonymous
Seabass is for sure one of the best number 8 on earth. And he can play... http://youtube.com/watch?v=V_h10-FDp_Y
>> Anonymous
>>191821
I was going to tell you to look it up your own damn self, but I got curious since you seem so cocksure.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_water
60% of the average human body is body water, higher in athletes. We'll say two-thirds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehydration
A person can lose up to 15% of body water before dying. Let's say 10%.

A 220lbs. lineman consists of about 145 lbs of body water. 10% loss is around 14 lbs of water.

So it is completely possible to lose 5 lbs of water during a football game and not die of dehydration.

If you wish to dispute this, look up your own sources.
>> Anonymous
>>191884
Jon Runyan once told me he averaged losing ten pounds a game.
>> Anonymous
>>191897
I believe it! He's like 6'8", 330 lbs? Maybe more?

Not to mention you're guzzling water whenever you get a chance on the sideline. NFL players probably sweat out 30 lbs of water in a game.
>> Anonymous
>>191884
You're still saying you can sweat 10 pounds of water in two hours? He plays football, he's not human hydrant.
>> Anonymous
>>191857
+1
>> Anonymous
>>191884
30% of a 220 lbs man's water weight is still not 30 lbs. It is only about 20. Fuck you and your math. My argument is not about the weight lost during activity, but before you die. You are still wrong.
>> Anonymous
>>191911

Football game is 3 to 4 hours long. You are obviously a Eurofag, 2 hours is clearly a soccer time.

I'm constantly trying to time the 2nd half of Euro games over here and coming in after that game's already over.

Anyways, as already mentioned:

http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/fitness_articles.asp?id=101

>During one hour of vigorous exercise, how much does the average person sweat?
>A. One tablespoon
>B. One cup
>C. One pint
>D. One quart
>Okay, pencils down. For all of those who answered D., congrats! To everyone else, better luck next time.
>> Anonymous
Anyone in here defending Rugby is an obvious troll. Think about it, people actually liking Rugby? ahahaha, I can't even imagine that.
>> Anonymous
are you guys forgetting that they replenish some of these fluids once they go to the sideline?

irrelevant argument is irrelevant
>> Anonymous
>>191963
Play it, then you'll understand. Stop being a fat motherfucker arguing in front of your computer.
>> Anonymous
>>19194730% of a 220 lbs man's water weight is still not 30 lbs. It is only about 20. Fuck you and your math. My argument is not about the weight lost during activity, but before you die. You are still wrong.

I figured 30 lbs based off the camper's rule of thumb and what I'd heard was the longest you can go without water. It was an estimate.

And your argument was clearly about how much water you can lose before dying. You said:

>You mean they die of dehydration routinely?

Incidentally, if you read my post more carefully, you will see I did not take the maximum amount of water before death (>15%), I took 10%. Nor did I take maximum body fluid, which was 75%. So I arrived at a figure - 14 lbs for a 220 lbs person - well within the bounds of strenuous athletic performance.

To top it all off, I was there, and am reporting what I observed.

Get bent. Quit moving the goalposts.
>> Anonymous
>>191968
Yet they still manage to lose 5 to 10 lbs of water, depending on size.

Not saying they are supermen, I'm just getting sick of the perception here that American football linemen are fat non-athletes. Especially defensive linemen.
>> Anonymous
>>191979
Rugby is an embarrassing joke of a sport. I'll stick with football thanks.
>> Anonymous
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>>192014
DO YOU PLAY ANY SPORTS MOTHERFUCKER?

CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL!
>> Anonymous
>>191963
The World Cup in 2007 had a cumulative world television audience of 4.2 billion. Where's your god now ?
>> Anonymous
ITT armchair professional athletes
>> Anonymous
>>192083
ITT American Armchair Professional Athletes

Who else would defend something so selflessly while attempting to demean something else at the same time?
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>192050

>The World Cup in 2007 had a cumulative world television audience of 4.2 billion.

This is what eurofaggots actually believe.
>> Anonymous
i don't know what all you are bitching and complaining about, but the main difference that i can see between the followers of american football and rugby is that there are a hell of a lot more people who play rugby after high school/college because it costs almost nothing for equipment. the people who support rugby almost always have experience playing it while those who support american football are generally fat slobs pushing chips and soft drinks into their engorged cheeks while shitting themselves when a nigger gets a touchdown
>> Anonymous
>>192453
what does it cost, a football is $22. you dont have to play to kill eachother. and almost every sports fan has probably played football in highschool at the very least. The rest of our life after that we may not put on the pads and put each other in the hospital any more but all you need to play football is the ball and a field (you dont even need goal post really).
>> Anonymous
>>192460
compare the number of american football clubs to rugby football clubs, then laugh to yourself
>> Anonymous
>>192462
I didn't say we were professionals, but they're are thousands of amateur leagues as well as arena football. Only the strongest and most elite athletes can play for around 10 years anyway. you might call lineman fatslobs but they are some tough an stong sobs. even with the helmets most lineman experience lifelong brain problems and even dementia. a lineman's life expectancy is like 60 or something like that and running backs need knee surgery 80% of the time.

there are avenues to keep playing football after school but many of the people realize that they don't have what it takes to stay healthy and strong enough where you don't get yourself killed on the field and join flag leagues and stuff like that.
>> Anonymous
sage this cancer thread

seriously gtfo
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>191728

I'm on the Rugby side of this argument but I lol'd hard.

>>191745

Enjoy your opinion. I'm an Amerifag as well, but I think watching football is like watching an old white guy play chess using niggers as pieces. Think real hard, move pieces around, stop. Think real hard, move pieces around, stop. Different pieces can do different things, etc.

I like Rugby and football (soccer) because they are constant movement and the flow of the game (good games anyway) is very fluid and continuous.
>> Anonymous
>>192462
the fuck is this "club" faggotry? Maybe the reason rugby fails so hard is that you have the attitude a bunch of ten-year-olds who go hang out in the treehouse after school mentality to it. Football is about REAL, INTENSE competition, which is why it's an actual sport.
>> UZ !kHzD4It5Tc
>>192504
Yes, when I think "intense" the first thing that comes to my mind is a game where you take a 1 minute break from playing every 7 seconds.

And I LIKE football, jesus.
>> Anonymous
>>191857
great stuff thx.
>> Anonymous
I tried liking american football.I watched a few games and was utterly bored.At least rugby doesn't have players stopping after every play to relax
>> Anonymous
I watched the last superbowl final. That was my first time, I tried liking it, but this was to boring, really.
>> Anonymous
Lolz.At least it's not baseball.
>> Anonymous
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HALF TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>> Anonymous
>>192553
Basket is the only good made in USA sport. But there is to many nigger. :(
>> Anonymous
>>192555
thats because you white people suck
>> samefag
Is that English?
>> Anonymous
>>191959
>Football game is 3 to 4 hours long.
with 3.75-4.75 hours of commercials and lining up and bench sitting
>> Anonymous
>>191846
I CAME.
>> Anonymous
USA Sport > Everthing
>> Anonymous
>>192620
faggot.
>> Anonymous
>>192624
>rugby player.

fix'd.
>> Anonymous
>>192360

Silly faggot, he's right.

http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/mediazone/pressrelease/newsid=2022301.html

>2007 France 4.2 billion

Wow, the NFL dreams of getting an international audience like that.

So far we've established that:

* Rugby is more painful to play since they have no pads to disperse the force of a tackle throughout their entire ribcage.
* Rugby is more popular than American Football will ever be.
* Rugby is an actual sport, American Football is just Pepsi commercials and Justin Timberlake performances (because American Football is manly, buy his record you pussy eurofags).

Anything else? No? Awesome.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>192653

>a potential cumulative reach of over 4.2 billion
>a potential cumulative reach
>potential

You faggots can't even read your own links.

Get the fuck out with this cancer.
>> Anonymous
[x] Troll
[x] Rugby
[x] Padball
[x] Imperial measurements
[x] Tripfag deadshits
>> Anonymous
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>>Eurofags and Ausfailians who think rugby is better than real football have never played a real sport in their life.
>> Anonymous
Speaking of TV audiences, does anyone have any stats about EURO 2008? They expected around 8bil.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
Rule 45

DISREGARD THAT I SUCK COCKS.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
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This is me and my mommy after the Red Wings Showed us how to hockey.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
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I'm going to an hero now because everybody hates me and I lost my ipod.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
American football sucks.
>> Anonymous
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>>192711
>> Anonymous
basically, amerifags are fatter?
>> Anonymous
>>191750
Btw, those are banned in rugby because you are expected to get stamped on, and if you have those you get little bits of plastic inside of you.
>> Anonymous
Dear dumb fags,

Both sports are equally as tough, get over it
>> Anonymous
>>192724

And both fuck-boring to watch, in their own ways.
>> RAY ALLEN !!+K0Mvqp/bEq
>>192745
What the fuck are you doing on /sp/ if you don't watch any brand of football/rugby?

Also sage for eurofag cancer thread.
>> Anonymous
>>192718
not according to your own government
>> Anonymous
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>>any brand of football/rugby?

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>> Anonymous
Face it, americans wouldn't know shit about the outside world if their tv's didn't teach them EVERYTHING.

Rugby is international because every nation in the world knows about the others, it's popular too. Now with fatball the fact is you play it in one country, with a small fanbase compared to every other sport in the world even fucking tennis.

Americans don't know other nations excist, they believe they are the world and that nobody else in the world is real because they've never left their house, state or country ( Thank christ ).

I play the real football, I don't dive or bitch because im english. The diving faggots are always african or french / spanish, OF COURSE american knowledge of other nation makes these countries auto become england.

FACE IT FAGGOTS RUGBY IS SO MUCH MORE MANLY THAN FATBALL BECAUSE THEY DON'T WEAR PADS AND HELMETS OH NOES! Faggots wtf really now helmets........
>> Anonymous
sage for euro cancer
>> Anonymous
>>192793
hehe its funny cause australia is fattest and hes arguing that us stupid americans only know about the outside world OVER THE INTERNET
>> Anonymous
Professional NFL CB = 4807 lbs
Amatuar Fat fuck from LA =1596 lbs
>> Anonymous
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fatty sport?

shit sux
>> Anonymous
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>> Armed Britfag !b5FvhC5rVk
i thought i'd like fatball because of all the hits, the fact you can legally take the man off the ball. but then i watched a NFL game. shitsux srsly it was slow, and the hits were no bigger than rugby AND IT STOPPED EVERY 10 SECONDS!! then commercials about jerky and American beer(read gnats-piss. I can deal with half-time adverts but during the game?!? it utter crap.
>> Anonymous
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They need to get some rubgy players for kickoff returns, would really increase the touchdowns. Looks like that'd be all they're good for.

I played rugby all the time over here in the states, we just call it kill the carrier. Last time I played it was in 5th grade, because it's so simplistic and childish. Stopping for the whole 15 seconds between plays allows for more complex routes and formations, increases the entertainment value.

Whenever it's not 90+ degrees we play football most every weekend, full tackle and no pads. It doesn't make you more of a man to run around and get hit without pads, nor does it make the sport more exciting. Pads and helmets are there for safety reasons, and if I was playing on a professional level like that I'd take them as well.

Keep gloating eurofags, while all your all-star rubgy players are brain-dead or in wheelchairs, ours will be complaining of slight arthritis.

But at least we can all agree, both of these sports are better than soccer.
>> Anonymous
>>192830
Same here.I watched some movies which made me go Football looks great.Then i watched the game and was like lolwut?Guy gets tackled and they stop play.
>> Armed Britfag !b5FvhC5rVk
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>>192831
Laurence Dallaglio and Martin Johnson want a word with you.
>> Armed Britfag !b5FvhC5rVk
>>192832
aye.

Rucking>>>>league trough the legs>stopping play
>> Anonymous
>>192833
Shut the fuck up, tripfag. You are the cancer of 4chan.
>> Anonymous
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This is the REAL football
>> Anonymous
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american fatball is an amerifat sport based on rugby which is a fag sport based on football but made homosexual private schoolboys as an excuse to feel each other up

both are fucking shit so who cares
>> Armed Britfag !b5FvhC5rVk
>>192836
BAWWWWWWWW.
>> Anonymous
So much anger here. I love American football and I never see Rugby. It's not on TV or anything. But I don't care which sport is "tougher". I watch football, like it, and that's that. If Rugby guys are tougher, then congratulations and enjoy your sport.

Btw, hockey players are probably the toughest of all.
>> Anonymous
>>192853
the fighting is staged sorry to break your illusions
>> Anonymous
>>192854

I wasn't referring to the fights. I'm thinking about the collisions and 200 mph rock flying around. Those guys get all fucked up and never bawww.
>> Armed Britfag !b5FvhC5rVk
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>>192859
i take it your referring to ice hockey and not, hockey.
>> Anonymous
>>192864
A common mistake.
>> Armed Britfag !b5FvhC5rVk
>>192866
indeed i also have noticed the trend in miss labelling ice hockey as hockey.
>> Anonymous
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>>192864

Not so. What you call "ice hockey" we simply call "hockey". What you call "hockey" we call "loliball".
>> Anonymous
>>191857
+1 internet for you sir
>> Armed Britfag !b5FvhC5rVk
>>192874
dont laugh man. compulsory sport here in the British education system. its fucking dangerous, i took a stick to the chin(lucky not to hard), stung like a bastard.
>> Anonymous
By the logic shown in this thread, I will now invent a sport that causes an incredible amount of pain, and it will be the best sport in the world.
>> Anonymous
>>192892

Wins the thread.
>> Anonymous
>>192884
In "ice" or "real hockey" when i was 11 i took a stick to the chin and it broke my fucking jaw.

In north america, field hockey is played almost exclusively by women. It is not hockey.
>> Armed Btitfag !b5FvhC5rVk
>>192978
illiterate. hockey is hockey whatever pre-fix you want to give it.
>> Anonymous
>>192986
wat
>> Proof !!HYH71mAkmGC
>>192986
Not really. Field Hockey is played with a completely different type of stick, and your not allowed to use the backhand of the stick, so the way the ball is carried is a lot different. Also, positions and the rules in Field Hockey are based more around International Football than actual Ice Hockey.
>> Anonymous
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Game over
>> Anonymous
>>191779
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-6tGbpJOkQ

The prop is the angry fat guy who charges through like 40 people.
>> Anonymous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yRA6sAO8xs&feature=related

I bet a young Earl Campell in his prime,
could take on a whole pussy rugby team.

Also,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YduL48Myblk&feature=related
>> Anonymous
>>193181
lol even highlight fatball is boring.
>> Anonymous
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Rugby players never would have been able to even touch this guy.
>> Anonymous
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Look at the SIZE of these black amerifag!
>> Anonymous
>>193090
Oh wow, they barely tried to stop him, fuck. That's the pussiest thing I've ever seen.
>> Anonymous
Mike Tyson in his prime could have beat up everyone mentioned in this thread. Therefore boxing is the best sport.

Seriously, this thread is gay.
>> Anonymous
lol ? Petanque is the best sport.
>> Anonymous
>>193192

Shane Williams more elusive and therefore greater than Barry Sanders
>> Anonymous
>>193205

Fat horse is Fat
>> Anonymous
I like both sports...
>> Anonymous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovb95d2VEiY

i think the Minnows gave some of the most enjoyable performances of RWC '07. yes Amerifags, you can take that as a compliment.
>> Anonymous
>>193457
i dont know if i should take that as a compliment or not. dude minnows wtf?!?
>> Anonymous
>>193465
hate to break it to ya but you are. at least in rugby union.
>> Anonymous
USA WON FIFA!!!
>> Anonymous
>>193473
wrong sport.

facepalm.jpg
>> Anonymous
ITT Sports Are More Exciting When You Play Them
>> Anonymous
I've watched plenty of Rugby. I like rugby. That being said, they would get eaten alive by some of the football players around. Remember, its only a fast paced game becuase thats how its played. Nothing is stopping a team from walling off someone useing huge guys.

I would love to see someone like Sanders juke entire teams out of their shoes, or even guys like Hester out their playing rugby. They wouldn't know how to deal with someone with power, speed, and the agility to make those cuts. It wouldn't even be fun to watch.
>> Anonymous
>>193477
Bryan Habana much?
>> Anonymous
>>193479
O'Driscoll much?
>> Anonymous
>>193481
that feanian bastard.
>> Anonymous
>>193479

And look how good he is at Rugby. Take someone with his speed, make him stronger, bigger, and able to change direction on a dime and you have the top flight Running backs and WRs. It would disbalance the sport if every team had 5-6 of these guys like football does.
>> Anonymous
>>193496
i dont see that it would. a scrum half can take down someone like Chabal if you hit the legs. what americans dont realise about rugby its less about direct impact and more about using your opponents momentum against them.
>> Anonymous
>>193498
Totally agreed, but becuase of being down when you fall, most WRs and RBs also have the ability to jump quite high while maintaining speed. Its why you are taught to tackle by the waist in football, rather then hit high or Low. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vL19q8yL54&feature=related isn't that rare, and happens in games all the time. Thats even assuming that they dont outright dodge it.

Rugbys great, but I always get a feeling that its cuaght in the past and some of the better NFL guys would show that.
>> Anonymous
>>193498
and eurofags overlook the precision that a tackling backfield must have in not under or overpersuing someone in the open field, neither game is for the meek and neither game is some mashball idiotfest. Football particularly has evolved into a mental game in the past decade and a half.

I think we're fighting the wrong battle, there are plenty of sports less worthy of praise.
>> Anonymous
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I think we're all forgetting about nutsack ball.
>> Anonymous
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>>193476

Except AFL, which is both an exciting spectator sport and a superior game to play than either rugby or padball.
>> Anonymous
>>193507

Only problm is NFL players wouldn't be able to last 80 minutes, they wouldn't know what support play is and just end up losing possesion and they don't have a kicking game.
>> Anonymous
>>191575
I'd like to see you last the full 80 mins in a rugby game before you start BAWWWWWING because you don't have precious protection and 5 minute interchanges.
>> Anonymous
8/10
>> Anonymous
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Holy shit.

If you honestly think American football is tougher than rugby, you should be shot.
>> Anonymous
IF PROFESSIONAL BOXING DOESN'T NEED TO WEAR PROTECTION, WHY SHOULD PADBALL???
>> Anonymous
>>194049
It's simple, really.
Boxers=men
Padballers=pussies
>> Anonymous
>>194011

>If you got trolled in this 180 post thread, you should be shot.

Fixed
>> Anonymous
>>194049
They wear padded gloves you incompetent clod.
>> Anonymous
America wins again
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>> Anonymous
>>194055
Boxers are pussies then.
>> Anonymous
>>194055
The gloves protect their fists more than they protect the opponents' heads.
>> Boss Of The NAUF
>>191673
>>191746
>>191758
>>191760
>>192552
>>192653
>>192793
>>194011
ALL OF YOU FUCKING FAGGOTS WATCH THIS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfEIuKCxxbA

Without pads, the recipients of most of these hits would be fucking dead/SEVERELY injured. Imagine hits like these in rugby. jesus christ
>> Anonymous
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Fuck. Not this shit again.

Leukemia killing /sp/
>> Anonymous
>>194153The gloves protect their fists more than they protect the opponents' heads.

No, brass knuckles or hand straps solely protect the knuckles.

Boxing gloves protect BOTH the fighter and the opponent.

Bare knuckler fighters used to use them in training, so that they wouldn't kill their training partners, and they were incorporated into modern boxing to stop people from dying.

HELPFUL HINT: they weren't dying from swollen knuckles.
>> Anonymous
>>194204

Who fucking cares? You're going on about the same shit over and over again.

Once more, RUGBY TACKLES HURT MORE. I don't give a shit what the NFL would be like without pads, because they have fucking pads.

Got it? Good. Rugby is much more painful to play so you look like a fucking idiot every time you call the players pussies.
>> Anonymous
>>194217
oh, well since you said so, i guess it must be true

faggot
>> Anonymous
>>194218

It's just me saying this? Uh.. no. Try everyone who's not a dumbass. Hell even the few smart Americans agree.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/outdoors/sports/4212171.html

>A tackle with half a ton of force sounds like a crippling blow. But, according to John Melvin, an injury biomechanics researcher for General Motors and NASCAR, the body can handle twice that amount — as long as the impact is well-distributed. That job usually is handled by the player's equipment, which spreads out the incoming energy, lessening its severity.

>During a tackle, foam padding beneath the plastic components of equipment compresses, absorbing energy and reducing the speed of impact. (The slower a hit, the less force it generates.) Visco elastic foam, which was invented by NASA to protect astronauts from g-forces during liftoff, retains its shape better than conventional foam, rebounding rapidly after hits.

Do you finally get it? The amount of force doesn't matter because NFL players have pads to help them with that. Rugby players don't.
>> Anonymous
>>194213

>No, brass knuckles or hand straps solely protect the knuckles.


Make a tight fist with Brass Knuckles and punch a wall as hard as you can.
>> Anonymous
I will summarize this entire thread in a few simple lines.

Rugby players take hard hits which are localized in a small area relatively often. Increased chance of breaking ribs, longbones, etc, more deep tissue bruises.

Football players take massive hits which (if they happen to land from the ribs up or squarely in the quadraceps gets diffused a bit over the area of the padding, hits to the stomach are unaffacted and are probably tougher because they are getting hit by a helmet or by a shoulderpad.

If a person is a professional in either one of these two areas of play, he is way, way more tough than you will ever be, you bunch of slobs. Shut the fuck up, fanboys.
>> Anonymous
>>194223
trollable faggot
>> Anonymous
>>194227
tl; dr
>> Anonymous
>>194232
illiterate.
>> Anonymous
ITT insecure armchair quarterbacks.
>> Anonymous
american football is for pussies

deal with it
>> Anonymous
Rugby had its chance.

Shit sucked back in 1880.
>> Anonymous
Almost to autosage.

Fun thread, needed more 18-1 though.
>> Anonymous
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jFvNHM6MytE&feature=user

This link demonstrates how rugby is far better than anything else. ENOUGH SAID
>> Anonymous
>>194223
>A tackle with half a ton of force sounds like a crippling blow. But, according to John Melvin, an injury biomechanics researcher for General Motors and NASCAR, the body can handle twice that amount
An American Football hit is 5 times that amount.
>> Anonymous
18-1