Time for Childress pwnage

I routinely ignore your opinion on American Football, a game you have watched for the last 20-odd years, so you can probably guess how much weight I put into your opinion on a sport I presume you have never watched.

There is plenty of hitting in Rugby League (which is a different sport to Rugby in case you weren't aware), but one of the biggest differences is that Rugby League players make upwards of 40 tackles in a game and the game is played on a continuous basis (i.e. no real stoppages in play).

 

The hitting in rugby/league is very weak compared to NFL hits though. Even the best of them. Understand though that if they had pads, they'd hit harder. You can't run a 4.4 sprint in to someone and crush them with no pads or else you'd be left with 2 players by time the game ended.
Like in the vid above- with no pads, poor Santonio would be in the hospital right now.

But in rugby/league the hitter is also protecting himself from being hurt. So there's more arm tackles and arm checks rather than shoulders.

 

Agree that a lot of Rugby Union (Rugby) tackles are arm tackles because of the nature of the game and the differences between Rugby and Rugby League.

Here's a clip of some Rugby League tackles. Plenty of shoulder contact to my eye.

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Peter Johnstone (who makes the tackle at the 38 second mark) had the best tackling technique of anyone I've ever seen and actually did some consulting work as a tackling coach for a couple of NFL teams.

 

I'm a Futbol guy myself.

I prefer the grace, speed and coordination over shear force. Rugby, a sport I truthfully have never given two flying flips about, looks to have a nice combination of all three.

I'd probably be a big fan had I grown up else where as Carpy has eluded to.