Football vs. Soccer

[Pigslilspaz]

There have been only 3 sports that I'm unable to play competitively, Basketball (can't ever make a shot), Swimming/Waterpolo (not a fan of speedos), and Rugby. Rugby is probably the most tiring thing I have ever tried in my life, how ever it is a complete riot to play.

[Stoney]

I see and raise hahaha....they all have their big hits...rugby league would have the hardest hits in the crash and tackle genre I reckon, almost constantly run and hit for 80 mins

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lSsUKe8ihI

I didn't think a lot of these types of tackles were legal in Rugby?

[Shifty]

There have been only 3 sports that I'm unable to play competitively, Basketball (can't ever make a shot), Swimming/Waterpolo (not a fan of speedos), and Rugby. Rugby is probably the most tiring thing I have ever tried in my life, how ever it is a complete riot to play.

I played American football for 11 years starting in 3rd grade. I played Rugby for six years as an adult. I enjoyed Rugby much more than American Football. Rugby has the best of both English Football and American Football.
So Rugby for the win!
YMMV.

[SPKmes]

I didn't think a lot of these types of tackles were legal in Rugby?

yeah there was a couple of clothes lines and spear tackles.....depending on when they were carried out...the spear tackle is a relatively new rule...been around for some years now though...but still newish in regards to the rules pertaining to tackles

hahhah  I thought I would look for some big hits in soccer and found this which I thought was quite cool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzp-H5vfjsU&feature=fvst

and this is what I came up with for the soccer stuff..hahaha   good laugh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNi6nafLcsI

[Hoarach]

Like I said in my above post..a major rugby player from London tried playing football at West Virginia a somewhat large college football program and couldnt cut saying it was damn hard to play.   For the most part rugby players dont have the size, strength, or speed that the football players have in the States so the impact of the hits are much harder than what experienced in rugby. 

For football...probably one of the scariest hits even seen.  I prefer watching college football over the NFL as there are too many rules in the NFL and think that the players try 100x harder in college playing for their scholarship and to get to the next level.  Taylor Mays is the perfect example of scary how many rugby players that big and that fast. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv2iN4bUeVM

Qrsu come on going post a hit from the NHL got to post the "The Hit" from my favorite team where Brian Campbell knocked out Umberger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3Gvfr9GUC0

[mechanic]

I played rugby all through school untill age 16 when the guys who were serious about it started getting REALLY big. (England takes their pick of my old school for scholorships - Matt Dawson for one)
I can tell you that when you take a head to head tackle in the chest from a guy nearly twice your size it is rather painfull. Always get back up right away though, they never took me off the pitch.

[Qrsu]

Qrsu come on going post a hit from the NHL got to post the "The Hit" from my favorite team where Brian Campbell knocked out Umberger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3Gvfr9GUC0

Yeah, that was a great hit. There's a lot of them

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyVgccKJE-Y&feature=related