Different football codes - who are the toughest?

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Different football codes - who are the toughest?

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jcsuperstar wrote:hmmm i didnt know that, or remember that, about the balls... interesting.. i guess it wouldnt have matterd much to me as im not a fan of any sort of sport, so if i had learned that it woulda just be like; oh yeah, not gonna have to worry about that one...
Man i couldnt imaginge life without football. And i mean real football not soccer or rugby. NFL football. Go Raiders!!!

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bodom_bad_boy wrote:
jcsuperstar wrote:hmmm i didnt know that, or remember that, about the balls... interesting.. i guess it wouldnt have matterd much to me as im not a fan of any sort of sport, so if i had learned that it woulda just be like; oh yeah, not gonna have to worry about that one...
Man i couldnt imaginge life without football. And i mean real football not soccer or rugby. NFL football. Go Raiders!!!

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Soccer is an abbreviated form of association not a sport itself
Rugby is not football, but has had football in its name due to the foundation of both sports
NFL is not football as it has the use of hands
Football is Foot ball 22 men running after a sack full of air trying to kick it with their FEET
All games have there origin in private schools in England
ps NFL is Rugby for wimps :jumping: anyone scared to scrape their knee gets bubble rapped and sent to US (hence the emigration :lol: )

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Yeah its tough but they dont hit as hard as The NFL. If the NFL played without pads people would be dying left and right. There are still people suffering life threatening injuries, and paralysis on a regular basis in the NFL. These types of things dont happen in rugby.

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Dead athletes' brains show damage from concussions

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/26/at ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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I could post more than a few big time hits from the NFL on youtube that would make you cry. I wanna see some from rugby that match the hitting of the NFL.

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bodom_bad_boy wrote:Yeah its tough but they dont hit as hard as The NFL. If the NFL played without pads people would be dying left and right. There are still people suffering life threatening injuries, and paralysis on a regular basis in the NFL. These types of things dont happen in rugby.

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how much do you want to bet
there are constant calls for protection to be added to the kit, one player went to Switzerland to end his life due to being paralised in a training session http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/oct/1 ... witzerland" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, I broke my leg, collar bone, and arm dislocating my wrist and shoulder playing rugby, one of my friends broke 3 of his ribs and another has pins in his leg and can't play again, common injuries are concussion and broken bones . players injure themselves all the time http://www.sportsinjurybulletin.com/archive/rugby.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=01IUnC4HV ... re=related" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Manapa wrote:
bodom_bad_boy wrote:Yeah its tough but they dont hit as hard as The NFL. If the NFL played without pads people would be dying left and right. There are still people suffering life threatening injuries, and paralysis on a regular basis in the NFL. These types of things dont happen in rugby.

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how much do you want to bet
there are constant calls for protection to be added to the kit, one player went to Switzerland to end his life due to being paralised in a training session http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/oct/1 ... witzerland" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, I broke my leg, collar bone, and arm dislocating my wrist and shoulder playing rugby, one of my friends broke 3 of his ribs and another has pins in his leg and can't play again, common injuries are concussion and broken bones . players injure themselves all the time http://www.sportsinjurybulletin.com/archive/rugby.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Yeah they happen, just not as often as in the NFL.

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bodom_bad_boy wrote: Yeah they happen, just not as often as in the NFL.
if you say so
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Manapa wrote:
bodom_bad_boy wrote: Yeah they happen, just not as often as in the NFL.
if you say so
Id like to see a rugby team and nfl team go head to head though. That would be a hell of hard hitting game! We'll call it a draw. There both tough as hell.

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NFL is clearly not the toughest. It is the fattest! Overweight wimps must wear helmets, shoulder pads and all sorts of protection to stop themselves from crying. Plus, they must take a rest every minute or so to catch their breath.

Rugby league is the toughest.

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league is the best union not so good
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Greetings,

Rugby League has lots of physical contact and frequent low-grade injuries, but if you want increased prevalence of high-grade injuries, you want Australian Rules Football.

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retrofuturist wrote:Greetings,

Rugby League has lots of physical contact and frequent low-grade injuries, but if you want increased prevalence of high-grade injuries, you want Australian Rules Football.

Metta,
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I have never seen it, but have heard of it, yes I forgot about that one :cry:
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Manapa wrote:league is the best union not so good
Rugby union "not so good"?! Pfft. You wouldn't say that if you were old enough to remember Gareth Edwards. Watch him score the greatest try in the history of the universe:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwCbG4I0 ... re=related


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See also Jonah Lomu bulldozing through the Lion's defence at the 1995 world cup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvR8CsGcwyQ


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this is the closest i get to any sort of football

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