You have a purple power ranger in your sig.. Just saying..

Btw you couldn't even play 1 set of tennis before you got tired if you tried it

This post was edited by SeaBas on Dec 23 2010 12:21pm

riding a tank? i dont get your lingo

Typical for American football fans not to understand..

Anyone can make a tackle when you're wearing 50 layers of equipment and helmets and more padding

Nothing tough about it.

ROFL

I think what you meant to say is could you imagine how many games it would take before Ray Lewis was out for injury because these 'little European bike racers' destroyed him.

These guys are just as big, if not BIGGER than american football players. On top of that, all these guys play without padding/protection for the most part. I'd take a rugby player over ANY football player (just started watching highlights recently, these guys are fucking beast, no comparison to football).

these guys arent euro there australian =S.

ray lewis weighs 113kg and is 6'1 LMFAO hes tiny. outside backs in rugby league are bigger then that and run the 100 in 12 seconds

the canberra raiders for example, there front row

leahroy lars -
Height 194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 115 kg (18 st 2 lb)

dave shillington -
Height 195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 111 kg (17 st 7 lb)

dane tilse-
Height 200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 112 kg (17 st 9 lb)

scott logan-
Height 192 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 110 kg (17 st 2 lb)

the first 3 are under 28 so they only just growing into there league peak atm.

all of them have less bodyfat % then any player in the NFL.

and thats 1 team for u there all bigger then this ray lewis chump.

o btw this is rugby league not rugby union so dont call it rugby cause thats usually reserved for rugby union. call it league.

6'1 is pretty small for a league player, and is very small for a forward (which i guess is the equal of the big guys in NFL) but as i said alot of outside backs are bigger then this ray lewis bloke to. hayne for example, 6'2 102kg and ran the 100 earlyer this year in 11.2, hes a fullback which i guess is similar to ur fullbacks hes also 22 (the peak age in league is about 26-29. its not uncommon for a winger to be big though ( i guess the equal to ur wide recievers) manu Vatuvei 6'3 112kg age 24. australians breed supreme atheletes that would roll most NFL atheletes. the big black guy with dreads is jamal idris and for most of that video hes only 19. hes 20 now, 6'4 115kg and a a centre which is similar to a wide reciever.

This post was edited by TerryWrist on Dec 24 2010 10:11am

Dumbfuck. They wear pads because the hits are way more intense... if you tried playing american football without a helmet and pads you would die or be paralyzed.


This post was edited by Paran0id on Dec 24 2010 10:08am

they wouldent put any of those hits on without pads or a helmet though thats his point. they have so much protection that they can throw there body at ppl without worry of injury.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2BbddCszTo&feature=watch_response_rev

theres another 1.

This post was edited by TerryWrist on Dec 24 2010 10:19am

football is designed so that(unfortunately) the defender can (at times) hit a completely still receiver and running back while in mid air and attempting to catch ridiculously hard thrown balls in intense cold and pressure from thousands of fans(nice retirement home showing you have there in Australia) with intense media coverage and millions of dollars backing their every move. that being said, pads are necessary. if you took even one physics class you would udnerstand the principles of momentum. say a completely still human being is wacked by a man with a 4.4 40 at full speed going hard as shit with all intention of murdering him lays one on him. now, in rugby, there is movement and the target has some speed and momentum on his side. usually in rugdy as well, as shown in this clip, the person is running and can defend himself.

in addition, football is designed where one can be more selective with his hits. in rugby it's generally take it as it is, and must defend all people. in football, laterals are rare and all defenders go for one guy. that means maybe 5 guys popping him (some 300+ pounds) with all their brute. in rugby, as the video displays, it's generally a 1 man job(less painful and injury summoning) and does not call the need for pads.

also, the pads are not that impressive. it's not like metal or anything. just the helmet. which is smart

in additin, football plars must pay attention to strategy. they must whip up a unique game plan each week for each opponent and mentally outduel them. it is chess with rugby. basically an upgrade

This post was edited by vvangough4 on Dec 24 2010 08:22pm

LOLOL.

thinks that the nrl isnt the same.... they have to think of game plans and they have to be able to do everything in league unlike in nfl where u have 1 guy that kicks the ball how lame is that. u seem to think theres no stragery involved in league, and by listening to u say that its uaully 1 on 1 hits in league u clearly have no idea wat ur on about. league is also far more intense with very little rest or down time unlike nfl where the only reason they break a sweet is cause of how much there wearing, when a union player comes over to league the first thing they say is league is way faster, mix that with the best atheletes in the world and u have the hardest competition in the world.

This post was edited by TerryWrist on Dec 24 2010 08:54pm

you know nothing about the sport clearly. And if you think there's no risk of injury, then why are there so many injuries in the nfl?

The reason american football is only popular in north america is because you need money to play it, most people around the world can't afford the helmet and pads so they just play soccer and rugby.
as a sport it is far superior though, you're just too poor to play it.

This post was edited by Paran0id on Dec 26 2010 09:40pm