Dan Evans wrote:

"Shelly" wrote in message
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ok here is a question, Between American football and Rugby, playing AF
rules and Rugby no padding, who do you think would win this match? or to
make it simpler each team traveled to the opposing country and played
"their"way who would win?

American football is much more a sport of specialisation. You have players
on the field that weigh over 350 pounds and players who weigh in at 180 and
could easily start on the majority of the world's Olympic track and field
teams. This alone would make comparisons nearly impossible. Your average
American football player is going to be bigger, faster and stronger than
your average rugby player, but the rugby player is going to have much more
satmina.

When I was in Düsseldorf, our rugby team played against one of the Americans
Football teams at one of their barracks (Rhienberg IIRC). One match each
rugby and American football. We won both.

I don't know if you are American or not, I am thinking not, but unless all
the players on your rugby team had played American football I'm calling BS
on this one. American football is far too complicated to learn in an
afternoon.

When you guys huddled up before the snap and the quaterback called the
play, a very common, simple play like: "pro right 32 counter trap" did each
of the 11 players on your team know their assignment for that particular
play?


Dan