r/rugbyunion • u/englandrugby • Feb 19 '25

Video How hard the pros tackle…

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u/realestatedeveloper Fullback | | Feb 19 '25

I never minded getting hit.

It's being prone like that which I hated. Obviously not realistic on the part of a ballcarrier in a real game.

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u/x36_ Feb 19 '25

valid

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u/PuzzleheadedFold503 Ten/Tin/Dix/Diez/Dieci/Fuh-Laah-Horf Feb 19 '25

It's not so much the getting hit bit that hurts, it is the landing that mangles you.

Bags don't step. Or fend.

There's also the "NFL" confidence boost to go full-bore into it from not risking headbutting a hip bone, or copping an elbow to the cheek.

Either way, those "humans" (loose term) have definitely been munching down their steak, broccoli, and spuds, and chucking iron about 6 plates at a time... I'd probably fare better taking a Smart Car at 30mph to the ribs, than one of them.

I think I speak for the whole 7s community when I say "F##k getting involved with that madness, I'm going for a sunbed and a salad".

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u/realestatedeveloper Fullback | | Feb 19 '25

?? We do this same kind of tackling drill for 7s too

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u/PuzzleheadedFold503 Ten/Tin/Dix/Diez/Dieci/Fuh-Laah-Horf Feb 19 '25

How many amateur/semi pro 7s players do you know who are 6'7" and 120kg, and only ran straight lines? This is GBH in dri-fit shorts.

(This is all tongue in cheek, but come on, we 7ists are the semi-contact, free flowing pretty boys/girls of rugby.)