WAY OT :: Pro Sprinter Plays Rugby

[eckoner]

Is it fair or not? I bet the rugby players on the other teams are not very thrilled as he could change the sport....idk perhaps making it a bit more like American Football?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0bd_1377028563

[dAdo dA dEvil]

... i think it's still fair as long as there are no rules violated ... he's so quick ... they just give him the ball and he just outruns everybody on the field ...

... now i think we should sign a volleyball player to play D for us ... they jump high that they could grab a lot of rebounds and they could block / spike a lot of shot attempts too ... j/k ... ^_^

[ROballer]

Uhmm....he plays Rugby 7

No way he would have the same impact in normal rugby

[Kilroy]

If anyone ever actually hits him on the run, he'll be retired before his back hits the ground.

That said it's pretty fun to watch while it lasts.

[Dr Aki]

lol US rugby, they need all the talent they can get

just realised this is rugby 7s, no wonder there's acres of space

[Jakay]

Is it fair or not? I bet the basketball players players on the other teams are not very thrilled as he could change the sport....idk perhaps making it a bit more like ABA basketball?

Jackie Robinson

[LGND2552]

I was reading responses from people that are rugby fans

They were saying that although he had some spectacular moments on offense, he wouldn't be able to do this against a more mature, disciplined defense. They wouldn't give him an opening.

Also read that he was quite the liability on defense. Its like having an unstoppable shooter like Nash on steroids on your team. He can score, but he can't play a lick of defense

Good for him though. He is a top 40 US sprinter I think, which means he won't have much of a shot at the Olympics. Glad to see him making good use of his talents.

[CodyB_]

Rugby is a game of high skill. His sprinting would come in handy, but he needs to learn the dynamics of tackling (legally), kicking the ball, rucking, where to be on set plays.

With that being said, it's not like he is revolutionizing anything, Doug Howlett was a sprinter and he played for the all blacks for about 10 years.

[EArl]

lol US rugby, they need all the talent they can get

just realised this is rugby 7s, no wonder there's acres of space

I dont know anything about Rugby. Whats the difference?

[Dr Aki]

lol US rugby, they need all the talent they can get

just realised this is rugby 7s, no wonder there's acres of space

I dont know anything about Rugby. Whats the difference?

a normal game of rugby is played with 15 players on each side. also there's no helmets or armour, unlike that game those pansies play in america

there are also different codes of rugby:
- rugby union, the pure version where do you don't give up space, but can keep possession of the ball for as long as you can control it. with 15 players on each side. rugby is generally thought of as a player's game (since you don't have to retreat to let the opposition go forward)
- rugby league, a more bastardised version, where the defence line has to retreat 10 metres, but you only have a set of 6 tackles (ie downs, they do not reset like in gridiron) to gain metres up the ground. with only 13 players on each side (they lose 2 the forward flankers). league is thought more of a fans' game, because more space = more action (ie bigger hits, more back line play)

the game they're playing is rugby union, shortened to rugby (vs rugby league, shortened to league)

7s is a super bastardised version of rugby, where there's only 7 players on the field for each side (hence 7s). there's acres of space, there's little to no forward play, as all the players on the field are generally backs in order to take advantage of skill and speed.

the idea in all of these sports, is to score more points that the other team.
- in rugby (and by extension rugby 7s), each penalty kick is worth 3 pts, each try is worth 5 pts (with additional conversion for 2 pts)
- in league, each penalty kick is worth 2 pts, each try is worth 4 pts (with additional conversion for 2 pts)

penalty kicks are taken from where the infringement was made and conversions are taken as far back from where the point of the try was scored (grounded with control), that's why conversions are taken from out wide or from in front and anywhere in between. that's why carlin was running around to ground the ball under the posts

need more?

[Dr Aki]

here's a full match where the australian wallabies get the stuffing knocked out of them by the new zealand all blacks 5 days ago.

match was played in australia

in NZ, rugby is their national sport and NZ are the brazil of rugby

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbxd5DVzXEo[/youtube]

[EArl]

I think I got enough

[Dr Aki]

I think I got enough

i haven't even touched on the exhaustive list of types of offensive and defensive types of scrum/lineout/ruck/maul/offside infringements that the game has