Wow, the giants won?

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Originally Posted by jaegerhund

Here's the NE patriots just to give an idea of size:

http://www.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=players

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Some big men there. And pretty much all muscle, I'd imagine.

Maybe not as huge as some AF tackles, but here's some rugby league highlights...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mY-ndD5LLI

...and some rugby union highlights....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc0Ut5y-GRc

Not a lot of padding for these guys.

James.

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Originally Posted by kerryman71

Funny you should mention the Pats. I was
thinking of Vince Wilfork myself. He's a
pretty big guy but he gets around pretty good
for his size and makes some nice tackles.

John

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I just picked them for the sake of it --- I don't know if they represent the average or not.

Justin

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Originally Posted by Jimbo

Some big men there. And pretty much all muscle, I'd imagine.

Maybe not as huge as some AF tackles, but here's some rugby league highlights...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mY-ndD5LLI

...and some rugby union highlights....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc0Ut5y-GRc

Not a lot of padding for these guys.

James.

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Believe me, I'm sold on rugby --- I think it a great game --- wish I could of played it but it wasn't and isn't available ---that I know of.

Justin

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Originally Posted by jaegerhund

I don't know the size of the rugby players but I do not think they are this big (correct me of course).

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What? You're kidding, right? Have you seen the last Rugby World Cup?

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Originally Posted by Leon

What? You're kidding, right? Have you seen the last Rugby World Cup?

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Yeah -- I saw it and didn't think they were as big ---- but I don't know for sure that's why I asked the likes of James to clue me in.

Justin

Here's an interesting article:

http://www.ballsout.com/art_rugbynfl.htm

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Originally Posted by jaegerhund

Here's an interesting article:

http://www.ballsout.com/art_rugbynfl.htm

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Thanks Justin, great article :tu

I mean, I'm no expert here, but it makes sense that rugby players are smaller than NFL players - like it says in the article, it's the nature of the respective games. There's been some freaks of nature in Rugby, for sure, but they're the exceptions I'd say.

James.

No problem James.

Justin