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I used to love basketball, played in college but they basically told me I could lose 30 pounds and be a Basketball player or gain 20 and play football LOL. I still like to play occasionaly.

@ryan, atleast you had a choice, i lost all my career to injury.... now my ex clubmates play in National Team and one guy made to my citys strongest basketball club which is strong europe team 2...

my both meniscus is fucked up(left one was long time ago, operated , now right knee needs im waiting for winter, it heals better). i dunno if its right dont know in english got fucked up right knee joint cross ligaments.

in one of training session i got fucked up by hitting my knee 2 times in other guy.. ,  when i dived and jumped near basket.then joint cross ligaments like broke.. it like detached... it felt like something disconnected from my knee was a sh1ty feeling. and my coach was pissed and shouting 2 mins is only left dont bail on me....

yeah everyone loves coaches.... lol now im playing in amateur league , and only for school team... feel pretty useless... meh life sucks...

actually its quite simple.

We wear equipment because if we did not the style of play would mean more injuries. Football is a collision sport, Rugby is a contact sport, I played upback and loosehead prop for 4 years and still play semi pro american rules football so I know what im talking about. Rugby is more endurance oriented and football is more about quick bursts of activity. the physical demands are not the same but I will say this, I would much rather be tackled or dragged down by a 230 pound man than explosively tackled by a 300 pounder and most of the people I hit would say the same. the tackling is vastly different and the morons who say that wearing the equipment is wussy are people who have never played both. in Football the tackling is more head on and we use our heads and shoulders, in Rugby its more form behind and the side and few people use their heads.

LOL since when is tackling form behind illegal in rugby? tackling in rugby is more of a drag down and fewer explosive tackles. I am not saying there is no hitting im saying the hitting is different and not as explosive.  as for rugby I played on a provincial rep team that played the all blacks youth team and only lost by 2 tries (which was good considering how few canadians play rugby), a club team and a school team. I was second man in the lineouts and played loosehead prop due to my size (im 6-5 and at the time was 280 pounds) I preferred playing with the backs tho as it was more fun and in 7's but when Rugby started interfering with basketball I quit.

I was trying to be nice, but honestly while rugby needed more endurance and cardio Football required far more skills , strength and power.

as far as skill goes its not comparable, in Football its very specialised by position in Rugby a great player can pretty much play anywhere, I have very set moves i can use and its all about hands , leverage and explosion, in Rugby I got by by being bigger stronger and faster than other people. I guess I never noticed the push rule because i never had to hit from behind, I have seen most rugby tackles from the side or drag downs though.

Rugby is not  faster paced sport its just more free flowing with less stoppages, i compare it to hockey. Football is more stop and start but our players are much faster in short bursts.

LOL Penor.

... at schools maby. My kid just played his first football turny, hes 10, and he was doing full contact.

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I went deep sea fishing for bass, I caught 6, friend caught 7. We ate fish for few months