| outlawauron said: @ TheUltimateLife I would think they are quite similar with a slight lean to American football. There are no rugby players to match the size and speed of American football players. |
I'm going to put this down to your dire lack of knowledge of the sport of rugby.
This guy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Lomu
Jonah Lomu. 6"5 125kg. One of the fastest accelerating atheletes per pound in the world.
Able to run 100 metres in just over 10 seconds.
There are plenty of examples. There are rugby players who are faster than American football players, and there are rugby players who are bigger than American football players.
The thing that must be taken into consideration however is that the athletes of the two sports have been conditioned and trained in different ways, to suit different needs. A rugby player needs to be build for endurance and stopping power. An American football player needs to be built for blocking power and evasive sprints.
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