But would be more enjoyable to watch!If you play a contact game, then you shouldn,t be wrapped in cotton wool!

I beg to differ , I much rather watch them in there full coverage pads and uniforms then in there skimpy man shorts bumping and grinding other men , that's just not my cup of scrumpy . but to each there own .

Watching a game with no pads would suck. Do you really think some guy is going to tackle a 250lb running back, running full speed, without a helmet? Just think how hard that running backs knees would be if they slammed into the other guys' head. The would-be tackler would never put himself into that position. You'd probably enjoy motorcross more if the riders wore only speedos instead of full protection gear.

Watch bondi,s clip on rugby League, THATS tackling. You call Motor cross a contact sport? thats where protection IS needed.

i would play without pads if a 275 lb guy ran a 40 in 11 seconds...lol....

most NFL players run 40's in anywhere from 4.3 to 5.5 seconds.........they would be playing baseball in they ran 11's.......

Aussie rules is where its at.....dont get me wrong i love the NFL for its purpose of entertainment...but those are some crazy bastards in Rugby.

Go Man U....how about that 9yo....signing with the big club...did tevez get signed yet?

My hat goes off to you... you know your football!!!

As a spectacle the NFL is great but I just grew up watching big men clash week in week out without padding. Sure some guys in Rugby League use pads but they are either rubber or a similar substance, not plastic and fibre glass.

The 9yr old you refer to is Rhain Davis. An Aussie despite those wicked brits claiming him as his own. Also, Man Utd HAS signed Carlos Tevez but he'll miss first few games through injury.

I'll post the Rhain Davis clip and the League Hits clip again below

Best Tackler in LEAGUE

Man Utd 9yr old - Rhain Davis

*sorry for the poor quality of the videos*

My son is playing football now , started 2 a day practice last week , he runs the 40 in 4.5 sec flat , AND hes only 14 and he does it while wearing full pads


Well anyway Im curious what the average salary is for a rugby player ?

NFL its about 2-4 million a yr or higher Id think , but dont find it published thus far


BEARS WIN , PATS LOST , CHIEFS LOST ..

Yes, but, Rhain has Welsh blood in his veins Man U. DROPPED 2 POINTS TO READING on saturday, criminal.!

I give props where props are due......Bondi knows his shit......I work in college sports here and have been a Physio at all different levels of athletics in the US......

Man U will be fine.........long season and they will be back to proper forma nd should run away with the EPL if they stay healthy....

Devin Hester is the man in Chicago huh? Its nice to see an old athlete of mine doing what I saw him do for years......he is a stud.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEQyCcageGg



a little how to video on rugby ,

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MZEvmmnjhB8&...related&search=

I can see what ya all mean by the hard hits with out pads here , but I can't see why men would want to roll around and grope other men in those little boy shorts


heres a video On Hester
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-MCP84aZCPI

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tNbL_LV0JdM&...related&search=

Jacked up NFL Hits

Wow. I think that was the first ever meaningful and appropriate post made by 3d. One can only assume he copied it from someone else.

in any case, that actually was a good quick tutorial.

Cricket next??

ahhhh...... football


my favorite sport

*Uncle Buck you should know better* -bondiguy

That was interesting. But why was the ball being ignored when the players were in a scrum? The players were all pushing and shoving and the ball was just sitting there being ignored.

The perfect scrum!

You release the ball when its to your advantage, the whole idea is to maximise your advantage when you have possession.

I watched it first hand here while back at a college game ID rather watch paint dry ..

I cant answer that , but it would appear to me its cause there playing grab ass ..

makes ya wanna go play grab ass EH ?

I think you're taking your online relationships a little too far.

I've got English, Scottish and Italian blood in my veins, I am still an Aussie though!

They dropped a further two to Portsmouth and Rooney broke his foor against Reading!



Thanks mate

Yeah I been grabbing Bunni allot lately ...

Aaahh one of our convict cousins

Actually I am only a 3rd generation Aussie so my ancestors weren't part of the convicts

whew .

Careful, Bondi is very touchy about that subject. (The truth can hurt!)

How's the weather over in Wales?

Like our rugby, Bondi love, bloody awful Still, it can only get better, I hope.

Hi Morse sorry the weather is bad ...

It'll get better if you travel about 10,000 miles south!

Will u be watching the Rugby World Cup?

Thanks love, you,ve brightened my day already

Haven,t long come back from Oz & NZ. I,d like to send Gareth Jenkins and his entire coaching staff over there permanently, and bring my friend Mike Ruddock back. I have a sneaky feeling that the Frogs may spring a surprise this year. Very much looking forward to it.

well so you know you brightened mine as well as

Yes they are a chance on home soil!

You were in oz, where abouts? How long? details? etc...

Perth, 3 days, Melbourne 3 days, Brisbane 3 days, Sydney 3 days, then over to NZ, Christchurch 3 days, Nelson 2 days Dunedin 2 days, Wellington 3days, Palmerston North 2 days, Auckland 4 days, then up to Singapore for 4 days, then home. It was my 5th time to NZ and Australia. I was accompanying my other half,on a concert tour.

and how was ticket sales ?

Very good, and that included two concerts in one day in Sydney Opera House.

they aren't ignoring the ball. the hooker is the only player who can bring the ball back into the scrum. when in position the scrum half will pull the ball out of the back of the scrum a pass to the fly half (if i rember correctly) and the pass begin down the field.

there was a comment about getting hit by a 275lbs guy. because of the lack of pads players know that it hurts to hit and get hit. in the us, the players that get hurt the most during tackling are the former football player because they aren't used to hitting without pads. soccer players make the coversion better because they are used to playing with out a break every 10-15 sec and they "hit" without pads.

i played union in college...it was great.

Wow that is a whirlwind tour.

Is he IN the band or were u following the band?

WHICH BAND?

Not a band, A Choir, Welsh Male Voice Choir.

I played football , and I wouldnt want to do it without pads , ever , you take the velocity of a 250 lb man hitting at a dead run another 225 lb man at a dead run and its going to hurt , I dont care how ya prepare or how tough ya are ... I dont think there is any comaparison between football and soccer , soccer is not ment to be contact sport is it ?



Nobody ever did say what the average pay is for rugby player ..


the other issue that comes to mind a player with pads on the average temp inside the pads is 15 degrees above the outside air temp , so you take last week my boy was practicing at 95 degrees in full pads so it was more like 110 in the pads , thats why the breaks come into play between plays .

rock on sister... he must be one hell of a singer. Did they play anywhere cool like the Opera House?

Average pay for a rugby or rugby league player varies depending on where they play. It is nothing like what NFL stars earn because there is no bigger sporting market than the US. It's simple economics really

that makes sense .

Two performances in the Opera House ( one a matinee performance), Thats the 5th time they,ve played there in 6 years.To be honest, he preferred siging in the Burswood Centre in Perth, more intimate!

That's great... I've never even been to Perth but he must be one hell of a singer

Perth is almost like a seperate country, its so remote, but I love it, the overwhelming feeling of freedom and glorious isolation is priceless. Swimming for 3 to 4 hours a day and didn,t even take my bikini with me!

That's the beauty of Australia, you don't need one!

It is largely rmoved from the rest of Australia because it is so far away from metroplis cities like Sydney or Melbourne.