How physical is rugby at highschool level?

Question

I just wanted to know cause I kinda wanna play and I am kinda small (5'5 115 age 14) and I don't want to get injured because I play other sports to

Answer 1

it depends in what country u r in.  U will find that in South Africa, and generally the southern hemisphere rugby is more pysical than the northenr hemishpere.  but it is not all about size anymore if u are fit and quick then you do not have much to worry about.  just train hard and play hard and u will be fine, in any case the smaller u are the harder it is for the bigger guys to tackle u

Answer 2

Be brave however rough it is,  And you will not become seriously injured.   Rugby is not all about size of the body, but about size of your heart and the depth of your brain.  (Your brain)   If your a small winger, dont wander off into the middle of the park where you have to run into or tackle heavy forwards,  stay where you are and attack the oppositions smaller players.    (Your Heart) If you do find your self in what we rugby players call (mismatches) where you are faced with tackling somebody twice your size have to the heart to fully commit however scared of becoming injured you are.    Whatever you do, dont let them run past you as they will take advantage and do it again, also you will lose the respect of your coaches and fellow players.

Players and teams who use their hearts and minds tend to come out the victors at the end.

Dont tell him that theres been alot of fatal injuries.       Its not due to the roughness of the game that injuries like that happen but by Improper tackle teqnique.    If you make your tackle properly there is no reason why you or anyone else should become fatally injured.

Answer 3

Which country are you living in???

For example...  high-school rugby in New Zealand will probably be quite a bit different from Canada or maybe the USA (if they have high school rugby there..)

Cheers

Answer 4

Having played from college for 25 years, I do know the game.  Your size is a factor in your relative survivability, but it is more directly related to your fitness and your level of awareness when you are training and playing the game, than it is with your mass.  There are many top level rugby players that are challenged in both height and weight.  The beauty of rugby is that it is more of what's in the mass than what the mass is.  Fitness, imagination and skill development is the key.  With them, the game can be approached by anyone who chooses to both excell AND survive.  The glorified vision of gridiron "crash tackling" is both counterproductive and kind of silly in the rugby version, so, since that'd be the only reason size would be a factor, there'd be no  reason to be tall and unless you were to decide to take up the position of 2nd row jumper, you could find a position where quickness counted, instead, such as a scrum half,  a center field back or wing or even a wing forward.  And realize that at 14, you will learn the game and become fit at a position you can develop at and, most likely, find that you will grow 6" in the next couple years, a which time, you will, both be far ahead of where most others enter the game, and probably find you will end up in a position you hadn't thought suited 3-4 years ealier.  Just remember: you get fit to play rugby, you don't play rugby to get fit  (that just how you get hurt).

Answer 5

If you stayed in South Africa you would know how physical it is! Since the rugby season started here ( around March ) a lot of fatal neck injuries took place and a few players even died as result of their injuries!

Rugby is a very fun but dangerous sport! Your mind set must be right every second of the game, it's we you loose focus that fatal injuries take place!

Good luck!