Need help regarding Rugby and American Football?

Question

Okay guys, I grew up in a country where rugby and football is not played. Now, Im having this speech in front of my PDHP class. I need to talk about Rugby; its roots, rules, ect. (basically everything about it) and how it is compared to American Football.

Here's the catch, I have to do the speech in 4 minutes...

SO guys, please help me!!

THANKS!

Answer 1

American football can not be compared with rugby union. The onle similarity might be that the players are supposed to get the possession of an oval ball and score with it.

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Answer 2

You can say more or less this: "Both Rugby and Football are contact sports, which demand strengh, endurance, speed and ball-handling skills from their players, as well as quick thinking due to the speed of the games progression. both are played on a rectangular pitch with yardage indication", an "in-goal" in each side where the ball is grounded for scoring, and an H (in rugby) or Y(in footbal) shaped arch where the ball can be kicked for more points"

there you go, but you can also add the information from answer 1 (although im not sure if those are the origins of american football)

Rugby is more continuous than Football, as there are fewer stops by the referee, and "dead" balls are not as often. The main differences between Rugby and  Football is that when a ball falls into the ground, Rugby players are allowed to pick it or wrestle (by pushing and grabbing the ball) with the opposition, while football players cant, as the play ends with the ball touching the ground (or the player handing the ball is brought to the ground, or unable to move forward), and that in rugby you may only pass the ball backwards, while in football you can pass it forward too.

There are two main types of rugby players: forwards (who are strong, have endurance and wrestle for adquiring the ball) and backs (who are speedy and with better handling skills who run aiming at the opposition´s in-goal, or kick it into the H arch. There are 2 ways of scoring in rugby: grounding the ball in the oponents in-goal, which is worth 5 points (and then kicking the ball into the H known as "conversion" which adds 2 points) which is called Try, and a penalty kick, which is basically kicking the ball into the H on any time of the game, which is worth 3 points. any player may score either, but normally only the backs score penalties. The term penaltie is also used to an advantage given by the referee to a team when the opposition does one of the following: a pass forward (remember that you can´t pass forward in rugby), a knock-on (when a player drops the ball forward), when a player is not behind the "line of scrimmage", which is defined as the foot of the last player in either a ruck, maul or scrum, and disrespect to the referee/other players) when a penaltie is given, a team may choose to do a kick, which is kicking the ball to gain terrain, a penalty kick, a quick run, or a scrum (where the forward engage locking heads and pushig for the ball).

In football tries are called "touchdowns" and are worth 6 points, and you can either kick a conversion for 1 point or try to do another touchdown worth 2 poits. penalty kicks are worth 3 points too.

A football team has 5 plays to get the ball to advance 10 yards. with each "play" the team has a series of complex plays, some safe, and some risky but rewarding, to accomplish the task. if by the end of play 5 the ball hasnt advanced the 10 yards, the ball is handed to the oposition. Also, in football you may attack a player without the ball, and prevent opposition players to reach your teammate who has the ball, while in rugby you can´t do neither."

There you go, you can also add information from answer 1, although American football developed from Canadian Football, which in turn is a spin-off from Rugby

Answer 3

ok well if i was you i would go for the whole whimp thing

Rugby you wear no pads, no cup, no thick armour, no helmets just a gum guard

we wear inch long studds in your boots

there is a lot of tactics behide rugby not just either smash and drive or throw the ball as far as you can

rugby is played world wide unlike American Football

if you would like any information on the rules visit www.RFU.com

it is Rugby's governing body

if you want any extra help contact me