What is more dangerous rugby or football?

Question

What is more dangerous rugby or football?

Answer 1

Its clear. RUGBY.

Answer 2

Having played both, I say Football.  I played college Rugby and didn't ever see near the skeletal injuries that I saw even in HS football.  There are alot more dings on the head, but hey, I'll take my flat broken nose and cauliflower ears over my torn ACL anyday. The contact is just different and the fact that there is no blocking for the runner helps too.  Both great games though.

Answer 3

rugby, hands down...I used to play back when I lived in england for my school team, it was a h**l of a lot of fun though.

Believe it or not, soccer is more dangerous than football also. There are more injuries in a soccer players career than a football players. But ther are more upper body injuries on the football side unless you're a goalkeeper.

I was kind of surprised of how many breaks players got between plays when I started playing football (once i moved to america). In rugby its pretty much go time all the time, same with soccer(avg player runs 7 miles a game in soccer and 5 miles a game in rugby)...

When I walked onto my high school football team they asked if I had any experiance, once I had told them I was a rugby player, everyone cringed including the coaching staff...All I was asked about was "does it hurt"...the answer was always "yes, but its worth it"...I was a winger/right wing(wide receiver is the equivalent in football)

Football is fun to watch and play, but it's not as athletic as rugby. You have to have amazing strength in your legs, and the ability to bob and weave in a heartbeat. And you dont get the constant whistle(break) like in football. Oh yeah, you really hurt people when you're hitting with no pads on...

I've seen ears ripped, muscles tore, borns snap, teeth get knocked out, noses shatter, jaws collapse, etc etc...and thats just in the scrum...It's all worth it in the end mate...

Good luck with whatever you decide to play.

Answer 4

I've played both American football and Collegiate level Rugby Union.

American football seems to have more traumatic injuries due to the feeling of invincibility offered by the gargantuan padding provided.

That being said, Rugby is a more manly and cultured game.

Answer 5

Rugby. It's a contact sport. You get tackled hard and when you're caught in a ruck you could very well get trampled upon (rucked).No pads as in grid-iron, unless your name is Percy Montgomery or Big Joe Van Niekerk and your mommy makes you wear them.

Answer 6

Somebody out there has compiled statistics as to injuries/serious injuries/incapacitating injuries, resulting from same level of play between rugby and American/Canadian football: find him/her/them.   Consider only the fact that rugby is a contact sport, whereas football is a collision sport.  Over the years football has sought to protect the individual, more and more and more (check some of the old football photos, before the armamentarium REALLY started to escalate), rather than his opposition.   Rugby equipment has changed little for more than a century; a player may not wear any accessory which could hurt him or his opposition (I.e. you broke your arm and need to wear a cast, sorry, no can do, come back when your arm can do with a cloth bandage.)

The mode of play is quintessential to understanding this: the contact that can be made with the ball carrier is very specific: mainly a tackle must "wrap" him with one or both arms, and not in a dangerous way, i.e. not around or across the neck.    A player NOT carrying the ball, or going for the ball, may not be contacted, i.e. NO blocking.     Compare with football: you can smash him to the ground even when he's NOT carrying the ball, with few limitations.

Answer 7

What Jordan said. Rugby hands down.

Here we play Rugby, League, AFL and soccer. AFL probably draws the biggest crowds and it is very entertaining once you understand what the rules are.

These are all called football. Oh, yes, and some guys run around a park down near Caringbah, Cronulla will goofy looking helmuts on and giant diapers all over their shoulders and elbows, knees and down their shorts. Not sure what they are playing.. but they call it football too. It has like at least 6 spectators... I think they are probably their boyfriends.

None of them are anywhere near as dangerous as walking around New York.

Answer 8

The injuries in Football are much worse. Catastrophic injuries in football are far more common than in Rugby. Football padding doesn't prevent injuries, it causes them.

Answer 9

Ok let's face it.

I've played both rugby in NZ then went on and played both rugby and football in America.

I have to say RUGBY is more dangerous. Anyone in the states saying that rugby isn't as dangerous as football is wrong. The level of rugby that america plays fails in comparison to the level of rugby played in NZ. NZ rugby is much tougher with more injuries happening on a daily basis with people getting paralysed, skeletal injuries and others who have died from a spare tackle. I recently have returned from America when my brother had received a scholarship to play for them. The level of their rugby games were nowhere near the level of NZ rugby. Compared to when my brother played football he came out of every game mostly with just a scratch or bruise, he said it was because of the padding that he had on that mostly protected him. In my opinion rugby is a dangerous sport and when most people don't know how to play the game properly, they can get injured very easily.

Answer 10

rugby but football is more fun

Answer 11

footballl.  Rugby may be tougher over all, but for some reason footbal has more serious injuries

Answer 12

rugby, you get rucked and there is no pads or helmets

Answer 13

Hello Im MR Cash

Rugby is for men and football is for donkeys who dont have a brain!!

Answer 14

If you mean proper football, then there is no question.

Rugby is way more dangerous.

Football is non contact.

I'm guessing Takezo is talking about American Football.

Answer 15

Rugby, its a lot more physical

Answer 16

Rugby cause there is no pads what so ever and the tackeling is better

Answer 17

RUGBY definetly... You gotta take them down by the legs and you can get kicked.... My sister plays and all the girls are bruised and scraped up after wards.. .one girl got chocked and couldnt breathe.. one of the girls on the college team got knocked unconscious... It's definetly a harsh sport

Answer 18

Rugby. Its Because some players dont wear protective gears

such like football players. Also you have bone  crunching type of tackles which injure you seriously or even kill you.

Answer 19

Both rugby and football are pretty much the same. In rugby, you get more common injuries because of the lack of protective gear. But they occur more often than in footbal. Football has more serious injuries becuase people hit extremely hard.