Would i be okay to play rugby?

Question

I've played football for 6 years and I'm tired of it. I'm a Sophomore in High School and I start at runningback for my team. I'm a good football player but the game is just getting old and I want to play rugby. I'm 5'5 and I weigh 155 pounds. I bench 205 and squat 315. My 40 yd. dash time is 4.8 seconds flat. Would I be set to go? or is it a big learning curve? and what postion could i play?

Answer 1

im 5' and 105 pounds, so i think you should be fine. As long as your tough and know waht your doing. You should get to know how to play before anything,,, usually teams hold practises before the season for beginners..its not a very big learning curve, the best way to figure out how to play is when you actually start playing, well i think:P...umm i think winger would be a good position for you.. good luck:)

Answer 2

when i started rugby i had no clue what i was doing, so dont worry about learning curves. If your a running back you should be a full back or wing in rugby. hope it helped

Answer 3

Idk but 47 ppl in the English rugby died over the last 5 years, man. It's dangerous.

Answer 4

Hey brother, welcome to the family. You sound relatively quick but i'l be honest i'm from nz so we use metres as opposed to yards so i'm just making the conversion as an estimate.

Anyway, as one the brothers said full back or a wing could utilise your skills from football. Or if you are able to pass well and are strong in the tackle you would make a good inside centre/ 2nd five eight. If you enjoy contact you could play flanker which involves lots of tackling, and throwing your body into rucks to win the ball.

If you have good hand eye, and natural atheleticism you'll find it easier to transition.

One thing that would be helpful is watching some tapes of games and researching the role of each player. However none of this beats experience so join a team jump in the deep end and enjoy the ride. You'll be amazed how quickly you pick it up.

Answer 5

My advice to you would be try playing rugby league first it's similar but a lot easier to learn.

Answer 6

what you play really depends on the size of your heart.

youre obviously still young. so you might hit a growth spurt and suddenly be six foot three. in which case do you change positions.

best advise, just learn the game. its very very different from football, aside from the shape of the ball (its bigger than the one used in american style football) and the physicality.

find a local club, and just start going there. theres still a lot of upside to your rugby career, so dont pigeonhole yourself position wise.

in rugby, we dont have timeouts, offense and defensive teams, and so on. you need to be able to run for 80s.

good luch

Answer 7

at only 5'5 i'd say you'd make a good halfback, especially if you have a decent passing game. you'd need to work on kicking though, i'd assume.

Answer 8

i would say that the most important thing in rugby is your attitude. if you have the right mental mindset then there is no reason you can not make the transition. you sound fast and strong so the physical side should not be a problem for you as long as you are willing to put your body on the line for your team. also rugby is a 80 minite game with only one real break so you will be running constantly for most of this. the best way around this is train to last 100 minites.

good luck in making the transition but just remember that you can learn all the skills but you need the right attitude from the word go.

Answer 9

it depends who your ganna play against, because theres some really huge people who play this

Answer 10

yes you'll just have to learn some new skills rugby is a very different game from american football. sounds like you have great athletic qualities though.

Answer 11

Rugby is a tough sport , if you are prepared to get brused and bashed go for it. If you are not then dont.

Theres a saying

"Soccer is played by gentlemen and watched by hooligans, Rugby is played by hooligans and watched by gentlemen"

I played Rugby for 5 years and it was some of the best sporting ive ever done.

Your weight and speed are important, but the most important is the ability to take down the opposing player and hard. So when he gets up he knows you kicked his butt and hes scared