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Football reverts to it's rugby roots... - RgrF - 09-13-2020 ...much more entertaining Re: Football reverts to it's rugby roots... - Sarcany - 09-13-2020 RgrF wrote: That was way cool! Re: Football reverts to it's rugby roots... - mrbigstuff - 09-13-2020 That is definitely much, much more entertaining. Re: Football reverts to it's rugby roots... - Ombligo - 09-13-2020 the Browns are adding it to their playbook now. In their version everything goes identically except they run into the wrong endzone. Re: Football reverts to it's rugby roots... - Rolando - 09-13-2020 This play is not uncommon in college and NFL. It just rarely works because tackling is much better at those levels. Re: Football reverts to it's rugby roots... - Buzz - 09-13-2020 Did the clock run out? Where was the band? == Re: Football reverts to it's rugby roots... - Lew Zealand - 09-13-2020 Rolando wrote: Yes, I've seen this a number of times, esp. at the College level. NFL tackling is too good to sustain that play. Actually halfway through the vid, I started watching the defense and some were just standing around, barely moving to one side or another, a step or two. Some of that was probably from utter bewilderment as nobody trained for that type of play. Re: Football reverts to it's rugby roots... - Lew Zealand - 09-13-2020 And rugby is a far more exciting game to watch in any case. As is Aussie Rules Football. Re: Football reverts to it's rugby roots... - N-OS X-tasy! - 09-13-2020 The player didn’t touch the ball down in the end zone — no try for him! Re: Football reverts to it's rugby roots... - Ca Bob - 09-14-2020 This is more like coarse rugby -- see Michael Green's 1967 masterpiece The Art of Coarse Rugby. |