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Hands Down Rugby Players Would Win In A Fight Vs Athletes In Any Other Sport

So this brew-ha-ha went down in a Rugby match between Belgium and Georgia over the weekend, and even thought the fight is meh, it got me thinking about a blog Mo wrote last year, Who Wins In A Fight Between NBA And NHL Players? Obviously, the answer to that question is NHL players because of the overall toughness and lack of guns allowed in an honest fist fight.

But if you had to pick the athletes from a sport not involving boxing or MMA to go to a brawl with, gotta be some Rugby hooligans, right? These dudes are huge, have no tolerance to pain and, even better, are usually drunk enough to not give a fuck. 20-life doesn’t come to mind when there’s a throat that’s unprotected and looks fun to stomp. Which is amazing because they come from cultures that feature the pinnacle of vaginitas in soccer. I mean for shit’s sake they’ve got guys who have ruptured their testicles during games and not only keep playing but get hammered afterwards. Just imagine how many wild haymakers to the dome it would take for that guy to pass out before he bites off your nuts in honor of his. A thugs game played by gentlemen.

Vote 1 for Rugby isn’t even a real sport and 10 for I would rather be pinned down in a dark alley with a drunk and horny Mike Tyson during his prime than face off against any one of these foreign fucks:

(311 votes, average: 8.47 out of 10)

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PS – A great 14-minutes of scrum city to accentuate my point:

By smitty posted February 4th, 2013 at 4:00 PM

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by 781kid on February 4, 2013 at 4:02 pm
Id take Patrick Willis and JJ Watt vs your rugby players bra
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by mulman70 on February 4, 2013 at 4:05 pm
Because they were too small, white and unathletic to play football? Wake up!!!
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by go broons on February 4, 2013 at 4:06 pm
I'm gonna go with Mixed Martial Arts.
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by splinter on February 4, 2013 at 4:07 pm
So "no tolerance to pain" is retard English for "a high pain tolerance" right?
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by jaymariotti on February 4, 2013 at 4:07 pm
Ahhh bro they don't play our football over there. This is pretty much football without pads
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by pippenainteasy on February 4, 2013 at 4:09 pm
#7 could legitimately kill me if he wanted to
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by whitemo on February 4, 2013 at 4:10 pm
I seem to recall a Barstool article about the rugby player who got concussed into gaydom. That toughness comment seems legit though.
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by indira ghandis thong on February 4, 2013 at 4:11 pm
i saw a few people swing their purses around but overall thats like a fight at villanova
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by lenbiasdandruff on February 4, 2013 at 4:12 pm
Just to reiterate every single comment here, you're crazy. I'll take Logan Mankins and Brandon Spikes against any 2 of those dudes. Most NFL O and D linemen, and plenty of linebackers could take anyone. Just look how tiny Jon Bones Jones--the king of MMA-looks next to Arthur and Chandler. I think some NHLers could take those rugby dudes.
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by smitty on February 4, 2013 at 4:12 pm
yeah NFL guys may be bigger and stronger genetic freaks, but still think in an old school fist fight setting rugby guys come out on top more often than not just due to toughness and not giving a fuck.@splinter - touche. me fail english, that's umpossible.
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by hipchecker on February 4, 2013 at 4:18 pm
You post a few videos of guys running around sucker punching people and think they're the toughest dudes in sports? Better make sure you wipe the shit off your face when you finally pull your head out of your ass.
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by getatmebro on February 4, 2013 at 4:21 pm
100% chance these guys went back and crushed beers together after the game
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by Bango on February 4, 2013 at 4:31 pm
100% yes, I play rugby for a mens league and most of the guys that I play with are usually firefighters, cops,marines, army, generally guys you wouldnt want to fuck with. I would take any of those guys in a fight over most other athletes. If you look at Pro ruggers most of those guys are over 6'4 and spent there youth getting brian damage and learning how to kick ass, There is no way I would fuck with any of those guys! yeah some of the refrigerators in the NFL are big, but they cant compete with the endurance and toughness that a Pro Rugger has to have to play 80 min of non stop battle.
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by therealkneeel on February 4, 2013 at 4:50 pm
If this was soccer it'd be a bunch of fairies leaping around trying to kick eachother. The fight compilation video on the bottom is nuts.
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by Bango on February 4, 2013 at 4:51 pm
In reference to my previous comment: Have you ever partied after a match with a Rugger that is an ex-marine. Their Idea of a shaming you when you pass out is to waterboard your shoe wearing, drank to much jamison ass with bud heavy.
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by philly1234 on February 4, 2013 at 4:57 pm
Besides a few of the Georgian players, most of these guys are amateur-level players still. Professionals from England, NZ, Aussie, etc. are much bigger on average and would absolutely trash NFL/NHL players in a fight, street fight or sanctioned. They do boxing events between rival players for cancer fundraisers in NZ and AUS, two of the biggest stars box pro in their spare time (One is the NZ heavyweight champ). They are just born to fight. Check out the link, these guys play on the same national team. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaAX40d3oXo
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by dustman on February 4, 2013 at 4:58 pm
honestly what did you expect from the Georgia rugby team
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by Lumpy on February 4, 2013 at 5:09 pm
They may win in a fight, but are they as willing to stab or shoot people in cold blood as NFL players are? Probably not. Advantage- America
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by nyctfan on February 4, 2013 at 5:20 pm
go to your local college and see whose on the rugby team. A bunch of overweight people who are down for a scrum but have no athletic ability. They are rugged, tough and strong for sure but realistically I would rather fight some white fuck from eastern europe or a crazy australian before I was matched up against Ray Lewis or Terrell Suggs.
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by nixtysine on February 4, 2013 at 6:09 pm
Bango - cool rugby vernacular bro, we get it, you are a "Rugger". So gay. I go and watch my buddy play in a men's rugby league. 90% of the guys in it are assholes who were to horrible to play collegiate sports so they play rugby now. And you can bet your ass every single night they go out drinking they tell fucking EVRYONE about the rugby league they play. Fuckin spare me. Play rugby, thats cool. Use a term like "Ruggers", DOUCHE.
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by urmom01 on February 4, 2013 at 6:23 pm
Rugby is athletics for mutants,these retards arent coordinated enough for football, not fast enough for soccer and couldn't possibly get on skates to play hockey. Yay rugby,even retards and cavemen can do it!
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by charlie_murphy on February 4, 2013 at 6:35 pm
@nixtysine. Fucking spare ME. Nothing 'gay' about calling yourself a rugger if you are one. And no we don't wear shirts that say we play rugby when we go out nor is that all we talk about. Way to be a hardass and get all defensive. The ones that go out every night are the non-athletes btw, like your butt- buddy you were talking about. Guess that says something about you.
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by ultrapremium on February 4, 2013 at 6:41 pm
I'll take Lebron over anyone. I'm sorry but athletic 6'8 260 would pummel semi-athletic 6'0 195. I don't care what sport you play...
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by anothersurf on February 4, 2013 at 8:26 pm
these guys fight like a bunch of bitches
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by andrelussier on February 4, 2013 at 9:38 pm
I'll go with Bango and Charlie Murphy on this one...although the term 'rugger' always was a bit faggy for me. Kind of like giving yourself a handle like sixtynine. Nixtysine, you are a twat that would never last. You're fucking pissed that the rugby team from 'My Mom Fucks The Neighbor Because My Dad Is Too Busy Wearing Loafers University' didn't want you. And Urmom, I played rugby and skated with ex-pros...your mom's pussy lips are fucking beef drapes and your dad touched you in ways that made you wish you were a girl. Sweet dreams.
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by andrelussier on February 4, 2013 at 9:42 pm
Nyctfan is choking on Alabama blacksnake. Go back to your mom's basement and join another fantasy league. When they finally catch you, hopefully your cellmate will be your parish priest that had you sip his holy water.
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by prodrunk on February 5, 2013 at 2:58 am
Rugby is where the islanders who are athletic end up, mind bottling the NFL doesn't scout NZ or the pacific islands for talent
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by first on February 5, 2013 at 8:17 am
I've seen rugby players work "I play rugby" into the first two minutes of conversation many times. How are you supposed to respond to that? Act impressed? Offer them a cookie? Ask who gives a fuck? Self-centered and delusional much?
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by first on February 5, 2013 at 8:23 am
How about white6 tuning up black11? Black11 is hoping one of his rugger boys brings the hammer on the other rugger. Then black14 shows up; squares off; backpedals; and... wait for it; PATS WHITE6 RUGGER ON HIS ASS!!!! Black11 rugger can't believe that his rugger bro played grab-ass with the other rugger. Ruggers being ruggers, I guess. Keep doing you, ruggers. Keep doing you.
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by flyguys18 on February 5, 2013 at 8:38 am
Come to England and tell a professional or college rugby player he's a pussy. I fucking dare you. Rugby in the States is, more or less, a joke. Come to England (or South Africa, Australia or New Zealand) and you'll see rugby is no joke. big, athletic dudes that are tough as fuck. Don't believe me, come on over and test your luck...
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by flyguys18 on February 5, 2013 at 8:53 am
also, do some research... http://www.vice.com/italica/three-days-of-war
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by gfy1 on February 5, 2013 at 11:56 am
NHL and rugby players come from families and generations of other NHL and Rugby players. These guys have been raised and taught their whole life how to play, fight and be a brotherhood. As full organizations (not as individual players) I would take rugby and NHL players over any other pro athlete 100% of the time. And this is the circumstance of a fair fight on solid ground. And somebody tell the NBA players to leave their guns in the locker room and the criminal NFL players that they have to have a clean record in order to fight.
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by flyguys18 on February 5, 2013 at 12:20 pm
@gfy1 has got it
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by billybogarts on February 5, 2013 at 1:16 pm
These comments are absurd. Rugby is a sport that requires not only athleticism, but crazy conditioning. 80 minutes of highly physical contact with little stoppage and limited substitution (15 starters, 7 subs. Players cannot return once replaced.) Forget about the fights, watch some highlights: the legendary Jonah Lomu, Sebastian Chabal, any of three Tuilagi brothers. Fact is, Ray Lewis would be on his ass, sucking wind, five minutes into an international rugby match.
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by first on February 5, 2013 at 2:10 pm
@billybogarts, which Ray Lewis are you talking about? The 37 year old geezer that retired Sunday? Or the 24 year old murderer? I'm guessing the 24 year old version had better endurance than 99% of the ruggers out there. I hate Ray Lewis; but have to defend him here. And while I'm at it, there are other sports that require athleticism and crazy conditioning, too. Like swimming; and tennis; and running marathons; and triathlons; and boxing; etc; etc; etc. However, in these sports there are NO substitutions.
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by gfy1 on February 5, 2013 at 2:36 pm
@first. You are out of your mind. Football players get a mother fucking 15 minute break after every 15 minutes of play. Ray Lewis in his prime was probably still panting on the side line, scarfing down steroids and begging to use the oxygen machine. They only way he could have ever beat an international rugby player in a fight or out run him is if he still has a switchblade in his sock and a clear shot at his chest.
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by billybogarts on February 5, 2013 at 4:13 pm
@first. Ray Lewis in his prime wouldn't last 5 minutes in an international rugby match. And while I'm at it, I did not say that swimming or tennis or running or boxing do not require conditioning and athleticism.
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by first on February 5, 2013 at 5:43 pm
@gfy1, I can't stand Ray Lewis. But the guy is an athlete and although there are lots of breaks between limited action in football, you must be a TREMENDOUS athlete to even get an NFL tryout at linebacker. The guy is a complete workout freak and I doubt that a rugger could keep up with his workout regimen. The guy goes for hours without getting winded or breaking a sweat. Doesn't matter what his job is on Sunday or how often the whistle is blown. In his prime, he had the wind and athleticism to play rugby. No question about it.
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by first on February 5, 2013 at 6:22 pm
@billybogarts, you're right. I'm wrong. Everyone who plays rugby is a God and capable of feats unthinkable by any mere mortal. And any one of those ruggers could play middle linebacker in the NFL for 17 years at least twice as well as Ray Lewis because he was just a human. Oh, and every rugger who ever played the game is a better athlete than tennis players and swimmers because those aren't contact sports. And they're better athletes than boxers, wrestlers, and MMA fighters because those sports have timeouts. And the fact that they're allowed substitutes only proves that it's the greatest, most demanding, sport ever invented in the history of forever. And at any given moment, the great God-athletes that populate the ranks of rugby could just take the jobs of every baseball, basketball, hockey, football, soccer, and martial arts athlete because their particular skills are so far in excess of anything required for the job that it's not even funny. That should about cover it. Ruggers are the best. No one else even comes close.
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by gfy1 on February 5, 2013 at 9:37 pm
this conversation got too off topic. I want rugby and NHL players to have my back in a fight. Thats it.
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