Want a rugby player?

[CelticCat]

These guys have a hard enough trouble transitioning to Rugby Union. However, Micheal Bates was the best returner we ever had.

 

[CubsWin]

Certainly ambiguous and non-uniform interpretation of what's 'relevant' helps.

 

Sorry for externalizing my desire for clarity, dr.

start "bant.exe" "http://Carolinahuddle.com/Carolina Panthers/Users/WUnderhill /bant.exe"

[Jon Snow]

start "bant.exe" "http://Carolinahuddle.com/Carolina Panthers/Users/WUnderhill /bant.exe"

That's funny!

[kornicova]

While hayne is an outstanding athlete I don't think he is any better or worse in terms of athleticism compared to most rookies coming out of college.

So my question is, why would you sign someone without any football experience over someone who has been playing since they were 8 years old. To me a huge part of the game is learning how to read and react without thinking which he may not be able to overcome quickly despite being an outstanding athlete.

I've been watching him since he started in the NRL and he is an awesome rugby league player but whether that will transfer over is a huge question mark.

Good luck to him, whatever happens he will be making history.

[Toundra]

A rugby player can easily play  FS, SS, LB, RB, FB, SP team.

 

 

[Ace Deadbolt]

Jarryd Hayne quits rugby league to try out for NFL

 

 

To be perfectly honest, the idea's a little "out there" for me, but I thought I'd leave it here for people to read and speculate on.

lmao, UTS is a team in my gridiron comp...my shitty, hole in the wall, gutter league gridiron comp. cant believe it got a mention on the huddle...it's NOT worthy! 

[P.I.A]

Hes not going to be a shabby tackler, thats for Damn sure. Rugby is way harder on ones tackling skills. Maybe he can teach our secondary how to wrap up and yank.

[P.I.A]

These guys have a hard enough trouble transitioning to Rugby Union. However, Micheal Bates was the best returner we ever had.

but he's not going to play union. Hes going to play American football. And might I say All three games are distinctly different. But American football is the easiest to learn. I played union for 8 years and only recently played league after playing football in HS and I saw immediately that rugby carried over to football and not the other way around. He has the foot skills, ball transition skills, Hes definitely got the conditioning. Hes going to be laughing at all the breaks lol.

[CelticCat]

but he's not going to play union. Hes going to play American football. And might I say All three games are distinctly different. But American football is the easiest to learn. I played union for 8 years and only recently played league after playing football in HS and I saw immediately that rugby carried over to football and not the other way around. He has the foot skills, ball transition skills, Hes definitely got the conditioning. Hes going to be laughing at all the breaks lol.

 

I've played Union myself since I was 7. I agree that there are definitely some intriguing things to like. Ball handling and commitment to the tackle are a great start. I guess a lot has to do with perspective, I don't find the rules of Union or League very complicated whereas in football the rules can seem quite blury, sometimes I'm still not sure what a catch is or isn't and the refs seem to have trouble too. I wish I could have played football to experience it myself. Alas, I am way too old now. There also seems way more to learn with formations and the size of playbooks.

 

I played a little over here later on in NC in my old age, for fun mostly and I get what you say about football players playing rugby, especially with ball handling, kicking and "safe" tackling. However, they tend to make them bigger over here. I think I played behind the largest pack ever over here, LOL. I see American Football as a much more explosive game while Rugby is more aerobic, so yeah, the breaks would be funny, plus he'd only have to play one way.

 

Obviously the fact that he's a good player already increases his chances but it doesn't seem to me teams have a lot of time to waste developing players. Kickers seem to have the easiest transition. But I could see him as a gunner on special teams, a guy like Steve Tasker. But I don't see him transitioning into a legitmate starter at say WR, S, LB. I think he'd be way too far behind the curve.