Compare And Contrast Football And Rugby

American Football and Rugby Whether it’s watching the Patriots push down the field on Super bowl Sunday or watching New Zealand dominate England in the Rugby World Cup, one thing is certain, nothing can quite explain the captivating, accelerating rush of the two sports. Football and rugby are two very difficult and physically demanding sports. However despite them seeming the same they are vastly different from each other in a number of respects. They range from different cultures, require different skills, and are played differently from each other. To begin with, football in the United States is one of the country’s most beloved past times. Football starts in the fall for all levels and during this time fan are consumed with high school, college and pro football. College and Pro football fans in particular, are ritualistic with everything from pregame tailgates, to pregame preparations, with an assortment of costumes for their favored team. The fun doesn’t stop there either, there’s also fantasy football for fans, which allows
In football you are conditioned to be quick physically and also explosive; the faster and stronger you are the better you will perform. The same could be said for rugby. However, in football it’s not always about brute strength and speed, you also need to be able to know how to recognize formation and read either the offense or defense and adjust accordingly, sometimes at a moment’s notice. In rugby you focus more on a solid team work base, in which you rely on the given moment and improvise based on what the opposing team is doing. Football has plan or plays that are already made defensively and offensively to counter each other. While Rugby players go on the move without a particular set of plays. They focus on endurance which helps them move across the field at a very fast