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Rugby and Football

When someone mentions physical sports, most people right away think of football or rugby. Both sports can be called physical because there are big hits and both require physical and mental toughness. Though football and rugby are similar, they are different when it comes to equipment use, rules and players.

The use of equipment between football and rugby players is different. Football players use a helmet, hip pads, thigh pads, a tail pad, shoulder pads, and kneepads to protect players who have a size disadvantage. Also the use of pads and helmet enables a football player to take big hits and not be as injured if they didn't have a helmet on at all. As for rugby, it uses no pads at all. When hit, there is not

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In football, once tackled, the offence has 45 seconds to pick a play, hike the ball, and attempt to score a touchdown.

Football and Rugby requires a great deal of exercises and practices. They differ in terms of equipment use, rules and players. In football's point system, a touchdown is worth six points, a field goal is worth three points, a safety is worth two points, or two point switch and one point for an extra point otherwise known as P. This is because the players are designed to do specific jobs such as block, throw, catch, and run.

Lastly, the players in football and rugby are also different. hing to attract the shock, making it more difficult to recover. In rugby when some team scores it is called a try. In football, the players have a lot more size variation. After scoring a try, a team is entitled to attempt a conversion similar to that in American football. All rugby players must be able to catch, kick, and run. Now if the kicked ball passes over the crossbar and between the uprights, the team is awarded two additional points for the conversion. Therefore, rugby lack specific design, as far as body type, it has little size variation. If the scrum half chooses to pass the ball, the teammates attempt to advance the ball forward and across the opponents' goal line.

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