Real men not Nfl shit

[Fury]

hahaha, take the best linebackers, running backs, safeties and other skill position players, teach them the game for a few years and I bet they would run shit. Why play rugby for pennies when you can make multiple millions playing football? They're the best athletes on the planet for a reason. 

[Marty Champions]

rugby is brutal

[webcake]

Id hardly call it pennies. Most pro Rugby players make a pretty nice income. Ok so not all of them are earning millions (some are though) but its not like they are struggling to make ends meet

[tweeter]

This is a true football player

[The Squadfather]

This is a true football player

yeah Turley was here in St. Louis for a couple of seasons, tough dude and supposedly a very nice guy off the field.

[Big Worm]

hahahahahaaa, the SQUAD is still alive and kicking my friend, we're known from coast to coast like butter and toast.

So...You're a rapper now?

[scubaculture]

and by the way, that S. African dude is black, regardless if he is "coloured" (another word for mixed) it like the 1950's term of "Coloreds"---a person of color.

Feel free to ask anyone from South Africa how they would classify him, or how he would

Coloured is an "official" ethnic type in SA, its on government forms and everything.

Anyways arb pointless crap, the guy is an incredible player and a great finisher.

[FinnPilot]

Great thread, Spinnis!

[zwide]

Habana is coloured not black, but anyways...

Toughest guys in rugby are the pacific islanders though, the samoans and tongans are tough bastards, being tough doesnt help them wwin though.

Numbers are not coming up fast in SA, most of the blacks still prefer soccer, quite a few good players in the eastern cape though

Buddy im from there ... Coloured and black .. really is not different .. you should know that .... its just words ... cause if Habana was in the western worlds would you call him coloured ?

Blacks prefer soccer cause it was the easily accessible to them .... and cheap .....

I picked Habana and if you realise I qouted the World Cup 2007 .... cause he won the cup .....
He is a good player
 

[m8]

This is a true football player

that's not CHABAL.

[Saxon]

that's not CHABAL.

Chabal is overrated, hence his inability to get into the starting French side.  If he was clean shaven with a short hair cut he wouldn't get half the attention he gets now.

[omgsoswole]

Reminds me of a classic encounter me and a friend had in a bar whilst travelling through the USA a couple of years ago.  Chatting to some big guy, football player (non pro), about rugby...before we could say anything he was shouting 'THOSE GUYS ARE FAGS'...'WE'D SMASH THOSE PUSSIES'...'SCREW THOSE GUYS'....'YEAH'...'IN YOUR FACE'....etc.  I lol'd anyway.

[_bruce_]

I didn't know that suicide is tough 
How long do Rugby Players' careers last - 1 month 

[omgsoswole]

Buddy im from there ... Coloured and black .. really is not different .. you should know that .... its just words ... cause if Habana was in the western worlds would you call him coloured ?

Blacks prefer soccer cause it was the easily accessible to them .... and cheap .....

I picked Habana and if you realise I qouted the World Cup 2007 .... cause he won the cup .....
He is a good player
 

I'd say Habana is a half-cast.

Hope this helps.

[fearANDloathing]

Rugby is a BRUTAL sport but so is boxing. People have died in the ring and guess what......
Black men have done fairly well in boxing(especially in the heavy weight division) no?
To claim that rugby is tougher that football is one thing but whole race/rugby argument is EXTREMELY flawed.
The thread starter might want to try again and this time make sure your point isn't riddled with so many holes that it resembles a piece of swiss cheese.