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Originally Posted by namix
i personally wouldnt judge toughness by hit -- but if we were going to, i assume you'd judge a tackle by "net force" exerted by the tackler and absorbed by the victim, right?
if so, I think sports science already answered the question for us at one point.
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I suppose. I've seen that Sports Science ep. It's ridiculously biased. In rugby, an average tackle isn't hard at all, it's more tactical and the point is simply to stop your opponent from moving forward. Once in a while you'll get deadly hits that injure people, but if we're talking about force - that's on the individual, his size and power. Has nothing to do with whether it's NFL or Rugby.
Besides, this normally turns into a "which is tougher" debate, so it's w/e.