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They are very different. Tough in their own ways. Most players would play through pretty crazy injuries... Rugby takes a lot more fuckin endurance - but football players can put it all into a huge ass hit.

I can say this though:
When I started a Rugby team as a senior in HS, about 60% of our players were football players coming off winnings states...and about 25% were soccer players.

the football players had a REAL hard time tackling... combo of form and lack of pads, the soccer players were far superior out the gate.

i had the most reckless abandon since i was a goalie and already comfortable getting kneed and kicked in the face :D

BUT -- i can also say by the end of the season, while 'on average', our soccer players were still the better tacklers, our two best tacklers were both football players.... one was a LB and the other DB/safety.... probably not surprisingly.