How Rugby Paved the Way For Alexander Volkanovski in MMA

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Is there a consensus on whether hockey or rugby is a tougher sport?

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Not Rugby. Rugby league.

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No pads in rugby.

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right. but i’m also under the assumption refs won’t just stand by and watch if two rugby players decide to throw haymakers at each other for 60 seconds straight.

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The fights don’t usually go that long, and a lot turn into all in brawls.

A bit of “biff” is pretty normal and almost expected, especially during something like “state of origin” in Aus.

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I played rugby with a friend that played both. He said hockey was rougher. He said “imagine a 225 lb man skating at 18 mph hitting you, and you fall on concrete.”

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I’m from Aus and rugby league is much tougher than rugby union which is much more popular around the world. Rugby league players tend to be a little bit less educated and rugby union is played through private schools and has a bit more prestige in the country. There is. O debate the tougher sport and the best fights happen in rugby league. Ps hockey is gay

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I don’t know about Union being only played in private. Its the only code you can play through Year 12, private or public. I played for Balgowlah and even though I preferred League rules, Union was the only code in school.

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I played both. Both are tough. Hockey is faster and if you’re head isn’t on a swivel you’re going get crushed.

Rugby has a lot more “collisions”. What I mean is checking someone is usually one get hitting and one guy receiving. Rugby has a lot more of both guys hitting one another at the same time…or colliding with each other.

Lacrosse was probably a “rougher” sport to play than those two. They give you a weapon and let you hit people with it.

I hit and got hit in all three sports but man I really smashed some dudes in lacrosse. I have two of my top five lifetime hits in lacrosse.

The hardest I ever got hit was in rugby though. Man I can still feel that tackle and it was over two decades ago. It felt like every bone I have got jarred when that dude hit me.

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Can’t skate eh?

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I reckon Gordie Howe would have been a superb lock in rugby.

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Ugh I’ve got one of those. In a 7s game no less, I tried to stop a Samoan fellow when he had the ball. It was like being in a washing machine, and I wound up with an AC separation.

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All while both guys are covered in pillows.