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<blockquote data-quote="RuggerUA" data-source="post: 491463" data-attributes="member: 60668"><p>Yes, rugby salaries are OK compared to regular office workers, enough for a comfortable middle-class lifestyle, but rugby will not make you rich in a few years like the NFL. Most non-international professional rugby players have to start working regular jobs after retiring from rugby, because during their rugby career they were not able to save enough money to really "retire" and not have to work anymore.</p><p>That is why when some players here in the US have a choice between trying to make it to NFL or play rugby, no-one blames them when they choose the NFL. Haloti Ngata and Stewart Bradley were top highschool rugby players who chose to play football for financial reasons and became very successful in the NFL. Nate Ebner is graduating from Ohio State and trying to make it to NFL even though he apparently was invited to the sevens national team. Thretton Palamo was a star rugby player now trying to play college football for University of Utah, but so far failing to break into the squad. Even US national team lock Hayden Smith, playing professionally for Saracens in England, is rumored to be trying out for NFL.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RuggerUA, post: 491463, member: 60668"] Yes, rugby salaries are OK compared to regular office workers, enough for a comfortable middle-class lifestyle, but rugby will not make you rich in a few years like the NFL. Most non-international professional rugby players have to start working regular jobs after retiring from rugby, because during their rugby career they were not able to save enough money to really "retire" and not have to work anymore. That is why when some players here in the US have a choice between trying to make it to NFL or play rugby, no-one blames them when they choose the NFL. Haloti Ngata and Stewart Bradley were top highschool rugby players who chose to play football for financial reasons and became very successful in the NFL. Nate Ebner is graduating from Ohio State and trying to make it to NFL even though he apparently was invited to the sevens national team. Thretton Palamo was a star rugby player now trying to play college football for University of Utah, but so far failing to break into the squad. Even US national team lock Hayden Smith, playing professionally for Saracens in England, is rumored to be trying out for NFL. [/QUOTE]
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