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<blockquote data-quote="mania" data-source="post: 874939" data-attributes="member: 75051"><p>AF players in general are bigger stronger and faster. any rugby player who would end up playing AF would soon change their body type. its basically sprint training and that gives u a big upper body.</p><p>all the stops and starts that everyone is on about is strictly in NFL. they have to cater for sponsors and TV breaks. </p><p>outside of NFL games last about 2 hours +- a few minutes. so the flow of the game isn't as interrupted.</p><p>the stop starts make for bigger hits. when i played you'd have at least a couple minutes between plays. that would give me a chance to get my breath back so that next play i was again running and hitting at top speed.</p><p>skills are definitely specialised. eg a oLineman doesn't have to learn to run the ball cos he's never gonna get to run it...unless he's the fridge.</p><p>def no room for improvisation on offense unless things go wrong. however on D you do whatever it takes to stop the play.</p><p>AF is a beautiful sport but imo the americans have structured the hell out of it.</p><p>when we played american college teams, on 4th down if they were inches away they would kick it. we on the other hand only ever kicked in our red zone or if we were 4th and extra long ie 20 yards+. we'd try and hang onto possession as long as possible.</p><p>we also played both ways. more due to necessity of not having enough players, but as time went on we preferred it and in finals would have our best players playing both O and D.</p><p>i love rugby but i loved and prefered playing AF. however once i stopped playing AF i lost all interest and followed rugby...unless there's a madden tournament going on; then i'm in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mania, post: 874939, member: 75051"] AF players in general are bigger stronger and faster. any rugby player who would end up playing AF would soon change their body type. its basically sprint training and that gives u a big upper body. all the stops and starts that everyone is on about is strictly in NFL. they have to cater for sponsors and TV breaks. outside of NFL games last about 2 hours +- a few minutes. so the flow of the game isn't as interrupted. the stop starts make for bigger hits. when i played you'd have at least a couple minutes between plays. that would give me a chance to get my breath back so that next play i was again running and hitting at top speed. skills are definitely specialised. eg a oLineman doesn't have to learn to run the ball cos he's never gonna get to run it...unless he's the fridge. def no room for improvisation on offense unless things go wrong. however on D you do whatever it takes to stop the play. AF is a beautiful sport but imo the americans have structured the hell out of it. when we played american college teams, on 4th down if they were inches away they would kick it. we on the other hand only ever kicked in our red zone or if we were 4th and extra long ie 20 yards+. we'd try and hang onto possession as long as possible. we also played both ways. more due to necessity of not having enough players, but as time went on we preferred it and in finals would have our best players playing both O and D. i love rugby but i loved and prefered playing AF. however once i stopped playing AF i lost all interest and followed rugby...unless there's a madden tournament going on; then i'm in. [/QUOTE]
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