A Small Glimpse

Football vs. Rugby

Well the FHS team won, of course, but the score was not their best; usually they would get somewhere around 40 or 50 but today they only scored 26-0. And their tackles were really sloppy, im really surprised the ref didnt call anything on them. Other than that they played well and it was really fun. Me and meagan were FREEZING! Some guy on the OHS team got hurt really bad on the feild, apparently he was knocked unconscious, so someone called the ambulance, and it came and everything was ok. I feel really bad for the guy and for the guy's family, though.

So, ive come to the conclusion that rugby is still a dangerous sport, but football is just as dangerous; even thought they wear protective gear and rugby players dont, it's still very easy to get hurt in football. Although, I'm still kindof 'iffy' about this whole equipment thing. All rugby players have are a mouthguard and sometimes a thing for our ears, thats it. Football players have chest gear, a helmet, butt gear, shin thingies, and a mouthguard. And both rugby players and football players are hurt alot, but probably football more than rugby. Maybe its because guys are slightly more aggressive when it comes to full contact sports because they know their vitals are protected, also, by nature most guys tend to be more aggressive than most girls, and then they get more injuries, but that doesnt make them better. Maybe because rugby players are slightly more cautious of our surroundings and the fact that we arent wearing much in the way of gear might make us slightly less aggressive, then we get less injuries. But that doesn't make us wimps.

I still like rugby better, obviously. Yeah, as i said, its still a dangerous sport. but i think i was wrong about football; it IS still similar to rugby, but its different too. Its a good, fun game, they both are. People get hurt in rugby and in football, people die in both rugby and football as well.

posted by phoenix @ 3:06 PM