Could NFL players hold their own in a game of Rugby?

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Originally Posted by LoneWolf

It looked to me that after only a couple of practices that Dhani Jones did more than hold his own.

He played ten minutes and made two tackles. Some folks on here posit that NFL linebackers, TEs, and defensive backs would dominate in their first outing. At the time this was filmed, Blackheath Rugby Club was the 28th ranked club in the UK, and this match was against the 32nd ranked club... Of amateurs. In a country five times smaller than our own.

Creative editing aside the only thing they could highlight was a 'spectacular tackle' that he made, which happens every few seconds in a normal match. He was an NFL Linebacker- I am pretty sure he could be expected to have made at least a few against some scrubby white guys who shovel shite for a day job.