Washington linebacker Psalm Wooching led the Huskies with six sacks during the 2016 season, and now he’s decided to tackle something besides quarterbacks. Wooching announced on his Twitter account Thursday that he’s giving up the sport of football to pursue his true love: rugby. Wooching played rugby growing up and while in high school in Hawaii, and according...Read More

American “gridiron” football roots are from rugby. Rugby season begins as football season wraps up.  Rugby’s winter season runs from November through April; and summer 7s rugby (Olympic rugby) runs from June-July.  Youth Rugby is a great way to stay fit during the off-season. Rugby is played continuously for 80 minutes with few stoppages.  Continuous...Read More

I know you guys across the Pond will be furious—but here in Europe we have a ball game which leaves your so-called ”football” for dead. If you Yanks hadn’t disappeared from the real world into the Bushes (by George, what a clever play on words), you would realise that FOOTBALL is actually the game the...Read More

I’ll preface this article by saying that I haven’t played American Football. Not at high-school or College, not even pickup. I’ve watched the game enthusiastically for the past few years though. I even placed as high as 12th in a 16 team Fantasy league, so I clearly have the credentials to comment. This article is not...Read More

Can rugby tacklers teach NFL players how to improve their behavior? In high school, I played football and wore pads and a helmet. During that time, I endured two shoulder separations, a dislocated kneecap and several snapped tendons in my hand. In college, I played rugby and wore heavy cotton shorts and a stiff jersey,...Read More

The first game I ever played in rugby, after two minutes, I was begging the coach to take me out.  – Leonard Peters, former NFL player I’ve been living in the UK for a long time now, and just last month I realised that rugby isn’t such a boring sport.  The thought hit me while...Read More