Err Joe.. I would be VERY careful about such statements !
In the UK the A F season runs during the summer while ( obviously ) the rugby season is winter.
The local rugby team ( who are, apparently, supposed to be highly rated ) thought it would be a good idea to keep members fit if they joined our team ( The Breckland Bucks ).
Only ONE lasted longer than a tryout scrimage ! That was Lloyd who is a Blackbird owner and a member on here
All the others either limped or were carried off the field.
It is simply a different game, and players from one find it very hard to switch to the other.
No matter what, with all the heart and bravery in the world, two people running flat out at each other without padding are gonna pul up a bit.
You do that in AF and you
WILL get hurt.
So it was not the fact the rugby guys could not physically play the game, they just could not get their heads round it.
I think the parting shot by one of the rugby lot sums it up......
Its good to know we aint the only lunatic hard men in the world
!!