Combine times are for recruits and in no way represent NFL speed. Pro NFL speeds are off your graph, everyone in the NFL is fast 4.5 is slow!

To those of you who do not know, a Rugby superstar was taken by the San Francisco 49ers as a prospect.

In no way do I want to hate, but:

He is too slow- a 4.5 40yd (I ran better than that in HS)
He catches the ball with his body, not out stretched hands.
He has a language deficit in technical Football language
and everyone in the NFL is fast- and 70% are faster than this guy!!!

Sorry RUGBY, but you're hero is about to get blown up by the NFL!

OH and he runs upright like a target!

The guy is an Australian legend and beast. Your NFL players wear padding because otherwise they will get "hurt" where as our rugby players do not.

He is used to taking heavy knocks and shrugging them off. Just wait and see.... Just wait and see

Rugby is a fierce game. However, do not underestimate the sheer speed and size of an NFL player. They are larger and faster than the average rugby player. For the record, I think this rugby player is a fine athlete and may just very well stick in the NFL. He has the athletic ability to do so. His biggest hurdle will be learning new rules. The same would happen to an NFL player trying to play in rugby. Both would need to learn to adapt.

The only NFL players drastically larger than their Rugby counterparts are linemen, whose role is to slowly waddle around the line of scrimmage slapping and shoved at other fatties for 5 seconds at a time. The players actually running around in the open field are virtually identical to Rugby players.

For example, the top rusher in the NFL is 5'10 and 215lb, while the top try-scorer in Super Rugby is 6'5 and 275lb:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38sCGMihKKw

The only NFL players drastically larger than their Rugby counterparts are linemen, whose role is to slowly waddle around the line of scrimmage slapping and shoved at other fatties for 5 seconds at a time. The players actually running around in the open field are virtually identical to Rugby players.

For example, the top rusher in the NFL is 5'10 and 215lb, while the top try-scorer in Super Rugby is 6'5 and 275lb:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38sCGMihKKw

wow dude, you clearly are clueless about the nfl. running backs by nature are barely 6 feet and that is your comparison. look at jj watt a d lineman, that dude is not slow and neither are most edge rushers. they are tall, big and fast. wide receivers are also on average these days around 6'4.

Nearly all the players currently in the NFL have participated in a combine.

Only five Running Backs ran the 40 yards under 4.5 seconds in the 2015 NFL combine.

I'm not sure if it's humanly possible for you to be more wrong.

You assume too much. From what I have read, he is 6'2 and 226. The 4.5 speed is fine. His biggest problem will be learning a new game. The same would happen with an NFL player trying to play rugby. Different rules, different nuances to learn.

The only NFL players drastically larger than their Rugby counterparts are linemen, whose role is to slowly waddle around the line of scrimmage slapping and shoved at other fatties for 5 seconds at a time. The players actually running around in the open field are virtually identical to Rugby players.

For example, the top rusher in the NFL is 5'10 and 215lb, while the top try-scorer in Super Rugby is 6'5 and 275lb:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38sCGMihKKw

Alright you need to learn your lesson. Here is the video that shows how bad Americans are at Rugby. USA vs New Zealand (my country). Full game for ya bro.

USA vs NZL

Oh the All Blacks are the best rugby union team in the world.

And if you are too lazy to watch the game here's the final score: 74-6, All Blacks won. It was 46-6 at half time and after that we sent in the new talent and reserves.

So keep going in about how USA will beat us in Rugby ya ****.

There was actually a person that said the usa would be the all blacks at rugby? that is just stupid on their part. the all blacks are the best team on the planet.

Damn straight, was really using my post to make a point that USA is a horrible rugby team when compares to the All Blacks, the Wallabies and the Springboks. Took me a while to find that game.

I will say this though, the French arnt that bad of a team when they don't cheat.

Its a matter of resources.

We are a large country, but it doesn't pay to be a rugby player over here.

Hell, it even pays better to be a soccer player over here, and soccer is no where near that popular.

Between baseball, basketball, football, soccer, hockey, and "olympic sports," there really is very little demand for rugby here.

If you think the best athletes in the highest earning sports, if given the incentive to learn and play rugby, couldn't at least be competitive with the best teams elsewhere, then you have grossly over simplified the thought experiment.

Completely missed the point. Global Rage was banging on about how USA will dominate in Rugby, fool needed to learn his lesson.