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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1823725, member: 40"]
I work with a guy who is South African--huge rugby fan.  He and I have talked about the differences between the two games, and I think you are touching on something important.  Number one, those guys don't wear pads, so they hit cleanly [at least at the professional level, not talking about club rugby, etc.].  Above the knees and below the shoulders.

And if some  makes a dirty hit, the players "police" it themselves and put a hurt on the guy the next play for taking a cheap shot.  So it rarely happens, and if it does it is more accidental [someone getting knocked down and then taking out someone else's knees, for example].

Because those guys don't have head protection, they aren't launching themselves like missles, either, because they stand just as likely a chance of injuring themselves as the person they're trying to put a big hit on.

Not writing this as an advocate of rugby over football by any means, just pointing out that there are qualitative differences between the sports associated with the presence or absence of armored padding.
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