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View Poll Results: Toughest Athlete(s)
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Football
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9.62% |
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Aussie Rules Football
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9.62% |
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Hockey
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28.85% |
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Boxing
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17.31% |
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MMA
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15.38% |
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Basketball
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Soccer
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3.85% |
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Wrestling
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3.85% |
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NASCAR
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Other
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11.54% |
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08-08-2018, 10:04 PM
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Toughest Athlete(s)
Simple question.
Who are the toughest athlete(s)?
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08-08-2018, 10:07 PM
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Rugby
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08-08-2018, 10:27 PM
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Is poker a "sport"? 
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08-08-2018, 10:32 PM
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Simple, Aussie Rules Football. When you consider they only have four subs and all the running, jumping and tackling they have to do in a three hour game with limited breaks it's amazing the body can endure it.
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08-08-2018, 10:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by woodbinepmi
Simple, Aussie Rules Football. When you consider they only have four subs and all the running, jumping and tackling they have to do in a three hour game with limited breaks it's amazing the body can endure it.
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I guess we'll see.
THE toughest guy ever to play Aussie Rules Football is now in the NFL.
Jordan Mailata. 6'8" 345 pounds.
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08-08-2018, 10:47 PM
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Jordan was a rugby player, not an Aussie Rules Player, totally different sport.
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08-08-2018, 10:49 PM
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The ultra-runners are the toughest. No doubt about it...IMO.
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08-08-2018, 10:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by woodbinepmi
Jordan was a rugby player, not an Aussie Rules Player, totally different sport.
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So when he gets his ass kicked you have an excuse? 
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08-08-2018, 10:57 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thaskalos
The ultra-runners are the toughest. No doubt about it...IMO.
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Seriously though about including them over wrestlers. But we 'Merica.
Mad respect for anybody that can run a marathon, much less what these guys do.
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08-08-2018, 10:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by woodbinepmi
Jordan was a rugby player, not an Aussie Rules Player, totally different sport.
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Special teams player, Nate Ebner of the NE Patriots also has a Rugby background.When Ebner was 17 years old, he became the youngest player ever to play on the United States national rugby sevens team.
Tough as nails.
Last edited by jimmyb; 08-08-2018 at 11:01 PM.
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08-08-2018, 11:20 PM
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So when he gets his ass kicked you have an excuse? |
Like I said, Rugby is a totally different sport, educate yourself.
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08-08-2018, 11:34 PM
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Like I said, Rugby is a totally different sport, educate yourself.
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Educate me. I've seen both. They don't look much different other than shape of the field and scoring. Same players/teams would likely win in either form or fashion.
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08-09-2018, 12:32 AM
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There are two types of rugby (League and Union) and neither one is like Aussie rules, they may look similar because of the ball and uniforms (no pads) but they are not. League Rugby is more like North American football, which is what Jordan played in Sydney. He most likely will not make the Eagles final roster, he MIGHT be able to make the practice squad, but I doubt it. He trying to make it as an offensive lineman and other than QB it is probably the hardest position to try and play as a greenhorn in American football. Learning blocking techniques is going to be totally foreign to him, engagements, hand positioning on opponents, footwork and trying to learn this against professionals that have been doing this since they were 6 in a 7 weeks is going to be near impossible.
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08-09-2018, 01:34 AM
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Boxing
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08-09-2018, 07:33 AM
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Never played rugby or Aussie rules football, but I have boxed, played football, and many other sports competitively into my early 20's. I will have to pick boxing. I had a solid chin but hated taking a straight jab in the nose, also nothing like getting hit in the bread basket. If you have never boxed before you have no idea how physically demanding it is.
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