09-27-2019, 09:38 AM
Anyone in the US watching the rugby World Cup?
I'm always interested in what sports can learn from other sports and we're starting to see a few rugby players look at making it to the NFL (Christian Wade, Nate Ebner, Alex Gray, Jamie Gillan, Christian Scotland-Williamson and some Aussie rugby league guys like Jordan Mailata).
One obvious position would be kicker/punter. There would be several advantages: one would be potentially saving on a roster spot as in rugby the kicker would both kick and punt. Another would be the trick play capability as the kicker would also be use to running with the ball, add in their ability to lateral and this could make it very hard to scheme against.
I'm always interested in what sports can learn from other sports and we're starting to see a few rugby players look at making it to the NFL (Christian Wade, Nate Ebner, Alex Gray, Jamie Gillan, Christian Scotland-Williamson and some Aussie rugby league guys like Jordan Mailata).
One obvious position would be kicker/punter. There would be several advantages: one would be potentially saving on a roster spot as in rugby the kicker would both kick and punt. Another would be the trick play capability as the kicker would also be use to running with the ball, add in their ability to lateral and this could make it very hard to scheme against.
