As a New Zealander, I think my favourite player who wasn't an All Black is Sébastien Chabal.He monstered & was monstered by some of our best. No fear,just deep respect for an uncompromising hard man on the field,& a humble giant off

The refs don't need to get angry in rugby because all the players hold the utmost respect for the ref. YOu should find a video of 'Nigel Owens' best reffing moments. A world class ref with a wicked sense of humour!

@shaunnaann5445

4 ай бұрын

Amen Sir, amen!

@edj6841

2 ай бұрын

Nigel Owens was more feared on the pitch than this whole list put together!

@MrItaliano1900

11 күн бұрын

This is nothing compared to "Calcio fiorentino". Do a search.

Sébastien Chabal played very hard but was perfectly within the rules (well most of the time). He made the glory days of the Racing Club de France. In "civilian" life he is a man of great kindness and gentleness, almost self-effacing. Quite a contrast with his life on the ground.

@MrSuperdave75

4 ай бұрын

Eric champ

@matthewcullen1298

4 ай бұрын

Sounds like a true gentleman 😊

@Bob_Bobskin

3 ай бұрын

Actually when it was said "he raises bears for fun" makes me think about the valentine's chabal bear

Chabal's nickname was the caveman and what a player he was and that's coming from an Englishman sidenote off the the pitch he is the nicest fella you would care to meet

@KC-gy5xw

5 ай бұрын

Chabal was an absolute animal!!

@leebrailsford251

4 ай бұрын

Seabass in my fantasy 15.

@Oeld90

4 ай бұрын

im french and we have a saying, " mmmm chabal, will make you love meat "

@Obol14

3 ай бұрын

@@Oeld90 mmmmhhh no 😂

@joshkidd5463

2 ай бұрын

i know growing up in ireland we all called him horse

RIP Jonah Lomu tragically died to young His life long kidney disease ment he was probably never at 75 -80% could reach peak speed in 3strides 10.6 100mtr he was phenomenal

@ude3333

29 күн бұрын

😢😢

@naugladur8534

14 күн бұрын

Freak of nature

The late great Jerry Collins is definitely one to fear on the field. He was a defensive beast.

Polynesians are just built different!

Number 5, Henry Tuilagi's son, Posolo has just started playing pro rugby. Man is 18 years old, 6'4" and 330lbs 😅

To be fair, the players do respect the ref's in Rugby... more than in most games.

RIP Jonah forever a legend in life and the game. South Africa loved and still loves you!

Great reaction guys. You mention the ref's being scared of the players. Ooooooooooooooh no! The levels of respect the ref's get shown is stunning. If you want to see what I mean check out, 10 minutes of Nigel Owens being Nigel Owens. Yep. There are compilation videos of rugby REF'S laying the law down. & Nigel is the GOAT!!!

@RealFansSports

4 ай бұрын

That’s awesome to hear! I know sports around the world aren’t often like that! And ok sweet I’ll add him to our reaction list! Thanks for checking out the video’

@andrewmoss3681

4 ай бұрын

@@RealFansSports The great thing is the ref's are all mic'd up, ear beads to hear from the commentators box calling in fouls, & body cams. If you go to a match you can actually tune in yo listen to the ref's for the whole game. Before you check out Nigel there is 1 little thing you need to know, & this is going to sound weird now. While an international ref Nigel came out as homosexual. You will see why I tell you this when you check out his vid. Dude is BRUTAL! 🤣

@ness-ee

3 ай бұрын

When the lineout throw wasn’t straight 😂

@andrewmoss3681

3 ай бұрын

@@ness-ee that's the one 🤣 Nigel is the GOAT!

Those Fijians are absolute monsters!! You do not want to be stood in front of one on full charge! 😂😂

In Rugby no one is tryna get out of the way haha. Way more embarrassing not to try than to to try and fail

@RealFansSports

5 ай бұрын

As it should be!

@Bob_Bobskin

3 ай бұрын

​@@RealFansSports so much respect for the little man who gets run over but still put his heart in it

@jukeseyable

11 күн бұрын

@@RealFansSports you folks should watch a YT vid called "pitbulls punch ups- brian moore rugby fights", Rugby has cleaned itself up a great deal over the last 20 yrs, im 50 now, so old enough a player to know what it used to be like, if i use the phrase a little more wild, and others might say that the modern game has gone a little soft, it should give you some idea of what it was like. In short no cameras to provide replays for the ref. its was just 2 linesmen and the ref. the odd punch here and there even if seen wouldnt get you sent off, just a chat with the ref. stamping on someones face, that would get you sent off, but the odd punch unless it was a blatant knock out na!

You dudes need to see Jona Lomu. What a player. One of the greatest to ever live. R. I. P.

@theooberholzer3734

2 ай бұрын

THE greatest.

Etzebeth is the equivalent to an NHL enforcer I guess. Very rare i see him start anything but always happy to finish it

Theres only one man on the field who scares the bejeezuz out of ANY rugby player...The Ref! He is the almighty for the entirety of the game! 😂❤

Die Hard makes some good rugby compilations. I’ll just be biased and ask you to react to the Unstoppable Springbok Wings.

I've had my head hit the ground from hard hits and your ears ring, you see stars, shrug it off and play on...... if you can stand up 😂😂

A lot of these guys are real gentlemen off the field, or right after the game

Dudes, I'm a small guy. Nevertheless, If any of these guys steam rolled me, my first instinct is to keep hold of the ball. Then play the ball behind me to keep the play going. Then get up and back into position. And when the phase (play is over, think about and start to feel the initial hit.. NFL just stops after a play. Some Rugby phases go on for 20/30 phases. Ball always live, and players always on their toes - Staying onside and getting involved in mid-phase plays that only an NFL QB would try pull off.

Remember, the #4s and #5s are typically 6' 5" to 6' 9" and weigh ~ 260lbs. If you see them tackling a #1, #2 or #3, those guys are usually 265lbs to 280lbs.

Bakkies 😂🎉🎉🎉 I loved watching him... Pierre Spies also

Someone might have mentioned this but Jonah Loma (A beast and one of the best left wings to ever play the game) never scored a test try against the South Africa. What a player and what a defense!

GREAT reaction dudes! Loved it.

I recall seeing Schalk Burgers feet in flip flops, he walked pass me and I was looking down.. His toes were longer than my feet.

Man, the ref is not scared. They have mad respect. Perhaps you guys can react to rugby referees. you will see ;)

@RealFansSports

3 ай бұрын

We actually have one set up to react to soon! Keep a look out for it!

you should check out Rene Ranger , Jerry Collins and Manu Vatuvai you will see more hits than a jukebox

Jonah Lomu was suffering from chronic kidney disease. One of the greatest Rugby players of all time. May his soul rest in peace!

Dallas Cowboy's asked Lomu to tryout but Lomu wanted to stay with us 👍🏽

@RealFansSports

4 ай бұрын

Gotta respect the loyalty tp his team and his love for the sport!

The guy at number 7 came back from life threatening illness to playing his best rugby and being a world champion

A legal,tackle has to be below the shoulder line and the tackler has to wrap their arms otherwise it,is a shoulder barge or body check which would be a penalty. Other big players....Micky Skinner (ENG) .....and of course Jonah Lomu has loads! Happy new year guys..

When you say Lomu is the full package, you really hit the nail on the head. Bros been gone almost a decade and he still holds records people are only now just matching or are still striving for, he is one of the most talented players ive ever seen.

Just remember NFL teams were offering jonah lomu $10 million contracts in the 90's and 00's to play for them

@andrewmoss3681

4 ай бұрын

He's actually the base template for the modern NFL Running back. He didn't just change Rugby

No one in the venue will accept (nor your mates) any kind of disrespect to the referee. The man is not scared... He's perfectly calm. "It's any day in the office for him."

As a kiwi I loved I loved schalk burger.

Thats one hell of a video and reaction 🔥

A fun video, but sadly the source did only focus on the big hitters, some of the most feared players are some of the smallest. A few to look out for are Shane Williams, Jason Robinson and Cheslin Colby, the epitomy of rugby is a game for all body types, and guys who would have you trying to clutch thin air

These rugby Union players are tough bastards but when they are talking to the ref they are respectful and polite

They don't even need to fight in life, they run straight ahead and you fly like a pawn

These countries from the South Sea Islanders, like Fiji, Samoa and the Cook Islanders, along with New Zealand, Australia, south Africa, and many others play hard.

Jonah Lomu arrived at the 1995 World Cup as a 20 year old, 6 feet 4 inches, 265 lb, with a fastest 100m of 10.6 and the fastest acceleration in the All Black squad over 20 metres. Just superhuman.

Colin Meads? Jerry Collins?Buck Shelford?Alain Esteve?Sonny Bill Williams?Willie John?A thousand mad South Africans

Go watch Cheslin Kolbe the ultimate athlete, he really is one of the goats !

@christopheb.6121

5 ай бұрын

Jonah Lomu was the real freak.

Jerry Collins R.I.P was a flanker to fear not much ran straight at him even Chabal passed the ball when he saw Jerry

Hear to pay my respects to uncle Jerry! Beast of a man but what a caring soul off the field!

Legend has it that Jonah Lomu was a real life nephilim.

Eben Etzebeth is an ex doors man for some of the roughest bars in SA.

@Bob_Bobskin

3 ай бұрын

Bit like bakkie Botha

Eben and Bakkies from the Springboks 🇿🇦

Check-out Cheslin Kolbe "The Ultimate Athlete" plays for South African 'Springboks' x4 World Champion (although he aprt of World Champion-side twice) & "Speed Kill" ( another "Die Hard Rugby" Video) if you wld like to see sum Top-tier Athletes of the Game.... Can also check-out "Most Feared Team" (also "Die Hard Rugby" Videos) featuring South African 'Springboks' & New Zealand 'All Blacks' two of the most dominant-forces of World Rugby (this is all Rugby Union)!!!!

There isn't a better sport, Rugby allday every day. I'm 47 today, and I haven't played in over 10 yrs. Daam I miss playing this game

@RealFansSports

4 ай бұрын

I feel you on that with other sports! Sucks not being able to go out and with boys and just go and play whether its competitive or just friendly

Shame Americans don't watch a full game of Rugby; and see how it doesn't Stop every 2 Minutes like American Football.

@RealFansSports

5 ай бұрын

We have watched several games of rugby so... take your comment to another channel

@Bob_Bobskin

3 ай бұрын

​@@RealFansSportslove the reply.

Hey boys great video. The US has a great rugby comp.

Lol they didnt realize tuilagis are 3 brothers 😂

On aurait bien aimé une rencontre Lomu vs Chabal, hélas le plus fragile des deux nous a quitté prématurément...

All the South Africans ❤️

😅when you see these guys come out on the pitch they are all bloody frightening.

Bukies Botha has his own video of hardest hits. The badest of the bad that guy ! and I gigantic monster of a man.

Naaah, the refs in rugby are the chillest dudes and well respected.

@RealFansSports

3 ай бұрын

We see that! We actually have a reaction coming out soon to Nigel Owens. That guy might be the best ref i have ever seen across all sports. straight class

Have you seen/reacted to any Vinnie Jones compilations. He plays tough guys in movies now but he played tough guy in the football field back in the day

Bakkies is by all accounts a lovely fellow off the field, but he was bloody terrifying when he was in green and gold

@KekeHimona

4 ай бұрын

He should have been banned from playing rugby

@ianwalter62

3 ай бұрын

@@KekeHimona Not disagreeing, he was a dirty dirty bastard, but he apparently now leads the choir at his local Dutch Reform Church. Perhaps God has forgiven him.

as a South African ive met a few of these players (in a bar after the game..) Bakkies stands out,...absolutely not a guy you would want to mess with...something about this guy thats just, not right

Check out the Hardest Hitter Jacques Burger, some proper hits

You guys should live stream the NRL state of origin this year.. if your allowed! Enjoyable commentary fellas

@RealFansSports

3 ай бұрын

Appreciate you! We did a live stream the last two years and definitely plan on doing it again this year!

Please do the video of nr 3 Eben Etzebeth. From the Springboks 🇿🇦. It's called the greatest enforcer of all time. I'm subbing from South Africa 🇿🇦

3:45 we got some union in here? Everything to thst point was union bro

@RealFansSports

2 ай бұрын

Yeah it was the first one I knew for sure. First few guys wasn’t 100% sure. I made a mistake on the research of the video and thought it was a mixture. That’s my bad

@MrDando87

2 ай бұрын

@@RealFansSports ha only playing. In fairness it can be hard to tell.

Chabal was one SCAAAARY dude and a force of nature!

This is just ageing me but this is a list for the modern era, not all time. The size of the players has definitely transformed out of sight but the enforcers of the amateur era were another breed, especially before cameras became ubiquitous. Also worth noting the Tuilagis are an absolute rugby dynasty that would put the Mannings to shame. Six brothers all played professionally as have three of the younger generation. Its worth getting some highlights of the whole clan because dear god they were brutal. Also Brian Lima aka The Chiropractor belongs on this list. Ditto Julian White, if for no other reason than wearing a sucker punch from his opposite number (280lb international prop Andrew Sheridan) like it was nothing, then dropping him with a single blow.

Bakkies is the kind of man you want on your side in any situation.

alesana and henry tuilagi are brothers . henry's son Posolo plays for France

SÉBASTIEN CHABAL reste la légende absolue du rugby français, une icône nationale, bien au-delà de son sport, mais il n'est pas le seul, d'autres ont inscrit leur nom dans la légende, Jean Claude Killy, Jeannie Longo, Sébastien Loeb, Teddy Riner et Raymond Poulidor , et Antoine Dupont actuellement. 😊

Bakkies Botha he invented hard hits in rugby he’s original enforcer who brought violence he hurts and put lots of rugby players in a life changing injuries some retired referee were so afraid of him cause he can rubbish you right in that field and never care about the outcome then he will laugh when you’re been taken to hospital that’s what makes him extremely dangerous rugby player in a history of rugby but he was our South African boy.🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

Why are Americans loving rugby ATM. It's crazy❤

@RealFansSports

2 ай бұрын

LOL I dont know probably a lot of feedback after the event for league in Las Vegas. We were introduced to it a couple years back and have really enjoyed it!

Mamuka Gorgodze should be on this list... Georgian Nightmare put Georgia on the map...💯💪

Bakkies, what a boytjie :D

There are so many great rugby players , but undoubtedly more from SA and NZ , the Springboks and All Blacks have dominated the game , 7 world cups between them. Now and again the northern hemisphere has a nation to rival the southern hemisphere . Springboks for life.

Believe me Eben was more afraid of the ref than the ref was of Eben.. In rugby NO player is afraid of the ref

RUGBY = RUGBY UNION

@RealFansSports

5 ай бұрын

yeah league is NRL. We are aware of the differences. We did a reaction to a video by this channel before and it had some league in it as well and thought that would be the case on this one, but it wasnt.

Jonah lomu the real baby faced assassin

@RealFansSports

4 ай бұрын

Assassin forreal!

Dallas Cowboys tried to recruit Jonah Lomu…Jonah turned them down

Every impact does have consequences. Even the biggest and heaviest can be worn down 😁

Rugby players are wayyyy fitter than NFL players due to the continuous pattern of the game,no stop-start like in NFL

@RealFansSports

5 ай бұрын

That’s not what this video is about but also is just not true.

@Xaltar_

5 ай бұрын

Don't confuse fitness with stamina. It's like comparing a distance runner and a 100m sprint specialist, different requirements, different training, you can't say one is more fit than the other. NFL and Rugby are not the same thing, both have players that go hard and train harder. Why can't people just enjoy a sport, it doesn't have to be a "but my sport is better" argument all the time. Most NFL fans I know have loved watching rugby too, it's got many of the same exciting factors they love about the NFL but it's also it's own thing. I think the main issue is that American Football is hard to follow for those not aware of all the rules and culture surrounding it. Even with a friend explaining everything to me it took me a while to really get into and enjoy. Now I have the pleasure of enjoying both sports and sharing my passion for rugby with my friends in the US. It's worth noting, many of my American friends didn't even want to give rugby a look because of all the hate/insults rugby fans throw at American football. It took some effort to explain to them that if they love American Football, they will probably also enjoy rugby seeing as they share some common history. Show your friends what you love about a sport and they will enjoy it with you, make fun of what they love and they will hate both your opinion and your sport without ever giving it a chance.

@RealFansSports

5 ай бұрын

@@Xaltar_ couldn’t agree more! And yeah I understand how some of your friends felt when we first started our rugby content. The crazy unrelated hate we got for liking the NFL was insane 😂 and you are right NFL definitely is hard to watch for the first time and be able to get into it. It really takes about a full year of watching it to understand certain strategies, the different penalties and how using the play clock to your advantage is crucial. They have similar concepts but as a whole the sports are so very much different and require different styles of training to be elite in the individual sports. Much like all sports. These people are professionals for a reason. They are extremely gifted and majority are extremely hard working to try and master their craft.

@NmpK24

5 ай бұрын

As a rugby fan I would say they are different sports and therefore requirements for players arent the same. Rugby is more attritional for the whole team over 80+ minutes but they dont all play the whole game. Because like in NFL you dont want the really big guys (linebackers/forwards) to get too gassed out too early. So player rotation is important in both. Whereas NFL plays are more concentrated within specific time periods, as you say stop start and they have twice as many players involved on each side. Theres also all that padding and equipment they wear, playing for longer stints would be taxing.

Bakkies Botha...the ENFORCER!!!!

in France we have a brand that produces meat (steak & others) called Charal, and the advertising of this brand on television says: Hmmmm charal (hahaha charal chabal :D) sorry for translation peace & love friends Us

Jonah lomu has a ps1 rugby game

Brian Lima - Rugby's Hardest Ever Hitter

#6 & #5 are brothers. They both played for Samoa. They have a younger brother that played for England.

You Guts should check out Pierre Spies

ok i love that there are 3 springboks and one of them in the #1 position on this list but i don't get how Sabastien Chabal is not # 1

You can dive to tackle in rugby as long as it's not above the shoulders

And something else. Jonah Lomu would have been my opposite number. Which means Id have had to mark him on the field. I was 5'10 and 70 Kg - He was like 6'6 200 Kg and did a 4.8 40M... He was incredible

@georgesamuels3402

3 ай бұрын

Or a 11 second 100m time

Football has Pele rugby has jonah lomu that is how great that man was

"We got some Union in here too" It's all Union

@RealFansSports

3 күн бұрын

Yeah I stated in other comments that this person channel usually was a mixture but this one was not. I realized it through the video but didn’t touch on it again.

I love the way you guys react as if you were jocks one day 😂. Just getting to know you guys, but you should call this: Tiny & Tubz reacts. For one, it will confirm you have none athletic skill at all. And second, the first point 🤭. I'm not even joking, Tiny & Tubz reacting would be trademark shit ✌🏻

Look for the ultimate enforcer, that will be about Bakkies Botha

looking Posolol Tuilagi , the nephew who play for France , 19 years , 1m92 150KG junior world champion

React to Tremz ft Mazza L20 - Sticks up 🔥🔥 heavy Scouse link up and it’s #30 trending uk right now

A bakkie is a pickup in RSA

i heard you say skills checxk out colbe

You mention the respect for "effort" by the smaller guys. Trust, doesn't matter if you take a monster down. Just slowing them down slightly pays huge dividends.. As mentioned before, we grow up learning how to play Rugby. And part of that is taking hits from dudes twice your size. Remember. The ball is always live... Love the show boys - Respect from WYUK

You need to watch Cheslin Kobe the best pound for pound rugby player in the world