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  • My brother, my fellow American, my friend, rugby is the more intense athletic endeavor.

    You have definitely zeroed in on the point that makes football more intense, the big impacts.

    Despite rugby having 2-3x higher injury rates, football dwarfs it in fatality rates by like 6x.

    However, when you account for the deaths from heat stroke and heart attack caused by overworking a bunch of hypertensive fat dudes (“indirect causes”), they’re about equal.

    Football just isn’t as athletically demanding and doesn’t inflict as much constant punishment. It’s entirely about that one big BOOM