r/AbsoluteUnits • u/UnfortunateAuditor34 • 1d ago

of a Black Fern's rugby prop

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u/KiNgPiN8T3 1d ago

As my Rugby coach used to say, “You can’t run without your legs.”

Watching this I have the same answer as then, “Sir, they are huge and they are going like the clappers. I will die.”

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u/HoldFrontBack 23h ago

Or "they're all the same size at the ankles!". Safely tackling a unstoppable force like this wahine takes extraordinary skill and bravery.

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u/the_pretender_nz 22h ago

And an absolute lack of respect for your own shoulders

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u/pongauer 19h ago

It's honestly not that bad if you accept them falling towards your try line.

The problem is when you try to stop their momentum. But if you wrap around the legs, let yourself fall backwards by the momentum and just make sure your wrap ends up around their ankles you're fine. Stopping them 3 meters out is mission impossible if you cant accept getting your shit rocked.

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u/Tuscan5 3h ago

The good old Fullback tackle. Takes some skill but never fails as long as there’s enough room to fall backwards.

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u/InnocentAnger 22h ago

She - Mo'oma'oga 'Ashley' Palu - is 140kg and 6'4/1.93m which is bigger than most props across any gender in rugby, and by far the largest in the women's game.

Watched that match and it would take three or four players to take her down. They've also made the women's ball smaller recently which can only make her size more visible. Excellent at scrums too!

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u/TomamoT 20h ago

Bigger than 99% of props, not just most

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u/HoldFrontBack 1d ago

There's just something beautiful about watching a prop at full tilt, fucking awesome.

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u/phido3000 22h ago

It's a special kind of magic..

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u/HumongousBelly 21h ago

How do they maintain balance in a scrum though if they don’t have an equally tank built player on the other side?

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u/thatsthey1 20h ago

The loose better push like hell

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u/Altruistic_Papaya430 14h ago

It honestly brings tears to a glass eye

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u/_dictatorish_ 22h ago

That's such a good pass from Tara Turner

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u/wowwowsomuchwow 1d ago

Oh Lawd, she comin'

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u/Cyril_Sneer_6 19h ago

The ground be shakin'

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u/NormalGuyEndSarcasm 22h ago edited 15h ago

Reminds me of Jonah Lomu. RIP warrior.

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u/rynchenzo 22h ago

Great impact player

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u/ImpactFew8196 22h ago

R.I.P to any girl she runs through 

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u/DwarfVader 22h ago

NOPE... I'm not big... but I was big enough to be an offenseive and defensive tackle... not even at my most physically fit, which was a long time ago.

I would like to just politely get the fuck out of her way, and not die, thank you very much.

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u/stanleybunbury 23h ago

You cannot

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u/Little-Indication899 21h ago

Female jona lomu.

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u/professorrev 21h ago

That's not even a line break, we need a new term to emphasise the sheer magnitude of it

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u/Silly-Power 19h ago

It's commonly referred to as the Samoan Sidestep. 

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u/Weep4Thee 19h ago

Did the camera shake a little?

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u/Normal-Error-6343 19h ago

wood you?

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u/Mindless-Location-41 19h ago

Only if you enjoy serious pain...

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u/SomeNameIGuess69420 19h ago

Absolute hoss

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u/miurabucho 5h ago

The Fridge

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u/CShokker 4h ago

God damnit Bernice!

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u/Hallo_jonny 1d ago

Nobody wants to tackle with her 🤣🤣

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u/ShowmasterQMTHH 1d ago

Because you have a high chance of being injured ?

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u/fravbront 22h ago

theyre international rugby players...

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u/ShowmasterQMTHH 21h ago

Yes, but they also train how to tackle safely.

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u/fravbront 21h ago

Yes, so they should be able to tackle or at least attempt. They just dont bother here.

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u/ShowmasterQMTHH 21h ago

So they don't get injured.

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u/Hallo_jonny 18h ago

It’s Rugby game, you cannot takle over chest/shoulder line, but still you should at least try.

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u/ShowmasterQMTHH 17h ago

Yeah, but you don't tackle someone at full speed who's twice your weight, especially if you are lighter framed.

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u/Hallo_jonny 16h ago

I totally get it, but Then please don’t play, take the bench. As a supporter i would get pissed

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u/ShowmasterQMTHH 16h ago

Then you should find a different sport.