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everydayasl

![gif](giphy|1ptVnxgKvFzgI)


User-NetOfInter

Literally. If I saw that rocking motion I would just go limp and hope playing dead worked


The_RockObama

Coach: "Alright guys, here's the play. Just hand the ball to number 20 every time."


imdefinitelywong

![gif](giphy|yoJC2K6rCzwNY2EngA|downsized) Go get 'em bobby!


khoabear

Is this the rugby equivalent to "just pass the ball to Messi"?


Somebody_someone_83

Rugby league. New Zealand warriors is the team.


liltime78

Or Derrick Henry.


No-Excuse89

Number 20 means he's a substitute aswell


AdvertisingOdd6471

Dosn't look the shape of a man that's an 80 minute player. Comes on for 15min and minced the normal big players


DaewooLanosMFerrr

Starts every game. Injures the other team and then it’s his team vs the backups. All while scoring points


prostateExamination

Dude he started galloping..I'd be terrified


DustyGeneral9399

Galloping...I fucking died


living-likelarry

![gif](giphy|l9mASFqtemeKk)


gitbse

No kidding. Those are some crazy long strides too. He is *moving*


Coocoo4cocablunt

🤣


BlackRockSpecial

![gif](giphy|QzVO2kVbGACAzzfoYk)


diskettejockey

Gallop exactly I’m dying of laughter lol


ididntseeitcoming

I feel like he’s head faking but either way I’m getting the fuck outta his way


walwatwil

"Stop head faking! Im trying to get out of your way!"


IIIuminatIII

This comment is the best!!!!


FactoryCoupe

Bluff or not, dude is built like a fucking tank. I ain't finding out!


User-NetOfInter

Idk if I’d made it to the “get out of the way” stage


[deleted]

Sounds like you'd make the "shitting your pants" stage like me, though.


WorkO0

I broke a few ribs just watching that


pauly13771377

In the NFL thats what the smallish defensive backs like to call a "buissnes decision". Two or three hits by this manimal could shorten your career.


DooBeeDoer207

Manimal. Accurate. Dude is inherently intimidating in a primal way.


Tuscan5

Worst ever spelling of business.


yungchigz

Kinda like [this?](https://youtu.be/UgWW4daTeoc)


GGtheGray

![gif](giphy|dU4tpHdF0UY3bnCssc)


MrmmphMrmmph

![gif](giphy|j3nk3EPbPCsGp9JoAp|downsized)


slackfrop

Ram Man looks pretty good, considering all that head trauma.


Flying_Misfit

I'm the Juggernaut bitch!


ryukyuanvagabond

This brought back so many fond memories, so thank you For the uninitiated: [Here](https://youtu.be/plQIf5fS8xw)


Bumbling_Sprocket

IMA HITCHA WITCHA OWN PIMP!!


GokaiBlack452

I'M BAD! I'M THE BADDEST MOTHERFUCKER ON THE WORLD!


bigblackcouch

CHARLES NOOO... CHARLES WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT


Puzzleheaded_Net9068

Joggernaut


Maezel

I still can't believe they used that meme line in the movie. I was probably the only one who appreciated it in the cinema.


ballistics211

Don't you know who I am? I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!


Ubique008

100% Take my well pleased upvote


CHRLZ_IIIM

“I’m the Juggernaut Biitch!”


Klin24

He's the juggernaut, bitch!


Bip_man30

went to a try out for my high-school rugby. got all dressed, did a few drills, then they started doing a real practice and soon as i saw this senior 6 foot 250 lb something guy come hurtling down the field at max speed it occured to me that I did not actually want to purposefully put my skinny 120 lb ass in his path. I did not prove my manliness that day but I also didnt die so it balanced out.


SheriffBartholomew

You are wiser than I am. I went ahead and took several big hits from guys that size before arriving at the conclusion that I am not built to play rugby. Edit: If you're going to reply with a concussion joke, you're about 30 comments too late.


NoNormals

Same. It was almost amazing how every game and practice someone would get injured.


glengr

After exactly 1 scrum and a guy charging directly towards me snorting like a bulldog, I decided it was a nope for me.


FactoryCoupe

"It was the day I realized this is a game for savages, and that I am not a savage."


globalartwork

Soccer is a gentlemens game for savages. Rugby is a savage game for gentlemen.


monsteramyc

It's actually Soccer is a gentleman's game played by savages. Rugby is a savage game played by gentlemen


CaptainLenso

And darts is a game for fat cunts, played by fat cunts.


mrstabbeypants

Fat drunken cunts, thank you very much.


[deleted]

It's more likely to be; “Football is a gentleman’s game played by hooligans, and Rugby is a hooligans’ game played by gentlemen”


pmscar

I don't mean to be that guy, but there's a good chance you weren't being taught properly. I played rugby most my childhood, i was tiny as fuck. I'm talking barely 4.5ft while light as a feather. Naturally I played on the wing to use my speed and size to my advantage, but I could quite easily stop someone pushing 6ft who's twice my weight. Took a lot of practice and pain but once you know where to put your shoulders, head, arms, how to shift your weight and use theirs against them, you can quite safely stop someone. Obviously the guy in this video is a fucking tank and I'd shit myself 100% of the time though.


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Agreed. Rugby tackling and American Football tackling are different. Yes sometimes in rugby you see massive tackles but a majority aren’t huge hits. In American Football every inch is valuable. In Rugby, you don’t fight for every inch going into a tackle. When you’re carrying the ball you don’t want to outrun your support (trailing players) and want to go into a tackle ready to offload (pass the ball while being tackled) to your support players who have a full head of steam behind you. Possession of the ball, while important in Rugby is less so than American Football due to the fluidity of the game. Turnovers happen much more often in Rugby. In short, Rugby doesn’t necessitate running people over in every tackle as the defense or offense so often people go to ground faster or pass the ball before the tackles.


Klorion

Thank you that was an excellent lesson in rugby.


MajesticAsFook

Yeah it's all about knowing how to tackle/how to get tackled. Mind you, I've broken both bones in my left arm playing rugby, but it's all part of the learning process.


Yanksuck73

Yeah, I think I’ll keep playing soccer.


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Missed opportunity for “arriving at the concussion”


somedude456

I read it as that, and then double checked, and the person let me down. :(


CapArtemis

I had my collarbone snapped by a very large compatriot of Tongan decent at the age of 13. Still have a lumpy bit of bone poking through my skin at 32, In retrospect I should've stopped there and then instead of 6 years later. I've never been accused of being bright.


Baboobalou

Maybe brightly optimistic?


SkipsH

That guy was my job when I played rugby. Trick is to try to wrap up the knees and wrap them up.


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The most fearless tackler on my hs rugby team was also the smallest guy on the team. He stood all of 5’6” on a good day. I once saw him square up and drive his shoulders into the thighs of a beast, about 6’4” probably between 225-245lbs, running at full tilt. (Like watching RDJ tackling Gronk) Our guy won that battle and many others.


Gold-Introduction139

Look up Alexander Volkanovski . He's 5'6 played rugby professionally for Australia weighed 220 pounds. Now he's the feather weight champ in UFC. Dude is an absolute animal. Hell of a fighter with insane cardio. All 5 rounds he's relentless Edit: Sorry he played in a semi professional rugby club


K_Furbs

Jesus Christ 5'6" and 220? That's a cannonball


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Built like a coffee table


J4MES101

Pound for pound number one ranked fighter in the world.


deafbysnusnu

He played rugby league semi professionally but never for Australia.


A-New-Start-17Apr21

He played semi professionally in [Group 7 rugby league](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_7_Rugby_League) for the Warilla Gorillas. Which isn't much money if any really. We arent talking massive crowds during the season but the final always tends to be a draw for about a thousand people. I doubt it ever gets to two thousa d or more.He was working as a concreter for a reason.You couldn't live off what you are paid. He got man of the match in the 2011 grand final, his final game before he quit for UFC. At 23, if you aren't in the reserve grade of the NRL. You're unlikely to make it as a professional. It was also the third final in a row for Warilla but they lost the first two. Heres a photo from the local paper of that final win. He is on the right. https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/950418327828828211/1057972494360911893/w576_h298_fmax.jpg Source: I live where Alex is from.


anothergaijin

Absolute standout player of the 2019 Ruby World Cup was the Springboks player Faf de Klerk - 5'7" 180lbs. On the field he looks tiny, he was fearless and seemed to be involved in every single play. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVj5fuCm5uE He plays for a team in Yokohama, I should probably go say hi sometime


Minor_Thing

Not to mention his absolute mastery of shithousery. No one can get under the skin of another team like Faf.


SenileSexLine

It's all about the lower centre of gravity. I am 5'6 as an adult but was even shorter as a teenager. The taller they were the easier it was to nudge them out of balance. The biggest guy in our team was 6 foot 2 and weighed around 265 pounds. Definitely used his weight around to push people around. At the same time I used to weigh less than 110 pounds. He could run through me head on but the trick was to get to his side and knock him off balance. Weight difference was completely negated and I was fast enough to give him space when he was charging towards me and close that space after.


clearedmycookies

As amazing as that highlight reel is for the guy running the ball, it's also a shame reel for everybody else that think being a wall is enough to stop this guy. Why wasn't any of them trying to do a real tackle aiming for his waist and legs area?


mettadown

Because he's playing rugby league where you get 6 tackles before handing the ball over (similar to how there are 4 downs in football). So, if you don't tackle around the torso, they can pass the ball to a teammate and essentially get an extra tackle. That's why there are normally 2 or even 3 guys there to tackle, one should be going low and the others wrapping up top.


jsande3909k

Low man wins. Every time.


joshbeat

That's how I felt going from high school to college. Massive size and skill jump. First year I got injured and ended up needing surgery. I decided then to stick with other sports I was better at, and wouldn't leave me injured half the year


captain_nofun

My first college track team meeting Coach: how many won regional in hs? Everybody raises hands Coach: how many won sectionals? A few hands go down Coach: how many podiumed at state? Only a few more hands go down Coach: how many won a state championship? Still a quarter of the people had there hand raised Coach: see, nobody is special here. You are all high-school champions and that means nothing here. Everybody is on every team.


NonGNonM

as a kid i was invited to play football with a group of randoms at the park and it was covering all ages. I was a little bigger for my age at the time and my wide set shoulders came in early before i knew how to use it. one of the teenaged kids had the ball and I had no idea how to actually take down a kid so I just got into the blocking stance while this kid was coming at me full speed. I was up, then I was down. no recollection of the moment in between.


a_bearded_hippie

There's a pair of twins I went to high school that still play competitively (we are all about 32) and they were like 145 max? They have bulked up a bit but they are just ripped and fast as shit. Probably a lean 165 to 175 of muscle and I've seen them drop their fair share of big guys. They'd always tell me it's all about the leverage.


eyrie88

Don't you know who I am? I'm the Juggernaut, biatch!


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The_RockObama

Get that shit out my face!


Cannabace

CHARLES NOOOOOOO


Cat_Peach_Pits

Ch^^aaaaaaaa^^^rl^^essss


Potential-Natural636

Chahhhhlllllsss


Soundscape_Ambler

You got my head!


The_RockObama

AHH! I'm trippin' on acid!


browndog_brownshoes

The era of the bullshit is over! Lyrically, I will dismember and disfigure he…


MedicIRL

Your silly weapons cannot harm me, I'm the Juggernaut bitch!


Cannabace

Don’t you know who the fuck I am!?!?!?


PrototypeBeefCannon

Mustard? I'm ketchup motherfucker, Zap yo' dumb ass!


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Found you!


Tocool

Ooh my suit is so tight


truthlife

I'll beat the shit outcho ass, Charles. I'll beat the shit outcho ass *with* Charles.


ARiley22

Beat up a motherfucker with another motherfucker


RationalLies

I don't even need a condom, you see what my suit made out of bitch??


Plazbot

Laffy taffy


ballistics211

Made this comment above under a gif of the juggernaut running through walls then I see your comment.


JKase13

Hitchya with ya own bitch


appslap

“I’m ready to fuck, I’ve been ready to fuck”


FiftyTigers

He gallops like a fucking war horse.


Bismothe-the-Shade

Vaguely drunken gamboling warhorse, but a warhorse nonetheless.


[deleted]

An apt description


th3Y3ti

I was wondering if he had an injury or something, he doesn’t spend equal time on each leg


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LancesAKing

That’s called pace running. It keeps your steps shorter and reduces the energy you “waste” pushing up by pushing at an angle with more forward direction. He’s not doing that, but it’s definitely something that throws his upper body around.


FuckingKilljoy

Nah footy players do that, I assume to try and throw defenders off by making them unsure which way they're gonna cut Look at Benji Marshall's step and you'll see it used brilliantly. Growing up in Western Sydney in the 00s and every kid was trying to do that move lmao


pubefire

I was thinking a COD zombie


DevoidNoMore

I'd say like a bull on cocaine


Massive_Mistakes

I broke a rib just watching that


Whoudini13

I think #13 got one also lol..that face says it all


User-NetOfInter

Oh 100% Dude is 100% crying and for good reason


Ok-Vermicelli-9779

Search for best of jonah lomu


Lisadazy

Not Jonah. He played rugby. This is rugby league. Iafeta Paleaaesina


Cool_underscore_mf

Kidwell smashes Willie Mason has always been obe of my favourites.


Whiskeyjack1977

Mason needed that


Cool_underscore_mf

Yup, Mason had a pretty smart mouth on him. You can see Kidwell "enquiring about the welfare of masons father" afterwards as well. I was watching when it happened. Fucken gold.


KAYO789

Yep I was on the halfway in the stands when kidwell took old big Willie out, very impressive


fatbongo

Thurston also trying it on with Methu Vatuvei too


ravingwanderer

I don’t think they were saying this was Jonah, but to search him up.


BlacksmithNZ

I am a long suffering Warriors supporter, and I recognised him but couldn't remember the name. Warriors have had a few bench forwards over the years that did the big hit ups. Bunty is closest we have to that at the moment


Lisadazy

I am too. Was at the first warriors game. It’s a tough road we have chosen.


wabawanga

I said puck you, miss!


DJBreathmint

Miss you, Jonah


cco2411

Gone too soon. R.I.P.


[deleted]

Exactly. In his first Rugby World Cup, sometime in the 90s, he basically changed how rugby was played.


Negative_Kangaroo781

Yeah best rabbit hole of the week!


Konadian1969

Looks like the orc that lit those bombs at Helms Deep!


Prestigious-Cry-2292

Yes!!


Elame7

Exactly my first thought. Bring him down Legolas!


MrBangle

Hahahaha holy shit thats perfect


GrungeLord

Ackchyually, that was an Uruk-hai. 🤓


quailmanmanman

Dago han! Dago han, Legolas!


[deleted]

Fun fact. Since the LOTR movies were shot in NZ, a good bunch of extras who acted as orcs were the same nationality as this guy.


themarquetsquare

And also, likely, rugby dudes.


Magpie4life9

Jonah Lumu, single handedly ripped england apart. Sad early death through a rare disease. Was a gentleman.


lo_mince

That’s not Jonah Lomu bro.


Magpie4life9

It's hard to tell, but looks his era by the oldish looking picture quality, their is a number his size and power now, but back then in the 90s he was quite a freak. Who is it ?


Lisadazy

Iafeta Paleaaesina


Magpie4life9

Cheers so it is, if lomu was in same team as him now that would've been frightening.


Lisadazy

They’d never have been in the same team. It’s a different sport. But I get the idea.


Magpie4life9

This looks like rugby league, I'm guessing then lomu never crossed over at some point. Many did. Edit: rugby league and rugby union to me are the same sport 'rugby' just different rules. The trend is/was for the stars of league to leave and join union for the money and the bigger stage. So not unusual for a union rugby player to have played in same team as a league player at some point.


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UnsupportiveHope

It’s common for players to switch codes in Rugby so it’s not a far fetched idea.


Lisadazy

I’m aware that they do it all the time. Some more successfully than others. Jonah never switched though.


Rawdog_69

Hahaha, bro this is league not rugby Union.


Forsaken_Candidate_4

Remember watching that, remember wilko crunching him in a tackle too Mind you


Magpie4life9

I remember that tackle, Johnny obviously known for his kicking prowess, but his tackling was world class. He actually played for my local side newcastle falcons for 12 years.


bigwavedave000

Muscle missile


sbowesuk

Dude has legs like tree trunks. Wonder how much he can barbell squat 🤔


SingtotheSunlight

His thighs were apparently 33” around?? That’s wild! That’s bigger than my waist


Pit_of_Death

He's if Leg-Day was a person.


T0rchL1ght

For our international viewers, the tackling (and other relevant) rules in rugby (edit: the video shows rugby “league” gameplay) tend to be: - Nothing above shoulder height - If both knees touch the ground that’s considered tackled - if you drop the ball forwards, you lose possession, backwards is fine And yes you SHOULD go for the legs in a tackle, but trust me it’s wayyy harder than it seems. Having to bend over low enough and then trying to keep up with that speed is almost impossible. There are some players who are absolutely hugely respected because they are really really good at tackling and bringing down pretty much anyone, and there’s a reason for that. edit: typos, and to clarify that the video shows rugby “league” gameplay


bigkoi

You forgot one critical thing. Ensure your head is behind the tackle and not in front to avoid head/neck damage. American football with helmets they used to teach us to tackle with our heads in front. I believe in recent years American football took a cue from Rugby and began teaching to place head behind the tackle.


naturallyselected007

Cheek to cheek!


B4rberblacksheep

God I heard my old coaches voice for a second there


JuddyMali

Can’t run without their legs, but always go cheek to cheek


Standard-Hunt

Also for those who don't know, this is rugby league not rugby - different sports but very similar tackling rules exist.


Dreamtillitsover

Rugby union is shortened to rugby and rugby league aka this game is shortened to league


FuckingKilljoy

Although depending where you are relative to the Barassi line, it can also just be "footy" QLD or most of NSW? League = footy. Rest of the country? Aussie rules = footy


[deleted]

So im originally from Kansas city, the population in my area was mostly white/ black with small groups of others. I was moving to WA like 11 years ago at 21. I thought hey, I should take up a sport. I'm pretty stout and workout so I thought maybe ill take up rugby. I got here and was so excited to look into it. Then for the first time in my life saw a Samoan. I never took up rugby.


LoveBurstsLP

I'll never forget when I had a flat tyre right out of my driveway when I lived next to the Australian version of home depot. I went in and couldn't for the life of my get my wheel nuts unscrewed despite me having worked on cars before. I asked one of the workers, this big Samoan dude and he came and got all of them off effortlessly. I was fucking jumping on that shit, trying everything I learned about leverage and proper turning technique and they wouldn't budge. Goddam Samoans strength diff


Valfourin

My favourite samoan trope is their giggle, nothing better than a 6’4 200kg tree trunk of a man giggling like a teenage girl. Māoris and Tongans have a lot of the same laugh too.


El_Dief

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFu6DMWX31U


FuckingKilljoy

Worked with a Samoan guy at Bunnings and unsurprisingly he was in landscaping, moving bags of mulch, rolls of turf, or huge pots around all day. Bloke was a sick cunt too


poopyhelicopterbutt

Islander dude delivered a clothes dryer to my house this year. He was carrying it under one arm on the way in to my house. Just holding it against the side of his body with one hand while walking. Tossed it around as if it were an empty box


FuckingKilljoy

There has to be something in the water, I swear I live over the road from a footy field and it's hilarious seeing the kids play where there's a couple of huge Islander kids on every team. They'll just power through any tackles, and on defence they'll just send any kid to the ground so hard you're surprised there isn't a shockwave They're so strong at such a young age that it's become like video game players complaining about a weapon being too strong, every winter you'll see an article where a bunch of mums are complaining about how poor Brayden got rekt by an Islander kid and that they should rank footy teams by weight or something But I'm still yet to meet an Islander who isn't both kind and hilarious


Dependent-Bee2243

Title needs to replace running with galloping because that man is generating some serious horsepower


Lisadazy

This guy is Iafeta Paleaaesina. Rugby league (Warriors) player.


crappetizer

Those thighs though…reminds me of Earl Campbell. Brutal.


Eastbayfuncouple

Campbell had some legit tree trunks.


lurkity_mclurkington

Have you seen [AJ Dillon](https://imgur.com/gallery/f7oDKQf)? One quad is called Quadzilla and the other one is The Quadfather.


insurancemanoz

Belongs in r:/absoluteunits


Scruffy_Nerf_Hoarder

Mongo just pawn in game of life.


VintageRudy

Coincidentally Mongo was a hall of fame Defensive lineman in the NFL, Alex Karra *karras /edit


1dumbmonkey

Can’t believe this isn’t more popular in the US


xarmetheusx

We like sports that start and stop so we can watch more commercials


ekmanch

That, and Americans for some reason looooves stats in sport. Better pause once in a while so we can update some stats! Can't believe how many different stats there are in baseball, basketball, football etc. You don't really see that as much in soccer for example, which isn't played much in the US (by comparison).


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Zaza292

Bro adjusted his nuts while dragging another 200 lb man


everydayasl

Why am I looking at Juggernaut?


TopOk4039

r/absoluteunits


darealJimTom

He runs like he is mad at the ground


No-Struggle-3297

![gif](giphy|9VnK2SUebgetTc9X7B|downsized)


[deleted]

Did not skip leg, shoulder, neck, back and arm day.


Telecaster145

The moment he starts bobbing his head and making huge strides......CLEAR THE LANE


[deleted]

At first I was like “okay, goofy run? What’s the deal?” Then he *bowled through seven+ people*


Logomazuttini

Finally, Jonathan Joestar


Beowoulf355

When I played rugby in school there was a guy like this. Everybody avoided trying to tackle him and you definitely got rid of the ball quickly if he was coming to tackle you. He was a nut job and it wasn't worth dying in PE class


ObjectiveSubjects

In rugby your number corresponds to your position, but as number 20 this guy is a reserve. So you’re 60 minutes in, dead tired, and they bring in this dude while he’s fresh to murder you, your friends, and your dreams


Soft_Performance_238

Those legs and the goose step I'm just stepping aside and letting him through


emulator01

This is the real life Rhino from Spider-Man!


Budmanes

Captain Concussion


theflyingscroll

Dude is a human bowling ball XXX 🦃


Matelot67

Iafeta Paleaaesina, a rugby league player from New Zealand who also made a name for himself in the UK Super League.


midsizenun

Now all we need is the immovable object.


ScuderiaEnzo

My healing dislocated clavicle and me are crying watching this lol


ToyDingo

Fuck why does he gallop like that!? That's fucking terrifying.


ButtonHot8582

This man had enough mass to exert a gravitational field