That hit was awesome. Good respect for the second guy on Savs team that game in for the kill.

gotta get that to the footy show at Ch 9.

almost football legends!

B I G SAV

HOOOOLYDOOOLY! Odds on they recon "Aussie" footballers are weak!

The guy would have gone for 3 games in the AFL.

Ive seen a fair few NFL games and I have to say it wasnt overly impressive hit wise. The guy that hit Sav, it wasnt as much a good hit as it was a cheap shot, as a punter he is supposed to be left alone after he kicks the ball to run off the field, he didnt see the hit comming and couldnt protect himself or brace for it. You think that if he had seen the guy comming (the ball was along way away btw) that Sav woulnt have been able to put him down, Savs a big guy...muscle not like the fat that they use in the NFL.

I would love to see the next time these two teams come together if the guy tries to line Sav up again.

The NFL is a basically a girls version of rugby.

Ummmm.... no. Sorry Skud, but the punter is not "supposed to be left alone after he kicks the ball to run off the field". He's supposed to haul his butt down and try to tackle the returner like everybody else!

re. "The NFL is a basically a girls (sic) version of rugby", clearly you know nothing at all about the game.

I dont know that much about NFL, apologies Ben, but it appears that they take a rough and tough game then put on lots of pads so that no one gets hurt. Seems just a tad gentle doesn't it? Maybe they could all wear the big sumo suits and have a real giggle at themselves. Tough like fairy bread.

while its not as rough as rugby or afl its skill 300 pound guys laying hits. It would be interesting to see the NFL players in our game though. I

No worries Melvin. I've just become a bit of an NFL evangelist in recent times, so I feel compelled to stick up for the game when I read comments like that! :)

I actually used to think the same thing until I started to get into the NFL a few seasons back, and I still think that as far as sheer "toughness" goes, the players could definitely learn a thing or two from our AFL guys. Like someone else said though, we don't have 300+ pound gigantors trying to squash people in AFL. And I think on average, the momentum in many of the collisions can be very high, even higher than in the AFL, due to the nature of the game ie. that the burts of action are sporadic, and over short distances, and there's pretty much guaranteed to be someone running at you in exactly the opposite direction who wants to squash you. There's no running for 30m on an open paddock like in our game.

http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/team/player.asp?player_id=73

I think they're overdoing it a bit with "one of the best players in the history of the AFL"...

I only just watched the hit then... lol. Poor Sav. Was a bit unnecessary I must say.

I loved it how the commentator called him "Roke-a". And "Ausss-ey football."

Also, tackles in NFL are two guys heading in opposite directions, i.e. front on confrontations. That sort of tackle is very rare in AFL.

I doub't that many NFL players could keep up with the speed and endurance required for an AFL game. NFL is about power and strength.

Pfft - that was the softest hit ever !

Welcome to the NFL!!.. pfft.. Once again the americans bignoteing themselves because no other person from another country could possibly be as tough as them.... Say it like it is.. its a cheap shot from a moron throwing his whole body helmet first at a player that shouldn't be expecting any hit when its nowhere near the play. I'd love to see Rocca run through him the next time they play. He wouldn't be getting up as quickly.