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Point of Clarification on 1,000 player hours by Irish Warrior
While Rugby may use a moving clock, the action is almost constant, there's very little down time. I'd only be guessing, but with rugby, I'd imagine there's actually 40-50 minutes of actual action in an 80 minute match. In football, there's far more down time than game time. According to the linked article, the ball is actually in play a mere 11 minutes in an hour long game. To truly compare these, that has to be taken into account and I'd imagine once you do that, there's very little comparison.
According to this article, https://www.theroar.com.au/2012/09/03/how-long-is-a-rugby-match-really/, the ball is in play an average of 44 minutes. That's exactly 4 times as much as in football.