Have you ever considered Rugby?

[August]

Hey NFL fans it's a long way until August. Something to think about!



(NSFW- Football Language)

[Von Due]

American football is for sissies, rugby is for burly sissies, aussie footy is for athletes and calcio storico is for certified lunatics.

/fighting words

[mapuc]

Oh those memories

Screen Sport in the 80'ies every Saturday evening Australian rugby.

No dear momma here.

Markus

[Commander Wallace]

I played some Rugby. I enjoyed it-for the most part.

Originally Posted by Von Due

American football is for sissies, rugby is for burly sissies, aussie footy is for athletes and calcio storico is for certified lunatics.

/fighting words

Yeah right. The Rugby players I knew were tough hombres. I guess American Hockey is for sissies too ? I spent a lot of time in the penalty box for doing sissy things.


I always thought Hockey was for lunatics and animals. Luckily, be kind to animals week is coming up and as I told the girls then, if you want to be kind to animals, they should hug a hockey player.

[August]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

Yeah right. The Rugby players I knew were tough hombres. I guess American Hockey is for sissies too ?

Well i'd guess they'd say that you do wear pads so...

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by August

Well i'd guess they'd say that you do wear pads so...

Ouch. That hurts.

[ET2SN]

Its the only game I know where you want to be drunk before you walk on the field.

[August]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

Ouch. That hurts.

Lol, look at it this way. If NHL hockey or NFL football were ever played without pads and helmets there would be far more carnage and death than the most intense rugby game ever played!


Our games are so tough you could die if you play them without armoring up.

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by August

Lol, look at it this way. If NHL hockey or NFL football were ever played without pads and helmets there would be far more carnage and death than the most intense rugby game ever played!


Our games are so tough you could die if you play them without armoring up.

All jokes aside, I think the game has become a bit more brutal and dangerous since I played. A 17 year old kid in Germany was killed after being checked. These kids today are bigger, faster and more prone to not be disciplined in how they play. The games are so much faster too. This is after all, just a game. So, kids do die, even with protective gear.

I think we need to slow things down a bit. I played hard and could be nasty if the situation called for it but I prided myself on never taking a cheap shot-ever. That's not to say I didn't scrap or mix it up. Many of the kids I played with were the same way.

I wanted to play like Mark Messier, Paul Coffey, Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux and many others I saw in televised reruns. It never happened and I didn't have their considerable talent but It made me want to play a clean game. I don't regret it.

Originally Posted by ET2SN

Its the only game I know where you want to be drunk before you walk on the field.

I never thought about it but that may have helped. Shades of the movie Slapshot.

[Texas Red]

Immediately after the Super Bowl, I started missing football. That was the BEST playoff series ever!

Rugby would be something I'd be interested in learning more about tbh. I would be totally drooling over baseball right now but they pushed back opening day a week and that was annoying. I live only an hour from Chicago so I'm pretty hyped up for a Sox game this summer!

[em2nought]

If I get to do the "All Blacks" haka then heck yeah!
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I wanna see the Steelers do this!

[Ostfriese]

Originally Posted by August

Lol, look at it this way. If NHL hockey or NFL football were ever played without pads and helmets there would be far more carnage and death than the most intense rugby game ever played!

Our games are so tough you could die if you play them without armoring up.

People DID die playing football back when they wore simple leather helmets.


I played some rugby back when I lived in Northern Ireland and usually enjoy watching it, but I prefer American Football - unfortunately I live in a country where most folks only know soccer.

[ET2SN]

Originally Posted by El Whacko

Rugby would be something I'd be interested in learning more about tbh.

Its pretty easy to try out.
You (or your parents) need to have a good medical plan in place.
After that, all you need is a good pair of cleats and your tallest pair of black socks, the most minimal pair of shorts in your drawer, and a really thick Rugby shirt (the thickness minimizes the blood stains and keeps the mud out of your open wounds).
When they ask if you have a cup, say "No, why would I have a cup?" and you'll be welcomed to the team.

Always remember the first rule of Rugby- DON'T GET CAUGHT. The rule book is fairly flexible when it comes to moves that would get you suspended in other sports.
If this is all starting to sound like a gang fight, believe me, gang fights have more rules.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by ET2SN

Its pretty easy to try out.

Always remember the first rule of Rugby- DON'T GET CAUGHT. The rule book is fairly flexible when it comes to moves that would get you suspended in other sports.
If this is all starting to sound like a gang fight, believe me, gang fights have more rules.

Exactly

Originally Posted by me

It's still considered a classic! In fact, it is the only safety I've ever observed. PS: real men play rugby...

Originally Posted by me

...slugfest for the SuperBowl berth!! but ever mindful that real gentlemen play Rugby.

Having played 7 years at the hooker position incl captaining a 70's college team and international tours with the San Jose Seahawk Rugby club, which just held a 50 year reunion, I barely squeezed into my 48 year-old old heavily padded jersey to attend; I can state unequivacally that 'Merican football is 'Rugby fer pußies!. The career-ending broken jaw was a blessing in disguise; I retired in my late 20's.... all the reunion 70+ year olds who played longer till their 40's were in walkers, wheelchairs or no longer above ground

[ET2SN]

I knew there was a reason why I liked you (besides the boat).