Why I love Rugby!

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » April 11, 2005 8:15 am

A friend of mine called me last night because he broke his collar bone playing soccer. That got me thinking about some of the sports I've played and never got injured. (knocking on wood)

Here is a little clip of the joy that is Rugby. However, most of these clips are Union and I prefer League, its still pretty amazing.

http://www.big-boys.com/articles/rugbyhits.html

FFishstick · Post by **FFishstick** » April 11, 2005 8:48 am

Rugby is all good until someone gets hurt... I am short of stature, stalky build, and extremely fast. This made me a good scrambler. Played until I got tired of watching some of these guys getting knocked into next Tuesday, only to take a strong sniff of the smelling salts, go back in the game only to get knocked into the next week. Dain Bramage is a terrible thing.

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » April 11, 2005 11:33 am

I love watching Rugby and LaCrosse. Gotta admit you got big cajones to play Rugby.

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » April 11, 2005 11:36 am

OceanCityGirl wrote:I love watching Rugby and LaCrosse. Gotta admit you got big cajones to play Rugby.

For me, it just took the promise of Bundy Rum or XXXX.

diamonddan · Post by **diamonddan** » April 11, 2005 12:28 pm

The All Blacks Maori Chant is always cool to watch.

mermaidindisguise · Post by **mermaidindisguise** » April 11, 2005 12:50 pm

I love rugby!!!
ofcourse I tore my acl/mcl - but it was not an "official" game

I played wing and scrum half... (back in the day)

would love to see a real game again...

If I were the marrying kind, I thank the lord I'm not sir..... Why doesn't Jimmy cover any rugby songs????? lol

balcony girls · Post by **balcony girls** » April 11, 2005 1:03 pm

mermaidindisguise wrote:I love rugby!!!
ofcourse I tore my acl/mcl - but it was not an "official" game

I played wing and scrum half... (back in the day)

would love to see a real game again...

If I were the marrying kind, I thank the lord I'm not sir..... Why doesn't Jimmy cover any rugby songs????? lol

hey MiD. .

good to see ya again. . .off topic . . .are you two planning on going to MOTM. . .there's room in "da" house, ya know. . . ! ! !

and you say Les is not married. . . hm-m-m-m. . . j/k

mermaidindisguise · Post by **mermaidindisguise** » April 11, 2005 2:35 pm

We would love to go - will have to talk about that tonight! Trying to plan vacation in June with the kids - my 20th class reuinion in October and a ski trip in Feb - But I have YET to go to MOTM!!!!!! So maybe we can squeeze it in!
That would be so much fun!!!!! pm me on the details of the house ($$$$)

balcony girls · Post by **balcony girls** » April 11, 2005 2:37 pm

mermaidindisguise wrote:We would love to go - will have to talk about that tonight! Trying to plan vacation in June with the kids - my 20th class reuinion in October and a ski trip in Feb - But I have YET to go to MOTM!!!!!! So maybe we can squeeze it in!
That would be so much fun!!!!! pm me on the details of the house ($$$$)

public info on the last 2 pages of MOTM thread. . .I know DKB and Quint would just FLIP . . . and it looks like there's still room . .

lorilovv · Post by **lorilovv** » April 11, 2005 3:35 pm

ohmygosh!!! Les and Meg at MOTM? What fun!

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » April 11, 2005 3:45 pm

land_shark3 wrote:
OceanCityGirl wrote:I love watching Rugby and LaCrosse. Gotta admit you got big cajones to play Rugby.
For me, it just took the promise of Bundy Rum or XXXX.

Up and UNDER!!!!!!!

weirdo0521 · Post by **weirdo0521** » April 11, 2005 3:57 pm

My team in Nothern Ireland in '98

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » April 11, 2005 4:09 pm

Megan, I love the songs, too . . .

"A lady came in for a ruler
(A ruler from the store!)
A ruler she wanted,
(TWELVE INCHES SHE GOT!)
I don't shop there anymore . . ."

creeky · Post by **creeky** » April 11, 2005 4:43 pm

OK .... they are ALL rugby league clips - Australian Rugby League (different to what you know as rugby).

Did you hear me in the first clip

- I was there - just over to the right - just off screen

The first clip - the blue and red side - is my beloved Newcastle Knights (they are later in there as well) and the player doing the tackle is the "Chief" - who I get most excited about these days when I see him at least weekly at his restuarant near my office ... WHAT A BODY!!!

I go to my first home game of the season this sunday - WOOHOO!!!

PHBeerman · Post by **PHBeerman** » April 11, 2005 4:44 pm

Being a former Rugby player, I can tell you what I didn't love as I got closer to 30.....Recovery time.

My old team tried to get me to come out of retirement this year, I cannot believe that I thought about it.

creeky · Post by **creeky** » April 11, 2005 4:45 pm

Rugby is boring - why they invented Rugby League in the early 1900's

PHBeerman · Post by **PHBeerman** » April 11, 2005 4:47 pm

creeky wrote:Rugby is boring - why they invented Rugby League in the early 1900's

I thought that was because the Aussies could not understand the rules to real rugby.

weirdo0521 · Post by **weirdo0521** » April 11, 2005 4:47 pm

land_shark3 wrote:A friend of mine called me last night because he broke his collar bone playing soccer. That got me thinking about some of the sports I've played and never got injured. (knocking on wood)

Here is a little clip of the joy that is Rugby. However, most of these clips are Union and I prefer League, its still pretty amazing.

http://www.big-boys.com/articles/rugbyhits.html

I just watched the clip....It looked like the were all Rugby League to me

creeky · Post by **creeky** » April 11, 2005 4:49 pm

PHBeerman wrote:
creeky wrote:Rugby is boring - why they invented Rugby League in the early 1900's
I thought that was because the Aussies could not understand the rules to real rugby.

I do believe we have won the world championships a few times - so we got the rules worked out

(there arent any are they? just fall on top of each other is the main rule of thugby!)

weirdo0521 · Post by **weirdo0521** » April 11, 2005 4:49 pm

creeky wrote:Rugby is boring - why they invented Rugby League in the early 1900's

Didn't it have more to do with pro/amateur status?

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