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Grant Nelson Send message Joined: 7 May 12 Posts: 8022 Credit: 4,237,757 RAC: 0 |
I have only seen a few teams play Rugby here but have watched it on TV. I can say one thing I would like to see more of it here. |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19012 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
I not sure I'm seeing this. Does this mean that in the near future we might have a decent conversation with our cousins across the pond that includes the words backs, wings, locks and hookers. |
Scarecrow Send message Joined: 15 Jul 00 Posts: 4520 Credit: 486,601 RAC: 0 |
I not sure I'm seeing this. Does this mean that in the near future we might have a decent conversation with our cousins across the pond that includes the words backs, wings, locks and hookers. Heck, I could talk to you at length about backs and hookers right here and now. But it would have absolutely nothing to do with Rugby. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
I not sure I'm seeing this. Does this mean that in the near future we might have a decent conversation with our cousins across the pond that includes the words backs, wings, locks and hookers. Plus wings and locks, if one wants to stretch it some... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
MMM guys, you are skirting the line here. Let's get back to Rugby please. Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
MMM guys, you are skirting the line here. Let's get back to Rugby please. Yes Mam. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19012 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Back on track after that deviation, the only place I know in the US that has regular Rugby reports is NY Times, Global sports page, you have to scroll down a little. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Back on track after that deviation, the only place I know in the US that has regular Rugby reports is NY Times, Global sports page, you have to scroll down a little. Well no matter what, like any new sport, it'll take a while to take off, if ever that is, but We'll see. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
Sorry Vic, but Rugby is old. Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Sorry Vic, but Rugby is old. Ok, but so far the game only exists down to the collage level and no lower, according to the wiki... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19012 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Sorry Vic, but Rugby is old. The kids in the US play a non-contact version called Flag Rugby. Possibly because a scrumb might be regarded as too dangerous. There have been deaths and broken spines due to collapsed scrumbs and because it is so densly packed it is not easy to supervise and referee. Not unknown for punches to be thrown, biting of ears or gouging of eyes etc to occur within the scrumb. And in a loose scrumb you can also get hacking or raking by those standing on the people underneath with their studded boots. |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34041 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Sorry Vic, but Rugby is old. Football players over here in addition to their body armor will wear cleated shoes when it's appropriate... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
rugby= american football with a bigger ball and no padding. Its a very dangerous sport In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
When I ws stationed in San Diego in the 1980s and '90s, I spent much time in a British pub called The Princess of Wales, on India street in the Little Italy area. There were several amatuer Rugby teams that hung out there after the games. Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22158 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
An old saying goes something like this- Football (soccer for those on the wrong side of the Atlantic) is a game for gents played by thugs, while rugby is a game for thugs played by gents. In rugby there is one law (there are no rules, only laws) that you never break - do not argue with the referee, not only will you incur his wrath, you will also incur the wrath of the other 29 players on the field (or 27 if you are playing the other code). Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34041 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Grant Nelson Send message Joined: 7 May 12 Posts: 8022 Credit: 4,237,757 RAC: 0 |
[b]One thing about rugby it has more action than football. I'm not cutting down football at all I just like the way rugby plays. |
Grant Nelson Send message Joined: 7 May 12 Posts: 8022 Credit: 4,237,757 RAC: 0 |
Makes you want you stay their of the way doesn't it? |
Grant Nelson Send message Joined: 7 May 12 Posts: 8022 Credit: 4,237,757 RAC: 0 |
Rugby is very big in Aus. and New Zealand, back in the 1800 the coal miners played a form of it here also. |
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