Slightly OT: Rugby

Daseal · 10-02-2004, 07:51 PM

I saw my first real Rugby game today. Two smaller colleges duking it out. How are these guys not completely brain damaged. I love it, but they wear helmets that look like Super Bowl II gear supposedly to keep their ears from being ripped off in a scrum.

It's an interesting game and worth a watch if you're near a college campus. Just thought it was interesting. We kinda played in Soccer practice since our coach was an ex-South African player, but it was insane to see these guys play. Not to mention half of them are already drunk before they take the field.

Brute44 · 10-02-2004, 08:28 PM

Now thats my kinda game.

JoeRedskin · 10-02-2004, 10:10 PM

I played it in college - U of M. I was a second rower and sometimes wing. It is great fun. exhausting but fun. Broke a guy's leg, another's nose, another's arm and caused two concussions; in return, I had about 2 or 3 black eyes myself. All legal hits - I wasn't TRYING to injure anybody - but if you don't play harder than the other guy, you're the one with the broken bones.

It was great fun.

After one Navy UM game, (and my memory may be a bit faded) I think about 80 guys went through 10 kegs in under 2 hours. I am not that's right, but I just know we went through an insane amount of beer in a very short time.

RUGBY PLAYERS EAT THEIR DEAD!

Daseal · 10-02-2004, 10:20 PM

Yeah, I've attended a few "Rugby Socials" watched the guys drink out of a shoe and sing crazy songs. I'm still not exactly sure of the rules, but I almost had them by the end of the match.

MTK · 10-03-2004, 12:08 AM

I used to hang out with a bunch of the rugby guys at school. They were always trying to recruit me to come play, which I was down with but what I wasn't down with was their parties which got a little 'hairy' shall I say. For some reason guys always ended up naked from what I heard.

They were a crazy bunch, but good to have on your side if you weren't in a frat. Nobody F'd with the ruby guys that's for sure.

hank64 · 10-03-2004, 12:17 AM

Played in high school. I think the British put it best: Football (soccer) is a noble sport played by savages and rugby is a savage sport played by noblemen.

JoeRedskin · 10-03-2004, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I used to hang out with a bunch of the rugby guys at school. They were always trying to recruit me to come play, which I was down with but what I wasn't down with was their parties which got a little 'hairy' shall I say. For some reason guys always ended up naked from what I heard.

Yeah. After one game, I ended up doing "Beer Slides" in the nude. Me and one other guy leaping chairs and sliding into bottles on grass covered in beer.

I have matured since then.

MTK · 10-03-2004, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

Yeah. After one game, I ended up doing "Beer Slides" in the nude. Me and one other guy leaping chairs and sliding into bottles on grass covered in beer.

I have matured since then.

What is it with rugby guys and getting naked?

I'll never understand

JoeRedskin · 10-06-2004, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Mattyk72

What is it with rugby guys and getting naked?

I'll never understand

Did you read the part about the 10 kegs of beer??

MTK · 10-06-2004, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

Did you read the part about the 10 kegs of beer??

LOL I've been to plenty of parties where mass amounts of alcohol are consumed but getting butt-naked, doing crack shots and shooting the boot never came into the picture.

Daseal · 10-03-2004, 01:20 AM

Shame to hear, JoeRedskin. Could make for some interesting tailgating outside of Fedex

aehs77 · 10-03-2004, 01:55 AM

i played last summer in an atempt to stay in football shape. aftermy first concussion my football coach told me it was time to stop. but i remember my first match there was a guy named chops that would chug a beer at every stoppage of play.

10-02-2004, 07:51 PM	#1
Daseal Puppy Kicker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arlington, Virginia Age: 41 Posts: 8,341	Slightly OT: Rugby I saw my first real Rugby game today. Two smaller colleges duking it out. How are these guys not completely brain damaged. I love it, but they wear helmets that look like Super Bowl II gear supposedly to keep their ears from being ripped off in a scrum. It's an interesting game and worth a watch if you're near a college campus. Just thought it was interesting. We kinda played in Soccer practice since our coach was an ex-South African player, but it was insane to see these guys play. Not to mention half of them are already drunk before they take the field.

10-02-2004, 08:28 PM	#2
Brute44 Camp Scrub Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 62	Now thats my kinda game.

10-02-2004, 10:10 PM	#3
JoeRedskin Contains football related knowledge Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Second Star On The Right Age: 62 Posts: 10,401	I played it in college - U of M. I was a second rower and sometimes wing. It is great fun. exhausting but fun. Broke a guy's leg, another's nose, another's arm and caused two concussions; in return, I had about 2 or 3 black eyes myself. All legal hits - I wasn't TRYING to injure anybody - but if you don't play harder than the other guy, you're the one with the broken bones. It was great fun. After one Navy UM game, (and my memory may be a bit faded) I think about 80 guys went through 10 kegs in under 2 hours. I am not that's right, but I just know we went through an insane amount of beer in a very short time. RUGBY PLAYERS EAT THEIR DEAD!

10-02-2004, 10:20 PM	#4
Daseal Puppy Kicker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arlington, Virginia Age: 41 Posts: 8,341	Yeah, I've attended a few "Rugby Socials" watched the guys drink out of a shoe and sing crazy songs. I'm still not exactly sure of the rules, but I almost had them by the end of the match.

10-03-2004, 12:08 AM	#5
MTK \m/ Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: NY Age: 52 Posts: 99,573	I used to hang out with a bunch of the rugby guys at school. They were always trying to recruit me to come play, which I was down with but what I wasn't down with was their parties which got a little 'hairy' shall I say. For some reason guys always ended up naked from what I heard. They were a crazy bunch, but good to have on your side if you weren't in a frat. Nobody F'd with the ruby guys that's for sure.

10-03-2004, 12:17 AM	#6
hank64 Camp Scrub Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Centreville, VA Posts: 63	Played in high school. I think the British put it best: Football (soccer) is a noble sport played by savages and rugby is a savage sport played by noblemen.

10-03-2004, 01:20 AM	#11
Daseal Puppy Kicker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arlington, Virginia Age: 41 Posts: 8,341	Shame to hear, JoeRedskin. Could make for some interesting tailgating outside of Fedex

10-03-2004, 01:55 AM	#12
aehs77 Special Teams Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: silver spring Age: 39 Posts: 486	i played last summer in an atempt to stay in football shape. aftermy first concussion my football coach told me it was time to stop. but i remember my first match there was a guy named chops that would chug a beer at every stoppage of play.

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