In reply to Hasbro:
Whats it like standing across from the Haka??
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March 16, 2011 5:53 p.m. monark192 Reader
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March 16, 2011 5:58 p.m. Hasbro HalfDork
Xceler8x wrote:
Hasbro wrote:
One of the biggest highlights of my rugby career was playing against the All Blacks (B team). My brother's team, the WestChester Rugby Club, needed a winger and I drove up from Philly to play. I was 18 and traded my brother's shirt for my opponents. What a thrill. Their finesse was beautiful to watch, especially their kicks.
You played the All Blacks?! Whoa. And lived to tell about it?!
Great highlight film here. Wallabies V. All Blacks 2000. Beats the hell out of watching the NFL imo.
Our B team actually won. Their A team won handily. Sitting in a Manhattan pub after the game with the All Blacks shirt on and hanging around with them - wow. Guess what I wore to school Monday!
We were undefeated for two years and played mostly against college and club teams as there weren't many teams around let alone high school teams. Thought we were pretty bad ass and then we went to Wales and took quite a beating, 2 for 4. They knew how to kick. They would run at you, kick over you, and often caught their own kicks. We'd never seen anything like it. While we were there we saw Wales play England in Cardiff. Those fans were down right scary.
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March 16, 2011 6:07 p.m. Hasbro HalfDork
monark192 wrote:
You know, I don't remember it. I do remember my opponent winger was bigger than I felt was necessary....In reply to Hasbro:
Whats it like standing across from the Haka??
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March 17, 2011 11:51 a.m. Xceler8x SuperDork
Hasbro wrote:
You know, I don't remember it. I do remember my opponent winger was bigger than I felt was necessary....
Yeah. Whassup with that? All those guys have no necks. Just head shape lumps laying on their freakishly large shoulders. I want to make friends with them and then go start fights in bars. I'll be the one hiding under the table.
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March 17, 2011 12:45 p.m. Appleseed SuperDork
When I was young and in grade school in Montana, the only playground rule was no rugby. Should tell you something there.
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March 17, 2011 1:16 p.m. poopshovel SuperDork
driver109x wrote:
AngryCorvair wrote:
NickF40 wrote:
arrgh why is Beckham the only soccer player they know
Pele?
Maradona?
Pretty sure Madonna's the pop star that Lady Gaga dude modelled himself after.
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March 17, 2011 1:21 p.m. Appleseed SuperDork
MARADONAAAAA!!!
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March 17, 2011 5:54 p.m. aussiesmg SuperDork
Brett_Murphy wrote:
Since you can't pass the ball forward in rugby, the dynamics of the field are a lot different. Aside from kicks, there are very few times when somebody is going to be looking upwards, leaving themselves unprotected.
Ad in these two things:
More people on the field
aside from kicks as noted above, due to the dynamics of the game, the opposing tackler isn't going to be running full tilt at someone as often to lay a huge hit
The tackler still has to try and wrap on the tackle. You just can't throw your shoulder or head into someone and collide with them.
Contrast that to the NFL, where none of those conditions are true.
That said the worst injury I ever saw when playing rugby was a skull fracture from two people going after a loose ball on the ground. A helmet would have certainly helped with that.
That's awesome dude, except if you actually watched the links I put in, its not RUGBY either....sheesh
AFL or Australian Rules Football, and your argument now means nothing
Helmets are for motorsport not a game of ball.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIOvSv9Q1Gk&feature=fvst
For the cheap seats
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March 17, 2011 5:56 p.m. aussiesmg SuperDork
poopshovel wrote:
Eh, whatever. HTFU, or go back to whatever kangaroo-berkeleyin penal-colony E36 M3 hole you came from.
Harden the berkeley up your blouse is showing
