Comments on: A Primer on Rugby: A Man’s Sport

By: Tj

Tj — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:33:04 +0000

The fluidity of rugby and mental aspects of rugby are what I believe make it a gentlemens game. With only the captain being able to address the ref and only by “sir.”
Also, taking the coaches out of it for the most part make me really enjoy playing and watching the game. With the last practice before a game run by the captain and the players calling what happens on the field, it leaves no open oppurtunity to berate anyone else after.
To see the Haka live at a tri nations match (vs South Africa) was something to remember and then have the player show up to the Holy Grail in Christchurch after was even better.

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By: Jacob McPherson

Jacob McPherson — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:04:20 +0000

Ya I’ve played rugby on a team and it’s really fantastic. There is a feeling of camaraderie between the teams that you don’t see in any other sport. Traditionally after every game the two teams will either go to the pub together, or for the younger players they share some food and drink at the pitch.

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:20:02 +0000

When I played rugby in college it was explained to me on the first day that soccer is a gentleman’s game played by hooligans and rugby is a hooligan’s game played by gentlemen. Once I played the sport a little I gained a much greater understanding of the game and now it’s one of my favorite sports to watch even though it’s practically impossible to catch on TV here in the states unless you have ESPN 35 or whatever super premium channel it gets rarely shown on. One of my all time top sports watching expreiences occured two years ago when I was in Ireland and went to a pub outside of Dublin to watch Ireland play England in a Six Nations Tournament at Croke Park in Ireland. Croke Park was the site of an infamous massacre of Irish citizen by British soldiers in 1920. Needless to say it was very intense setting. In one of the most exciting games of any sport I’ve ever witnessed Ireland creamed England. I wish that rugby was bigger here in the states so I could watch more rugby rather than the one play and regroup for 10 minutes ass-draggery that is American Football.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:20:01 +0000

Rugby is by far the best sport ever made.

To answer the guy below me’s questions:

You’re not allowed to have blockers. What you do is drop your shoulder and put the tackler on his ass or you get drilled.. Simple as that. If you plow him over, you’ll have another guy shortly after you’ll need to do the same thing to. If you get taken to the deck, you get your ass back up and keep playing.

The rucks are the best part. My favourite trick is raking guys in the ribs and back with my steel cleats when they’re on the deck and covering the ball. Another regular occurance in the ruck is guys on the deck full on punching each other since the ref can’t see in.

Awesome game.

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By: Ian Jennings

Ian Jennings — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:08:37 +0000

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By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:29:53 +0000

GREAT post. Have been meaning to look into rugby for a long time, but never got around to it.

Does anyone know where online we can watch current matches streaming here in the US?

By: Kurt

Kurt — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:49:12 +0000

That video of Lomu is fantastic. He was a one-man wrecking crew.

By the way, rugby is one of the only sports that can track it’s origins precisely. The story goes that in 1823, in Rugby, England, William Webb-Ellis picked up football, and ran with it.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:00:54 +0000

Really glad this was posted, I’ve been trying to figure out rugby since visiting Australia and New Zealand two summers (or i guess winters in the southern hemisphere) ago. Never was able to get into sports back here in the states other than MMA. Football was confusing, baseball and basketball both got boring after the first 10 seconds, but this was actually entertaining, even not having a clue as to what was going on.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:17:52 +0000

A most excellent article. I played blindside flanker in high school and for my city team (winning the region that year), and was elected captain in HS as well. And although my first dislocation happened in a practice, and has fallen out almost 10 times since, I love the sport even though I can no longer play. The sport is big here in Canada, though that could be due to our strong ties back to the Commonwealth. Much more fun than American Football.

By: Dion

Dion — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:03:54 +0000

I have played rugby of both varieties (i live in Aus), and i have come to the following conclusions:

Union is a thugs game played by gentlemen. There are a plethora of legal ways to hurt a guy to your hearts content, and it is fun to rip a guy to the ground then legally stomp his head in when he doesn’t let go of the ball (yes i have done this), but as a general rule the guys who play it are really nice, traditionally from upper class families. But i don’t understand how i managed to screw both my shoulders completely in just two seasons. Oh well.

League is a gentleman’s game played by thugs. It is a lot more structured with more rules to protect the player, but the hits are usually bigger with more head injuries. The players, however, are stereotypically and unruly bunch of beer-swilling, working class meatheads, who play the game because its easier to understand than union. That being said, it is an awesome game to watch, especially the State of Origin games, which players who started out in the states of Queensland and New South Wales battle it out for blood. These three games are watch more than any other league games, and if you only watch one game your whole life, make sure its and Origin decider.

That’s rugby from the mind of an Aussie youngster.

By: Ian Jennings

Ian Jennings — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:38:55 +0000

Nice article! But one quibble – passes don’t have to go backwards. They just may not go forwards. So if they’re judged absolutely flat (ie “lateral”, in American), they’re ok.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:36:00 +0000

Great article, best one on rugby i’ve seen in a long time.
The sport is one if the most dangerous as well, a few of my good friends play it, they regularly break or injure themselves, but continue to play. The players are some of the most disciplined for any sport. For that, i salute them, i was always rubbish at it, but its a great watch!