Is Rugby Boring?

[*The*Field*Marshall* 674]

Action packed game, second only to boxing! :-D

[paulf 820]

love the game myself and im hopeing to get to see my beloved Newport gwent dragons a few times this season...

[paulsmithy83 567]

I never used to watch it , but after watching my muka play I started to. I box for yrs with and without the gloves but f**k that rugby they smash the shit out each other. Just getting grips with the dam laws there loads and it do not seem consistant i watch few old clips and the size diff of player unreal. my muka a winger 15 odd stone stone juicer but some them old clips been put up them players look tiny compared to recent

I love give it ago but never played a game in me life haha

[WILF 47,859]

I used to play at school and loved it, but then again I loved all sports.

After school it was just football for me as the culture of rugby changed from just about winning games to it just being part of a Saturday piss up.

The focus wasn't so much on the sport as on drinking and playing silly bollocks bar games which wasn't for me I am afraid.

 

That said, I used to train one night a week with the local rugby club as it really improved your passing and movement for football !!

 

I got asked to play loads of times as rugby is pretty big local to me but I am afraid football for me cant be beaten for the sheer levels of skill

[zigzag dan 784]

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Not the best quailty picture, but Leicestershire County tour to Canada May 1995.

Nice picture Oss , my son is playing against Leicestershire u18s for Warwickshire next week , we just beat them last season 34-28 , at Hinckley , was a good game , looking forward to it .

Edited September 11, 2013 by zigzag dan

[dodger 2,765]

Love it League that is, proper game, I done mind watching union if international but just way to much kicking involved in union..union a tiffs game lol

[Malt 379]

Love it League that is, proper game, I done mind watching union if international but just way to much kicking involved in union..union a tiffs game lol

Not in Wales!

[Ossie n Arch 1,682]

 

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Not the best quailty picture, but Leicestershire County tour to Canada May 1995.

Nice picture Oss , my son is playing against Leicestershire u18s for Warwickshire next week , we just beat them last season 34-28 , at Hinckley , was a good game , looking forward to it .

 

 

 

When and where's the game at Dan ??

[Wales1234 5,560]

There is certainly a diffrence when playing rugby in the welsh vallys played up and down the uk but playing a in the valleys is a tough old game

[bobby blackheart 1,209]

always enjoyed playing from juniors to secondary school-played in the old arms park-88/89 and again in 90/91-but never a fan of the social scene after-can honestly say that i havent sat down and watched a game since around 97-my way of thinking is when the rugbys on-i get to walk the land unhinded atb

[zigzag dan 784]

 

 

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Not the best quailty picture, but Leicestershire County tour to Canada May 1995.

Nice picture Oss , my son is playing against Leicestershire u18s for Warwickshire next week , we just beat them last season 34-28 , at Hinckley , was a good game , looking forward to it .

 

 

 

When and where's the game at Dan ??

 

Oss , its at Rugby Lions ground on Weds 18th , both teams will use it to look at their squads for the up and coming Midlands Championships , we will play Staffs next then Nth Mids , then East Mids , the games are used by selectors to pick a Midlands squad after this then an England u18s after that .My lad was approached by Midlands at the Hinckley game to tell him he was on their radar , although , due to his build of 17st but only 6ft , they suggested he moved from the backrow to prop , hes not keen but may have no alternative !

[Ossie n Arch 1,682]

I'd have loved to have played Prop or Hooker. The only true 1 on 1 with you opposite number in Rugby, but in my day i was too tall. I did try it out one game when our Hooker went to the wrong ground one night and i stepped in. Fu*k me was i pis*ed on.

 

 

Wish him all the best from me and i hope he goes as far in his Rugby career as he wants to.

[the_stig 6,614]

arch----did you ever come across the smith brothers ---- les,tom,and steve , they played in and around your area 70s/80s ..all 3 played in same team cant remember which though..

Edited September 11, 2013 by the_stig

[TOMO 26,901]

 

 

 

IMG_0169.jpg

 

 

Not the best quailty picture, but Leicestershire County tour to Canada May 1995.

 

Nice picture Oss , my son is playing against Leicestershire u18s for Warwickshire next week , we just beat them last season 34-28 , at Hinckley , was a good game , looking forward to it .

 

When and where's the game at Dan ??

Oss , its at Rugby Lions ground on Weds 18th , both teams will use it to look at their squads for the up and coming Midlands Championships , we will play Staffs next then Nth Mids , then East Mids , the games are used by selectors to pick a Midlands squad after this then an England u18s after that .My lad was approached by Midlands at the Hinckley game to tell him he was on their radar , although , due to his build of 17st but only 6ft , they suggested he moved from the backrow to prop , hes not keen but may have no alternative !

Feck me is he that big already dan ,,,not long ago he was a tall lean gangly lad,, is he still doing the boxing as well?

[NEWKID 27,650]

Same as you Wilf, played a little at school, but I was a football man...

Over the last couple of years I've enjoyed watching the odd Exeter game though, and always enjoyed watching internationals...

I'm looking forward to the boys coming down for the Bath game, Ossie and Johnny can watch the game me and Stewie will meet them in the bar lol..