Rugby

[Neil Young]

I live near Rugby. I wouldn't ignore you if you came round for a coffee

Thanks, I'll be round tomorrow. Mid-morning OK for you?





Can anyone tell me - have I pulled?

[Mumsafan]

Thanks, I'll be round tomorrow. Mid-morning OK for you?





Can anyone tell me - have I pulled?

No you haven't!

[Neil Young]

More bikes needed if you ask me.

And today we have live coverage of Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico. Inevitably they clash and I can't record one while watching the other. What to do, what to do?

[Neil Young]

No you haven't!

We'll see.

About 11, OK?

[Slim]

Ooooooh Mums and Neil have a date! Be sure and bring some biccies round Neil!

[Neil Young]

Ooooooh Mums and Neil have a date! Be sure and bring some biccies round Neil!

Insert joke about chocolate fingers

[Red_Polo]

No you haven't!

We'll see.

About 11, OK?

[Red Chilli]

Shaggy is definitely on a wind up

[The incredible igor]

Rugby is ****ing ****.

a) Nobody actually follows a rugby team. Sure they follow the national side, but how many diehard 'Wasps' fans do you get that follow the team home and away ? None. Munster

b) It's too middle class. say that in limerick

c) There's little or no skill in the game. Apart from kicking the ball ironically. true in comparison to football, but hurling make football look like tiddly winks

d) ***** like Jeremy Clarkson are rugby 'fans'. he's english so what do you expect

e) Nobody really *cares* who wins and who loses, it's more of a 'tally-ho' approach in defeat.

f) The rules are **** and make less sense than cricket. still easier to explain to a girl than the offside rule.

g) The video replays are ****ing ****e. i disagree although some refs use them too much

h) Every **** and dog claimed to be a rugby fan when England won the World Cup. don't worry that won't be happening again any time soon

i) Rugby players take the moral highground on loads of issues then go and stamp on someone's face. and footballers are such angels

[Shaggy]

Shaggy is definitely on a wind up

Nope.

[Rocket]

Rugby players aren't as talented as footballers - agreed

Liverpool crowd is louder than the welsh rugby crowd

i prefer watching football

but there is one big difference between watching football and rugby

when in Cardiff, on charity shield day, a little 15 year old scouse **** with a tash, doesn't try to pick a fight with me because i'm an "out of towner".

[disco]

Oh the irony. "You wouldn't call a 21 stone bloke called 'Barrie' a fat c*nt" - oh yes I would. Bearing down on me? He'd never ****ing catch me.

Er, most of them ****ing would. Nowadays they're ridiculous athletes.

[Shaggy]

Rugby players aren't as talented as footballers - agreed

Liverpool crowd is louder than the welsh rugby crowd

i prefer watching football

but there is one big difference behind watching football and rugby

when in Cardiff, on charity shield day, a little 15 year old scouse **** with a tash, doesn't try to pick a fight with me because i'm an "out of towner".

Your last paragraph doesn't quite make sense but I think I know what you mean. One of the best things about football (mass, universal appeal) is also one of the worst - in that it attracts many lowlives. Rugby would never appeal to your average scally, and it's probably fair to say the crowds are altogether a more decent bunch.

That said, it's not all "bravo, old boy, bravo!". Put them all in a rugby club on a Saturday night and they behave like animals. I've been there and seen it. All that macho bravado is bound to spill over, usually amid scenes of chest-beating drinking competitions.

[Shaggy]

Er, most of them ****ing would. Nowadays they're ridiculous athletes.

You mean marginally less unprofessional than they once were.

You're more likely to come across a homosexual ant than you are a tee-total rugby player.

They're powerhouses, aye, and you get your genuinely pacey exceptions (Offiah, Underwood etc), but I do laugh when I see some 20 stone trundler referred to as "speedy" by the likes of 'Jerry' Guscott.

[kendoddsdadsdogsdead]

You mean marginally less unprofessional than they once were.

You're more likely to come across a homosexual ant than you are a tee-total rugby player.

They're powerhouses, aye, and you get your genuinely pacey exceptions (Offiah, Underwood etc), but I do laugh when I see some 20 stone trundler referred to as "speedy" by the likes of 'Jerry' Guscott.

Hence me not fitting in when I played club rugby.