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

By: chnnak

chnnak — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:07:34 +0000

in rugby, we play for our brother at our left and right and for the fans at our back

By: Tealoha

Tealoha — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:45:23 +0000

Rugby isn’t only a guys sports, i’m a girl and I play rugby. Left wing to be exact ;)

By: cole

cole — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:22:30 +0000

Great article. I actually started playing rugby back in june at the age of 26 with no experience in team sports. The game and the strange social aspect of rugby is amazing.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 19 May 2010 10:01:53 +0000

Great Article. With regard to the “make it, take it” kick off rule, it might beworth pointing out that there are benefits to both kicking off and receiving, as the players on the side kicking off are obliged to stay behind the kicker until he has kicked, and the ball must travel a certain distance forwards for the kick to be legal and another restart to be avoided.

Although kickers will try to get a lot of “hang time” on the ball to give their players a chance to compete for posession imediately after a kick off (and of course to allow them to smash whoever does catch the ball if they don’t get it temselves) the normal result of a kick off is that the team receiving gets posession (good) in their own half (bad). The team kicking off therefore needs to secure a turnover before they have a chance of scoring.

In 12 years of playing, I’ve seen both receivers take the ball cleanly and run straight to a try, receivers hit so hard they drop the ball and allow the team kicking off to get two trie in twpo minutes and, perhaps most impressive of all, members of the team kicking off take the ball and run it straight under the posts.

By: benjamin indwale

benjamin indwale — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:10:00 +0000

wow this is the best game ever am a 8 man

By: S A

S A — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:01:18 +0000

You guys are obviously American!

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.