Rugby - Call it a sport?

[jimslip]

I mean to say, rival fans not segregated? Wot a bunch a poofs! I mean what d'ya go to a fucking foreign country for? To 'ave a punch up and kick in a few windows, oh yeah and cheer on E-n-g-a-l-a-n-d. I mean look at em', the sarth africans and da England supporters all having a drink together in a bar, without even one punch being thrown? I mean us footy lot would have engaged 'em in a massive kickin' immediately and then smashed the bar up! I mean wot you gotta understand is it just ain't sportsmanlike to, not want to kick the shit out of 1/ Foreigners and 2/ The other team. So we need to get back to our sporting roots. If I 'ad my way, all the rugby fans would have been issued with axes and crates of Tennants Extra when they arrived at Calais. Cor can you imagine us footy lot with axes and crates of Tennants? It would be a fucking blood-bath!

[stripeysydney]

It's not exactly an exciting sport is it, one of the most booooooring games on the planet, there's no wonder there is no malevolent violence amongst the Julian's and Boris'es in the crowd (bloody good chaps though); and for f***s sake can they think of something else to sing instead of that bloody song. Argh!

I wonder if they could rechristen the England team to the Home Counties team, I happened to peruse where they hail from, and apart from an educated scouser, the rest are definitely home counties.

But then again, I am a fan of the Rugby League code, possibly coming from the North of England perhaps that is understandable.

[jimslip]

Also how come there are no black guys in the South African side, bit odd since the country has a population of 38 million blacks and 3 million whites!

[Trumpton]

Another black player in the Springboks side is JP Pietersen.

Since majority rule in SA all their sports teams must include a certain number of black players.

[Trumpton]

stripeysydney wrote:

> But then again, I am a fan of the Rugby League code, possibly
> coming from the North of England perhaps that is
> understandable.

A big day in RL also as the Northern Union take on the All Golds in the centenary match at Warrington.

[laralatex]

Jims only started supporting the rugby from 9am this morning so cut him some slack guys !laugh!

[Pervert]

On the very first Comic Relief night, there was a wonderful sketch with Nicholas Lyndhurst as a public schoolboy trying to explain to his chums hos to play this new game he'd discovered at Rugby.

At "And then I stick my head between his legs," one of the toffs was heard to say, "Steady on---this isn't Charterhouse!"

If we're talking gay sports, though----professional wrestling? Men in lycra? WTF is all that about, then?