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Sorry Sir.
I once played a match with a female referee, she insisted we call her Sir to avoid confusion, for some reason everyone could grasp it other than our coach. The funniest Rugby match of my life.
It's a hooligans game, played by gentlemen.
Edit: Oh boy rugby on the front page, it's nice to see that a fair few people enjoy the sport that is often overlooked in favour of Football.
Cyberpunk262
I played for just over a decade, loved the fact that what happened on the pitch stayed there, then we bought each other a pint and laughed
youwintheinternet
I had a rugby player on my cycling team. He'd always show up to races in khakis and a polo. Rugby is definitely gentlemanly.
WhatDoesItAllMeanMrNatural
Bumper sticker on my '78 Camaro "Rugby Players Eat Their Dead."
ThatOneRugbyGuy
YES RUGBY ON THE FRONT PAGE IM KINDA RELEVANT cheers to all you hooligans
MrFnortner
I am switching my TV viewing from gridiron football to rugby (union) football. A much better and fun-to-watch game.
johnnylobes
When the Sevens tournament comes to Vegas I love it. The fans from all over the world are the best part. Never seen a fight in the stands.
HotToTheDogs
I find when it's not an important game and the fans are much more relaxed and drunk, it's one of the best times you can have 1/2
HotToTheDogs
I've played games where we, the opposition and spectators were drunk and it is genuinely hilarious, dw, the games weren't league so 2/3
HotToTheDogs
No refs, No regulations etc etc
Goodmerlinpeen
A spectator ran on and tackled the ref in an international game once, both teams roughed him up before he was carted off, bleeding.
HotToTheDogs
Good, respect to the match officials are one of the key points to this sport, hence why we call them Sir.
HotToTheDogs
They could be younger than you, as I said could be a woman, either way we always call them Sir if they so wish.
DrzBa42
Played fullback for my school and U-13s for a while until cracked ribs on my left side (and a broken nose) got me benched. I miss those days
brassknucklenerd
For rugby fans and non-rugby fans alike: please treat yourselves to the treasure that is Nigel Owens https://youtu.be/GTaMYh1czgM
theseventhateightnine
Pt.1 Didn't understand why there wasn't as many injuries as football despite the lack of padding...The I learned the game a bit more...
theseventhateightnine
Pt.2 Admiral amount of sportsmanship involved in this game. 10/10 would get kids started on Rugby.
GoatMittens
isn't it a technique thing? American Footballers sometimes hit with their head and brute force tackle versus shoulder tackle in rugby?
theseventhateightnine
Yep a little bit, but there are also strict rules. Nothing allowed above the head, no dumping or spearing either. Accidents will happen pt.1
theseventhateightnine
But the rules are heavily respected as penalties follow illegal tackles. Much like in football and hockey...it's a neat sport.
GoatMittens
I know the rugby side of things, I just wasn't sure about the americans. Thanks or the reply :)
LearnToMakeARouxImgur
FY HEN WLAD FY NHADAU etcetcetc. I am a welshman. There are two types of people here, rugby fans and disowned people
brassknucklenerd
Thank you for Nigel Owens.
LearnToMakeARouxImgur
cheers, birthing him hurt like hell. especially because I'm a man
brassknucklenerd
Worth it.
WolfOdinson
Bumper sticker on my car: "Rugby players eat their dead"
Denturedog
Was the reason the writer started the script for alive
WolfOdinson
Sinister lol
tighthead01
Ruck on, mate.
HotToTheDogs
Aye, nice name, loosehead myself!
tighthead01
I was pack forward (obvi) @ USA University and men's club. Best times of my life. Such amazing cameraderie.
Selerox
I know a few people who've played rugby. ALL of them have come away sith some kind of long term injury
HotToTheDogs
I have long term achilles damage, worth
Selerox
>> But it's still a great sport, played by (generally) nice people.
DeflatedFootballsCantMeltBradysDreams
Unless it's mental and I'm unaware I played for 10+ years and have no lasting damage.
TheFunkyCodingMonkey
You're actually now a brain in a jar experiencing the world through electrical stimuli.
HandsomeSwede
That’s gonna happen with any physical sport like rugby, soccer, American football, hockey etc.
bannyd
none of them have come away Jedi though?
rugbyref
Hoping that this mentality makes it over here to the States... I reckon we are at about 50% now. Still a lot of American Football parents...
HotToTheDogs
Hopefully! It's a growing sport, RL made it to Canada, Toronto Wolfpack doing well in our English Leagues
TurboStonr
After beating each other to a pulp, my favorite part has always been drinking with the other team afterwards. Oh, and the rugby songs!
Migotchi
Soccer: a gentleman’s game played by hooligans. Rugby: a hooligan’s game played by gentlemen.
butterflyninja
Jesus can't play rugby Cuz he's got holes in his hands!
LuigiVampaKingOfBandits
jesus can't play rugby 'cause he's only got twelve friends!
ImKimJongUnAndEverythingIsFine
I would watch rugby if I knew of a place/channel to watch it in the USA. The bits I’ve seen look quite fun
HotToTheDogs
Unfortunately can't help with a channel being from England, but there are a fair amount of matches on YouTube.
Sebas672010
If you’ve got cable you can use watch espn. they have a fair amount of rugby there including internationals and super rugby when in season.
WhoMeWorking
“I just think it’s rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of..." 1/
WhoMeWorking
“...protective gear just in order to play rugby.” --Rupert Giles (2/2)
WhoMeWorking
(regarding American Football)
o4kill
Ya know, maybe with a little less protective gear we wouldnt be so reckless and stop killing ourselves over a game.
shamanbaptist
This. Its counter intuitive, but the gear actually makes it far more dangerous.
joffaloff
Yes OP! get a real sport the the FP
whyisthisusernametaken
SomeRugbyGuy9
Not rugby, this is the AFL.
BottlelessGet
That’s Aussie rules football isn’t it?
oyeahcheese
LeftHandPanda
That's Aussie rules isn't it?
JustFeedMePieDammit
Yep.
SnugglyBurrick
Just looked up Aussie Rules, it's like a combo between Rugby and Gaelic. Neat!
Lizard2408
H'on the GAA
IamNotAnAlien
what happened there my friend asks
TimothyTRiG
Something that isn't rugby. (It's Aussie Rules Football.)
18Litre
The rules require them to shake hands. But neither of them are happy about it.
wizardofkek
Rugby: the sport of hooligans played by gentlemen. Football: the sport of gentlemen played by hooligans
BellaKiss
Not so many eye gouges or scrotum bites in footy though.
KharnApproves
For my fellow Americans: They're talking about the other football.
indianajonesv2
Until you see the rugby lads on the piss, then they're as hooligan as the rest
usernamenamesolongifyoutagmeinyourcommentyouwonthavemuchspace
The drinking culture is simultaneously the best and worst thing about being on a rugby team.
Welshglish
Lots of people are bad on the piss. Correlation is not causation.
DJcryaftersex
It’s hard to claim to be gentleman when someone’s drinking out of a boot with spit in I️t
WeHaveZeppelins
It's like American football but for men
ImSmallPleaseHoldMe
I used to play rugby, the best part aside from the game is that after a game we'd sit down with the other team for a drink
MelfsAcidArrow
Club life is best life. Boot!
sparklewyrm
In the immortal words of our scrumhalf's bottle opener keychain: "My drinking team has a rugby problem."
Electrogourd
Thats what we say of our team :)
mharve26
Or 12.
FreudianLisp
“Sit down” haha - I don’t recall much sitting down from my post-match pubs...
DJcryaftersex
I’m playing in college right now and my friends don’t understand how we drink together after beating the shit out of each other for 80 mins
HotToTheDogs
We used to go to the pub too, nowt beats a pint after beating 10 shades of shit out of each other
CanadaEhBuddy
Still do!
Wormbo2
"Do it on the field boys, the pub charges us for lights knocked out!"
Hummingbirdbandit
I used to love going out with my sparring competitors. Taekwondo instead of rugby, but we def kicked the shit out of each other!
borgmaster
Rugby seems like one of those games where the fight is the game and by the time the games over no one wants to keep fighting.
idontknowyoufromadam
Hear, hear!
porciniman
That's cause in Rugby, they don't have KneeBros !!
justlivinthedream
Ah, and the rugby songs, they were the best: "I met a dead whore by the roadside, I knew God damn well she was dead ..."
MelfsAcidArrow
For the skin on her stomach was flaming, and she hadn’t a hair on her head, her head!
justlivinthedream
...oh bring back, oh bring back, oh bring back that dead whore to me, to me ...
ButtonsAreForPushing
...upon thinking it over, I realized my terrible sin....
Trogglehumper
My eldest started playing at eleven,in his fourth year now and loves every second of it as do I as a spectator.
feanoreldar
Started at 5yrs old, about to start training for my 36th back to back season. Never had a serious injury.
MADhouse64
Do you worry about CTE (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy)? I wouldn't let me son play football. I thought Rugby was even rougher?
Trogglehumper
There is risk associated with nearly all field sports but with the correct training and coaching staff these can be kept to a minimum.
HotToTheDogs
I started young, I think it helped me so much with confidence and team building etc
ArchangelValkyrie
Pretty sure you get a massive pain tolerance playing it too. I've watched pro players shrug off the most grievous looking wounds D:
Hammerdiddlestrokemyfiddle
I can attest to this. I've popped my shoulder back in four times over the years. The first time hurt like hell but the others not so much.
Kabba
Because his dad will moer him if he finds his son being rude.
WillNeverPost
Hello fellow South African
Kabba
Lekker dag vir jou!
goodolgeorgecastanza
Hello other fellow South African
AsddaBluejay
Ayyyy you an Afrikaaner?
Kabba
Yep :)
AsddaBluejay
Awesome, aangename kennis. Bly jy (Oom/Tannie?) in SA of oorsee? Askies as my Afrikaans spelling snaaks is, ek het oorsee groed geword
thisisanoriginalusernameithink
This.
Koravel34
I remember in college our rugby team went up against Ohio State's "B" squad, (and got the shit kicked out of them). Our RA who was on the
Koravel34
team called us and said, "Hey we're at the hospital and we're wondering if anyone wants to join the team for the next game."
Koravel34
Turns out we had like six people get hurt enough that they required medical attention including two broken legs.
Koravel34
And the guy was brushing it off like it was nothing and what's more asking if anyone else wants to play next game.
Koravel34
Rugby people are crazy, man.
HotToTheDogs
Sure sounds like ruggers! ;)
dutchmuppet
Which is why you can drink beer on the stands, can stand next to a supporter of the opposite team and hardly any police presence. Love it!
usernamenamesolongifyoutagmeinyourcommentyouwonthavemuchspace
you could get into a full fight and most of time only come away with a warning. Swearing/disrespect the ref was usually an instant red card
Digsby
Not to mention kick the shit into your opposite man on the field, then grab a pint with him in the rugby club afterwards.
dutchmuppet
And the supporters join in as well in the drinking! Always a big party.
LordGODMemester
That's because you and OP are the only ones there. Also we should just call it super hardcore lacrosse.
dutchmuppet
If only! Twickenham stadium - Home if English rugby seats 82,000...
zfournier16
If sports had this level of class in america i might actually watch them lol
rossimus
A game made by and for aristocrats.
IsaacYoung123
And here I sit in my council house fucking loving it
EddyWantok
Yeah nah mate
rossimus
History is your friend, mate.
paulus1978
Exactly. I watched my team get thumped,and the opposition supporter next to me said "nevermind mate, i'll buy you a pint to commiserate you"
fr1080f
Because majority of the audience is still trying to figure out how the rules work.
EddyWantok
The ruck an scrum maybe, everything else is easy
dutchmuppet
Lol!
VinnieJonesDiary
Really? I'm not that big into sport but I've always found rugby really easy to follow.
00ImBatman00
Played for 13 years in Texas, just retired this year.. So much fun, but so taxing on your body. Love being a rugger!!
ItsNotASchoonerItsASailboat
Sounds like hockey :)
mirhagk
Hockey is inside a closed arena so yelling is much louder and as a result people can get very mad
EddyWantok
Having played both, they are very similar in attitude. What happens in the game stays out on the field (ice). There are of course exceptions
MothMonsterMan
Plus it's too cold to start any shit.
baronnapalm
*cough* Vancouver riots *cough*
ItsNotASchoonerItsASailboat
Touchè, sounds like hockey everywhere but Vancouver, haha
moleunion
ItsNotASchoonerItsASailboat
Except for that one dick fan. Tie Domi is a dick too, but justifiably here haha
Cheeky0ne
Tie Domi?
ItsNotASchoonerItsASailboat
Of course
DinoKebab
Same for Cricket... In fact I'd argue that its only football where you don't get that in the UK.
FightDirty
Did security on several world cup matches. Amazing crowds, amazing atmosphere, one of the better jobs I had. Rugby 7s however can fuck off.
dutchmuppet
Actually. I loved watching the women’s rugby 7 at the last olympics! Made me all warm and fuzzy! ;)
FightDirty
Oh the sport is fine. Here in NZ the 7s tournament is an excuse for the whole city to lose it's goddamn mind.
dutchmuppet
Ah ok.
MarioPoppins
Interesting, I wonder if this is because the outlet for aggression happens on the filed whereas with soccer the players have to restrain it
EddyWantok
That's my take on it
MarioPoppins
Maybe the purging isn't such a bad idea then
EddyWantok
Yah what now?
MarioPoppins
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2184339/. *The purge.Everyone has 12 hours to commit any crime they want in order to prevent crime
DrYoloMcSwagmasterIIIEsq
Sounds like the vast majority of sports
IsaacYoung123
Not many sports in which physical aggression is used have gentlemanly conduct as a matter of course
DrYoloMcSwagmasterIIIEsq
Soccer is literally the only sport I know of that has routine violence/disorder in the stands. The majority of sports don't.
EddyWantok
I think the point is more about the players. We call the ump Sir to his face in Aussie rules, and both codes of Rugby.
DrYoloMcSwagmasterIIIEsq
The comment is about the fans, unless you think players regularly leave the pitch and hang out in the stands during games
whoopsywoo
Yet ive seen soccer hooligans riot at the drop of a hat
mrread55
DID YOU JUST BREATH IN MY GENERAL DIRECTION?! *fight breaks out*
Omny
"HEY! YOU MADE ME DROP MY HAT, FUCKER!!!"
CatBlaster5000
"MY HAT!"
illbethere
I'm American and attended a Millwall vs QPR game this past Saturday. Craziest fans I've ever seen
TimothyTRiG
Millwall has a reputation.
LeftDownRightUp
Millwall are c*nts though. They get off on the fact everyone knows them to be c*nts so they play to the stereotype.
HotToTheDogs
I'm from Leeds, when Leeds Utd + Millwall clash it's a guaranteed shitshow
Pominator91
I worked security at Elland Road for 2 years, North Stand bar... I have seen more blood than my lads who stayed on at Carleton barracks
CongratsYouAreHereNow
two plus two is four, minus one is three @OP
Hammerdiddlestrokemyfiddle
From Leeds myself. My old man was a member of the service crew. I watched him beat a Man United fan with a brick just for looking at him.
EddyWantok
Class!
blakeatwork
Milwall fans are a caricature of what they think "Ultras" are.
StonesOnTheHill
A Millwall supporter got into a fistfight with three rabid terrorists with knives and got out alive. Their crazy is not always so bad.
chloramphenicolderivative
Do Millwall even play football anymore? I've never heard about the place in a non-ultra related story.
illbethere
They won 1 to Nil against QPR when I was there!
andywg
If my memory serves correct, he also went “for the cunt in the Arsenal shirt” first...