so according to my Teammates, Jesus can't play Rugby cause his dad will rig the game. any thoughts?

Nah... it's cause Chavez makes too much money getting beat around the ring 

Michael

i was kinda hopeing for some diffrent reactions from a post like that lol

That makes sense.  Jesus would have to play golf.

Quote from: zkbuck on September 06, 2011, 12:15:45 PM
i was kinda hopeing for some diffrent reactions from a post like that lol

as a eligious man i was thinking same hting. Jesus/GOD would make a perfect president though. id pity those in a pre election debate. myself id fear going up against someone who would know what i was going to say lol

No my strategy is hack of Johnny wilkonsons arms and legs and beat him to death with the blooded limbs.

IIRC onlypastrana199? ( here on gstwin ) played rugby. was either rugby or lacrosse. am envious of whomever can play either one. collisions like football minus padding. quite painful

Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on September 06, 2011, 08:11:23 PM
IIRC onlypastrana199? ( here on gstwin ) played rugby. was either rugby or lacrosse. am envious of whomever can play either one. collisions like football minus padding. quite painful

Maybe you'd like to see some Australian Rugby League. And particularly the State Of Origin series - talk about big men, big hits, no padding.

Michael

Quote from: bill14224 on September 06, 2011, 03:02:42 PM
That makes sense.  Jesus would have to play golf.

Why you don't play golf with Darth Vader - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81fwEmP2CKY

Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on September 06, 2011, 08:11:23 PM
IIRC onlypastrana199? ( here on gstwin ) played rugby. was either rugby or lacrosse. am envious of whomever can play either one. collisions like football minus padding. quite painful

it's really not as bad as you would think, i have been playing for Michigan Technlogical University for 3 years now. and i love this sport and dont understand how it's not bigger in the US. it's like football for people that arn't pansys 

Quote from: zkbuck on September 07, 2011, 06:32:58 AM

Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on September 06, 2011, 08:11:23 PM
IIRC onlypastrana199? ( here on gstwin ) played rugby. was either rugby or lacrosse. am envious of whomever can play either one. collisions like football minus padding. quite painful

it's really not as bad as you would think, i have been playing for Michigan Technlogical University for 3 years now. and i love this sport and dont understand how it's not bigger in the US. it's like football for people that arn't pansys 

- Cause there is no break every couple of minutes - just right for inserting TV ads.
- Cause there is too much money in it as it is with TV rights, etc.,  to blow that investment and have Another popular sport.
- Cause it only goes for it's set time and that's it, there is no 60 minute game that takes 3 hours to play - when Aust brought the State of Origin to the US they had to delay the game due to the slackness of the crowd to actually arrive at kickoff (the crowd did not understand the game doesn't go for 3 hours like Gridiron and would have missed most of the game if it had started on time).
- Americans are not good at it compared to  the rest of the world

Michael

Quote from: mister on September 07, 2011, 11:29:01 AM

Quote from: zkbuck on September 07, 2011, 06:32:58 AM

Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on September 06, 2011, 08:11:23 PM
IIRC onlypastrana199? ( here on gstwin ) played rugby. was either rugby or lacrosse. am envious of whomever can play either one. collisions like football minus padding. quite painful

it's really not as bad as you would think, i have been playing for Michigan Technlogical University for 3 years now. and i love this sport and dont understand how it's not bigger in the US. it's like football for people that arn't pansys 

- Cause there is no break every couple of minutes - just right for inserting TV ads.
- Cause there is too much money in it as it is with TV rights, etc.,  to blow that investment and have Another popular sport.
- Cause it only goes for it's set time and that's it, there is no 60 minute game that takes 3 hours to play - when Aust brought the State of Origin to the US they had to delay the game due to the slackness of the crowd to actually arrive at kickoff (the crowd did not understand the game doesn't go for 3 hours like Gridiron and would have missed most of the game if it had started on time).
- Americans are not good at it compared to  the rest of the world

Michael

I agree that American's arnt as good, but thats cause we dont have a very large following here to pull from for a damn good international team. unlike other countrys that have there starting 15 that have been training to be on a world cup team for there entire lives (just FYI it's all on Ireland for the world cup  )

Hell no it's the wallabies turn to reclaim the title again!

The "not enough people play it" thing just doesn't seem to wash well with me. I mean, Australia as a minuscule 20 million people, the USA has 15 times that man people, NZ has maybe 4.5 million. I'd bet there are more people in the USA playing Rugby than in NZ. But I think the USA's problem with Rugby is the same as Australia's with soccer... not enough Good competition locally to force people to Elevate their game, and as any semi-good ones are spotted, they leave the country to play elsewhere keeping the local comp weak, and with a weak comp no improvement happens.

Michael

Quote from: mister on September 08, 2011, 04:34:08 AM
The "not enough people play it" thing just doesn't seem to wash well with me. I mean, Australia as a minuscule 20 million people, the USA has 15 times that man people, NZ has maybe 4.5 million. I'd bet there are more people in the USA playing Rugby than in NZ. But I think the USA's problem with Rugby is the same as Australia's with soccer... not enough Good competition locally to force people to Elevate their game, and as any semi-good ones are spotted, they leave the country to play elsewhere keeping the local comp weak, and with a weak comp no improvement happens.

Michael

very well put, kinda what i was getting at but with words that didnt make alot of sence lol


and Auss, i will give you that the Wakkabie did win the tri-nations cup for the first time in what... 20 years? but they are going to lose it, just you wait 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14725789

something my coach sent me

Quote from: mister on September 08, 2011, 04:34:08 AM
The "not enough people play it" thing just doesn't seem to wash well with me. I mean, Australia as a minuscule 20 million people, the USA has 15 times that man people, NZ has maybe 4.5 million. I'd bet there are more people in the USA playing Rugby than in NZ. But I think the USA's problem with Rugby is the same as Australia's with soccer... not enough Good competition locally to force people to Elevate their game, and as any semi-good ones are spotted, they leave the country to play elsewhere keeping the local comp weak, and with a weak comp no improvement happens.

Michael

i agree mostly. in the US, our sports are the NFL, NBA, NHL in most northn locales, and nascrap. have to get my rugby fix by either hitting the net looking for games being played elsewhere , or find some ivy league schools playing a match.

Rugby, it's a great game but everyone knows that god plays cricket.

Ain't that the truth!

I recall a famous Rugby player ( is there such a thing?) making fun of American football, saying that he; "Would jump out of  a fu*kin airplane without a parachute with that much padding".