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Sean 
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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 Posted - 09/29/2011 : 04:06:10
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With the Rugby World Cup in full stride in New Zealand (the quarter finals begin next weekend) perhaps it's time to observe it in fwfr avatar land.
Kapa O Pingu ... I mean Kapa O Pango! Take that, Jaaps!  |
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MguyX 
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 09/29/2011 : 06:47:45
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Alas, a gentleman's sport! 
Er, while not rugby, this photo demonstrates a key difference between rugby and football (aka soccer).  (Thanks AC! ) |
Edited by - MguyX on 09/29/2011 20:50:21 |
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 09/29/2011 : 10:55:19
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Rugby sans culottes!
When it's too hot for clothes in New Zealand, there's only one way the Welsh Leeks can face the Nude Blacks for a refreshing game of rugby. Click link above for the naked truth! |
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TitanPa
"Here four more"
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Posted - 09/29/2011 : 13:00:20
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| I understand why Stade Francais wears pink. To mess with the other teams head |
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Cheese_Ed 
"The Provolone Ranger"
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Posted - 09/29/2011 : 17:30:33
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The players find cheese scrum-ptious.
This scrum is obviously being wheeled. |
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bife
"Winners never quit ... fwfr ... "
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Posted - 10/01/2011 : 11:09:57
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Rugby is a sport that I've always had mixed feelings about
I played for my school for 4 years from age 11 to 15. Problem was, I went to a school in process of conversion from an all girls school to a mixed comprehensive. We were the second mixed year, meaning that when I started the school at age 11 there were boys and girls in classes from 11 to 12 years old, but only girls from ages 13 to 16.
What it also meant is that the school had no qualified rugby teacher and no tradition of the sport - we were taught rugby by the geography teacher, who learned the rules over the summer from a book
What that also meant was that once a week between september and december, for four years running, we would troop out to play one of the other local schools and would get completely whacked by forty or fifty points to nil. Every week.
I think our record defeat was 80-0, we won 1 game in four years (by 10-8 against a very small school that hadn't had rugby on the curriculum before), and I once scored a try. Which was quite an achievement given that in those four years the team only managed 3 tries between us
After one particularly distressing defeat at age 15 our rugby teacher 'punished' us for our poor performance by disbanding the team - at the time we thought he was genuinely trying to punish us and that he didn't know how much we hated the regular humiliation (we only played because representing the school was compulsory if selected). With the benefit of age and experience, I realise he probably knew full well
Those four traumatic years left me with a lasting aversion to the oval ball, and although I do now enjoy watching the occasional game of rugby I don't think i can ever love the sport |
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bife
"Winners never quit ... fwfr ... "
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Posted - 10/01/2011 : 11:14:28
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quote:
Originally posted by MguyX
Alas, a gentleman's sport!
Er, while not rugby, this photo demonstrates a key difference between rugby and football (aka soccer). (Thanks AC! )
Mguyx, you recognise that "multi-talented" footballer-cum-actor Vinny Jones, of Wimbledon FC and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels "fame" squeezing Gazza's balls in that shot?
It is an iconic football image of its time |
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w22dheartlivie
"Kitty Lover"
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Posted - 10/03/2011 : 03:05:25
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| Being from cornfed Indiana, home of March Madness and Hoosiers, I know diddly squat about rugby except the players tend to have great legs and it was the central theme of a good Morgan Freeman/Matt Damon film. I don't even know what Invictus means, but the film was good. I give you Invictus. |
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MguyX
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 10/03/2011 : 16:11:15
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quote:
Originally posted by bife
quote:
Originally posted by MguyX
Alas, a gentleman's sport!
Er, while not rugby, this photo demonstrates a key difference between rugby and football (aka soccer). (Thanks AC! )
Mguyx, you recognise that "multi-talented" footballer-cum-actor Vinny Jones, of Wimbledon FC and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels "fame" squeezing Gazza's balls in that shot?
It is an iconic football image of its time
Oh yeah! In fact, it was either yourself or Dr. AC who originally gave me the scoop on the photo.  |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 10/05/2011 : 12:54:14
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No fouls, no passes, just good clean rugby votes!
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bife
"Winners never quit ... fwfr ... "
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Posted - 10/05/2011 : 16:38:05
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Cheese_Ed
"The Provolone Ranger"
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Posted - 10/05/2011 : 23:25:56
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Since I know nothing about rugby, this will be quick ...
This week: 7 entrants and 6 voters.
In third place, with 5 points (131)(31112-3) ...
I have worn rugby shirts, though ...
Cheese_Ed and TitanPa !!
In second place, with 7 points (2122) ...
I prefer American football ...
BaftaBabe !!
And in first place, with 11 points (3233) ...
Go Packers ...
Se�n  !!!
Two in a row, Mr. All Black and white.
What's next?
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 10/06/2011 : 12:35:44
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Yay for a real Kiwi penguin!
Thanks for the votes and a new topic will be up in a minute or two... |
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Avatar Contest #386 - Rugby
