Comments on: Rugby: the only sport with

By: heather

heather — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:47:32 +0000

teehee silly football players need helmets

By: Lunar-Xero

Lunar-Xero — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:47:37 +0000

Nah I don’t think this is from ‘Invictus’ because that is the actual All Blacks team and I’m pretty sure they aren’t in the movie. The microphones would be for media coverage purposes.

By: McDoobAU93

McDoobAU93 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:45:09 +0000

I think someone explained the microphones to me … this photo is quite possibly from the filming of “Invictus”. Supposedly, the player underneath the word “scares” in the caption is Matt Damon in his role in the film.

By: paws4thot

paws4thot — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:30:22 +0000

Union; League is an offshoot invented by Lancashire and Yorkshire because they couldn’t take scrumaging. and being given a good rucking every so often!

By: paws4thot

paws4thot — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:27:02 +0000

How come Scotland usually win the annual Shinty Hurling match then, even though you guys get to keep your hurleys rather than playing with camans?

By: paws4thot

paws4thot — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:23:17 +0000

Oh and I’ve seen one Rugby Union player stop another dead in his tracks like this by just standing in front of him. The attacker probably wasn’t aware that he was charging down on a defender who’s day job was as a cattle farmer. Yes, that’s right, not only are these guys this fit and tough, but they’re also not even all professional players!

By: JessEel

JessEel — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:12:22 +0000

I know this is a Rugby Union caption – but if you all get a chance, check out the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk2Cwl_flZc
its from the Rugby League World Cup last year in Sydney – and it’s an Aboriginal Representative team vs a Maori Representative Team.

These guys are just footy players, but the emotion put into it kills me!
Usually you see NZ vs England or NZ vs Australia, so only one team does a war dance, but here they BOTH have their war dances, so they do them at the same time.

FKN amazing – i though they were going to kill each other!!

By: JessEel

JessEel — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:04:42 +0000

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA omg – im killing myself laughing. AWESOME CALL macavity – Rugby League all the way!

By: Heina

Heina — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:51:33 +0000

Awesome I love the Haka, we even have it at weddings sometimes! I get so emotional xD

By: Dysartes

Dysartes — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:05:03 +0000

I’m still waiting for someone to run up and give them a kiss, mid-haka – that’d be made of win

By: RT

RT — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:51:48 +0000

for all those who believe that the haka is just a dance or a pussy showing i would challenge you to stand in front of it and not wet ur pants at 15 grown men shouting at the top of their voices all directed at you as a preparation for 80 mins of hurt comin your way

By: Tits McGlore

Tits McGlore — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:22:19 +0000

American football is pretty hardcore, but they stop every 30 secs to huddle/change play/whatever. In rugby, the only ‘break’ u get during play is when someone is injured and needs to switch out or get bandaged up. so 30secs of play at a time is pretty pussy on the players half. Willing to bet the american players will have really crap endurance.

By: RandomPerson#3

RandomPerson#3 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:12:02 +0000

Well i would like you guys to know, every player in the Rugby League/Union is able to run 100 metres in less than 12 seconds…How about you softie Americans try stopping a 300 lbs man running that fast at you.

By: Cadarn

Cadarn — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:15:17 +0000

I’ve played rugby against football players they ran out of subs.

By: joe blogs

joe blogs — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:18:29 +0000

Yes and they are all told what to do by a white guy.

By: Kiwi

Kiwi — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:12:20 +0000

Mr Cox, I believe you have your helmets mixed up

By: Purist

Purist — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:01:24 +0000

Look BAW, I agree, but I have seen it myself.
If you do the can-can, you would like to perform it correctly, would you not?
They could at least get the words right

By: Purist

Purist — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:53:44 +0000

No, he said that the Haka, was Maori and that each other pacific nation have their own versions (some called haka as well) and are not racially restricted, but a lot of emphasis is placed on the understanding of the dance.

By: Purist

Purist — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:46:07 +0000

That’s the point, Meyaht, you don’t have your facts straight.

If they understand the meaning of the haka (words and actions) then fine. But ignorantly (like your comment) they do see it as a chant with simple movements.

This lame attention-whore dance which they have turned the haka into, is performed as a challenge and was often seen before servering heads from the necks of those who didn’t respect it in battle.

By: KiwiBloke

KiwiBloke — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:09:55 +0000

One of my friends is in the Black Ferns, and you’re right – she ain’t no lady!

By: KiwiBloke

KiwiBloke — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:57:26 +0000

Only in the Maori language, which Elsie was clearly not using. In English, the letter S is usually appended to the end of a noun to indicate more than one of said noun.

By: KiwiBlokoe

KiwiBlokoe — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:52:25 +0000

Umm… All Whites is a soccer team. You can tell the difference because they wear all white and play soccer.

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:41:28 +0000

Yeah but rugby is designed in such a way that it is still brutal and still safe, american footbal have no sets of rules for keeping the players as safe and so they wear pads.

By: Abacus

Abacus — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:47:28 +0000

What about the guy second to far right, obviously just having the time of his life?

By: newz

newz — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:28:47 +0000

paws2thot should know about pussies, just look at his name .

By: Flymo

Flymo — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:41:36 +0000

Precisely what I’ve just said on another picture about cricket!! Hurling rocks and runs a much higher risk of injury than most sports. Helmets are optional despite the fact part of the game is swinging metal bound wooden sticks around at head height!

By: BAW

BAW — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:25:06 +0000

Actually, there are a lot of American colleges and not a few high schools that have rugby teams, and quite a few community rugby teams. Perhaps by international standards they aren’t very good, but the sport is not unknown here.

It seems that most chiropractic colleges have rugby teams; I suppose that is one way to provide plenty of patients for the clinics.

I once interviewed for a position at a private school in Virginia that listed among its sports ‘Ladies’ Rugby.’ There is no such thing, of course; there is women’s rugby, and there might be girls’ rugby, but there is no such thing as ‘ladies’ rugby.’

By: [v]

[v] — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:32:48 +0000

Way be to a judgement, close-minded douche.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:18:53 +0000

The debate over which sport is tougher will go on forever. As an American I side with football, but I can understand where you rugby types are coming from.

This little dance, however, is the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen.

By: macavity

macavity — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:03:22 +0000

union is for blokes who aren’t fit enough or skillful enough to play league. end of.

By: NZJohnny

NZJohnny — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:56:05 +0000

What are you talking about not being able to tackle below the waist in rugby? Someone’s talking about a sport they know very little about…

By: hemi

hemi — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:50:13 +0000

of the ten all blacks you can see, three are white; the rest are of samoan, fijian and maori.

By: nicole

nicole — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:37:07 +0000

glee did it.

By: forge

forge — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:52:54 +0000

…and then re-set it himself and went on to lead the team to victory and roast and eat the opposing team’s captain’s liver over a small fire in their end zone.

By: forge

forge — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:44:13 +0000

Except for the fact they stop playing and reposition and go to a commercial break whenever anyone stops the ball moving. Rugby, not so much. I really would like to see some of those 300-pound guys try to run a play that lasts 10 minutes or more, really really would.

By: forge

forge — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:38:13 +0000

Helmets?? What is this “helmet?”

By: PatV

PatV — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:29:13 +0000

Gridiron has harder tackles. Rugby, you can’t go above the shoulders or below the waist. If the AFL were really manly, they’d take away the marks.
Hurling, folks.

By: flinty

flinty — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:24:23 +0000

not the ONLY sport. in muay thai they wear short shorts, do a ram muay (i guess could be considered a dance routine) and its very violent!

By: CanadianFlanker

CanadianFlanker — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:43:33 +0000

Richie McCaw FTW

By: Fëanor

Fëanor — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:57:20 +0000

EXCEPT they don’t wear helmets

By: hertz

hertz — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:45:08 +0000

It’s all moot as the toughest team sport around, and also officially the fastest, is clearly HURLING!
It is played with a ball similar to a baseball, I guess. The ball can be slapped with the hand, kicked or, preferably, hit with a ‘hurley’ which is similar to a hockey stick on steroids.
Only the goalie is allowed to wear protective padding.
In one regional irish hospital 96% of all fractures presented were due to playing hurling.

By: Mechas8n

Mechas8n — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:59:54 +0000

Americans cant play rugby with any degree of regularity because of the cost of health care. The amount of times you get f’ed up would bankrupt most families before they even got out of highschool. And Gridiron sux because every 15 seconds or so everyone has to stop and have a wander around while a team of referees try to work out what happened and how it affected the score. Thats why American sports fans have such short attention sp….Oh, A lady with no clothes on inviting my to play Evony.

By: derp

derp — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:56:45 +0000

yeah, there’s a reason : americans cant take little injuries…have you seen the ears or nose of a rugby player ? (even amateur)

By: lovesmerugby

lovesmerugby — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:02:27 +0000

Yeah, I think the SA’s and us Aussies secretly admit the All Blacks are the best team in the world, just such a shame they keep choking in the World Cup….

I love the Haka! I got quite cranky when they tamed it down a couple of years ago…

By: lovesmerugby

lovesmerugby — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:51:32 +0000

@macavity – Rugby League is for players that can’t keep up with the rules of the game as it is meant to be played. Union is awesome!

Also – AFL has the best looking players, so I wouldn’t be too quick to dismiss it, there are advantages to a game that doesn’t require so much face grinding

By: crazydogkennel

crazydogkennel — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:34:35 +0000

Or make them do the haka while still in the changing rooms… can’t remember who did that, Portugal?

By: crazydogkennel

crazydogkennel — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:20:36 +0000

There is like a broken nose every game in the secondary schools divisions! And pretty much every ford has had a concussion by the age of 25!

By: zer05um

zer05um — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:34:53 +0000

I prefer Kapa o Pango, but Ka Mate is wonderful.

By: ellery

ellery — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:29:24 +0000

rugby the most violent sport? they wear pads in the nfl for a reason. just ask any quarterback that has been hit by a 6′8″ 290lb. linebacker.

By: macavity

macavity — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:02:59 +0000

you must mean Rugby League – the toughest game in the world.

Australian Rules is for pussies – it is a cross between netball, marathon running and failure.