In article , WaltBJ
writes
Keith Willshaw:
SNIP
We do, the sport is called Rugby Union and we don't need lots of
padding to play it. Keith


Big deal. We played tackle football when I was young (and foolish)
without any padding. I'm reminded of that every morning when I get out
of bed. The usual locale was the beach and the usual beverage a keg of
something cold. One side line was the weeds from high tide, the other
the breakers. And since I did play tackle football 'with padding' let
me say the hitting therein is an order of magnitude harder than in
rugby, which by the way is played locally.
Walt BJ

I doubt if your local rugby is as hard in the tackle as the top flight
teams currently playing in the World Cup in Australia. My old (very much
amateur) club had a couple of Tongans in the side, and it was like
running into a brick wall when you had to tackle them.

Mind you, a friend broke his collar bone when he ran into me in a game
of touch (American) football.

Happy days (far too long ago).
--
Peter

Ying tong iddle-i po!