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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! |
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