Cold Ale - The Blokes' Thread!

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

At our old house we used to get loads of leopard slugs in the kitchen. It was a bit damp you see.

They are the large and spotty ones, they would occasionally treat us to a mating display:ack2:

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Uh yeah...thanks for sharing that.

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Originally Posted by Paulclem

We tried coper tape around the pots we had. As for the beds, we just plant stuff they dont eat.

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Originally Posted by The Atheist

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Whichever idiot planted at this place put a load of tropical plants in one border which attracts slugs like fish does cats. I've killed the entire garden with glyphosate and they appear to have moved to more suitable areas.

I shudder to think what'd happen if I planted cabbages!

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I just recalled another technique from my sainted mother. Cayenne pepper powder!
The pepper powder technique was actually used to deter squirrels from digging up flower bulbs. She would sprinkle the powder around the base of each plant and it worked.
I would imagine that slugs would feel the burn once they slimed their way across the powder.
Maybe mix it in some Drambuie? who knows what you might liquidate so to speak.

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Originally Posted by soundofmusic

... the latest sports ...

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Latest of which is the all-conquering All Blacks whipping Australia!

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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle

I just recalled another technique from my sainted mother. Cayenne pepper powder!

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I like that idea!

Can slugs feel pain? I hope so!

Round here, the slugs love a good curry. Give 'em raw chillis and ginger and they thrive on it.

NZ beat Oz? Ok good. I just Wales could beat either! Our last moment of glory was Llanelli beating the 7th All Blacks, 9:3, in the 70s, And that was all penalties!

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Originally Posted by The Atheist

I like that idea!

Can slugs feel pain? I hope so!

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Originally Posted by dafydd manton

Round here, the slugs love a good curry. Give 'em raw chillis and ginger and they thrive on it.

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Of course you can always resort to the age old boyhood technique; the salt bath!
Just sprinkle some salt on the slimers and watch them melt. However, the sodium may prove to be a detrimental soil ammendment.

Gilliatt

England won the Cricket, Webber (an Austrailian) won the Grand Prix, and New zealand won the Rugby. Will the sun ever set on the Empire?

Have you been anywhere near Lancashire lately? Or Reading. Luton. Milton Keynes. It loks like the convicts got the best end of the deal!! "Either we'll hang you, or you can go somewhere nice and warm, where you can eke out a miserable existence thrashing everybody at just about everything. Or you can join the Navy, see the world and get some really interesting diseases, before you die of scurvy!"

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

England won the Cricket, Webber (an Austrailian) won the Grand Prix, and New zealand won the Rugby. Will the sun ever set on the Empire?

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We knew how to do a good Empire - cultured, mutually profitable, not too much bloodshed. :smile5:

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Originally Posted by dafydd manton

NZ beat Oz? Ok good. I just Wales could beat either! Our last moment of glory was Llanelli beating the 7th All Blacks, 9:3, in the 70s, And that was all penalties!

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Yes, I recall that game well, sitting in stunned disbelief on the other side of the world. More's the pity, that day, the mad men of Munster and other famous victories of club teams over international sides will never return.

As a kid, I used to sit on soaking wet terraces screaming for Bay of Plenty or Auckland to beat whoever they were playing. I just about ruptured my throat the day BOP got within half a dozen points of the greatest touring side in history - the 1971 Lions. The game of rugby is far less for their passing.

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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle

Of course you can always resort to the age old boyhood technique; the salt bath!
Just sprinkle some salt on the slimers and watch them melt. However, the sodium may prove to be a detrimental soil ammendment.

Gilliatt

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Around here, salt is no deterrent - I kid you not! I tried that one wet night - the path was covered in slugs and snails and I thought "I'll kill all you bastards right now", ran and got salt and drenched them with it. The slugs all carried on while shedding copious amounts of green slime, the snails all died. The slugs returned for salted snail breakfasts and carried on....

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

England won the Cricket, Webber (an Austrailian) won the Grand Prix, and New zealand won the Rugby. Will the sun ever set on the Empire?

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:D

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Originally Posted by dafydd manton

Have you been anywhere near Lancashire lately? Or Reading. Luton. Milton Keynes. It loks like the convicts got the best end of the deal!! "Either we'll hang you, or you can go somewhere nice and warm, where you can eke out a miserable existence thrashing everybody at just about everything. Or you can join the Navy, see the world and get some really interesting diseases, before you die of scurvy!"

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That's so true!

Australia, the lucky country! So rich with minerals even crooks like Alan Bond made a billion dollars legally.

And England sent its convicts there.

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Originally Posted by The Atheist

Latest of which is the all-conquering All Blacks whipping Australia!


And England sent its convicts there.

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I like the backs on your all blacks...
They had heard the rumors though; they didn't quite expect them to inhabit the whole country..

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Originally Posted by soundofmusic

I like the backs on your all blacks...

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Speaking as a non-gay male, I have to say that the All Blacks are one of the better-looking sports teams around* - you should start following rugby!

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...heist/dcrm.jpg

Richie McCaw, captain on the left, The other is the legendary Daniel Carter, holder of almost every record there is to hold in world rugby.

*With just the odd exception.

Which are the ugliest teams? Following the line ups last year I thught the Argentinians, with Italy a close second. Come to think of it Wales were no picture postcard.

Oh, this makes Rugby much more interesting... To know that you guys sit in front of your TV monitors, rating how handsome each team/player is!

Do your wives know about this?

:D

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

Oh, this makes Rugby much more interesting... To know that you guys sit in front of your TV monitors, rating how handsome each team/player is!

Do your wives know about this?

:D

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:lol:

It's more about the ugliness of the battle scarred. People are amazed that i played rugby and managed to keep my good looks.... honest.

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Originally Posted by Paulclem

Which are the ugliest teams? Following the line ups last year I thught the Argentinians, with Italy a close second. Come to think of it Wales were no picture postcard.

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Yes, but as long as you had Gareth Thomas, you had lovely teams, boyo!

:D

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

Oh, this makes Rugby much more interesting... To know that you guys sit in front of your TV monitors, rating how handsome each team/player is!

Do your wives know about this?

:D

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My word yes, a gentleman may appreciate another man's form, but knows when to look away!

;)

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Originally Posted by Paulclem

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It's more about the ugliness of the battle scarred. People are amazed that i played rugby and managed to keep my good looks.... honest.

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Winger, were you?

One thing's for sure - he wasn't a prop. I've been using 25 years of rugby as an excuse for looking like this!

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Originally Posted by Paulclem

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It's more about the ugliness of the battle scarred. People are amazed that i played rugby and managed to keep my good looks.... honest.

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'Ere, who did you play for? I played for various clubs around the West Mids, although quite a long time ago. 1964 - 1987. (Gosh I feel old, now!)

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Originally Posted by The Atheist

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Winger, were you?

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I was - but I also played centre and stand-off. You wouldn't think it though if you met me...

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Originally Posted by The Atheist

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Winger, were you?

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Originally Posted by dafydd manton

'Ere, who did you play for? I played for various clubs around the West Mids, although quite a long time ago. 1964 - 1987. (Gosh I feel old, now!)

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I played league for Wakefield trinity colts(79-81), Wakefield College (79-81) and Eastmoor RFC, (Wakefiled). I also played union for Sunderland Uni, but I had to give it up because of a sub-locating shoulder. A few years ago I fancied a game again. I do miss team sports.

Ah, by that stage I was playing for RAF Gatow in Berlin.

Perhaps not the ugliest team, but the Pontypool front Row, the Viet Gwent, took some beating for looking horrific. Charlie Faulkner, Bobby Windsor, Graham Price. I had the misfortune to play against them at tight-head. Oh, the pain, the pain. Afterwards, three of the nicest, most pleasant blokes you could ever hope to meet.

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Originally Posted by dafydd manton

Ah, by that stage I was playing for RAF Gatow in Berlin.

Perhaps not the ugliest team, but the Pontypool front Row, the Viet Gwent, took some beating for looking horrific. Charlie Faulkner, Bobby Windsor, Graham Price. I had the misfortune to play against them at tight-head. Oh, the pain, the pain. Afterwards, three of the nicest, most pleasant blokes you could ever hope to meet.

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That was often the way. I met some real gents. Some were clearly in it for the violence. I once played against a team from Sheepscar who already had 9 suspended when they fielded a team. There were a few more before the end of the match too.

Ah well, as you will remember the Pontypool front row was the Welsh front row, so I don't think we took a snigle heel, against the head or not. We lost, memory says, 77:4, when there were 4 point for a try. And that one was just somebody being nice.

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Originally Posted by dafydd manton

Ah well, as you will remember the Pontypool front row was the Welsh front row, so I don't think we took a snigle heel, against the head or not. We lost, memory says, 77:4, when there were 4 point for a try. And that one was just somebody being nice.

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I hated those kind of games. I was once in a game where we lost 100-5, and the ref called time early. There was a mix of talent available in the colleges then. The big ones had pros playing for them.

Fortunately, the game was exclusively amateur (except for a few "deals" being mad, I've no doubt), and certainly as regards Welsh rugby, going pro was the worst thing that could have happened. However, don't get me started!!

I played as hooker for my agricultural college. The roughest, dirtiest, ugliest team we ever played were the Beverley Police. The best mannered was a team from a young offenders prison.
We weren't much good but when up against the rival college we used to field a team of "ringers". There was a Welsh lad on the Pig Management Course, who would bring some of his mates along, These lads came from a small town with 14 rugby teams in it, they were a bit good to say the least.

If you are looking for ugly, Rugby League is in a different league.

I took a turn at hooker at St Helens when ours was out injured. I liked it except I got a terrible crick in the neck. I didn't win a ball either. Tough position, as is the front row.

I agree that Rugby League has some fantastic uglies. The result of being stiff armed.

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

I played as hooker for my agricultural college. The roughest, dirtiest, ugliest team we ever played were the Beverley Police. The best mannered was a team from a young offenders prison.

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That's typical.

Pacific Islanders are renowned for being the dirtiest teams and Tongans the worst of the lot - headhunters to a man - yet when we played Auckland Tongans, it was the cleanest, best-mannered game I ever played in.

The real dirt always came from your closest neighbours!

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

We weren't much good but when up against the rival college we used to field a team of "ringers". There was a Welsh lad on the Pig Management Course, who would bring some of his mates along, These lads came from a small town with 14 rugby teams in it, they were a bit good to say the least.

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When I played in the business league we had that kind of trouble. I remember one game when a team fielded two Auckland B players in it. We got killed, but I did at least have the delight of looking down on one of them where I'd dropped him when he was showing off. He thought he'd bust right through me and I dumped him on his backside right in front of his girlfriend.

We had a bit of niggle after that!

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

If you are looking for ugly, Rugby League is in a different league.

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They're a different species, not league!

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All rugby players! We could form a team and co-opt some ot the other litnetters. Who do you reckon would do the job? I bet Gilliat would be up for a game.

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Originally Posted by Paulclem

All rugby players! We could form a team and co-opt some ot the other litnetters. Who do you reckon would do the job? I bet Gilliat would be up for a game.

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Well, we have a front row already!

Mick is a hooker, Daffyd was a prop, and I played at prop after many years at lock!

We already have the speedy back, and we can co-opt a few of the young blokes to do the hard yards on the side of the scrum!

Has potential!

(I can see Scher playing halfback - she'd have us all organised in no time. :D)

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Originally Posted by Paulclem

All rugby players! We could form a team and co-opt some ot the other litnetters. Who do you reckon would do the job? I bet Gilliat would be up for a game.

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Originally Posted by The Atheist

Well, we have a front row already!

Mick is a hooker, Daffyd was a prop, and I played at prop after many years at lock!

We already have the speedy back, and we can co-opt a few of the young blokes to do the hard yards on the side of the scrum!

Has potential!

(I can see Scher playing halfback - she'd have us all organised in no time. :D)

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I am definately up for a game!
However, I am more of a sprinter/ runner type which equates to a fragile body.
Would that make me a "winger"?.
Just toss me that fat football and I'll dodge and weave with the best of them. As long as the opponents don't catch me, I'll be OK.

Oh...and I'll need a copy of the rules.
When's the first practice?

Gilliatt

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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle

I am definately up for a game!
However, I am more of a sprinter/ runner type which equates to a fragile body.
Would that make me a "winger"?.

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Yes! They stand out on the sideline and hope to be thrown the ball every now and then.

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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle

Just toss me that fat football and I'll dodge and weave with the best of them. As long as the opponents don't catch me, I'll be OK.

Oh...and I'll need a copy of the rules.
When's the first practice?

Gilliatt

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The main rule is: don't get caught, so you should be fine.

Practice Thursday evenings.

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Originally Posted by The Atheist

(I can see Scher playing halfback - she'd have us all organised in no time. :D)

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As flattered as I am to be included in guys' football line-up (had to look "halfback" up), I was hoping to be a cheerleader!

http://i.mycommentspace.com/83/8391.gif

I'll happily play tight-head, but I warn you, I'm not as good as I used to be. Ingrowing toe-nails, three stone over the odds (and the rest), short of breath, on 11 tablets a day......but I can still recognise a Rugby ball three times out of ten. All I've got to do now is remember what to do with it.

Just a thought, but isn't a Mod's role more like that of the Full-Back? I'm sure we appreciate the offer of cheer-leader, but.......

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

(had to look "halfback" up)

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Twice as good as quarter backs.

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Originally Posted by dafydd manton

All I've got to do now is remember what to do with it.

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That's easy - you're a prop! The thing to do with the ball is avoid it like the plague.

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Oh, not at all. The average prop takes the ball, turns his back and shuffles in reverse for about 3 yards, ball clasped to his not inconsiderable chest before everybody catches him up and a ruck ensues. If he passes the ball, he uses what is called the Helicopter Pass, i.e. a rush of air and the ball goes vertically. Tactics, they call it!

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Originally Posted by The Atheist

Speaking as a non-gay male, I have to say that the All Blacks are one of the better-looking sports teams around* - you should start following rugby!

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...heist/dcrm.jpg

Richie McCaw, captain on the left, The other is the legendary Daniel Carter, holder of almost every record there is to hold in world rugby.

*With just the odd exception.

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Heck, I'm joining up as the new towel girl; I'll be right behind those fellows all the way with fluffy towels and a firm pat of congrats:devil::rofl:

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Originally Posted by Paulclem

Which are the ugliest teams? Following the line ups last year I thught the Argentinians, with Italy a close second. Come to think of it Wales were no picture postcard.

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We have plenty of the South Americans over hear; but I like a fellow that at least reaches my waist when I'm trying to give him a kiss:arf:

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

Oh, this makes Rugby much more interesting... To know that you guys sit in front of your TV monitors, rating how handsome each team/player is!

Do your wives know about this?

:D

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Scher makes a good point, I guess we all spend more time comparing ourselves to the same gender than looking at the other; both situations, with my dates, have given me cause for concern

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Originally Posted by Paulclem

:lol:

It's more about the ugliness of the battle scarred. People are amazed that i played rugby and managed to keep my good looks.... honest.

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I always knew that avatar was an antithesis of the real Paul...

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

I played as hooker for my agricultural college. The roughest, dirtiest, ugliest team we ever played were the Beverley Police. The best mannered was a team from a young offenders prison.
We weren't much good but when up against the rival college we used to field a team of "ringers". There was a Welsh lad on the Pig Management Course, who would bring some of his mates along, These lads came from a small town with 14 rugby teams in it, they were a bit good to say the least.

If you are looking for ugly, Rugby League is in a different league.

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I've never played a hooker; but if the economy doesn't pick up...:nono:

We're on! I've played all the back positions - excluding scrum half - but there's nothing to it these days with the feeding. After you guys heel the ball, I'll put Scher through and she can whip it out to Gilliat swerving on the wing.

Soundof - we've already got Prends as a hooker. How do you fancy playing loose forward?

Sorted.

"hooker", "loose forward"...I don't suppose rugby also has positions known as "pimpers" and "Johns" does it?

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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle

I am definately up for a game!
However, I am more of a sprinter/ runner type which equates to a fragile body.
Would that make me a "winger"?.
Just toss me that fat football and I'll dodge and weave with the best of them. As long as the opponents don't catch me, I'll be OK.

Oh...and I'll need a copy of the rules.
When's the first practice?

Gilliatt

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There are rules?

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Originally Posted by dafydd manton

Oh, not at all. The average prop takes the ball, turns his back and shuffles in reverse for about 3 yards, ball clasped to his not inconsiderable chest before everybody catches him up and a ruck ensues. If he passes the ball, he uses what is called the Helicopter Pass, i.e. a rush of air and the ball goes vertically. Tactics, they call it!

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Then there is the Prop side-step, ie. head down and straight over the fullback.

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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle

"hooker", "loose forward"...I don't suppose rugby also has positions known as "pimpers" and "Johns" does it?

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See scrum half:smilielol5:

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Originally Posted by soundofmusic

Heck, I'm joining up as the new towel girl; I'll be right behind those fellows all the way with fluffy towels and a firm pat of congrats:devil::rofl:

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I can get you that job!

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Originally Posted by soundofmusic

I've never played a hooker; but if the economy doesn't pick up...:nono:

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I can see you at number 8, the rock at the back of the scrum.

You get to put your arms around the buttocks of the locks and then push!

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Originally Posted by Paulclem

We're on! I've played all the back positions - excluding scrum half - but there's nothing to it these days with the feeding.

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Grrrr!

Yes indeed. Every scrum feed would have been penalised for putting the ball under the hooker's feet only 20 years ago.

Another change which isn't for the betterment of the game.

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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle

"hooker", "loose forward"...I don't suppose rugby also has positions known as "pimpers" and "Johns" does it?

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No, but the five-eighths, three quarters and halves are always a bit suspect.

Ah, the three-quarters - gelled hair and creases in their nice clean shorts!

Rugby League seems to attract backs that think they are forwards, Particularly the fullbacks, they are always trying to take it to the opposition forwards, there is hardly a straight nose among them.

That's very true. I was just thinking, if those who don't understand the terminology of Rugby are confused, how much more so would they be if we were trying to organise a cricket team. Two short legs, silly point, maidens and the bowling thereof over, googlies, the chinaman, the wrong 'un, the list is endless. There'd be ventricles popping all over the place!