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.
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?
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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?
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.
Yes, but as long as you had Gareth Thomas, you had lovely teams, boyo!
My word yes, a gentleman may appreciate another man's form, but knows when to look away!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?
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.
Winger, were you?
Go to work, get married, have some kids, pay your taxes, pay your bills, watch your tv, follow fashion, act normal, obey the law and repeat after me: "I am free."
Anon
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!
'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!)
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.
Dafydd Manton, A Legend In His Own Lunchtime!!www.dafydd-manton.co.uk
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I was - but I also played centre and stand-off. You wouldn't think it though if you met me...
Winger, were you?
Winger, were you?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.
Dafydd Manton, A Legend In His Own Lunchtime!!
My Work Has Been Spread Over Many Fields!
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.
Dafydd Manton, A Legend In His Own Lunchtime!!
My Work Has Been Spread Over Many Fields!
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!!
Dafydd Manton, A Legend In His Own Lunchtime!!
My Work Has Been Spread Over Many Fields!
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.
Last edited by prendrelemick; 08-02-2010 at 05:36 PM.
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.
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!
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!
They're a different species, not league!
Go to work, get married, have some kids, pay your taxes, pay your bills, watch your tv, follow fashion, act normal, obey the law and repeat after me: "I am free."
Anon
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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