*official Rugby Thread*

[whitesox3223]

in on rugby thread. friend convinced me to join the Uni's club team in January

[BobisMighty]

interesting article on elitefts on how to schedule your training during the season http://www.elitefts.com/documents/rugby_union.htm

[swolepatrole]

Originally Posted by BobisMighty

interesting article on elitefts on how to schedule your training during the season http://www.elitefts.com/documents/rugby_union.htm

very cool link. any way we can get this stickied?

[GregNuthurst]

Originally Posted by BobisMighty

interesting article on elitefts on how to schedule your training during the season http://www.elitefts.com/documents/rugby_union.htm

It's funny. For all the theories and info out there, most pro teams have a very similar in-season strength training set ups.

[ross-24]

I'm potentially moving from wing to scrum half. Does anyone have any tips about playing as a scrum half?

[dimasso69]

i wish i could play rugby..

[toad1]

well thats another cancled game gota love the scottish weather. this now makes my season atleast another month longer as thats us at 4games cancled. think i might start taking 'risks' in the gym on fridays nights maybe do a bit more fitness as i reckon from now untill feb there is more chance of a game being off than on.

[Snowman723]

Originally Posted by swolepatrole

If you don't mind me asking, what happened? Rough patch in training/matches? Venerable player ahead of you?

Moved 2000 miles to BC to play rugby for a certain club that recruited me, found me lodging, got me a job, etc

Slow slide to the 3rds team since I got here, got laid off from the job they got for me.

Being forced to accept that i'll probably never play for Canada and should focus on something that will actually make me happy (a real career) rather than something that has made me miserably stressed and depressed for the last year (rugby)

[swolepatrole]

Sorry to hear that man. Good luck with the police force.

[ross-24]

Originally Posted by toad1

well thats another cancled game gota love the scottish weather. this now makes my season atleast another month longer as thats us at 4games cancled. think i might start taking 'risks' in the gym on fridays nights maybe do a bit more fitness as i reckon from now untill feb there is more chance of a game being off than on.

Tell me about it, not able to train on grass at the moment due to the fact you can't actually see our pitches.

[Frannycakes]

I get to see an advanced screening of Invictus tomorrow, can't wait.

[swolepatrole]

Awesome. You better come back here and let us know how it was.

Other news: Played my (most likely) last match for my current club yesterday, as I'm moving to finish up my Bachelor's Degree (Texas Tech). Sloppy, sloppy game. Their short-s**t flyhalf would tuck his head between his legs every time I'd get near him (trying to get the ref to call high tackling?), so we just started drilling his legs. Seemed to work pretty well, as he started having all sorts of issues keeping his hands on the ball. We won 22-0, but it should have been about 50+. We played about on the same level as Texas played Nebraska last night.

[young954]

just started playing on wesnday.. im very athletic and can catch and pass the ball very well and far.
im 5 11 178 and pretty quick. what position do you think i could play? btw its for my highschools rugby club, we have to go against jejuit and christianbrothers witch both played in the national game last year

[sk.ca]

Depending on your speed & quickness and ability to kick and make good decisions when kicking the ball(which you will learn over time) you could play any number of backline positions. Fullback, which is very important as a last line of defence, as well as breaking into the line on attack, could be a good fit for you. If you are good at distributing the ball you could also work your way in the centres. As for your size, I believe that you would be big enough to play on the openside flank, and use your athleticism both on offence as well as on defence. Playing stand-off (flyhalf) is a very crucial position on the field and with your size, and like you said athleticism, you could be a great fit at running your backline.

Originally Posted by young954

just started playing on wesnday.. im very athletic and can catch and pass the ball very well and far.
im 5 11 178 and pretty quick. what position do you think i could play? btw its for my highschools rugby club, we have to go against jejuit and christianbrothers witch both played in the national game last year

[young954]

Originally Posted by sk.ca

Depending on your speed & quickness and ability to kick and make good decisions when kicking the ball(which you will learn over time) you could play any number of backline positions. Fullback, which is very important as a last line of defence, as well as breaking into the line on attack, could be a good fit for you. If you are good at distributing the ball you could also work your way in the centres. As for your size, I believe that you would be big enough to play on the openside flank, and use your athleticism both on offence as well as on defence. Playing stand-off (flyhalf) is a very crucial position on the field and with your size, and like you said athleticism, you could be a great fit at running your backline.

thank you for the reply!!

[LilBevo]

Originally Posted by Frannycakes

I get to see an advanced screening of Invictus tomorrow, can't wait.

lucky bastard.

how was it??? i cant wait for Friday. im trying 2 get the whole team to go.

[Frannycakes]

The movie was great, the action scenes could have been better, kinda saw that coming though.

[swolepatrole]

Originally Posted by Frannycakes

The movie was great, the action scenes could have been better, kinda saw that coming though.

True. Hard to put a bunch of action in a movie that U.S. audiences don't understand the concept.