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[N10CT]

Hey guys... I've been told I might have to play hooker when I start college in September. How hard is it for a prop to adapt to hooker?

The main difference is work rate around the park. You'll come away from set piece alot fresher (ie no lifting in lineouts and minimal/no weight through you in the scrum) so your work rate should increase automatically.

[Pink Dumbbell]

Arrows, Arrows and more Arrows!! I do between 20 to 50 a day got a routine.... start 5 mts aways hit a few move back, press ups, hit a few etc!! Just make it up as you go along!!

Arrows?

[toad1]

The main difference is work rate around the park. You'll come away from set piece alot fresher (ie no lifting in lineouts and minimal/no weight through you in the scrum) so your work rate should increase automatically.

x2 but you'll also need to be fitter

Arrows?

throwing at the linouts i prefer to call it darts

[Rugby_Dog]

Practise last night, in a game of touch for our warm up twisted my ankle a bit. Didn't think much of it while jogging around. But when it came time to sprint to the 22 pain, oh so much pain, it hurts to put alot of weight on it today.

Sprinting and turning while passing the ball and being a bigger guy = pain on my little ankle

[Will87]

Had a reasonably easy training session last night. Only 10 people turned up to training, very poor show!

We started off with a game of touch and weights. Then went in to american football style game where you have to get 10 passes with our being caught with the ball. Losing team had to leap frog the length of the pitch.

After about 5 goes at that we started on line runs..... 10 x 100m's in 30 seconds. So 1000m in 3mins............ it was hard work but it was good. Going to practice this one quite a bit as it is easy to do!! Just constant running for 3 mins fast.. rest then do it again!!

Then went in to 4 attackers 3 defenders in a small space, every time you mucked up down and 10 pressups!! If you score you turn round and play again!! Its more of a defensive drill but all good. Got wuite rough towards the end... dump tackles and big hits as every one seem to be buzzing for the new season!!

[King of the Misc]

Sounds like a good session bro. I got a game in 4 and a half hours against an all islander team in the middle of nowhere. Wish me luck

[ruga buga]

Sounds like a good session bro. I got a game in 4 and a half hours against an all islander team in the middle of nowhere. Wish me luck

Good luck dude.

Sa vs NZ in a bit, I got a feeling SA are gonna get raped HARDCORE again like last week

[King of the Misc]

lol arent you happy abt the boks...pity i missed the game though

damn we had a dirty game today, and i missed a couple of tackles, but they were on huge bastards who got missed by the centres...not a pleasant day

[ruga buga]

Gees what a game, Ricky Januarie what a legend

[scott_donald]

lol arent you happy abt the boks...pity i missed the game though

damn we had a dirty game today, and i missed a couple of tackles, but they were on huge bastards who got missed by the centres...not a pleasant day

what club do you play for...

[Dom_88]

Yo guys. Just got back from a night of celebration over the Boks' win in Carisbrook. Didn't get to go, but wow! What a game! Januarie! Managed to meet a few players out in the town; de Villiers, Burger, Brits, Jantjies, James, Mujati. All such top class blokes; Brits in particular is bloody hilarious.

EDIT: funny story but some of the girls in the bar must have seen me joking with a player or 2(Brits and J.d.V) and must've thought I was a player, too since I was wearing a South Africa shirt. I had quite a few requests for photos lol. They'll wake up thinking they've got a photo with a Springbok when really it's just some dude around campus.

[King of the Misc]

what club do you play for...

I'll answer in PM

[WallBall55]

i know really nothing of this sport except that the ball is called like a "ruke" i think...

but anyways i was wondering how do you score in rugby

[jwest529]

i know really nothing of this sport except that the ball is called like a "ruke" i think...

but anyways i was wondering how do you score in rugby

you put the ball down in the trybox (similar to the endzon) you have to have pressure on the ball
You can also kick the ball between the posts

and the word you are referring to is ruck, a ruck is when times fight for possesion of the ball at a breakdown (where someone is tackled)

if you have ESPNU they throw some rugby games on once in awhile, or u can download international matches, I highly recommend this great sport to watch, needs more publicity in the US

[YoUnG-gUn91]

Booked my tickets today for Help for Heroes at Twickenham on September 20th

[WallBall55]

thanx for clarifying and it is a cool sport to watch i saw it on t.v. one time but didn't know what was going on so i just changed the channel

[N10CT]

thanx for clarifying and it is a cool sport to watch i saw it on t.v. one time but didn't know what was going on so i just changed the channel

Don't worry most of us who grew up on the sport have no idea what is happening most of the time. I guess that's what you get when you have laws and not rules.

[Snowman723]

Recovering from High Ankle Sprain

Nationals in one month

How do I get my speed back?

[genevieved]

mmm how i love rugby

[Frodo14]

did anybody else see Conrad Smith's quite frankly ridiculous hit on the Bok lock? That should silence a few of his critics....never too skinny to put in a beefer!

[monatu]

did anybody else see Conrad Smith's quite frankly ridiculous hit on the Bok lock? That should silence a few of his critics....never too skinny to put in a beefer!

even better, see Ali Williams come off 2nd best to Schalk Burgers head? superb!

[Frodo14]

i thought it was amazing.

Ali williams, with a scrumcap, goes forehead first into Schalk Burger's temple.

Generally, a hit to the temple = KO.

Burger was absolutely fine, and williams was dead. I think Schalk might in fact be a caveman. Think California man, but more like Bloemfontein man

[ruga buga]

I doubt Schalk even felt it, Ali collapsed in a heap and Schalk secured the ball haha

[Will87]

Another pre season last night... it was very good!!

Done a bit of american football touch in a very small place and you have to get to 10 passes!! Very hard and very good. We then went on to some defence fitness drills which was great! The chat and communication was very good.

Went on and done 10X100m's again in 40 seconds. I done 1st - @70% 2nd- Sprinted Full out, 3-5 @70%, 6@ 100%, 7-9 @ 70% and then sprinted out the last one, i lasted alot longer and most of the backs and flankers!! It was really good and loved it.

We then went in to some bag work when we worked in 3s with 6 bags in a circle. 1st person in hits the bag and then drives a few steps and then 2nd clears out when 1st goes to ground and 3rd picks and picks another person in the circle to hit!! Only went for a 1.30min it is fuc**g crazy!! Was dying done a few sets of that!!

and then went in to touch which turned in to full grown contact and players were loving it!!

[monatu]

Another pre season last night... it was very good!!

Done a bit of american football touch in a very small place and you have to get to 10 passes!! Very hard and very good. We then went on to some defence fitness drills which was great! The chat and communication was very good.

Went on and done 10X100m's again in 40 seconds. I done 1st - @70% 2nd- Sprinted Full out, 3-5 @70%, 6@ 100%, 7-9 @ 70% and then sprinted out the last one, i lasted alot longer and most of the backs and flankers!! It was really good and loved it.

We then went in to some bag work when we worked in 3s with 6 bags in a circle. 1st person in hits the bag and then drives a few steps and then 2nd clears out when 1st goes to ground and 3rd picks and picks another person in the circle to hit!! Only went for a 1.30min it is fuc**g crazy!! Was dying done a few sets of that!!

and then went in to touch which turned in to full grown contact and players were loving it!!

sounds great

iv only got 4 more weeks left in my season, then another gruelling off season :P

Can't wait for this offseason to come around, this season has been winless so far, looking forward to getting into the gym. My favourite part of the year is the first training back after the off season, when you have that extra size you worked hard for and you can see the kind of damage your body can do with the extra size/strength/speed compared to the previous season :P

[Will87]

sounds great

iv only got 4 more weeks left in my season, then another gruelling off season :P

Can't wait for this offseason to come around, this season has been winless so far, looking forward to getting into the gym. My favourite part of the year is the first training back after the off season, when you have that extra size you worked hard for and you can see the kind of damage your body can do with the extra size/strength/speed compared to the previous season :P

I know what you mean, espically when you come back and you can see who has been doing work and who hasnt! There has been the 5 youngest in my team (19-22), we have been doing alot of work together in the off season and its shown! My coach came up to me last night and said that his self and the other coaches have noticed i have got alot bigger and fitter. I think it showed a little last night when i was doing the bag work as i was goin in on my bad shoulder and it was feeling good!! Jsut have to hope it holds up in tackling!! SO it was good that i impressed the coaches last night.

Just found out that we have got 7 warm up games before the season on 30 games starts!!

[Matt_SD]

Going to my first practice since almost the beginning of the year! Man theres no staying away from this sport even as busy as I am hahah I think I will play it all my life...

[Rugby_Dog]

So we had our first tackling bag drills Monday night, after a 40 minute session of running and sprinting, everyone seems like they were going in slow motion.

Anyways i have a question, now it has been a while since i played properly and i know my technique is lacking in certain areas. So they had someone hold the tackling sheild and we would tackle it. Now im one of the heavier guys on my team but i didn't seem to hit anywhere near as hard as the other guys my weight were hitting.
So is there any basic technique im missing? I was no way near as big when i played before.

You go in low with your shoulder, drive up and grab their leg right?
Any more tips would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

[Will87]

You go in low with your shoulder, drive up and grab their leg right?
Any more tips would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

Pretty much, make sure your arse is lower than your shoulders and then in a kind of upward motion from a squat pick up a leg and start to drive them back wards.....

you want to make sure you dont slow down when you get close the the bag keep going at full plet and drive straight through!! You made need to do a little bit of foot work to make sure your feet are close enough to the bag to get a big hit on!! It could be that you are two far back from the bag while you hit it!!

[Sex_Pistol]

So we had our first tackling bag drills Monday night, after a 40 minute session of running and sprinting, everyone seems like they were going in slow motion.

Anyways i have a question, now it has been a while since i played properly and i know my technique is lacking in certain areas. So they had someone hold the tackling sheild and we would tackle it. Now im one of the heavier guys on my team but i didn't seem to hit anywhere near as hard as the other guys my weight were hitting.
So is there any basic technique im missing? I was no way near as big when i played before.

You go in low with your shoulder, drive up and grab their leg right?
Any more tips would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

Iunno, I just get angry waterboy style and charge the bag down lol. I make it my mission to knock the person holding the bag back, no matter how big they are. I always try and drive up with my legs on contact though.