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Infinite Chaos · 06-10-08, 03:03 AM

If you enjoy your rugby, wait till you try rugby 7's. It's the ultimate team game and a real test for your fitness and team skills.

As for your question, I played both sports in the UK and represented my county in both sports. Always preferred the honest physicality of rugby over football - a tackle was a tackle and there was very little play acting ever.

I did however give rugby up when I found that I had learned techniques to "break tackles" or to put my target down on the ground very hard when I tackled - one morning in a county match I broke my tacklers collar bone when he tried tackling me. That afternoon playing another match for the city team I broke another man's leg in a similar moment and I realised I had become a bit too good at hurting people. It was actually about lowering my centre of gravity in a tackle - if I kept my body mass lower than my opponent in the "crunch" he was likely to come off worse than I would. It had become second nature to me at this stage.

So.... I went into one-man sports like iron-man and triathlon for the army after I finished University.

06-10-08, 03:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
Infinite Chaos Professor Join Date: Oct 2007 Last Online: 01-02-09 04:48 AM Posts: 1,677 Thanks: 338 Thanked 373 Times in 272 Posts	Re: Rugby, America needs more of it! If you enjoy your rugby, wait till you try rugby 7's. It's the ultimate team game and a real test for your fitness and team skills. As for your question, I played both sports in the UK and represented my county in both sports. Always preferred the honest physicality of rugby over football - a tackle was a tackle and there was very little play acting ever. I did however give rugby up when I found that I had learned techniques to "break tackles" or to put my target down on the ground very hard when I tackled - one morning in a county match I broke my tacklers collar bone when he tried tackling me. That afternoon playing another match for the city team I broke another man's leg in a similar moment and I realised I had become a bit too good at hurting people. It was actually about lowering my centre of gravity in a tackle - if I kept my body mass lower than my opponent in the "crunch" he was likely to come off worse than I would. It had become second nature to me at this stage. So.... I went into one-man sports like iron-man and triathlon for the army after I finished University.