Ask most people to describe rugby, and the best they can usually do is tell you about a confusing game they caught on some obscure cable channel (even then, they’re probably talking about Australian rules football).
The fact that it’s such a mystery to so many people contributes to making rugby such a close-knit community. If you’ve ever been on the field, in a scrum or part of the game in any way, then all or most of this list will be meaningful to you:
- Saturday’s a rugby day!
- Hooker jokes get old, fast…
- Playing wing on the college level is remarkably like playing centerfield in little league – it’s totally okay to not pay attention, because nobody’s getting the ball out to you, anyway.
- Drinking beer from a cleat is pretty much as awful as it sounds. But we do it when we have to.
- “Well, yeah, it’s kinda like football, but you pass the ball backwards. It’s…no, yeah, backwards. Just trust me, it makes sense.”
- It should be very clear why Jesus can’t play rugby.
- The episode of Friends where Ross played rugby marked a low point for the sport.
- Drinking beer isn’t an optional recreation – it’s the third half of the game.
- If I were the marrying kind (and thank The Lord I’m not, sir), the kind of rugger that I would wed would be a rugby…prop, sir. (I’d say why, but we’ve already established that hooker jokes get old fast).
- “No, it’s not a football, it’s a rugby ball. Yes, I know it looks like a football, but trust me, it’s different.”
- Lacrosse? Seriously?
- Anything worth buying is sold by Rugby Imports.
- Knee bent the wrong direction…looks like a bit of bone sticking out…HOLY FUCK that hurts! “No, I’m good coach, I can keep playing!”
- As important as it is to demolish the opponent on the field, it’s just as important to shake his hand and share a beer with him after it’s over.
- Sunday’s recovery day.
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