As above.
I've never played the game, but could do with learning about player positons.
1-8 are the fat lads.
9-15 the girls.
I only know the Hooker.
Flanker usually is the "header" in the team!!
http://rugbypositions.blogspot.co.uk/
Or, put simply -
Numbers 1 to 8 - Men
Number 9 - Human Jack Russell
Numbers 10 and above - Girls
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Oh, and forwards win games, backs decide the margin.
You can break it down a bit more
Front 3 no necks manky ears, they live and work in dire conditions, make up there own rules
Second Row human monsters
number 8 same as second row but has to have a few brain cells
Flankers hyperactive and must enjoy hunting small chopsy things
The rest are glory hunters and general mincers
Now that's the kind of idiots guide I was looking for CFH.
The reach around?
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Traditionally played with 15 on the field but England have been known to bring on a 16th player during key matches.
1-3 = 18 Stone of Flab (Loose head, Hooker tight head)
4&5 = 18 stone of height (Back row, line out jumpers)
5,6,8 = Muscles but dim (2 Flankers & number 8 )
9 - smallest (Scrum half)
10,= cleverdick (Fly half)
11 & 14 = fast in a straight line (wingers)
12, 13, = 14-16 stone fast, intelligent, athletic, strong, capable of many skills, usually handsome forgotten heroes of the game (Centres)
15 Lanky chap good at catching balls (full back)
Guess where I played? 😉
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union_positions
Let me guess....you were the one in the bottom of that picture with the helmet?
forgotten heroes of the game (Centres)
Forgotten, like Brian O'Driscoll?
Brian who?
An idiots guide?
Any rugby player I've ever met would be perfectly qualified
Traditionally played with 15 on the field but England have been known to bring on a 16th player during key matches.
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CFH - spot on!
Confused by the binding in the photo - three second rows?!? Who binds on /castrates the hooker? Rugby really has changed since I hung up my boots.
hels - Member
Traditionally played with 15 on the field but England have been known to bring on a 16th player during key matches.
😀 And France - however many "turn up" on the day?
You must be hanging out in the wrong Gay Bars Binners. David Kirk (All Black captain of yore) was a Rhodes Scholar ! You don't get much clevererer than that.
From CHF's link
Props - ...Like many forwards, they dream of one day hitting a drop goal in a real game and practice the skill diligently in training....
This is so true 🙂
Front 5 do the graft, the rest mince about trying not to get their hair messed up. 6, 7 and 8 are usually fairly quick but are unable to do any real pushing and shoving due to the hair issue stated above.
Until I wore contact lenses to play in, I thought rugby was 9 a side. Then I saw the thin pretty boys on the rest of the field staying away from trouble.
All you need to know is that number 2 is the only position worth playing, everyone else is just there to get the ball back and run around a bit. 18 years at hooker, still got my good looks, some of my own teeth and thanks to the wonders of modern science I no longer have ears like shrek.
Any position that allows you to wear pink / orange boots and hair product is not really rugby. It's poncing about in a muddy field at the weekend.
to quote my school coach's wisdom -
"get in first, make it hurt and make them remember you four days later". I think he was talking rugby.
I loved the game, i wish i could still play. If I won 20k on a scratch card I'd be very tempted to get two new bionic knees.
some thin, pretty boys/girls
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Braids, two quiffs and a hat.
Point proved. 🙂
Big G +1, the hookers' union! And unlike props we can actually drop goals at least in 7s!!!!
I was a loosehead prop for nearly 20 years and gave up because it started to take 6 days to recover and had a few nasty injuries, so I took up mountain biking! Had far more visits to A&E since..
Des, you missed the pretty, orange Welsh lad or the old England bloke (now pundit) whose shirt was cleaner coming off the pitch!!
Until I wore contact lenses to play in, I thought rugby was 9 a side. Then I saw the thin pretty boys on the rest of the field staying away from trouble.
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George North is a scary monster. If he fulfils even half of his potential, it'll be a glorious thing!
BOD always reminds me of Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street.
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Thanks Dez!!
Joking apart, I remember watching the last Lions test versus SA at Ellis Park. At the start there was Roberts and Steyn trying to run straight through each other. Impressive hits but the highlight for me was when little Shaney showed that you can still play at the highest level and still run around not through people!!!
Going back to the OP, sometimes different countries have different "definitions" for each positions role.
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