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  • Calcio Storico….WTAF?
  • winston
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    I saw a picture that piqued my interest in the Sony World Photo competition:

    Sport shortlist. Calcio fiorentino resembles a combination of rugby, football and wrestling, which originated in 16th-century Italy. Two teams of 27 players battle it out on a pitch covered in sand for 50 minutes. It’s a brutal game and there are plenty of injuries - despite this, no substitutions are allowed. Fighting techniques, such as martial arts, are permitted

    So I checked out the sport…..a combination of skill, history, funny trousers and ultra violence – whats not to like?

    racefaceec90
    Full Member

    i suppose that will have to do until this becomes a real sport 😀

    alpin
    Free Member

    Keep wanting to visit Florence on one of these weekends!

    Cougar
    Full Member

    Zebedee might have something to say about that.

    LAT
    Full Member

    Zebedee might have something to say about that.

    Ermentrude tells me they have an open relationship these days

    LAT
    Full Member

    This somehow looks more stylish

    winston
    Free Member

    You have to give credit to a sport that only has three rules..

    1. No kicks to the head

    2. No more than 1 on 1 in a fight

    3. No substitutions allowed even in the case of injury or death.

    “Wheres the ball?”

    “…there’s a ball?”

    regenesis
    Free Member

    funkrodent
    Full Member

    That is awesome. Fast track the lot of them into the Italian six nations squad, they could hardly do any worse. At least they’d put up a good fight..

    FB-ATB
    Full Member

    The first time I went to Sienna, I found it hard to believe they race about 12 horses around the square when you compare the size of that to a race track like Sandown.

    Caher
    Full Member

    I’d still back the Wimbledon ’88 team to kick them all off the park.

    leegee
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