I played rugby for most of college. ...

I played rugby for most of college. I find myself telling people that the rules are fairly simple, but with the caveat that there are a lot of complications once you get below the surface. I never really appreciated american football prior to playing rugby. The thing about rugby is that it does hurt due to the lack of padding, but also that you *actually have to know how to tackle properly* in rugby, both to get the other person down and to do so without hurting yourself or others. You learn both how to tackle properly and how to be tackled properly, and while there are certainly a lot of injuries in both sports, a lot of the stupid injuries that happen in american football (helmet-to-helmets, for instance) are rare in rugby because they just can't happen. Also, the pussy arm-tackles that you see in AF drive me bonkers. COMMIT TO YOUR MAN, for the love of god. Anyway, will definitely watch a game with you back in Seattle if you're interested.

There are interesting racial ramifications to the Springboks' win, but this isn't the time for that discussion.

Glad you're having a nice time!

written by Kim on November 19, 2007

Heading South?