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Originally posted by Chillkram in The Guinness Premiership Thread:

Looks like we might just start up a forum Rugby Club for next season and travel to one or two games.

Well here it is then, started...

A place for discussion of all things Rugby, whether club, national or international...

The next joy we have to look forward to is the Rugby World Cup. (I imagine it is at this point some of the NZ forum members will join in...)

Any comments, chaps? Or still a bit too early?

James

I am sorry but Union makes me fall asleep . . .

Its gotta be Rugby League.

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Originally posted by Right Wing:
I am sorry but Union makes me fall asleep . . .

Its gotta be Rugby League.

No worries. All tastes catered for. Specially for you ... Forum Rugby LEAGUE Club

James

James
That sounds like a damned fine plan. Count me in!

Chillkram's idea - HE gets the credit!

Well done, James.

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The next joy we have to look forward to is the Rugby World Cup. (I imagine it is at this point some of the NZ forum members will join in...)

First there is the small matter of England reserves on tour in South Africa this weekend.

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Originally posted by Right Wing:
I am sorry but Union makes me fall asleep . . .

Its gotta be Rugby League.

It was listening to Eddie Wearing when I was young put me off this strange culture of playing with 13, no proper scrums, shoulder pads etc. This dark art is best left to them who understand these things oop norf.

Only kidding - any game played at pace by two top flight teams is worth watching whether it be Union or League.

The question is do players who migrate from one code to the other suceed in their new code. Perhaps the only one that really worked was J Davies.

I am available if selected..... as they say in rugger parlance

Sorry guys but its salmon fishing season so I may be quite for a while

What's rugby?

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Originally posted by Polarbear:
Sorry guys but its salmon fishing season so I may be quite for a while

PB
At least I caught a nice 3lb brown trout this afternoon and Mrs Flyfisher will serve it tomorrow night.

Actions speak louder than boasts.

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Originally posted by flyfisher:
The question is do players who migrate from one code to the other suceed in their new code. Perhaps the only one that really worked was J Davies.

Andy Farrell seems to be doing OK (well he's made it into the England squad after playing only a handful of games)

Jason Robinson
Chev Walker
Karl Price

To name a few (after my several beers this evening) who have 'made it' so far.

Chris Ashton of Wigan scum - moving over to 'the dark side' at end of season.

Something to do with money me thinks . . .

Howard
A game for unfeasibly big blokes with odd shaped balls.

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Originally posted by Right Wing:

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Originally posted by flyfisher:
The question is do players who migrate from one code to the other suceed in their new code. Perhaps the only one that really worked was J Davies.

Andy Farrell seems to be doing OK (well he's made it into the England squad after playing only a handful of games)

Jason Robinson
Chev Walker
Karl Price

To name a few (after my several beers this evening) who have 'made it' so far.

Chris Ashton of Wigan scum - moving over to 'the dark side' at end of season.

Something to do with money me thinks . . .

It should be interesting at Gloucester next season:
Vainikolo switches codes to join Gloucester however Henry Paul was not really a top performer at Glaws.

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Originally posted by flyfisher:

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Originally posted by Right Wing:

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Originally posted by flyfisher:
The question is do players who migrate from one code to the other suceed in their new code. Perhaps the only one that really worked was J Davies.

Andy Farrell seems to be doing OK (well he's made it into the England squad after playing only a handful of games)

Jason Robinson
Chev Walker
Karl Price

To name a few (after my several beers this evening) who have 'made it' so far.

Chris Ashton of Wigan scum - moving over to 'the dark side' at end of season.

Something to do with money me thinks . . .

It should be interesting at Gloucester next season:
Vainikolo switches codes to join Gloucester however Henry Paul was not really a top performer at Glaws.

if his dabble at the middlesex sevens is anything to go by, he should do quite well!!

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Originally posted by Chillkram:
Well done, James.

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The next joy we have to look forward to is the Rugby World Cup. (I imagine it is at this point some of the NZ forum members will join in...)

First there is the small matter of England reserves on tour in South Africa this weekend.

No, I've been putting my head under the pillow about that one...

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Originally posted by JWM:

A place for discussion of all things Rugby, whether club, national or international...

Things like spinal injuries are up for discussion then?

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Originally posted by Deane F:

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Originally posted by JWM:

A place for discussion of all things Rugby, whether club, national or international...

Things like spinal injuries are up for discussion then?

If you really are that desparate.

I had major spinal surgery last November, had two vertebra relaced with metal work. However I don't think anyone is remotely interested other than myself and my consultant spinal surgeon.

On that basis spinal injuries besides being very painfull for the individual, I would not think it would be a great topic on this forum IMHO

I've done personal cares for a guy witha C5/6 lesion caused by a fracture to the neck that he sustained in 1985 during practice for representative rugby.

He was a front rower.

Was a front-rower...

Every two days a nurse uses his or her fingers to pull this guys shit out through his rectum because his bowels are paralysed along with most of the rest of him. It's called a 'manual' in the trade.

In Christchurch we have a top class spinal injury unit at Burwood Hospital. Every weekend, on average, they get ready for another rugby player. This is because, even though we are a small country, the rate of serious spinal injuries caused by rugby is about 50 cases per year.

Since the scrummaging rules were changed, the seriousness of the injuries have lessened, but the rate at which they happen has not.

I fucking hate rugby.

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Originally posted by Deane F:

I fucking hate rugby.

Can I suggest you give the Forum Rugby Club a wide berth.

You are obviously a glass half empty merchant .