First game of rugby for 4 years...
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Playing in a charity match for work later on this evening and will be my first match since youth level (about 4 years ago, 22 now).
Starting at 9 and really looking forward to it. Although, I will be blowing out of my arse after 15 minutes as my fitness is appauling! Apart from the odd cross country bike ride ever now and then, I have pretty much done f
k all exercise, nor have we had any training in prep for the match. We have organised our lineout calls over email 
Anyway, should be good - just hoping I've still got "it" (That's if I ever even had "it").
Starting at 9 and really looking forward to it. Although, I will be blowing out of my arse after 15 minutes as my fitness is appauling! Apart from the odd cross country bike ride ever now and then, I have pretty much done f
k all exercise, nor have we had any training in prep for the match. We have organised our lineout calls over email Anyway, should be good - just hoping I've still got "it" (That's if I ever even had "it"
).Vocal Minority said:
Find the biggest forward, tell him his mother is a lazy lover and wait for you back row to save you
As long as your back row actually like you enough to do that (I've witnessed a similar approach - found out in the bar afterwards the mouthy one had been a bit too mouthy and pissed off most of his team, so they let him have a "gentle" lesson (as they put it)Veterans' Tour weekend over. It was a draw.
By 'Tour' I mean 'away game requiring two overnight stays'.
By 'draw' I mean 'both sides scored, so we're calling it a draw.'
Happily the only injuries we suffered were sustained in the pub.
I am now also the proud holder of the official 'Tour Lightweight' title: that's good, isn't it?
By 'Tour' I mean 'away game requiring two overnight stays'.
By 'draw' I mean 'both sides scored, so we're calling it a draw.'
Happily the only injuries we suffered were sustained in the pub.
I am now also the proud holder of the official 'Tour Lightweight' title: that's good, isn't it?
Ian Lancs said:
As long as your back row actually like you enough to do that (I've witnessed a similar approach - found out in the bar afterwards the mouthy one had been a bit too mouthy and pissed off most of his team, so they let him have a "gentle" lesson (as they put it)
Yes a very common occurrence in my experience.XCP said:
Still no word from the OP....
I am alive and well 
It was a scrappy, wet, physical, dirty game that I thoroughly enjoyed.
Prior to the game we had about half an hour training to put together some set piece moves and some lineout practice then straight into it. I was already blowing out of my arse at this point - "God help me for the next 80 odd minutes" I thought.
10 minutes in, I take the ball in, set it up lovely for the next phase and some t
t decides to stamp on my head - kindly peeling the top of my ear away from my head. That bit didn't bother me so much as the fking mud in my ear! Couldn't hear a thing out of it for a while but a couple of short powerful blasts with the water bottle dislodged what must have been the 25% of the actual pitch from my head!After 35 minutes I came off with cramp in both my calves (sp) (Laugh all you like, it was brutal!)... back on to start the second half and managed another 25 minutes before the cramp returned with avengeance! Off for 5 minutes to be stretched out by the physio (yes, we had a physio! Who came well equipped with useful items such as somee massage oil and a tub of vas! Not a magic sponge in sight!)then back on for 10 minutes at 9, to finish the game at full back
We lost 17 - 8 but I think most of it was due to the fact we had a squad of 17 whereas the opposition turned up with 25 players to choose from (most of which were division 1+2 players). With rolling subs, this proved to be their trump card...
Saturday morning came and I felt like I had been in a car crash! My whole body felt like it had been placed in a vice and wound up as tight as it would go. Even when I went for a s
t it felt I was giving birth to an American teenager - I literally felt like crying. My misses, fair play to her, was there by my side all day long - taking the fking piss and tickling me at every opportunity because she knew it hurt so much! Anyway, going to try and gety some fitness in ready for the next game.
LordGrover said:
My kid brother, born 1964, still plays a decent game on the wing. Captain of the seconds.
He's nearly died just the once although he gets a few aches and pains for his trouble these days. Stay fit and you can keep going for a long time (on the wing at least).
In my extensive experience - 4 games in 45 years - I have yet to find a reason why anyone would want to play anywhere but on the wing...He's nearly died just the once although he gets a few aches and pains for his trouble these days. Stay fit and you can keep going for a long time (on the wing at least).
51 at the start of the season, still playing 2nd row for the 2's and 3's ( not at the same time ! )
Still get around the pitch faster than the rest of the front 5 and not far behind the back rowers.
If you get your butt off the couch and train there is no reason to magically give up at 35, and yes I have 3 kids, so kids
are not an excuse......
Why give up when you enjoy it and make a contribution to the team / club :-)
Still get around the pitch faster than the rest of the front 5 and not far behind the back rowers.
If you get your butt off the couch and train there is no reason to magically give up at 35, and yes I have 3 kids, so kids
are not an excuse......
Why give up when you enjoy it and make a contribution to the team / club :-)
Los Endos said:
Why give up when you enjoy it and make a contribution to the team / club :-)
I find in my mid 40's it's less painful to make a contribution by coaching the kids and then putting money behind the bar and enjoying this positive (for them rather than my liver) aspect of the game 
XCP said:
IroningMan said:
In my extensive experience - 4 games in 45 years - I have yet to find a reason why anyone would want to play anywhere but on the wing...
I played prop for nearly 40 years. I would take an opposite view being a wing or back is boring, standing about waiting for things to happen, at least up front you get to hug your mates and talk to some real nice people
Fleckers said:
I cant say I played prop for 40 years, but I play #3 for about 10 years then moved #2 for about 15 years and am now a qualified coach for kids from 6 - 18
being a wing or back is boring, standing about waiting for things to happen, at least up front you get to hug your mates and talk to some real nice people
The reason being a back can be so boring is that the pack don't get the ball. They wander around the field, push and then do it all over again. If the ball should, by some fluke, get to the feet of the #8, the front rows stand up in shock and they have to start again.being a wing or back is boring, standing about waiting for things to happen, at least up front you get to hug your mates and talk to some real nice people
Derek Smith said:
The reason being a back can be so boring is that the pack don't get the ball. They wander around the field, push and then do it all over again. If the ball should, by some fluke, get to the feet of the #8, the front rows stand up in shock and they have to start again.
DerekThe ball is of secondary importance. It is perfectly possible to spend an enjoyable and productive afternoon and not touch it. In fact, it was normally a sign that something had gone wrong if it found its way into my hands. The exception would be handling in the scrum, but no-one would see, so that doesn't really count.
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