Rugby sevens - summer 2006

Does anyone play? was a union player back home for a long while until a hand injury stopped my love or the 15 player game (too many rucks and stamping...). Does anyone play sevens? Seen the touch games but find them a bit frustrating to be honest, some tackling is always good...

you can play rugby league in the summer
season starts around June time, I think

oh, sorry, thanks for the help and all, but you seem to have an awful faux-pas. Bully!

This guy is too soft to play league, Topsy. Offered him the chance and is too frightened to take it up.

southern jessie

Both Munich RFC and StuSta München organise Sevens tournaments during the Octoberfest.

any chance of any practice in the run-up to that?

and please, soft because i don't want to wriggle about on the floor eveytime someone touches me to ensure that they stop the game while i dust the dirt of my beautifully-pressed tight shorts?..league is a bastardisation...nuff said.

only 15-a-side. there is no real sevens circuit here, afik.

I play rugby here and there is a Bavarian sevens tourny and an oktoberfest sevens. The touch is your best bet for a weekly events. Good training even without the hard tackling. The 15s start this sat for botth clubs I think...well once this cold spell ends. Been games cancelled with all this white stuff.

the only thing that'll frustrate you is your sudden realisation of your lack of fitness mate... your more than welcome to come on down and join in to keep you ticking over on a weekly basis untill a sevens opportunity turns up.

which is not true.

being a northern whippet owning unaducated unbathed heathen, i do have sympathy for DM on this.
i like watching both codes, prefer union because, thats waht i played at school, but coming from a massive league town, i 've seen my fair few of leauge games and know thats its a fun thing to watch.

i get bored quickly of southern plonkers winding league people up to be honest, more a sign of somebodies ignorance than intelligence really, but im not as passionate nor involved in league enough to get upest about lager-top drinkers pertending they have big balls. DM is. the guy is working hard at trying to get the sport up on its feet here in germany. oh and how stones are being thrown at him. not really here, but outside by such people as the german rugby union nobs (by which i mean the same sort ofnon-playing over weight committee nobs who ruin every form of rugby all over, ask the welsh!). fact is there arnt enough people playing rugby in germany, be it in any form. so it all realy seem ssilly at the end of it all.

dare i say it. but maybe a little bit of atruce on this sorest of subject matters is in order??

what a massive amount of editing, but fair enough.

gideon, i think you'll find that our complaints were about the following - dally m was way past the limit there, you cannot threaten to put someone in hospital on this forum for disagreeing with you. and don't say he was only joking, he clearly stated that he was not joking.

both crawlie and i have said we understand that they are two entirely different games, but some people (certain rugby league fundamentalists) keep coming back with the same rubbish.

it was pasionate i'll agree. ;-) but he would only have put someone in hospital if they had been playing on the pitch, which is rather restrained for us northerners...

anyway, all are welcome to come down to play touch... where the only violence is against old german grannies who insist on walking across the pitch. eh OG?

Do you know whether there will be a 7's Tournament this year?
I looked on the MRFC Website and it is not mentioned (although the golden oldies are).
My Daughter wants to enter a team in the ladies tournament

excellent post by gids

What grazzenger said.

I wont apoligize for what I put as i meant every word. I play rugby of either code hard-thats the way i was brought up. You dont play if you are frightened of getting hurt. I have put people in hospital and I have been put in my self, broken Jaw, broken Collarbones, Hands, Concussion etc. Give as well as take. People dont like it thats there problem not mine. League is very physical and passionate and not unknown to have people fighting because the game must be played with 100% and League people are very passionate as is witnessed when Wigan play St.Helens, Leeds v Bradford, Hull FC v Hull KR or Queensland v NSW in Australias State of Origin-Friends off the pitch Enermy Nr 1 on it!

Me passionate- you bet and am proud of coming from a working class background and play a sport that is still mainly working class rather than one which is followed by hooray henrys.I love league and if anybody takes a swipe at it then I will have a go back. having been banned myself once from Rugby Union because i committed the cardinal sin of playing Rugby League and the way many people in Rugby union tho NOT all thank goodness have tried to stop Rugby League being played by people and even stealing League Assets like in France I have little time for people in Union who constantly show this arrogant we are bigger and better than you attitude. The German RU are OK now but even still some Rugby Union clubs have banned there players getting involved in anyway with Rugby League in Germany.

Some people from Rugby Union outside Germany have sent me nasty Emails/messages and hoping that Rugby League fails here. Thats why I have little time for Union although I dont mind watching the All Blacks and some SH Rugby Union as they try and run with the ball and that to me is proper rugby no matter what code. Thats my final say as obviously some people dont like me speaking my mind and have to go running to complain.Dont like what I put dont read it!

OK so you meant every word about threatening to put someone in hospital deliberately ?

Working class ? I come from a 2 up, 2 down terraced house in Manchester, working class enough for you ?

As for not reading what you write, why don't you just refrain from trolling on Rugby Union threads as you clearly hate the game and causing uproar and stick to Rugby League threads ?

I and others admire what you are doing to get the game of RL going in Germany but antagonising RU enthusiasts gains you no credit and disenfranchises some people who might even try and lend you a hand in your efforts.

Well, I guess, really, it was my fault because I was foohardy enough to suggest to Pirulero that he could play League in the summer - he then started on that foolish wriggling nonsense, and it kind of escalated from there. It started off as light-hearted banter, but it seems to have turned into a bit more than that (although I didn't actually see the controversial posts).
But, really, there's room for both codes, the more the merrier, innit.

Rugby of either code is a tough game and people end up in hospital from tough LEGAL tackles. If people want to play a girls game or are afraid to get hurt play Soccer simple as! I have never received a Red Card in over 20 years of playing Rugby League nor in the last 2 years of Rugby Union. People canttake tough tackling and some rough house tactics thats there problem!
I like Union- when they run with the ball-usually only the French (Sometimes) or the SH nations do this. I hate watching Forwards just jumping on each other or watching aerial ping pong-thats not Rugby!I dont hate Union just the Wankers who want League to disappear-and there are many!I play union FFS! I express my opinion like everybodyelse and that wasnt trolling just stating a fact that the 6n this past 2 years have been crap and that even Union people agree with me!!

Why is it OK for Union people to continually downgrade League yet we (Rugby League fans and players) cant defend our game or make any comment on Union not just on this forum but everywhere? According to a BBC commentator at the weekend its Rugby Leagues fault that England Rugby Union played badly.WTF? In League post some Union fans have trolled hell of alot more than me who was stating a fact. People in greenhouses shouldnt throw stones comes to mind.I think you will find it was a Union person who was trolling more than anythingelse and posting comments which were made to wind people up. He then disappears.

No DallyM. They were saying that England coaches may have been exceptional League players but it is questioned whether they were incorporating too many league tactics into the union game. That is all. From what I have heard it was a valid point.

yes, but dally m, you were suggesting that your aim would be to put pirulero in hospital. a stupid thing to say (twice i believe).

if YOU read the posts, pirulero actually said he wanted to play sevens because there is no tackling in touch rugby, so less of the "RU faggots" crap please.

no one on here has at any point to my recollection stated that league should disappear. you are the one who keeps making these groundless (in relationship to this forum), paranoid statements.

i will repeat. i have nothing against the game of rugby league. it is an almost entirely different game to rugby union in a similar way that american football is.

if you want to have a rant about how rugby league is so put upon, please start a separate thread.

well I have playd rugby union for26 years now and have managed to play senior rugby in Ireland...America...and in the bundesleague here in Germany. Only ever been the hospital once...slit eye after a hard and illegal tackle by an opponent. Its also has been quoted that it is a holigans game played by gentleman. So maybe Rugby league is a holigans game played by holigans. Passion for a quality sport is what makes a good player a great player. I question some of your comments Mr League enthusiast...almost bordering on disillusional. Hey...i also say that some people who lacks classic rugby skills may try to try other methods. The reason why this years 6Nations has been bad partly as they look as if they are playing a more rugby league type game. Lets just try and run up the middle of the park and drive over everyone (sepecially England). But i enjoy watchin the league game. Certainly fewer tactics but some many skillful moments with running and passing and vision. Not necessarily trying to put your opponent in hospital.

Jeremy Guscott said he blamed Rugby League for the backs poor performance. Guscott said it was Leagues tactics which stifled England-funny how St.Helens, Wests Tigers, North Queensland Cowboys, Leeds Rhinos, Penrith Panthers etc have no problem with it.Guscott hates League.Maybe if the England players learned to catch a ball first this might help them to actually do something! Larder was a crap league player and wasnt much better at Coaching which is why nobody in League wanted him after he was GB coach and ended up in Union!

will you ever...

my thruppenies are aching

10/10 for commitment to the cause at least Dally!

I think all rugby is shit. Why would anyone want to go around hurting other people?

just doing my part to unite both sides

1/10 for having any relevance to anything ever.

So Grazzinger saying "League is a bastardisation" and its OK to say that is it and not trolling?-Well done 2 sets of rules. Also the League tackles are t Touches again trying to have a dig at League by saying "I dont want to wriggle about on the floor everytime someone touches me to ensure that they stop the game while I dust the dirt of my beautifully pressed tight shorts? but you keep wearing your tinted glasses. Its OK for him to troll and put some other sport down for no reason is it? Good least I know where we stand on trolling

Irish Rover I have played Union for 2 and a half years and had 10 stitches in the mouth, broken Collarbone , broken hand.

Playing league where people are running more or less full pelt and the hits are harder due to the impact broken jaw, Broken hand 3 times, broken fingers various, dislocated knee cap, broken collarbone twice, broken leg, twisted ankle ligaments.Many Pro League players retire at 30/31 due to the hits the body takes in League-look at Farrell, Radlinski, Fittler, Johns all between 29-32 and badly crocked and cant last a season or retired due to knee or shoulder injury. The game is very tough on the Shoulder, knee and Ribs area due to the massive hits and the many tackles a league player is forced to do. In League you are taught to hit as hard as you can especially around the chest/ball carrying arm area.

Just because you have only been to hospital once doesnt mean anything!

so, have we got any further info on sevens?

Wow DallyM. Sounds like a fun sport to play. My self-preservation Gene kicked in years ago so somehow I am not that tempted to give it a try

why don't you read what dallym has written rather than what you imagine him to have said?
when did he mention "RU faggots", for instance?
he's also not saying that anyone on this forum wants league to disappear, he's having a go at the hooray henrys / twickers toff types

and he's right, really - Pirulero shouldn't shoot his mouth off calling league a flippin "bastardisation" and then do a runner from the thread. I bet he's never once watched a game from start to finish :grrrrrrrrr:

sadly topsy, you must have missed his insane rant about aiming to deliberately hospitalise pirulero and how i and anyone else who didn't fully support league were union faggots or some similar implication. the mods sensibly took it out and my very angry response and a few others with it.

the man's off his head. ok, pirulero makes some effing stupid and flippant comments sometimes but dally m is to rugby league what al qaida is to islam. if you'd read what he posted earlier you would question him too. ask owain g.

Did any of the league players in Australia that suffered a "finger up the anus" during play have to go to hospital or was the offending finger removed during the course of play whilst still on the pitch?

http://wesclark.com/rrr/hopoate.html

Let's all just drop this one ok ? Nobody backing down and i just think we should all stick to our own threads.

'tis dropped.

sevens anyone?

ya bugger

I think anyone even with the smallest of brain cells could have worked out that he meant that if he was on the opposition side he would play hard against Pileru. Anyone that sees this as a threat needs to step back for a minute.

You didn't read the original post Schotte but leave it now.

Not wishing to sound like a faggot... but I've always felt that playing rugby on rock-hard ground in the Summer can be, well, sore.

I've played RU in S. France, and yes, I've broken a nose, collar-bone etc..

much of RU people are faggots thought!!! I love the game but have always found there to be a large element of up their arse fans and players who think they are the dog's baws despite them being often average at best.

@bluedave - I did see the original post!!! As is the problem with this site at times though, people get on their high horse and can't see the wood for the trees. I just came on, read it and am completely baffled by the response. Sort yourselves out people.