The Official Rugby Thread - Page 2

On November 20 2011 07:19 decafchicken wrote:


Haha ann arbors mens team isn't much to talk about, but i know a lot of kids on UofM's college team including their captain/president.

Alumni games are always a good time, usually total bullshit but those old guys are crafty and dirty as fuck :p I'm about to get ready for out banquet this year (hands down my favorite night of the year) so hopefully i bring back some awards! (cough leading scorer cough)

On November 21 2011 06:22 decafchicken wrote:
Wow small world. I played for the northville knights in 2007 and 2008 and my sister went to scraft :-p (i lived a few miles away from there). I know pretty much all the tradesmen and will likely be playing for their D1 team next spring for playoffs.
I currently play for michigan state

And 7's is fun I like the contact in 15s better but i have a bunch of good friends that i play 7's with and we do pretty well.

On November 25 2011 02:31 erickeK wrote:



I goto Scraft right now xD Been trying to get back in shape. I had a few friends who played for the Northville Knights back in 2010 when I played for Liviona.

I think Northville were D2, we were D1. Lemmie tell you what though, those West Ottawa kids over at Holland, Michigan play dirty ._. so do the Brighton guys.

On November 26 2011 03:19 DwmC_Foefen wrote:
Can I still start playing rugby at age 22 when I'm out of school? Or am I too late?

On December 02 2011 12:08 SgtCoDFish wrote:
Used to be a pretty decent second row/winger (strange combination, I know; started second row until they realised I was actually a back) for my hometown's team but got injured too much and had to give it up.

As such, advice for getting along injury free in rugby:

1) Don't let angry hookers bite into your thumb when you try to tackle them. It stings.

2) Don't let your prop pick you up in training and then drop you. Pulled a muscle in my back, couldn't walk for a week and was recovering for about a year.

3) Don't let your knee randomly collapse under you while playing rugby in a training match. It'll never be the same again, it'll constantly give you pain and you'll never run as fast as you could again. (honestly have no idea what happened, just randomly keeled over and have had a dodgy knee ever since)

It's a good job I didn't really intend to take my rugby any further than what I did, 'cause my body would have soon stopped me. Kinda wish I could still play, it was good fun.

On December 21 2011 09:38 Catch wrote:
Man just discovered rugbydump.com

Rugby seems like so much fun to get involved in. I know I can't this year due to school, but maybe next year. The problem is is that I don't think I'm athletic enough, so it is kind of holding me back. That and those dudes are huge. My uni does have an intramural/club team though I think.

On December 21 2011 09:56 decafchicken wrote:


rugbydump is awwwwwesome.
Don't be scared, we have multiple starters on our team in the ~150lb range. I dunno how athletic you are, but you can always go out and give it a shot and see if you have some fun. Pretty much every college has a team and there's always a friendly match after the real game so everyone gets playing time. And most clubs only have practice twice a week for a couple hours which should fit into most schedules.