Four back operations....and you enjoyed those?
"Can I get me a huntin' licence here?"
It has been said: Soccer is a gentleman's game played by ruffians and Rugby is a ruffian's game played by gentlemen. No truer words ever spoken.
And no, the operations were not fun, but most people (there are now many women's Rugby teams on campuses across the country) survive the sport with a sprain or strain--or at worst, a broken nose or knee. I was a bit unlucky, but that's life.