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(Rugby-mad) Bush may visit Australia for Rugby World Cup
Sydney Morning Herald ^
| May 21 2003
Posted on 05/21/2003 6:57:05 AM PDT by dead
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Who knew we had a rugby-mad president?
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posted on
05/21/2003 6:57:05 AM PDT
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dead
To: dead
Why not New Zealand has a prop forward as Prime Minister.
She also stunt doubles for Pat Ireland.
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posted on
05/21/2003 7:08:30 AM PDT
by
ijcr
To: dead
I vaguely remember that he played at Yale.
Oh, good. This should get the democrats foaming at the mouth, especially when the old pictures of President Bush in ruby shorts surface!! LOL!
To: Miss Marple
Uh, I meant RUGBY shorts.
Need more coffee.
To: dead
Powder..Patch..Ball FIRE!
President Bush shows up in Australia, goes to World cup, and gets to show ?How many millions? of people why the US supports him so solidly... Sounds like a plan to me...
To: dead
Rugby is a damn fine sport. A trainer I know who had worked for two NFL teams told me as he watched his first Rugby League match in Australia that in a game like what he was seeing "your typical NFL player would last about five minutes".
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posted on
05/21/2003 7:19:36 AM PDT
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katana
To: BallandPowder
I watched my first rugby match a few months ago. It was sorta their Super Bowl from what I gather. It was Ireland vs. England (and the Brit bastards won, quite handily.) It was fun to watch, and not hard at all to pick up the rules.
My brother-in-law, who's from Ireland, asked me, "Would you like to go the a bar in the Bronx with me and my friends tomorrow morning at 6:30 and get drunk watching rugby?"
How do you say no to that? I was sleeping it off by 1:30 in the afternoon.
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posted on
05/21/2003 7:19:41 AM PDT
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dead
To: dead
Definitely a good idea to visit Australia and the Philippines; two good US allies in a dicey part of the world. John Howard is quite popular again; his Iraq stand paid off. :)
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posted on
05/21/2003 7:23:53 AM PDT
by
JohnnyZ
(That's my theory and I'm sticking to it! At least for the present . . .)
To: dead; Miss Marple; Howlin; Cagey; MotleyGirl70
Well, I certainly hope the
are going to be there.
Who knows what kind of uproar could ensue against Bush if they were left out! :)
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posted on
05/21/2003 7:25:32 AM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(This just in: I could really care less who wins American Idol.)
To: katana
You're right, it is a fine sport, with a different type of athlete.
From what I saw in the Ireland/England rugby match, the reverse is also true. Most of them wouldn't last two minutes in an NFL game either. They're not used to a 6'5" 280 lb. defensive back (who runs a 4.4 40) in full equipment smashing into them.
And good lord, that British Rugby team had an excess of ugly on them. 8-)
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posted on
05/21/2003 7:27:17 AM PDT
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dead
To: katana
A trainer I know who had worked for two NFL teams told me as he watched his first Rugby League match in Australia that in a game like what he was seeing "your typical NFL player would last about five minutes". Back in my more youthful years I took up rugby for a few months. Gave it up because my employer thought I was getting into bar brawls, since I worked in a sales/marketing capacity, this was not the image the company wanted to project to the customer. The american version of rugby is more like football without the benefit of protection ... the version played in most other countries is more refined, more passing and intricate team work.
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posted on
05/21/2003 7:30:59 AM PDT
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BluH2o
To: Constitution Day
HA! I can find anything! Here is the 1968 Yale Rugby Team. The President is in the back row, center. Sorry this is so big...don't know how to scale down:
To: Miss Marple
LOL!! Look at W's fingers -- are those gang signs?
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posted on
05/21/2003 7:38:36 AM PDT
by
r9etb
To: dead
excess of uglyPlaying a collision sport without a face mask will do that. And you're right that the steady exertion and absorption of hits that a rugger goes through wouldn't work too well against 6'8" 300 lb. guys wrapped in carbonate armor plate, who can run 40 yards in under 5 seconds. Personally, I like both sports and know quite a few Aussies who are big fans of the NFL. Ruggers are fairly normal (like hockey players) but a lot of the guys in the NFL are built like thoroughbred hybrids.
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posted on
05/21/2003 7:38:45 AM PDT
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katana
To: Miss Marple
Hey! Great find MM!
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posted on
05/21/2003 7:38:53 AM PDT
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Constitution Day
(This just in: I could really care less who wins American Idol.)
To: BluH2o
The american version of rugby is more like football without the benefit of protection ... the version played in most other countries is more refined, more passing and intricate team work. That's not entirely true. I played rugby in the military and in college and law school, and american rugby is getting better all of the time. Check out www.usa-eagles.org to see our national team.
Almost every college has a club, and most cities have a number of clubs. It is a great team sport, as well as a great social event. I hope to join a men's club and start playing again soon. All you other ruggers out there need to get on this post!!
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posted on
05/21/2003 7:40:53 AM PDT
by
brownie
(Reductio Ad Absurdum, or something like that . . .)
To: r9etb
Not gang signs. I believe we have documentation of the first official "W" sign, no doubt completed just after the photo was snapped.
To: BluH2o
Of the two basic types of Rugby, Union and League, League is to me the much more entertaining game. Union has too many scrums and closely resembles what we used to (in less politically correct days) called smear the queer.
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posted on
05/21/2003 7:43:23 AM PDT
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katana
To: Miss Marple
Your pic isn't showing up......
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posted on
05/21/2003 7:46:29 AM PDT
by
deport
To: dead
He wants , no doubt, to get a few Dem Senators in a scrum..
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posted on
05/21/2003 7:47:53 AM PDT
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ken5050
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