Rugby

[Ernesto]

In our country, true teams rarely exist ... [social barriers] and personal ambitions have reduced athletes to dissolute cliques or individuals thrown together for mutual profit ... Yet these rugby players, with their muddied, cracked bodies, are struggling to hold onto a sense of humanity that we in America have lost and are unlikely to regain. The game may only be to move a ball forward on a dirt field, but the task can be accomplished with an [unshackled] joy and its memories will be a permanent delight. The women and men who play on that rugby field are more alive than too many of us will ever be. The foolish [emptiness] we think we perceive in their existence is only our own. - Victor Cahn

[Britney]

The best time youll have with [13] other [guys] and a [hooker].

[Oralee]

[The game] they [play] in [heaven].

[Cami]

[The must] [skillful], graceful and beautiful forms of [brutality] in the world.

[Dave Paprocki]

An amazing sport, often stereotyped as a mans game, but girls [rugby] is growing, and we kickass at it! Requires [stamina] and [willpower].

[Zipporah Schumaker]

[The Chuck Norris] of [sports].

[Lanell]

A sport involving 15-a-side teams that originated in the UK, but is often criticised eslewhere due to its rough-and-tumble nature, ie. you could [walk off] the pitch with several bones broken after the 80 minutes. It requires the mindset of stone and extreme physical shape, especially lower body and abdomen. Most rugby players start from a very early age in the UK and [Oceana] due to how specialist most of the skills needed are. Despite the fact that playing rugby is by far more physically demanding than Football (Soccer), the players are paid less than the afore-mentioned counterpart, meaning that it is less financially rewarding to play than other mainstream sports, yet has its own culture that most of the born-and-bred players live by, commonly referred to (at least in my area, this is a geographically [dependant] phrase) as [Scrum] Down, [Drink Up]. No matter what happens on the field, you can still share several pints with the guy who [speared] you.

[Sarah]

Its a real mans sport with lots of [strategy]. It builds a [bond] between players. It is also one of the most physically and mentally [demanding] sports.

[Tayyaba]

a form of football played with an oval ball

[Monty]

A town in Warwickshire, where the sport of rugby is thought to have originated

[Agnes]

Rugby is a team sport that originated in England, characterized by running with an oval ball in hand which is often kicked, carried, or passed from hand to hand. Points are scored by grounding the ball behind the opponents goal line, or by kicking it between goalposts and over a crossbar. It consists of two types - Rugby Union and Rugby League, each with its distinct rules and regulations. It is played by both men and women, with teams typically composed of 15 players (in Rugby Union) or 13 players (in Rugby League).

[Hina Muqadas]

rug′bi, n. the game of football according to the rules of the Rugby Football Union (1871), the sides numbering 15 each, played on ground 110 by 75 yards.

[Agnes]

A corruption of the Saxon Rothby, “red village,” in allusion to its soil.