re: Congrats to LSU Rugby

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Their long socks and brooms are as manly as the nut-grabbing ****ry that goes on in rugby.

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To the guy who posted that college teams routinely defeat the best men's teams in the country. Dude, I played for Santa Monica and we our B side slaughtered every college team we faced. Our A side never even faced a college team because of the risk of injury. No way a college team (even Berkeley) comes close to deafeating an OMBAC, Belmont Shore, NYAC, or Santa Monica A side. The difference between college and elite (i.e. Super League or Division One) men's rugby is atronomical.

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thats not so much true anymore...

Cal berkeley could/would probably beat at least half of the super league teams this year. BYU could give any of them a run for their money...but probably lose.

Now the rest of college teams...you are right, they dont have a chance

Like I stated in an earlier post, Cal is hardly a typical college team. As good as a lot of these college teams are, I know that the men's teams in California would destroy them (several of our American players played at Cal and we fielded teams comprised of good foreign players). I imagine that BYU is loaded with islanders, right?

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Bulawayo

i get the feeling the Jesuit kids on the team started this




Na...South African professor who started the club in 1970 did. It is a Zulu word meaning "field/place of slaughter".

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Yep, Rob Haswell, former Geography teacher/instructor, later MP in South Africa.

I played for LSU from 1970-1977. LSU Rugby has one of the best (if not THE Best) winning percentages of any sport on campus.

We used to tell other teams, when they asked us what it meant -- "It means that this is the place your dreams will die"...

Say what you will about it being a club sport, but the players play for the game, for sport, and for the friendship--with each other and with the other team....AFTER the game.

Yep, but there were a number of posters who don't seem to be familiar with the game. Then there are a bunch who posted who definitely know a lot about it.

Oh....I should mention LSU beat a Texas Tech team a few weeks ago in Dallas ....120 - 0 .

Geaux Tigers!!

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I played for LSU from 1970-1977

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The good old 7 year degree. By chance were you related to another rugby player that went by Chunks? He mastered the 7 year degree as well, and he wasn't a post-grad, doctor or lawyer.

Hopefully that draws Sir "Chunks" Nastiness into the mix.

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Oh....I should mention LSU beat a Texas Tech team a few weeks ago in Dallas ....120 - 0 .

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We beat that same TT team 113-6.


Once again....not that impressive.

Go Lions!

injuries and bad officiating caught us this year...we'll be back next year though. And maybe you guys won't get every freaking call

Those damned islanders are a rough bunch. I was supposed to play on a touring side in Western Samoa and the tour was cancelled because of deaths on the pitch, poor refereeing and all-around vicious play. There used to be a team in Orange County called the Islanders. They were later banned for various violent indiscretions. The BYU rugby team sounds typical of all BYU sports, 24 year-old men playing against 18 and 19 year-old boys. Ridiculous.

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Not only were you blowing smoke up our asses about the superiority of SLU's rugby program, but you forgot to mention you all finished dead last pal.

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I told you injuries were a big part. Had a lot of them. But we still gave the LSU "A" team a game..w/ witnesses that said the refs gave it to them.

And i'll never shake their hands...I only shake hands of true competitors, not whiny bitches.