Fatbastarding: NTA log
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I actually have all the original forestry around the sides and back - I just get it cut off every four weeks so I don't look like a gimp <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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I think you mean......"so I look [i]less[/i] like a gimp"
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Nah, I have mates with similar craniums to yours who do the same thing. <br />
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Does having a really smooth head really result in more split open/stitches type injuries, a la David Croft? Or is it just cos he goes so farkin hard at the ball....leading with his head? :nta -
I think its a combination of things for him. Hair doesn't provide an excess of padding - if you get a boot on the noggin chances are you're going to bleed. But its the contacts with knees and elbows where I reckon it helps - hair of decent length moves around more than skin so when impact happens the hair goes with the flow somewhat.
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Got the basic Gilbert headgear which makes me look about ten years younger (you look younger when people can't see your baldness :shifty:). Couldn't believe the price of the honeycomb gear (I paid $40 - honeycomb is $99!)<br />
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While I was there I picked up a RugbyTech shirt - thin padding for shoulder, sternum, and upper arms. Its all non-rigid padding unlike some of the NRL approved gear with its moulded ridges and other crap - more like an undershirt really, and is more for peace of mind than anything. After seeing the results of me batting without a helmet, Mrs the Aussie is pleased for me to have as much protective gear BEFORE I get into serious contact <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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Comfy actually - and flexible enough to fold up inside my headgear... though I have an enormous head <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
Poof <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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head gear though, does stop all those annoying little cuts and bruises.<br />
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But a padded vest!!<br />
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They were just coming in as I was heading out of playing rugby, I ma just jealous that I never got to wear one - those jobs that the Saffa props wear, where they end up looking like RObo Cop, they were a bit of me -
<img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> Like Saffer Brent Russell, who goes from midget to muscular in a single shirt change <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> Some of the gear the boys are wearing is the league-approved stuff looks like a cooking griddle!<br />
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As with the head gear, this is more to avoid the cuts and abrasions - hence the full undershirt style instead of just shoulder gear. I wore one of my older (tough) CCC jumpers to training the other night with a singlet underneath, and still picked up some gravel rash - mostly from the ground we were training on <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> The team shirts we have are that new type of lightweight polyester weave, and aren't going to stop the odd stone flying up under the mudguards <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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This is the one: [url="http://www.tightfiverugby.com/prod_images_blowup/Gladiator_Body1.jpg"]http://www.tightfiverugby.com/prod_imag ... _Body1.jpg[/url]<br />
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The padding you see on the shoulders extends to over the back about the same distance. Same with the bands of padding you see around the arms - they wrap around the same distance to the back. You can just see the chest padding around the logo, and there is a one at the base of the neck about the size of your palm. Very lightweight, and very comfy. Doesn't bulk me up - just squares off a few round edges :whistle: and keeps the love handles tucked away out of danger :shifty: Its very light, comfortable, machine washable, and doesn't require its own bag for transport! -
And is the business. Their scrum-caps are also the best on the market. <br />
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However, ask you sports shop nicely if they have the Rugbytech Matador pads. They've stopped making them, but they have the bicep/tricep pad, the back-of-the-neck pad, the chest pad and, most importantly, shoulder pads that actually wrap [i]over[/i] your A/C joint and protect it from all angles. Iv'e worn these for the last three years, and just about the only part of me that hasn't been injured in a fun new life as a back-row is my shoulder. <br />
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Rugbytech gear rocks. 
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However, ask you sports shop nicely if they have the Rugbytech Matador pads. They've stopped making them, but they have the bicep/tricep pad, the back-of-the-neck pad, the chest pad and, most importantly, shoulder pads that actually wrap [i]over[/i] your A/C joint and protect it from all angles. Iv'e worn these for the last three years, and just about the only part of me that hasn't been injured in a fun new life as a back-row is my shoulder. <br />
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Rugbytech gear rocks. :afro:<br />
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See - that's the bit I'm confused about - the visuals don't quite match any of the images I've found.... Different cut and colour to that image above, but not quite the wraparound of the Matador (which they didn't have in my size :nta ) -
That's the old Gladiator in the image you have there. All the new Rugbytech ones are full-length, and don't ride up as a result. <br />
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Still get stinky as all get out, mind. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
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That's the old Gladiator in the image you have there. All the new Rugbytech ones are full-length, and don't ride up as a result. <br />
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That must be it. Then I must have a new gladiator setup - got grey side panels or summat. The shoulder protection has more coverage down the collarbone. -
The pads are more or less neoprene-based, and will stink - I'm not kidding about this. Don't machine wash them too much, as it'll eventually knacker them. About once a week, fill a basin with warm water, give it a good squirt of washing-up liquid, and gently rub it clean. It'll cope with the stink admirably, plus getting rid of the other unfortunate side-effect of stinky, sweaty neoprene and lycra - namely, pimply rashes. <br />
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If it's cold enough, get one of the Canterbury Armourfit tops to wear under the pads; in fact, consider getting two, one cold, one hot. They're bloody amazing, and one of the best things I've ever bought (I have long-sleeve and short-sleeve). Our pitch is 150m up, about 1.5 km from open Atlantic, so training weather is a bit interesting in an Irish November or January. Wearing an Armourfit, you don't notice it, as you just stay warm. And, best of all - the moisture, be it rain or sweat, wicks away from the inside to the outside, so that if you're away between training days and can't clean the top (frequently the case for me), when you pull it out of the bag, it's not too stinky and it's [i]dry[/i] inside. [i]Dry[/i]. :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy:<br />
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I use them sailing as well when I'm sailing hiking boats, under the hiking shorts. Rash vest on top over the lifejacket, and you're toasty warm in early April. With a dry-top over all that and my diving hood, reckon I could just use that all year around, even for frostbite sailing. And you can get ones for when it's too warm as well. Bloody great things, and worth ever penny. Nice one, Canterbury. -
[quote name='Thomond78']<br />
The pads are more or less neoprene-based, and will stink - I'm not kidding about this. Don't machine wash them too much, as it'll eventually knacker them. About once a week, fill a basin with warm water, give it a good squirt of washing-up liquid, and gently rub it clean. It'll cope with the stink admirably, plus getting rid of the other unfortunate side-effect of stinky, sweaty neoprene and lycra - namely, pimply rashes. <br />
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CCC tops sound good, but I don't reckon its gonna get cold enough for more than the jersey + gladiator <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> It was 24 here today and even warmer on the weekend! However I will be very careful about the washing side of things - having looked after my cycling gear I know exactly what you mean about stinky lycra
As for the rash - I tend toward the hirsute (Silesian ancestry) so there isn't room enough for the pimples! <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
I just got the image of Bart in a corset and I want it out of my head [i]right now.[/i]Â <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> :shifty:<br />
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They're wearing them on TNZ as well, I've noticed. :nta<br />
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That's the thing, Nick; they do a hot version as well, designed for when it's over 20 degrees, to keep you cooler.Â<br />
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Training tonight was fun - handling under pressure followed by pick n go, tackle/recover and cleanout drills. I was absolutely fucked about halfway through, and because the council mowed the grass some time over the weekend, looked like someone had dipped me in glue and thrown a bag of chaff at me. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> Wore the new Western Force jersey I won off Inside Rugby. Its 100% polyester so I thought I'd be too farken hot, but really it wasn't that bad. Very well perforated I suppose... Stayed back a bit for some place kicking practice - I've been watching a few training clips I have of Burkey and you know what? I reckon he's onto something because I tried his method and its pretty farken good. I kicked about 6 from 8 from the 22m, about 5m left of centre. Not hitting the ball quite sweet enough obviously as I'm just getting distance with the accurate kicks, and missing with the bigger kicks - need to strike it higher on the instep. I'm not considering taking duties off the other guys :shifty: its just fun to do and helps develop my general kicking....<br />
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Kicking. <br />
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A prop, and now you're place-kicking.<br />
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You sold out, man. :knubble:<br />
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:shifty: Blame my aussie rules childhood - a desperate need to kick a ball between two sticks in order to get points<br />
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Besides which, I don't consider myself a prop at our club - too many Kiwis who actually know what they're doing rather than just leaning in like I used to and scrabbling for a bind <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
Feeling a bit sore today so went to get a Chinese massage. Half an hour of a bespectacled Asian man going shaolin on my skeleto-muscular system one meridian at a time - only $30! Promotes circulation by all reports - all I know is it feels good afterwards and allows me to zone out for 30 minutes when work is pissing me off.
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Feeling a bit sore today so went to get a Chinese massage. Half an hour of a bespectacled Asian man going shaolin on my skeleto-muscular system one meridian at a time - only $30! Promotes circulation by all reports - all I know is it feels good afterwards and allows me to zone out for 30 minutes when work is pissing me off.<br />
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What no geisha girl walking on your back in her bare feet?Â