F*ck playing them rugby XV
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Calder had to be fuckin' brave to do that to Fitzy
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labelled a thug from the moment Steve Skinnon ruthlessly eyed him in the thumb...
Bit like Danny Grewcock. Developed a taste for players fingers - and Kev Mealamu's thumb.
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@MN5 said in F*ck playing them rugby XV:
@kiwiinmelb said in F*ck playing them rugby XV:
Flavell was probably as mad as any of them , but played in the wrong era ,
Hey troy , you cant do that shit anymore .
Poor old Flavell. Such an amazing talent but labelled a thug from the moment Steve Skinnon ruthlessly eyed him in the thumb....
Had he played in a previous era , we may be looking back on him as some kind of bad guy hero .
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@MN5 said in F*ck playing them rugby XV:
Weren’t all the guys of that era scared of Frank Oliver? I remember reading he smashed Grizz in a game back in the day
Was known as "Tom Tom" - as in the tom-toms were beating as Frank came into town as opponents had been warned of his physical prowess.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in F*ck playing them rugby XV:
Calder had to be fuckin' brave to do that to Fitzy
Really ? Calder was as tough as anyone who played. rumour has it he shaved the day he was born.
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its funny how times have changed ,
league was probably on a different level again , players would go toe to toe , exchanging blows so often it was nothing , much like ice hockey ,
my old man played in the ellerslie premiership sides in the late 50s, and said they would all have to do compulsory boxing training , not for fitness , so when fights broke out , they knew how to handle themselves
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It's amazing to think how psycho it was and the refs didn't give a shit. Even right up until the start of professionalism it was almost a free for all. I remember Aus vs Ireland at Ballymore in 1994 and an Irish player clocked David Wilson on the back of the head during a break in play (had probably stamped on his head). Ref just told him to get back to his side. He'd be off and out for weeks now. I also remember Lomu getting his head stamped by Brian Lima (a psychopath worthy of this thread). That enraged the big man, and the next chance he got, he picked Lima up and threw him head first into the ground. Again, it would have been a red and weeks on the sideline for both of them.
Not saying that was acceptable, but it's gone waaaay too far in the other direction now.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel I agree , I’m probably a bit old school , but I find it a bit too sanitised now at times
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@kiwiinmelb it's a bit like S of O now. My enduring memories are Geyer and Wally facing up in the rain and mud
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@canefan said in F*ck playing them rugby XV:
@kiwiinmelb it's a bit like S of O now. My enduring memories are Geyer and Wally facing up in the rain and mud
Wally Lewis. The guy who looked like your mates Dad when he was playing. Baldness and a moustache sure age a bloke.
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@Chris-B Was wondering when the good doctor was going to make an appearance in this thread. Like most of the players I'd least like to play against, he wasn't outright filthy. Just incredibly hard with an innate capacity for fearsome violence then finely honed through years of dedication to his craft.
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@MN5 said in F*ck playing them rugby XV:
Baldness and a moustache sure age a bloke.
Moustache massively underrated for ageing a bloke (or lady for that matter). David Boon pre-mo when he started playing for Tasmania looked like a 12 year old kid before debuting as a 40 year old for the test side a five years later.
