Rugbyns ABC

Efter A kommer B kommer C kommer...

A: Aggression (sexual) 
Comes in three types: bi, hetero and homo. Cleverly disguised as a game, it can be found being dissipated on rugby fields the world over every Saturday. Whatever is left is given to wives, girl/boyfriends, mistresses or in the case of New Zealand, wooly animals!  
 
B: Blind side  
The side where referees and linesmen mostly stand.

 
C: Camaraderie  
The feeling that comes to a group of thirsty men after 80 minutes of beating the hell out of each other.  
 
D :Dummy  
Player who tries to score himself and fails, with two unmarked teammates outside him. 
 
E: Ellis, William Webb  
Finder of this manly sport when he picked up the ball in breach of the rules of football on November 1823 at Rugby School. When questioned later about the incident he said ”I don´t know why I did it” which is what most people have said when asked why they took up rugby. Ellis later entered the clergy. 
 
F: French  
Inventive players who kick the ball rarely and their opponents often. 
 
G: Guinness  
Basis of the Irish Rugby training programme. 
 
H: Hacking 
The act of kicking or ”hacking” at where the ball might or might not be, usually deep under a mass of arms, legs and craniums. Hacking was quite popular up until late last century, more so with the hackers than the hackees. The majority of the former are now playing top class soccer. 
 
I: Inside centre  
Much better than being off centre or outside half. 
 
J: John, Barry  
Match-winning and modest Welsh fly-half. ”Just throw it O.K. and I´ll catch it,” he told Gareth Edwards. He did, and was accorded royal status in Wales. 
 
K: Kicking  
What often is mistaken for rucking  
 
L: Loose-head  
The result of a successful stiff-arm tackle. 
 
M: Mae Hen Wlad Fy´Nhadau  
Traditional ditty which induces trance-like state in all Welshmen causing them to view Rugby with one eye. 
 
N: Nowhere  
Place where backs often get to very fast. 
 
O: Origins  
Roman tradition has been generally accepted the origin of football in Britain, although Irish antiquarians assert that a variety of football was played in the Han dynasty in China at about the same time. But then what could Italians, Chinese or even the Irish know about anything? 
 
P: Pushover  
Lady of easy virtue (see Hooker) 
 
Q: Quirindi  
Australian boom-town and venue of the 125-0 defeat of Northern New South Wales by New Zealand on May 30th 1962. 
 
R: Rugby League  
Despite the age of instant electronic communications and the mass media generally, the majority of the populations of New South Wales and Englands industrial North still cling to the belief that this game is Rugby football. 
 
S: Shortest match  
The Rugby League Final between Villeneuve and Caplan played on 15th May 1981 at Toulouse was stopped by the referee after the first round which lasted 5 minutes. He ordered both teams from the field after a massive fight involving fists and feet which left seven players seriuosly injured. 42 Thomas´s, 48 Evan´s, 48 Williams´s, 55 Davies`s and 61 Jones´s have represented Wales 
 
U: Up the Jumper  
The first glimmer of intelligent play in Australian Rugby was demonstrated by this device invented by Daryl Haberecht. The tactic involved the ball being stuffed up the front of the jumper. Years of practice by Wallaby teams at the Coogee Bay Hotel ensured that their opponents could not distinguish which of the Australian players in fact had the ball. Most of the Aussies were also decieved! 
 
V: Varsity Match  
An excuse for London`s business and professional community to take off on one Wednesday afternoon a year and get drunk at Twickenham. This is doubly strange as they don´t require an excuse for all the other days. Lather an element to be reconed with. 
 
X:

Signature used by most forwards 
 
Y:

Most frequent question by team captains to the ref. 
 
Z: Zambuk 
Southern hemisphere´s ”magic mushroom” 
 
Å: Åskådare 
Kan förekomma då folk gått vilse. 
 
Ä: Ähhh 
En rugbyspelares vanligaste svar. 
 
Ö: Öl  
Kan, i enstaka fall, förekomma i den sk. 3:e halvleken.