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Discussion Quorum posted:Rugby likes to think of itself as the gentleman's game (or more precisely, "a thugs game played by gentleman, while soccer is a gentleman's game played by thugs") but the culture is toxic as gently caress. Not just around injuries but that's a thing too. Yeah there was some rugby playing halfwit in gbs popping off about how it wasn't even that bad a tackle and they don't even wear pads  and it's the most usual overcompensating nerd dickwaving bullshit you'd come to expect from that forum
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Discussion Quorum posted:Rugby likes to think of itself as the gentleman's game (or more precisely, "a thugs game played by gentleman, while soccer is a gentleman's game played by thugs") but the culture is toxic as gently caress. Not just around injuries but that's a thing too. I watched a guy take a knee to the head during a scrum, take 3 steps and fall face first onto the pitch. Full cardiac arrest. Members of the opposing team who were firefighters did CPR until the ambulance (who were at the pitch grounds) managed to bring him back. loving terrifying. I also had a coach who told me that my job as a front-line was to break the other guy's knees. My guy I play Senior Seconds whaleshit rugby, I pay to play this game not the other way around.
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MA-Horus posted:I watched a guy take a knee to the head during a scrum, take 3 steps and fall face first onto the pitch. Full cardiac arrest. Members of the opposing team who were firefighters did CPR until the ambulance (who were at the pitch grounds) managed to bring him back. loving terrifying. All of that is loving terrible. I've played loose forward off and on for about 20 years. Had maybe 6 concussions all during the late 90s in college playing, only had maybe 1 after that at the club level. Clubs at least took it more seriously and would send you off if you got shook up. At the college level it was outright ignored and you were told to just get up and keep going etc. Thankfully I have gotten to mid-40s without anything seeming to be lasting from that. Now knees and shoulders on the other hand... e: I came into rugby from a wrestling / judo background so good tackling form was pretty easy. Most of the concussions I had were someones knee hitting me in the side of the head in a ruck or in a tackle where I was sliding to the ground.
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