[Ethereal]

*prod*

just thought i'd wake you all up

[WorkHouse]

*Wakes with a jolt, after being prodded*

Well Helloooooo, so how are we this week? Any exciting news on the rugby front?

[Ethereal]

I hate the people who jumped ship from leeds.

Leeds for promotion next year! COME ON THE TYKES!!

Did you contact that number I gave you?

[Colly]

I don't blame the young guys that left Leeds, Care, Biggs, Doherty, Crane etc. Playing in a semi-pro league doesn't do much for your international aspirations.

[Ethereal]

Bah! They should have worked hard to get back up! Rugby is supposed to be gentlemanly.

[susieb]

hey people, sorry havent been on here in a while...a bit tied up with cswk (which will hopefully help me get to uni and get to playing ruggers...yawoo)

cant actually wait to start playing - i throw a ruggers ball around in the park avec mon dad but living in london (central central) doesnt exactly offer any opportunities for female rugby

i do feel very sorry for the leeds tykes...but my im relieved that jonny wilko managed to play 70 mins - kick lots AND not die...*phew*

[WorkHouse]

(Original post by Ethereal)
I hate the people who jumped ship from leeds.

Leeds for promotion next year! COME ON THE TYKES!!

Did you contact that number I gave you?

Haven't managed to at the mo (revision and ****) but i will as soon as the a levels r out the way... i've got it safely written down, pinned to my notice board! I'll let u know how i get on... How's ur playing going on at the mo?

[Ethereal]

I don't play any more. Had to retire when I was 18

[Lady Narcissus]

u come from west Yorkshire Ethereal, why is it rugby is more popular in the west than east. I was shocked when my parents sent me to school in the west to see the difference

[Ethereal]

To be honest, I'm not sure why it's more popular. I suppose there is a higher population density over there so more people to like it.

I didn't know you'd been to school over there. Small world!! What school?

[Libly Bee]

hey i'm a massive rugby fan - plan to take it up at uni as don't play it as yet!

But i do (well did - now season has ended and going to uni next year i can't anymore) help coach and ref the 9 year olds at my local club. So much fun - even if we did lose more games than we won. for some reason our boys couldn't quite grasp the idea of a defence line that was straight so it had no gaps - every other club seemed to be able to do it tho!

[Ethereal]

Your boys probably watched England too closely.

[Libly Bee]

lol yeh that would probably be right!

[Ethereal]

You should have seen the pub when we watched them play France. I kid you not, grown men wept!

[Libly Bee]

i know i was struck dumb by the awfulness - and i'm not speechless very often. there were just no words! my parents came home and asked me how the game was and all i could do was shake my head!

[Ethereal]

It pained me to watch. I'd give anything to play again, and there they were no apparent interest in the game at all!

[Libly Bee]

yeh lets hope the new coaches can do something to the england team - it becomes too painful to watch. and its getting harder to justify why they are playing so badly to my economics teacher whos from New Zealand!

shame u can't play anymore - do u coach or anything now?

[Ethereal]

No, when you retire from the game at 18 it's hard to have any contact. I might referee in a few years.

[Libly Bee]

yeh when i did my refs course there was a guy there who couldn't play anymore because of a shoulder injury!

[Ethereal]

Also, my club didn't seem to care. They haven't even rung to see how I am and it will be 7 years in oct since I retired. I thought rugby took better care of its own than that - how wrong was I?!