[Carlo08]

Well, after watching one tree hill alot (first series) i sorta feel a bit like lucas (I was pretty popular at school and college, had lots of friends, but they all live pretty far away so i cant really go out with them alot and most of my other friends are on holiday or work alot, so im feeling a bit alone sorta thing) anyway... i used to play rugby and got pretty good at it, but i could never be as good as the kids in the team who played it from a young age and this made me feel not good enough so i quit (few years ago) and i miss playing sport, training, being part of a team ... so i was thinking when i go to uni like have a fresh start and join a team, i know i wont be good, and probably wont get picked but i want a challange, like to build myself up and get good at it... show that hard work pays off... Has anyone done something like this before at uni, and how did it work out? (Im going to Manchester uni by the way if anyone there has done this, knows a good sports team..)

[Khanage]

There are a lot of good sports played at uni which accept newcomers, the more obscure ones. Lacrosse, ultimate frisbee and american football are the ones which immeditely come to mind. You probobly wont get into the uni team for the big sports such as football, rugby, cricket etc. But a lot of the university halls have their own teams, for example my friend has just finished his first year at manchester uni and stayed at oak house. He wasn't good enough to get into the uni team, but represented oak house in cricket and rugby.

Hope this helps.