Your experience of sports clubs at the university?

I played 1st team rugby last year but packed it in a couple of months in. If you're just starting out you'd probably start in the lower teams and work your way up, you won't be the only one who's taken up a new sport or is getting back into it.

The culture is something I despised though. I wasn't sure if I wanted to play for the uni or a club but they asked me to play so I just went along with it.

If you're in your first year or a new player, you're basically expected to suck up to the older guys. We had forfeits at training if we missed a social or whatever. The initiation was the final straw for me, dont wanna be too extreme with it on here but we were expected to a. drink whatever they asked us to and I'm not talking alcohol. b. strip naked whilst they dragged our knees across the street. I packed it in at that point, went down to a local club instead and just played there. If you don't play along you don't get picked basically. Maybe it's different for the lower teams but it wasn't something I enjoyed by any means.

Different uni to you but thought I'd chip in as you hadnt got any replies.

How are the prices of the sport societies? I was thinking of joining the windriders society but so far I haven't been able to find any information about the pricing