Keyword: Rugby (Page 2)

I think you enjoy the game more if you don't know the rules. Anyway, you're on the same wavelength as the referees.

Welsh rugby player

Rugby is a game for the mentally deficient… that is why it was invented by the British. Who else but an Englishman could invent an oval ball?

(1937 – 1995) English satirist, writer & comedian

The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday.

All we need is a little bit of luck and we could explode.

British rugby coach

We’ve lost our last eight matches. The only team that we have beaten is Western Samoa. It’s a good job we didn’t play the whole of Samoa!

Welsh rugby player

Rugby is a beastly game played by gentlemen; soccer is a gentlemen's game played by beasts; football is a beastly game played by beasts.

Rugby League is war without the frills.

There’s nothing that a tight forward likes more than a loosie right up his backside.

New Zealand rugby player & commentator

The tactical difference between Association Football and Rugby with its varieties seems to be that in the former, the ball is the missile, in the latter, men are the missiles

English schoolmaster, sexologist, anthropologist & sports journalist

It’s not Terry Holmes that Bradford needs – it’s Sherlock.

Rugby coach