Rugby or football?
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SPUFF
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At the Stadium of Light, football is for people who can't play football
vinegar hill
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Never played rugby but love watching the big Rugby Union internationals.
Great occasions.
Great occasions.
Why would it be cringe worthy?
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Leonard osbourne
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Charmless Man
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People who say this about any sport are completely dull. ‘Football is just kicking a ball into a net’.
Every sport is simple if you remove the nuance from it and ignore the fact you have an opponent stopping you from doing what you want.
Is there a disproportionately small amount of clubs in the NE compared to other areas? Cos there aren't many for what's a popular sport...
max wartbug
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Senior Rugby in the area seems to be struggling at the moment. 30 year ago Sunderland had 2 clubs and now only has one. Back then Sunderland Rfc could field 5 sides, now they're putting out 2 I believe. This is the trend in the N.E. I understand.
Junior Rugby is thriving though, but it appears most disappear to Uni, get jobs that work saturday or move on to study beer/women full time, rather than move through to the Senior sides.
The answer to your question though is yes, probably.
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The Hesford Diet
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I was brought up in a rugby family. I was a reasonably decent loose head prop, got to county colts level, but didn't have the desire to constantly train throughout the week and play in places hours away.
My brother was a tight head and made it in the pro ranks in its early days and my da was an internationalist in the 50's.
Having said that, he encouraged us at any sport, and went to watch us play at football and also to the odd Sunderland game. He was a Spurs fan and could remember the game Danny Blanchflower talked about at Roker.
Every sport has its canny and dull side. For example, I much prefer watching rugby league to union because in union it now takes so long for the scrums whereas league seems to be more fast moving.
Can't see why you can't choose any sport and like them as much as each other. But then I'm a wrang'un.
My brother was a tight head and made it in the pro ranks in its early days and my da was an internationalist in the 50's.
Having said that, he encouraged us at any sport, and went to watch us play at football and also to the odd Sunderland game. He was a Spurs fan and could remember the game Danny Blanchflower talked about at Roker.
Every sport has its canny and dull side. For example, I much prefer watching rugby league to union because in union it now takes so long for the scrums whereas league seems to be more fast moving.
Can't see why you can't choose any sport and like them as much as each other. But then I'm a wrang'un.
30 blokes turning out each week in a city the size of Sunderland isn't great.
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It's fake man!
It's obviously a good fake but you can see at 3:22 with the quick zoom/focus as the bloke's position changes and the bin also moves before the ball hits it fully.I guess you believe this is real as Nike did 'tricks' like this way back in 2005 so moving on 8 years, it's obvious the quality is going to be better!
Skip the shite at the beginning up to 1 min 30 secs
:edit: Just in case you come back to say it's real, here you go. Look at his standing position to the vertical white line mark behind him on the wall and position to the bush. You can clearly see him duplicated while shifting position and his head is now inline with the 2 lines and he's deeper into the bushes as they are now in front of his left leg.
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In case you still don't believe me then the ball completely disappearing in 3:09 is another giveaway!
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