tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post7358527798080546402..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Real MenBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-71056077709559658162007-02-05T13:59:00.000+00:002007-02-05T13:59:00.000+00:00Rugby has to be the most crude and unwatchable spo...Rugby has to be the most crude and unwatchable sport ever invented. Cricket may be mind-numbingly boring, but at least it's civilised. Rugby must have been invented by Neanderthals (and Neanderthals from the wrong side of town). Soccer is a far superior game to rugby in every way. I have played both. The precise combination of physical and mental qualities necessary to be even slightly better Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-19599007923162355532007-02-05T12:44:00.000+00:002007-02-05T12:44:00.000+00:00'Real men' - perhaps, and Jonny is superman until ...'Real men' - perhaps, and Jonny is superman until his next injury - but to deny the overt homo-eroticism of rugby and everything associated with it (scrums, wrestling in the showers, ribald socials with no women allowed) takes some serious collective self-delusion. <br /><br />Also, everything depends on winning. Sport is mostly about losing. Losing allows us to generate reams of self-searching Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.com