Rugby...
Sep 26th 2004 | 6:46 am
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Re: Rugby...
Originally Posted by Toontje
Those two are as similar as darts is to throwing the javelin....
Sep 26th 2004 | 6:50 am
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Re: Rugby...
Originally Posted by Glaswegian
Eh???
Sep 26th 2004 | 7:03 am
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Re: Rugby...
Originally Posted by Toontje
You compare canadian football to rugby, that's the same as comparing darts to the javelin (like in athletics, field-and-track).
Sep 26th 2004 | 9:03 am
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Re: Rugby...
Originally Posted by Glaswegian
Take away all the armor and rules in Canadian football, allow less stoppages, don't let the coach change the players every 30 seconds, play it in mud and increase the violence level ... then you'll get something approaching rugby.
:scared:
Sep 27th 2004 | 11:15 am
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Re: Rugby...
Originally Posted by Phil&Kirsteen
Frivolous, I know (or essential, depending on your mindset)...
We're assuming that we need to have satellite TV in Calgary to have any chance of getting tri-nations, 6 nations etc. Any ideas on how frequently or what times rugby gets shown? Also, anyone know about a rugby league which apparently has games between Vancouver/Calgary, etc?
Hopefully my British husband will convert to Hockey and this info will be obsolete anyway!
We're assuming that we need to have satellite TV in Calgary to have any chance of getting tri-nations, 6 nations etc. Any ideas on how frequently or what times rugby gets shown? Also, anyone know about a rugby league which apparently has games between Vancouver/Calgary, etc?
Hopefully my British husband will convert to Hockey and this info will be obsolete anyway!
Try http://www.rugbycanada.ca/ and http://msn.foxsports.com/rugby
As for popular sports soccer is the most participated sport in Canada.
Hockey is the boys most popular but with the Girls Soccer wins by about 500,000.
Originally Posted by Glaswegian
let's call it by its proper name ... FOOTBALL !
Sep 27th 2004 | 11:30 am
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Re: Rugby...
Originally Posted by Grah
sorry Glaswegian it's proper name is "Association Football " to avoid the "Rugby Football" its was called Associa and with typical british nack for not pronoucing words we came up with Soccer over a 100 years ago.
Sep 27th 2004 | 12:19 pm
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Re: Rugby...
It might be worth adding that curling is in fact a Scottish game and has only been adopted by Canada, obviously due to the large Scottish immigrant community and abundance of frozen lakes. That's why the British women's team won the olympic gold (cos they were all Scottish if I recall).
Sep 27th 2004 | 1:42 pm
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Re: Rugby...
I wish we could get British Rugby League over here.
I don't mind the Aussie Rugby League, but the strange thing is the feed that we get over here for the games is actually SKYSPORTS.
I have written several emails to Fox but still no look?
An Rugby League fans out there?
CHeers
Rob
Swinton RLFC
I don't mind the Aussie Rugby League, but the strange thing is the feed that we get over here for the games is actually SKYSPORTS.
I have written several emails to Fox but still no look?
An Rugby League fans out there?
CHeers
Rob
Swinton RLFC
Sep 28th 2004 | 1:23 am
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Re: Rugby...
Just starting on the long PR process myself, docs to be couriered today. Hoping to join my sons in Calgary. Eldest one plays for the Saracens rugby union club out there. Saw him play in the summer at Montgomery Field.
Weezypenguin, I am a Gateshead Thunder fan and played against Swinton supporters at Easter down at Swinton, only broke one rib!!!!! Great day out though.....
Weezypenguin, I am a Gateshead Thunder fan and played against Swinton supporters at Easter down at Swinton, only broke one rib!!!!! Great day out though.....
