Rugby, character building?

[Glenn]

If I hear another damn rugby player, or ex player, like I heard last night, saying how this game builds character and team spirit, I'll top myself. my sister was married to the union variety( there are two types, league, 13 players, union, 15 players, union being more middle class) who once beat her up in the club car park, leading to a divorce. What did the team do to this wife hitter? Rather than sack him, they welcomed him back with open arms as if nothing had happened. Similarly a league player who nearly killed his wife in a car park received a paltry three month jail sentence and was given his team place back when he was released. The retard fans seemed to think the woman deserved it, which was a total disgrace.
I would have given him a sentence that was ten times longer and banned him from the game for life, but rugby isn't like that. Similarly another player with a reputation for violence attacked a couple in a nightclub, but got off, no doubt because of his so called reputation.
All this game breeds is violence and I will happily dance on its grave if it was abolished tomorrow. If you want to hit women, attack people, behave like a psycho on a pitch, then this is the game for you. Great builder of character, isn't it? If you think jocks are bad, try out some of these guys.

[Guest]

rugby? i live in the us, but im sure rugby is a good sport(althought i has never played its) i will 1 day. baseball, football, basketball, and hockey rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lewis]

Well this article proves that it is not character building

England rugby ace James Haskell's 'foul-mouthed Facebook rant' to love rival

England rugby star James Haskell is not, it appears, a man who handles rejection very well. He's also one who likes to make his feelings absolutely clear - as French tennis coach and love rival Romain Girbal has discovered.

Haskell, 24, is said to have launched a foul-mouthed tirade against Mr Girbal, accusing him of stealing his girlfriend of the past five years, 25-year-old model and presenter Felicia Field-Hall.

Given that Haskell, a flanker for London Wasps, weighs a muscular 17stone, the messages he apparently left on the coach's Facebook page might easily have been seen as somewhat alarming.
'Hi Romain, you don't know me but I know you,' began one message left on Friday. 'You are the guy who thought it was a good idea to **** my girlfriend.

'I now know where you live and work. If you don't **** off back where you came from, you womanising *****, I am going to pay you a visit and make sure the only tennis you play is on your computer.

'Back off now quietly before we have a real problem. The more fuss you make the more trouble we will have.'

A few hours later, Haskell followed this message up with some advice that was nothing if not frank: 'I suggest you keep your **** in your pants tomorrow when you play tennis with her. Then I would stop seeing her, I'll be watching.'

Haskell hit the roof when Miss Field-Hall ended their relationship last week and he discovered she had been seeing Mr Girbal.

Anthony Noguera, a spokesman for Haskell, said the rugby player did not wish to comment and was busy concentrating on his next England international.

Mr Noguera added: 'I am not going to comment because I have absolutely no proof they (the messages) are from James.

If he did send them to Romain then they are private.'

A spokesman for the Rugby Football Union said: 'This is a private matter for James.'

Miss Field-Hall is best known for her modelling work but has also presented on London radio station Capital FM.

She also appeared on ITV reality show Paris Hilton's British Best Friend.

In January, she spoke of the difficulties of dating an athlete. She said: 'It is supposed to be glamorous but, to be honest, a lot of the time you're just supporting their needs.

'They need to concentrate on rugby 24 hours a day, every day of every week. They're completely disciplined, their priority is their sport. We have to work around that.

'They go away a lot as well so you have to be quite self-sufficient. You have to understand that they have a bloody hard time and when you're with them they want to relax and do something that will take their minds off it for an hour or two.

She added: 'We do talk about rugby a bit but I think it's nice for him to talk about something else otherwise it's completely engulfing.'

Website: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... rival.html

[Katrin]

Rugby, character building? Hahahaha! Seriously, this sport only creates wife beaters and thugs through its regular use of brutal contact! These blokes tend to abuse their strength when off the court and it has serious consequences! It's violent and it's just another stupid fan-orientated ball sport. Character building... I don't think so !

[Fat Man]

When I read about this kind of shit, I believe I'm perfectly justified when I say that all jocks, and their coaches, and the owners of the teams, and the big sports organizations like the NFL and NBA etc. etc. they should all . . . . .

CRAWL INTO A SEWER AND DIE!!!

[Katrin]

rugby? i live in the us, but im sure rugby is a good sport(althought i has never played its) i will 1 day.

Why don't you do something useful instead... like learning how to spell and write properly? You sports idiots don't know what's really important in life. Your bloody childish games aren't a help to anyone... they're just crap!

[Earl]

Notice that he didn't care to make any comment about what happened to Glenn's wife and the lenient treatment her abusive husband received. I guess that didn't matter to him.

[Katrin]

Notice that he didn't care to make any comment about what happened to Glenn's wife and the lenient treatment her abusive husband received. I guess that didn't matter to him.

Yeah, what a dumb, ignorant shit. Typical sports fan, trying to deny the negative sides to his beloved games and completely ignoring all the points Glenn had to make. Shameful.

[Geno]

Come on Katrin, do you really think these jerks are ever going to look at the negative sides of their games? They believe sports are the word and the law and that there is nothing at all wrong with them and those who play them. When really, these people can be hugely flawed individuals who can be viewed as rather a menace to society. Bunch of morons.