Scrums
All you need to know about rugby: really brawny guys in really short shorts. That frequently get ripped.
Janine di Giovanni has an extremely informative guide to the Rugby World Cup in France, including rules (Apart from tackling above the shoulders, opposing players are allowed to do pretty much anything they want in order to get the ball off you – and they do. Crushing your face into the mud and belly-flopping on top of you are all encouraged.), useful phrases (Quelles cuisses! What thighs!), and the roundup of Rugby’s Fittest First XV (Sebastian Chabal, aka The Caveman or The Anaesthetist—because if he touches you, you’re out for the count).
September 13th, 2007 at 21:43
I watch it. Lots of huge men with huge legs hugging each other for a football. Hmmm…yumm.