>>Truly the toughest, hardest men in sport are world class rugby players. No other sport even comes close <gr&d> ...
>>
>>GO BOKKE!
>
>I've gotta say you're right. In college we thought lacrosse was tougher than football ( mainly because there was much less protection and you had a weapon in your hands to hit people with - oh, and because as a very preppy private school we could beat Ohio State <g> ) And then my senior year they introduced rugby and we decided that was the sport for guys who were just too mean or too drunk <s> to play either football or lacrosse.

Have you ever seen Irish Hurling? Those people are just dog nuts. No protection, and very practical weapons.

>
>I troll the sports channels looking for big league rugby. I have Argentian/Scotland and England/France on TIVO now and plan to watch tonight( DON'T tell me who won - you can actually read the sports page here without finding out <s> )