What position did you play?
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All three front row positions. Settled on Tighthead Prop as my Favourite. Mainly a B team player, peaked at 21 and played four Senior A games for my home district club. Still running around in my late thirties playing Prezzies and will continue to do so till I can have a game with my currently 12 year old son.
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@Bones said in What position did you play?:
@ACT-Crusader said in What position did you play?:
Halfback.
You're right, no need to say more.
I was the non yappy, non swearing, non flap my arms halfback. Hard to believe I know.
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@Magic65 said in What position did you play?:
Prop played both sides but preferred tight head. Auck Club mid 80s heydey.
Welcome aboard the Fern.
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@gt12 You still run? Yeah running has become an addiction for me haha. I've never been seriously injured before but I'm sure my legs will crap out on me sometime.
@African-Monkey said in What position did you play?:
@gt12 You still run? Yeah running has become an addiction for me haha. I've never been seriously injured before but I'm sure my legs will crap out on me sometime.
Not as much as I’d like. Funnily enough, I started when I was having relationship troubles with an ex GF and it was a good excuse to be out of the house and away from her. Then I started losing weight, getting quicker, and loved it. I had a friend who was a real runner so running/talking was a very very good exercise for the mental health as well.
With Mrs gt12, we have a two year old kid and I’m pretty involved at the time when I prefer to run (about 5 - 7pm at night), so unless I get my ass out of bed at 5am or go out at 8:30pm, it doesn’t happen. As a result, I haven’t really got any long runs in during Spring and Summer, and I’m so unfit now that it would take me a bit to get up to it.
A good week now is (almost) daily 3-5 km runs which keeps me at about 84 kgs and somewhat sane. I fit them in lunchtimes or go out at 5:30 in the morning.
I’m a mid foot striker so I haven’t had too many knee problems (yet) but even with that, my form can get a bit dodgy so I’m sure I’ll get caught at some stage.
Are you doing plenty of miles? You’re in Christchurch right? We bought land near there and one of the things I’m really looking forward to (if we ever move there) is some not-to-serious trail running. Do you get out off tarmac?
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Loving this thread getting a lovely picture of "The Fern Rugby Team", a few surprises there.
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At 12 -25, Lock. Tallest in the team at 178cm. I'm now 42, current height. 178cm.
Flanker at 15, although my complete lack of ability started to show through
Wing at 16. My vision had started to deteriorate by this point ... struggling to see the ball.17 years old. Required eye surgery. End of the line for me on contact sport for 3 years.
19 years old.. Required eye surgery on other eye. Another 3 years out.
22 years old. Now in London. Eye failed completely. Moorfields told me that was the end of the line for me for contact sport.Cut down in my prime. Still had 8 years to prove I was Frank Bunce the second.
@MajorRage said in What position did you play?:
At 12 -25, Lock. Tallest in the team at 178cm. I'm now 42, current height. 178cm.
Flanker at 15, although my complete lack of ability started to show through
Wing at 16. My vision had started to deteriorate by this point ... struggling to see the ball.17 years old. Required eye surgery. End of the line for me on contact sport for 3 years.
19 years old.. Required eye surgery on other eye. Another 3 years out.
22 years old. Now in London. Eye failed completely. Moorfields told me that was the end of the line for me for contact sport.Cut down in my prime. Still had 8 years to prove I was Frank Bunce the second.
This rather expalins your unique 'perspective'.
Did you ever consider reffing?
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@MajorRage said in What position did you play?:
At 12 -25, Lock. Tallest in the team at 178cm. I'm now 42, current height. 178cm.
Flanker at 15, although my complete lack of ability started to show through
Wing at 16. My vision had started to deteriorate by this point ... struggling to see the ball.17 years old. Required eye surgery. End of the line for me on contact sport for 3 years.
19 years old.. Required eye surgery on other eye. Another 3 years out.
22 years old. Now in London. Eye failed completely. Moorfields told me that was the end of the line for me for contact sport.Cut down in my prime. Still had 8 years to prove I was Frank Bunce the second.
This rather expalins your unique 'perspective'.
Did you ever consider reffing?
@pakman said in What position did you play?:
This rather expalins your unique 'perspective'.
What on earth do you mean by this?
Did you ever consider reffing?
Yes. I did a couple of courses a few years back. And if I'm honest, it just wasn't for me.
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@pakman said in What position did you play?:
This rather expalins your unique 'perspective'.
What on earth do you mean by this?
Did you ever consider reffing?
Yes. I did a couple of courses a few years back. And if I'm honest, it just wasn't for me.
@MajorRage said in What position did you play?:
@pakman said in What position did you play?:
This rather expalins your unique 'perspective'.
What on earth do you mean by this?
I took it you were alluding to being one-eyed?!
Did you ever consider reffing?
Yes. I did a couple of courses a few years back. And if I'm honest, it just wasn't for me.
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@Bones said in What position did you play?:
@ACT-Crusader said in What position did you play?:
Halfback.
You're right, no need to say more.
I was the non yappy, non swearing, non flap my arms halfback. Hard to believe I know.
@ACT-Crusader said in What position did you play?:
@Bones said in What position did you play?:
@ACT-Crusader said in What position did you play?:
Halfback.
You're right, no need to say more.
I was the non yappy, non swearing, non flap my arms halfback. Hard to believe I know.
Unicorn RFC?
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@ACT-Crusader said in What position did you play?:
@Bones said in What position did you play?:
@ACT-Crusader said in What position did you play?:
Halfback.
You're right, no need to say more.
I was the non yappy, non swearing, non flap my arms halfback. Hard to believe I know.
Unicorn RFC?
@MiketheSnow said in What position did you play?:
@ACT-Crusader said in What position did you play?:
@Bones said in What position did you play?:
@ACT-Crusader said in What position did you play?:
Halfback.
You're right, no need to say more.
I was the non yappy, non swearing, non flap my arms halfback. Hard to believe I know.
Unicorn RFC?
Naturally. And he's going out with a virgin Essex girl.
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@MiketheSnow said in What position did you play?:
@ACT-Crusader said in What position did you play?:
@Bones said in What position did you play?:
@ACT-Crusader said in What position did you play?:
Halfback.
You're right, no need to say more.
I was the non yappy, non swearing, non flap my arms halfback. Hard to believe I know.
Unicorn RFC?
Naturally. And he's going out with a virgin Essex girl.
@Catogrande said in What position did you play?:
@MiketheSnow said in What position did you play?:
@ACT-Crusader said in What position did you play?:
@Bones said in What position did you play?:
@ACT-Crusader said in What position did you play?:
Halfback.
You're right, no need to say more.
I was the non yappy, non swearing, non flap my arms halfback. Hard to believe I know.
Unicorn RFC?
Naturally. And he's going out with a virgin Essex girl.
Now THAT is ridiculous!
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As a midget with a decent turn of pace, wing through my early childhood.
Hit secondary school and as a midget with a turn of pace, played wing until 15 when I spent the off season teaching myself to pass/kick off both hands/feet, then the next coach took a punt on me at fullback. Where I showed I was a running fullback.
Club rugby at first was mostly fullback, where as a skinny bones I learnt it hurt less to tackle the massive polys than pretend to tackle. When I hit prems I was mostly wing/fullback with the odd trot at centre in the reserves. Season of U85s before coming over here where I was a centre who covered blindside at a pinch.
Over to the UK and was thrust into the hard running and tackling 12/13 mainly as no-one knew how to run lines or hit hard. Would cover wing/fullback but had lost any sense of kicking skills by then.
Onto vets where half the time I would end up being an absolutely shit 10, or a mediocre centre. But man could I shout at people.
@Bones said in What position did you play?:
As a midget with a decent turn of pace, wing through my early childhood.
Hit secondary school and as a midget with a turn of pace, played wing until 15 when I spent the off season teaching myself to pass/kick off both hands/feet, then the next coach took a punt on me at fullback. Where I showed I was a running fullback.
Club rugby at first was mostly fullback, where as a skinny bones I learnt it hurt less to tackle the massive polys than pretend to tackle. When I hit prems I was mostly wing/fullback with the odd trot at centre in the reserves. Season of U85s before coming over here where I was a centre who covered blindside at a pinch.
Over to the UK and was thrust into the hard running and tackling 12/13 mainly as no-one knew how to run lines or hit hard. Would cover wing/fullback but had lost any sense of kicking skills by then.
Onto vets where half the time I would end up being an absolutely shit 10, or a mediocre centre. But man could I shout at people.
Likewise a midget early days, with very brisk first 15 yards.
At primary within school tended to be halfback or hooker (yuck!) owing to lack of size. Had a good sidestep, so for school played wing, and specialised at short side moves.
Between 14 and 16 grew 9 inches, so pretty tuckered and general dog's body.
By uni 6', and played 12 and 15 for Auck Uni under 21 2nds.
Step came in handy at former, but at 75kg the tackling wasn't always so much fun. Reading yours I do recall generally not minding tackling big polys. I'd let them have outside and come in low side on. But straight, hard running 12s with high knee lifts were the pits!
So often at 15, but lacked top end. Remember skinny Northcote winger (Terry Wright?) who scored four tries against us by hugging touchline.
Then headed overseas at 25 and never quite got into club scene.
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mostly Centre/ Wing , Fullback ,
played a lot of league growing up and was considered a guy that liked to tackle in high school rugby, and had a coach who put me in at openside for a while , enjoyed that at that level , but otherwise always a reasonably quick outside back
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@Bones said in What position did you play?:
@ACT-Crusader said in What position did you play?:
Halfback.
You're right, no need to say more.
I was the non yappy, non swearing, non flap my arms halfback. Hard to believe I know.
@ACT-Crusader said in What position did you play?:
@Bones said in What position did you play?:
@ACT-Crusader said in What position did you play?:
Halfback.
You're right, no need to say more.
I was the non yappy, non swearing, non flap my arms halfback. Hard to believe I know.
Hang o, you said you were a halfback. Does not compute.
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Didn’t play rugby, not sure why. Old man pushed me more into soccer which I disliked, played all over the place there.. preference was Left Right Out....
Grew up loving cricket and softball. Had a mean arm so was always a pitcher in softball and pretty handy (if I can say so myself) medium lace bowler.
We are allowed to talk about other sports here right?
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A slow centre or an even slower winger.
I could always claim I had too much panache and flair to play in the forwards even though I’m tall. In saying that I had a brief spell at 6.
I was skinny all through high school and I think the words of my Mum saying Rugby was ‘rough’ rung in my ears. I became better after bulking up, developed a knack for fending, running straight and tackling ( provided the attacker didn’t sidestep too much ) but then took a hiatus at the age of about 19 which is still going.
I coulda been considerably better had I developed way more confidence at a young age
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Didn’t play rugby, not sure why. Old man pushed me more into soccer which I disliked, played all over the place there.. preference was Left Right Out....
Grew up loving cricket and softball. Had a mean arm so was always a pitcher in softball and pretty handy (if I can say so myself) medium lace bowler.
We are allowed to talk about other sports here right?
@Virgil said in What position did you play?:
Had a mean arm
Sounds like a villain cowboy name... Mean Arm Virg'
