What position did you play?
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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'
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@Virgil said in What position did you play?:
Had a mean arm
Sounds like a villain cowboy name... Mean Arm Virg'
@R-L said in What position did you play?:
@Virgil said in What position did you play?:
Had a mean arm
Sounds like a villain cowboy name... Mean Arm Virg'
The things a teenage boy would do with his arm right..
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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 so you rode the bench aye
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Jeez. Long story.
In my first year of senior rugby I was a blindside ... But kinda sat somewhere between a 6 or 7. Was too slow for 7, and too small for 6 (6'1", 96 kg ... have managed to bulk up since then
).So coach in my 3rd year of seniors asks me to play Hooker. Was actually quite good at it.
Apart from line out throwing.
I'm still trying to find my jumpers.
Chucked the whole playing thing at about 28.
Then took it up again when we moved to Adelaide at about 35ish.
At that stage I tended to wear 1, 2 or 3. Any of them worked.
Played prop (either side) on the Sunny Coast until finally chucked it in my mid-40s.
Rule of thumb is the older you get the smaller the number you wear.
Prior to that growing up there would not be a position I hadn't played in my teens, except maybe 13 and 15. But yes! 9 and 10.
Despite the fact that the best game I ever played was at 8 realistically I'm a 6.
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@African-Monkey said in What position did you play?:
generally I aim for 60+ on Sundays. Prepares me well enough for Marathons (not that there are many on these days) but still have plenty to work on.
So... running 60km once a week (on top of the other 120 km a week) prepares you fro a 40km jog.
Riiiiight.
Prop here.
@nzzp said in What position did you play?:
@African-Monkey said in What position did you play?:
generally I aim for 60+ on Sundays. Prepares me well enough for Marathons (not that there are many on these days) but still have plenty to work on.
So... running 60km once a week (on top of the other 120 km a week) prepares you fro a 40km jog.
Riiiiight.
Prop here.
LH or TH?
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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 tell us about your lace bowling, I presume you had a diabolical doily! Bet they never saw it coming
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@Virgil tell us about your lace bowling, I presume you had a diabolical doily! Bet they never saw it coming
@Paekakboyz said in What position did you play?:
@Virgil tell us about your lace bowling, I presume you had a diabolical doily! Bet they never saw it coming
Well don’t like to brag.. but I will.. wasn’t pacy but I could swing the shit out of the ball. For a while a coach tried to make me a spin bowler but hated that. I preferred trying to hurt people by bowling as fast as I can and knock the shit out of their stumps.
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@Paekakboyz said in What position did you play?:
@Virgil tell us about your lace bowling, I presume you had a diabolical doily! Bet they never saw it coming
Well don’t like to brag.. but I will.. wasn’t pacy but I could swing the shit out of the ball. For a while a coach tried to make me a spin bowler but hated that. I preferred trying to hurt people by bowling as fast as I can and knock the shit out of their stumps.
@Virgil see cowboy villain
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@Paekakboyz said in What position did you play?:
@Virgil tell us about your lace bowling, I presume you had a diabolical doily! Bet they never saw it coming
Well don’t like to brag.. but I will.. wasn’t pacy but I could swing the shit out of the ball. For a while a coach tried to make me a spin bowler but hated that. I preferred trying to hurt people by bowling as fast as I can and knock the shit out of their stumps.
@Virgil said in What position did you play?:
@Paekakboyz said in What position did you play?:
@Virgil tell us about your lace bowling, I presume you had a diabolical doily! Bet they never saw it coming
Well don’t like to brag.. but I will.. wasn’t pacy but I could swing the shit out of the ball. For a while a coach tried to make me a spin bowler but hated that. I preferred trying to hurt people by bowling as fast as I can and knock the shit out of their stumps.
I was a left handed Jeff Thomson for awhile but that action wasn't good long term, how the fuck he did it for ages is beyond me. Now I'm more of a specialist pinch hitter.
I was actually due to make a comeback in a social 20/20 league ( they play across the road from my place ) so drinking while playing and then driving wouldn't have been an issue but Covid cancelled all that.
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Played quite a bit of indoor cricket as an adult too, there was a cool place in Takapuna. Not sure if it’s still there?
The evening times we played suited me, all that humidity etc.
was a lot of fun, some games you got smashed but what I loved about it was at some stage everyone had their moment. Such a compact quick game you only needed a good over or a few whacks with the bat to make a difference. -
Played quite a bit of indoor cricket as an adult too, there was a cool place in Takapuna. Not sure if it’s still there?
The evening times we played suited me, all that humidity etc.
was a lot of fun, some games you got smashed but what I loved about it was at some stage everyone had their moment. Such a compact quick game you only needed a good over or a few whacks with the bat to make a difference.@Virgil said in What position did you play?:
Played quite a bit of indoor cricket as an adult too, there was a cool place in Takapuna. Not sure if it’s still there?
The evening times we played suited me, all that humidity etc.
was a lot of fun, some games you got smashed but what I loved about it was at some stage everyone had their moment. Such a compact quick game you only needed a good over or a few whacks with the bat to make a difference.Indoor cricket is so good. We beat a team 282-30 back in the day which was our first win after 10 or so straight losses the season before. The crossbat slog which is so frowned up in outdoor cricket is a great way to get a 7 ( 6 plus the quick single ). One of their bowlers went for about 40 in an over as he very kindly and unintentionally bowled very slow full tosses.
Fun fact, a young Jeetan Patel played on our team a few times, this coincided with quite a few big wins.
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Played 9 through most of my younger years (mainly as I was the smallest in the team, not cos I had a good pass, which I didnt)
As I got a bit bigger, I kept getting played there, until I made a team who had an awesome 9, so I got to play where I wanted, 6.
When I went to the UK, started at 7, then 6, had a few games at 9 (but the coach kept bitching about me getting caught in the rucks and mauls) had a run at 10, in the mid-field a few times, but mainly 6.
As a 6 I just kept going, got to every ruck (for inspection purposes) assisted with so many tackles, Pocock like with my ball carrying, but got the glory of plenty of tries by being near the ball all the time
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@Virgil said in What position did you play?:
Played quite a bit of indoor cricket as an adult too, there was a cool place in Takapuna. Not sure if it’s still there?
The evening times we played suited me, all that humidity etc.
was a lot of fun, some games you got smashed but what I loved about it was at some stage everyone had their moment. Such a compact quick game you only needed a good over or a few whacks with the bat to make a difference.Indoor cricket is so good. We beat a team 282-30 back in the day which was our first win after 10 or so straight losses the season before. The crossbat slog which is so frowned up in outdoor cricket is a great way to get a 7 ( 6 plus the quick single ). One of their bowlers went for about 40 in an over as he very kindly and unintentionally bowled very slow full tosses.
Fun fact, a young Jeetan Patel played on our team a few times, this coincided with quite a few big wins.
@MN5 said in What position did you play?:
One of their bowlers went for about 40 in an over as he very kindly and unintentionally bowled very slow full tosses.
I once got a guy out seven times in an over. Six of them bowled. He couldn't play in-swingers.
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@MN5 said in What position did you play?:
One of their bowlers went for about 40 in an over as he very kindly and unintentionally bowled very slow full tosses.
I once got a guy out seven times in an over. Six of them bowled. He couldn't play in-swingers.
@antipodean said in What position did you play?:
@MN5 said in What position did you play?:
One of their bowlers went for about 40 in an over as he very kindly and unintentionally bowled very slow full tosses.
I once got a guy out seven times in an over. Six of them bowled. He couldn't play in-swingers.
weren't they six ball overs in indoor ?
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@antipodean said in What position did you play?:
@MN5 said in What position did you play?:
One of their bowlers went for about 40 in an over as he very kindly and unintentionally bowled very slow full tosses.
I once got a guy out seven times in an over. Six of them bowled. He couldn't play in-swingers.
weren't they six ball overs in indoor ?
