Post your rugby photos

[Jan1977]

As rugby is my most photographed subject, a thread here on the forum to share some rugby photos

 

[Jan1977]

To start this thread some muddy photos, it is about rugby after all

 

[Jan1977]

And of course it is a game for both men and women:

 

[Levina]

Brave women. Brave men too, playing in those conditions.

By the way, Jan, love your avatar. Is that you?

 

[Jan1977]

Brave women. Brave men too, playing in those conditions.

By the way, Jan, love your avatar. Is that you?

Yes, that is me in a rugby shirt of my 'own' club, holding a 1Dx for a profile shot on a green screen.

 

[Levina]

Yes, that is me in a rugby shirt of my 'own' club, holding a 1Dx for a profile shot on a green screen.

Looking good!

So you play rugby yourself too?

 

[Jan1977]

Looking good!

So you play rugby yourself too?

Not any more, when I got an injury I quit playing and started to take photos. It is more or less what brought me to photography. Who knows what I would have been doing now if I did not got injured and remained playing all those years ;-)

 

[Levina]

Not any more, when I got an injury I quit playing and started to take photos. It is more or less what brought me to photography. Who knows what I would have been doing now if I did not got injured and remained playing all those years ;-)

Yeah, it's funny how we take turns in life sometimes that we had never thought we would take. No telling what would have happened if you hadn't been injured.

I suddenly hear Forrest Gump in my head: 'Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.' Crazy quote, but spot on nonetheless.

 

[Jan1977]

Ducth national student team (in pink) vs Dutch U20 squad:

 

[Jan1977]

From a local student derby:

 

[Levina]

I'm beginning to understand why most of the rugby players are so beefy. It's to protect their bones from breaking!

 

[Jan1977]

I'm beginning to understand why most of the rugby players are so beefy. It's to protect their bones from breaking!

Well, a more peaceful photo, end last year with low sun and rainy conditions alternating, giving some nice light and a different than usual kind of rugby shot and some action, but with a somewhat smaller player

 

[JohnPD]

Well, a more peaceful photo, end last year with low sun and rainy conditions alternating, giving some nice light and a different than usual kind of rugby shot and some action, but with a somewhat smaller player
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I'm wow-ing every photo, Jan. That #9 does look small. And fragile...

 

[Jan1977]

I'm wow-ing every photo, Jan. That #9 does look small. And fragile...

The green shirt with the ball isn't that large either ;-) But the number 9's usually are the smallest of the bunch. Sometimes they are also quite flexible, which helps not breaking I will try to keep posting photos, some from my archive from this season till now, but the upocoming weeks the rugby competition will wake up from a short hibernation.

 

[Levina]

The green shirt with the ball isn't that large either ;-) But the number 9's usually are the smallest of the bunch. Sometimes they are also quite flexible, which helps not breaking I will try to keep posting photos, some from my archive from this season till now, but the upocoming weeks the rugby competition will wake up from a short hibernation.

Flexibility! That makes sense. What does a number 9 do that they are usually smaller than the others?

 

[Jan1977]

Flexibility! That makes sense. What does a number 9 do that they are usually smaller than the others?

The number 9 is called the 'scrum-half' and is an in between player. In rugby there is the scrum with 8 players (called forwards) which are usually the larger persons. Next to that there are 7 players called the 'backs' who are often smaller. The scrumhalf belongs to the backs and usually tries to get the ball won by the forwards to the backs who are more into running, passing and fancy moves.

On the high level international rugby, the old differences between forwards and backs may still apply, but there are usually no small players anymore. Backs about 1m90 and about 100 kg are no exceptions anymore. But scrumhalfs tend to maintain the smaller ones of the team.

A decade or so ago, the Ireland team had a scrumhalf Peter Stringer, and during the national anthem he always stood in between the second row players (who are forwards) and usually the longest players of the team. See attached photo taken from the internet

 

[Levina]

The number 9 is called the 'scrum-half' and is an in between player. In rugby there is the scrum with 8 players (called forwards) which are usually the larger persons. Next to that there are 7 players called the 'backs' who are often smaller. The scrumhalf belongs to the backs and usually tries to get the ball won by the forwards to the backs who are more into running, passing and fancy moves.

On the high level international rugby, the old differences between forwards and backs may still apply, but there are usually no small players anymore. Backs about 1m90 and about 100 kg are no exceptions anymore. But scrumhalfs tend to maintain the smaller ones of the team.

Right. Thanks for the explanation.

A decade or so ago, the Ireland team had a scrumhalf Peter Stringer, and during the national anthem he always stood in between the second row players (who are forwards) and usually the longest players of the team. See attached photo taken from the internet

That's hilarious. He looks like a dwarf!

 

[Darren75]

That's hilarious. He looks like a dwarf!

You can’t say that any more!

 

[Jan1977]

Back to some action:

 

[Jan1977]