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[Jan1977]

Yes, look at the #8, her thigh. That looks like a wound to me.

I think she is #18 and she indeed has some kind of wound. I think she had in even before the game started as I do not remember seeing it happen during the match and early in the match it seemed she had some sort of bandage.
It does seem like a superficial wound, that may have opened up during the warm-up or something. When the pitch is a bit rough or sandy and you move/ drag alongside the pitch that can easily give that kind of abrasions. When the pitch became more dry towards spring I usually had it over my left shin after my first run, right shin after the second, left thigh after the third and right thigh after the fourth

You start to notice it during the nights with bed linnen scrubbing it or when taking the pants off. Like a cyclist who slid over the tarmac.

 

[tacphotog]

These are fantastic. You can see the effort and the exertion on their faces. Their expressions tell me what Rugby is all about. It looks like a really hard game. I was told a long time ago that a good picture tells the story and these definitely do.

 

[Jan1977]

I just had a quick peek back at my photos and the blood on the #18 probably did happen during the match. This is from an earlier moment in the match and her right leg does not show blood (yet) :

 

[Chuck]

I think she is #18 and she indeed has some kind of wound. I think she had in even before the game started as I do not remember seeing it happen during the match and early in the match it seemed she had some sort of bandage.

# 18. I missed the 1.

It does seem like a superficial wound, that may have opened up during the warm-up or something. When the pitch is a bit rough or sandy and you move/ drag alongside the pitch that can easily give that kind of abrasions. When the pitch became more dry towards spring I usually had it over my left shin after my first run, right shin after the second, left thigh after the third and right thigh after the fourth

You start to notice it during the nights with bed linnen scrubbing it or when taking the pants off. Like a cyclist who slid over the tarmac.

LOL You have to suffer for your sports!

I just had a quick peek back at my photos and the blood on the #18 probably did happen during the match. This is from an earlier moment in the match and her right leg does not show blood (yet) :
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Ah. But as you said it didn't look deep and was probably just an abrasion.

 

[Jan1977]

Some more rugby from last weekend:

 

[Jan1977]

 

[JohnPD]

Some more rugby from last weekend:

And the faces say it all, again. Great pics.

 

[Jan1977]

A bunch from last week, ready to take up some more matches tomorrow... That poor shutter A big part of the match was with a low setting sun, casting some nice but harsh light later in the game.

 

[Jan1977]

 

[Levina]

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Great shots, Jan. As always lots to see and enjoy. I was wondering if that is frost on the field in this pic or just markings? Looks like frost. Sun doesn't seem to have reached that part of the field yet? I'm asking as I think frost would most likely cause abrasions when sliding into it where mere grass wouldn't?

 

[Jan1977]

Great shots, Jan. As always lots to see and enjoy. I was wondering if that is frost on the field in this pic or just markings? Looks like frost. Sun doesn't seem to have reached that part of the field yet? I'm asking as I think frost would most likely cause abrasions when sliding into it where mere grass wouldn't?

Thanks.

The white in that photo is indeed frost. It was a small part of the pitch that is in the shade a long part of the day, so the cold night still showed in the afternoon. You are correct that a frozen pitch should not be played on. Several matches were cancelled last weekend due to pitches being frozen. I sat in that half of the pitch part of the match, but the underground was not really hard. It was more the grasses that still showed some frost. I guess it was not cold enough for the frost to really enter the ground. Some dew on grasses was an easier target for the frost

 

[tacphotog]

So crisp and clear you can even see the dirt fly. These are wonderful.

 

[Jan1977]

So crisp and clear you can even see the dirt fly. These are wonderful.

The flying dirt also contributes to the photos indeed

 

[Jan1977]

Working through my photos of last weekend, one match down, one to go. Here are some photos from the match I culled and edited.

 

[Jan1977]

(For people wondering,yes there is a little bit of blood on the nose of the ball carrier in the first photo in this post)

 

[PhotoNut]

(For people wondering,yes there is a little bit of blood on the nose of the ball carrier in the first photo in this post)

I was just about to ask! Brutal! But great shots.

 

[Jack Dawe]

(For people wondering,yes there is a little bit of blood on the nose of the ball carrier in the first photo in this post)

His own or someone else's?

 

[Jan1977]

His own or someone else's?

His own to the best of my knowlegde, I believe he had a small cut on the side of his nose, but nothing that needed stitches .

 

[tacphotog]

these pictures are great and having me believe that the whole game is an injury in progress. I think I'll stick to a safer game like football.

 

[RichardB]

these pictures are great and having me believe that the whole game is an injury in progress. I think I'll stick to a safer game like football.

Looking at the pictures, you're not wrong!