What position did you play?
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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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@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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@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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@ACT-Crusader so you rode the bench aye 😁
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@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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@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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@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. -
@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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@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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@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 Eight.
Yeah that rings a bell now you mention it. In our biggest win every partnership topped 60, our "closers" managed to get 80 odd. Easier off 8 ball overs of course.
Whilst they're not as hard as cricket balls the balls they use still smart a bit when a pace bowler hits you in the nuts.
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A tall openside until 32, when my pace fell of a cliff. Then the last 2 years as a short lock.
I really miss it.
I did play in every position from 4 to 15 (except 10) for our prem side at some point.
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As the weedy smart mouth kid at school I was used to running fast to avoid beatings (usually throwing comments over my shoulder at the time). You'd think that would make me a halfback but a severe lack of skills resulted in a few attempts at wing instead. I can even claim a handful of games for my school 1st XV (well before they actually put resources into the school rugby and it became a 'TV level' school.
Became an armchair expert for ages but as my boy grew up and I became involved in trying to coach him some skills, my own skills developed. Amazing what hours of passing and kicking with the kids can do.
Decided to get some boots and have another crack in my very late 30s when we were in Oz. Did pre-season training and was put on the wing for 4th grade. Then I discovered that 4th grade in Canberra was where all the failed league boys played to learn skills and getting smashed by someone 20 years your junior isn't fun.
Found the wonderful setup that is ACT Veterans (as @antipodean can attest) and had great fun for 4 years playing mainly fullback and wing but also 10. Dependeded on who showed up. Had some pace still and could beat other oldies on the outside. -
I didn’t have a clue what to do so was shunted to the wing. I was quite quick and stayed there for mostly my entire union life. I had the odd game at FB and as an open side when I got fat. My last games were at wing. Would give anything for a new left Achilles so that I could have a go out on the wing one more time. Even if it was to put a chip n chase out on the full, like I did almost every game of my life.
