Why is Rugby so much fun even though the players are crushed under one another?

Question

Why is Rugby so much fun even though the players are crushed under one another?

Answer 1

You dont think about rugby, you just love it

Answer 2

It might be a hard sport, but it is an honest one. When you step on the pitch you know you'll walk off with some bruises at least and with the knowledge you probably have inflict some bruises, but thats part of the game. It is a tactical 'war' which allows you to both fight using your brain as just outmuscle your opponent. I learned it late, growing up in a football mad country as Holland, but i do love playing rugby... and the very pleasant third halves we do have down our club are ofcourse a nice thing too !!!

Answer 3

I hated playing rugby at school. I always thought it was hypocritical of the straight guys to want to roll around in the mud together. Still, if they enjoyed it, there's no harm done.

Answer 4

Its just a good hard game

Answer 5

Rugby is so much fun because of respect!

It is integral in the sport even at the low level I play. You shake hands after the game and clap each other off of the pitch and then have a drink in the bar afterwards.

The "Home" side always buys the "Away" side a couple of pitchers of beer and will put on some form of "Tea" either burger and chips or a good chilli.

Not only this it is the fact you can nail someone on the pitch or be nailed and then share a beer afterwards with no anger.

It is a thug's sport played by gentleman, where football is a gentleman's sport played by thugs!!!

Team spirit is also a big factor. At our club you are welcome to join and will always get a game regardless of talent or experience. It is for fun and fitness that we do it.

Answer 6

it is fun to watch.  the people who play it are insane.

Answer 7

because ALL BLACKS RULESSSSS!!!!!!

Answer 8

Your adrenaline is so high, and then you drink so much beer after, you don't feel the pain until the next day!  

I've been off for a year nursing a dislocated shoulder, but I'm playing 7's this summer whether my body likes it or not!

There is nothing that compares to exicuting a perfect tackle, or being the first to the ruck because you are more fit than the other team.  Or, my favorite, the moment in a new player's life when the game slows down and everything clicks.  You can see several phases ahead and you become a more efficent team memeber.  I LOVE IT!  

The pain is temporary, the memories are for a lifetime!

Answer 9

Its a cross between boxing and chess, in the past you had battles. Today there is rugby. A battle with tactics and physicality, without the chance of being killed. How can that not be fun ?

Answer 10

oh mate i cant explain it is the best feeling ever.

Answer 11

Rugby is so much fun...  Not because of the violence but because of the culture.  In no other sport does one enter the field with intentions of completely destroying the other team match after match, and immediately upon completion of the game chum up and drink and party together in perfect harmony.  It works this way much like the Vegas mantra, what happens on the pitch, stays on the pitch.  After the game at these socials you get to know your opponent challange him to drinking games, and sing some of rugby's traditional and usually offensive rugby songs (this is my favorite part).  In the Unites States especially, where rugby is mostly left under the radar of the national consciousness, you have a bond and connection with every other rugby player out there regardless of age, or gender -- its like you're both members of a secret society with your own language (i.e. hooker, shag, ruck, mauk, etc.), your own traditions (i.e rugby songs), and a similar demeanor - fierce, fearless, and fun-loving.

One last thing worth mention in favor of rugby's brutality.  Rugby is such a wonderful sport because it gives its players an opportunity to let out their frustrations physically from everyday life in an appropriate setting.  Your boss pissing you off - tackle hard, your roommates getting on your nerves - tackle harder, your girlfriend/boyfriend leave you - destroy the m*****f*****.