There is a major World Cup going on right now. An event that only happens every four years. Hosted by the world’s leading nation, New Zealand. The pity is that the sport is Rugby Union.
I’m not going to lie, I don’t really like Rugby. All I see when I watch is the ball being kicked back and forth, big guys crashing into each other, and then the referee blows his whistle for an infringement when 15 guys are stacked over the ball. Oh and lots of broken noses.
An accurate interpretation of Rugby
Without a doubt all of the highlights in this tournament have come off the field, mostly from the England team. England Star Mike Tindall, the most recent member of the royal family following his marriage to the Queen’s granddaughter, was photographed partying and groping another woman. Other teammates were involved in a drunken game of ‘throw the dwarves’ (seriously). And after being knocked out of the tournament by France, one of the team’s young players jumped off a ferry after touring some local vineyards, ending in his arrest by local police.
Happy Royal family - complete with broken nose.
And in England, Rugby is considered a gentleman’s game.
I wonder why I find such a blog post here on staple design?! Would have been something for The Sun or any other gossip newspaper. This redundant introduction to Rugby is a shame. And combining it with a royal gossip story? Sorry, but that was poor. And I am quite disappointed to read something like this here on such a high quality blog.
I never got the memo that this was a high quality blog! I’ll try to better next time.
Ouch, you telling me you don’t want to hold a certain level? Sad. Staple design represents a certain profession, this blog is your communication platform to the outer world, but such a redundant blog post surprised me. And your comment underlines it.
Entertainment is cool as well but is there a specific reason why you wrote this blog post?
Oh, by the way. Didn’t you just write a blog post about Australian Rules Football a few weeks ago and called it “the best game in the world. It has a combination of toughness, speed, excitement, skill and athletic prowess that cannot be matched.”? And now you are writing this about Rugby? “All I see when I watch is the ball being kicked back and forth, big guys crashing into each other, and then the referee blows his whistle for an infringement when 15 guys are stacked over the ball. Oh and lots of broken noses.” Surprising.
I don’t think I’ve been quoted before…
Dude you’re taking this waaaaaay too seriously. I was joking with my last comment.
I grew up playing Aussie Rules so I prefer it to Rugby. If you prefer Rugby then good for you. I’m happy to have a debate on the merits of this.
Here’s something I can add to the post. The overall lack of professionalism shown by the some of the players is antonishing. Whether their antics seems tabloid or not, this is their olympics, their chance to shine on the world stage. Yet they are out drinking – hard – in between games.
Anyway what say we leave it at that….Until the next post!
Thanks! This little add-on just brought this blog post to a complete different level. That is what I was (sorry to say) expecting on such a blog. You get the connection to other categories: professionalism, taking your chances,…
Hope I didn’t sound too angry or aggressiv, English is not my native language, sometimes it is hard to find the right words.
I agree with Roitsch.
Even if it was a joke it takes balls to call out a sport like that. Rugby is a real man’s sport. If you are going to call out a sport it should be American football with their egos and all that other bull crap.
I was not pleased to see this post on Staple design. Sorry Tim I think you just have to stay on topic a bit more. Maybe you should have thrown in a Snooky reference or some other tabloid story if you were joking.