“If I had been a winger, I might have been daydreaming and thinking about how to keep my kit clean for next week.” Quote by Bill Beaumont
“I played ten injury-free years between the ages of 12 and 22. Then, suddenly, it seemed like I was allergic to the twentieth century.” YearsAgeCenturyTenInjuryTwentieth CenturyRugbyAllergicPlaying Rugby Author:Nigel Melville
“When I graduated college I had a series of just humiliating jobs that I couldn't believe I was at.” BelieveJobsCollegeSeriesHumiliating Author:Lena Dunham
“Rugby backs can be identified because they generally have clean jerseys and identifiable partings in their hair... come the revolution the backs will be the first to be lined up against the wall and shot for living parasitically off the work of others.” FirstsHairRevolutionWallShotsCleanJerseyPartingRugby Author:Peter FitzSimons
“Rugby players are either piano shifters or piano movers. Fortunately, I am one of those who can play a tune.” PlayPlayerPianoTunesRugbyPlaying Rugby Author:Pierre Danos
“The winger resembles Mother Brown, running with a high knee-lift and sometimes not progressing far from the spot where he started.” SometimesRunningMotherProgressSpotsLiftsKneesBrownRugby Author:Simon Geoghegan
“The heart is willing, the head is willing but the body's had enough.” HeartEnoughBodyWillingRugbyHad Enough Author:Keith Wood
“It's not a British attitude to dedicate yourself to such an extent as he [Wilkinson] does... He is such a dedicated so-and-so who only thinks about booting it over the posts” ThinkingDoeAttitudeBritishPostsDedicatedRugby Author:Nick Faldo
“Rugby is a game for the mentally deficient... That is why it was invented by the British. Who else but an Englishman could invent an oval ball?” GamesBallsBritishEnglishmenRugbyOval Author:Peter Pook
“It's definitely the hardest tackle I've taken in my life but I'm still breathing and that's a good sign.” StillsTakenHardestBreathingRugby Author:Derick Hougaard