In The Loose The latest news, views and opinions about rugby union Rugby truly is one of the most all-inclusive sports out there, whether little or large, fast or slow, there is a place in the team for you. Below we take a look at 11 different types of people who find themselves playing rugby;
1. The Mid-Lifer
Usually found – Back Row
The kind of person who hits 40 and wants to rekindle their schooldays by taking up rugby once again despite not having played it for 25 years.
2. The Tag Along
Usually found – Wing
The Tag Along is the sort of player who doesn’t have anything better to do with their time so finds themselves getting dragged along by their mates.
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3. The Psycho
Usually found – Front Row
The Psycho is someone who uses rugby as an excuse for doling out their pent up anger in a legitimate manner.
4. The All-Rounder
Usually found – Fly-Half
The All-Rounder is the kind of person whose a complete natural at whatever sport they turn their hand to so usually ends up in the most pivotal positions.
5. The Networker
Usually found – Full Back
The Networker is someone who ends up at a rugby club not to play rugby but to meet new business contacts and often ends up ‘injured’ all season.
6. The Poseur
Usually found – Centre
The Poseur is someone whose more interested in boasting about ‘being a ‘rugby player’ than actually playing the game.
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7. The Socialite
Usually found – Second Row
The Socialite sees playing rugby as a good way to build up a thirst before the start of a good post-match night out.
8. The Outcast
Usually found – Front Row
With rugby being such a diverse sport it attracts players of all abilities and there is no better embodiment of this than The Outcast who find themselves playing rugby as they lack the skill for other sports.
9. The Fatty
Usually found – Front row
As with The Outcast, The Fatty would struggle to play pretty much any other sport so find themselves attracted to rugby where their weight offers a distinct advantage.
10. The Mutant
Usually found – Second Row
You know that person in the gym who looks way to big to be real? Well they’re The Mutant, a player so big that rugby seems the only viable sport for their size.
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11. The Stray
Usually found – Wing
Nobody quite knows where The Stray comes from, but every week they turn up despite not knowing anyone else as they don’t have anything better to do.
Which one are you?
