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OSUsushichic

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From The Age newspaper of Australia, relayed thru Sports Illustrated:

Rugby players, of course, are supposed to be macho. Thus the backdrop for one of the most humiliating sports headlines of all time: "All Black cries after handbag attack." Chris Masoe, a member of New Zealand's famed national rugby team, the All Blacks, apparently dissolved into tears when a teammate smacked him upside the head with a women's handbag in a bar early Sunday morning. Masoe had reportedly punched another patron after tripping over his leg when team captain Tana Umaga dispensed his comeuppance, cracking Masoe hard enough that it broke a mobile phone inside the purse. To add insult to injury, the rugby pair was then thrown out by a female bouncer. That's going to be hard to explain to the fellas on the pitch.

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I was at a softball game recently. The HC of the softball team at my school is one of the defensive football coaches.

So over in another field near the school, there is this rugby team that practices there. One of the girls(Softball player) asks the coach...

Girl: Is rugby like football?

Coach: Thats what they like to think.
 
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Only real men play rugby

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OSUsushichic said:
From The Age newspaper of Australia, relayed thru Sports Illustrated:

Rugby players, of course, are supposed to be macho. Thus the backdrop for one of the most humiliating sports headlines of all time: "All Black cries after handbag attack." Chris Masoe, a member of New Zealand's famed national rugby team, the All Blacks, apparently dissolved into tears when a teammate smacked him upside the head with a women's handbag in a bar early Sunday morning. Masoe had reportedly punched another patron after tripping over his leg when team captain Tana Umaga dispensed his comeuppance, cracking Masoe hard enough that it broke a mobile phone inside the purse. To add insult to injury, the rugby pair was then thrown out by a female bouncer. That's going to be hard to explain to the fellas on the pitch.

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sushi, I think you have this confused with a Monty Python skit... the one where the recruiter points out that the Blacks and Tans are doing some nice things with orange and that the Irish Guards are a bit butch... or some such nonsense...
 
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It's not really like football. I've played both and it's better.

Tana Umaga was the captain of the world's best team and is one of the all-time rugby greats. I think I'd probably shit my pants if he hit me with a handbag.
 
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RugbyBuck said:
Only if I stained my capri pants.
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I thought most rugby players wore skorts? :wink2:

Seriously, we were driving around the other day and came across some guys practicing rugby. My older son asked what was rugby. The first thought that came through my head was a sport for insane people! I prefer my broken bones the good old fashioned way - falling off a barstool!
 
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Umaga handbag sold for $22,750 in auction
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]The highest bidder in the Tana Umaga handbag TradeMe auction last night pulled his winning $22,800 bid just as the auction closed.[/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]The bidder, known as "dealnz" and listed as "Damion from Featherston" throughout the auction changed his details to "Bob from Palmerston North" after the auction closed at 7pm. At 6.56pm he sent a "remove my bid please" message. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]TradeMe was last night trying to contact the mysterious bidder, but confirmed Christchurch receptionist Nichole Davis would get at least $22,750 for the infamous handbag - the amount of the second-highest and genuine bid, from Sue of Wanganui. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]"It's insane, it's absolutely insane," said Davis when she learnt of her windfall last night. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]The handbag, used by former All Black captain Tana Umaga to whack Hurricanes teammate Chris Masoe on the head last Sunday morning, prompted a flood of genuine and clearly false bids on the popular auction site. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]"It's hit $100 million more than once," said Davis, 22, of the crazy bids to buy the $50 Roxy bag and her Nokia cellphone that was broken in the incident, which reduced Masoe to tears. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]The auction received 194 bids and just over one million page views by 7pm. The unprecedented interest brought the site down. Davis received comments from London, Texas and the Australian Outback. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]She has no idea what she will spend the money on, and is not sure if any of it will go towards her $10,000 student loan. But she was stunned at the amount she may reap from being in the right place at the right time. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]Masoe was fined $3000 after the incident, which occurred after he punched a patron at the Jolly Poacher bar following last Saturday night's Super 14 final between the Crusaders and the Hurricanes. Umaga intervened and tried to calm Masoe down by hitting him on the head with the bag. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]Victoria University psychology lecturer Marc Wilson said people's desire to buy the bag were undoubtedly varied but probably included allowing the owner to live vicariously through the rugby star. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]"By having the bag to hold and rub and take to bed with you, you are able to live some of that out." [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]The fact that macho Umaga's weapon of choice was a ladies' purse also upped the oddity and interest, he said. Victoria University media studies lecturer Tony Schirato said selling items associated with sports stars was an overseas phenomenon catching on in New Zealand, but people were usually interested in more conventional items.[/FONT]
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