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Baginton · Sep 8, 2013

Anyone going to next Saturdays Cov rugbys home game...

They are doing a one off deal where (with proof), last seasons CCFC season ticket holders can go along and get in for £7, usually only £14!

With city not in action til sunday, how many fancy a change of shaped balls and will attend the rugby?

I like rugby, but have never been to a proper game, played it at school and watched bigger games on tv, might be interesting,

town centre ground, loads of parking , tidy little ground (with room to extend/build on) i'd love to see city buy it and do build three more stands.

http://coventryrfc.co.uk/article-category/HomePage.html

BurbageSkyBlues · Sep 8, 2013

Cov RFC are starting to rebuild, after years in the doldrums. I wouldn't get your hopes up, too much, of the sky blues moving in to the butts arena......the rugby club has two wealthy supporters that have each just pledged £1M into the development and infrastructure.

Rugby is a great game, football could learn a lot from the way players, etc, conduct themselves. Money is a big part in rugby, these days, but no where near the obscene levels that it is in football. As we have seen at CCFC, and the conduct of the authorities, money is paramount in soccer.......sport is second fiddle.

simple_simon · Sep 8, 2013

Baginton said:
Anyone going to next Saturdays Cov rugbys home game...

They are doing a one off deal where (with proof), last seasons CCFC season ticket holders can go along and get in for £7, usually only £14!

With city not in action til sunday, how many fancy a change of shaped balls and will attend the rugby?

I like rugby, but have never been to a proper game, played it at school and watched bigger games on tv, might be interesting,

town centre ground, loads of parking , tidy little ground (with room to extend/build on) i'd love to see city buy it and do build three more stands.

http://coventryrfc.co.uk/article-category/HomePage.html

I intend going.

WONDERLAMPS · Sep 8, 2013

No thanks rugbys for puffs

Flying Fokker · Sep 8, 2013

American football is just as puffy. If you like commitment of players to win then both outdo football. Spirit,team play, respecting officials,the crowds,each other.

BurbageSkyBlues · Sep 8, 2013

FRY-CCFC said:
No thanks rugbys for puffs

Yeah, right.

Football players that fall over at the flick of a feather...?.....wouldn't last three seconds anywhere on a rugby field, let alone in the front row!

Your comment highlights the one big difference between the two sports - respect in one, and the lack of it in the other.

jesus-wept · Sep 8, 2013

FRY-CCFC said:
No thanks rugbys for puffs

Dare you to say that to the face Tom Wood or Billy Twelvetrees

ohitsaidwalker king power · Sep 8, 2013

Can you imagine SISU or Otium or whatever it is that these charlatans call themselves these days submitting a planning application to Coventry City Council to develop the Butts.
I suspect the response might be no?

ampthill_sba · Sep 8, 2013

FRY-CCFC said:
No thanks rugbys for puffs

And who is punctuation for?

BurbageSkyBlues · Sep 8, 2013

ohitsaidwalker king power said:
Can you imagine SISU or Otium or whatever it is that these charlatans call themselves these days submitting a planning application to Coventry City Council to develop the Butts.
I suspect the response might be no?

I think that the bpa is rented or leased from the council, and there may be a covenant that prevents use other than rugby?

WONDERLAMPS · Sep 8, 2013

You wanna watch a load of grown men groping each other fine by me. It also takes 100x more skill to play football

lordsummerisle · Sep 8, 2013

I think it's nice that there's a sport that fat people can play too.

HighfieldRoader · Sep 8, 2013

FRY-CCFC said:
You wanna watch a load of grown men groping each other fine by me. It also takes 100x more skill to play football

Instead of slagging off other sports we should be happy to see a Coventry team that plays in Coventry.

WONDERLAMPS · Sep 8, 2013

HighfieldRoader said:
Instead of slagging off other sports we should be happy to see a Coventry team that plays in Coventry.

No I don't like rugby, just because cov aren't playing in cov doesn't mean that I will just change to it.

HighfieldRoader · Sep 8, 2013

FRY-CCFC said:
No I don't like rugby, just because cov aren't playing in cov doesn't mean that I will just change to it.

Fair enough, but silly comments like calling them puffs and suggesting they grope each other are unnecessary.

WONDERLAMPS · Sep 8, 2013

Indeed :thinking about:

WiganSkyBlue · Sep 8, 2013

BurbageSkyBlues said:
Yeah, right.

Football players that fall over at the flick of a feather...?.....

That's right - who remembers proper football matches at Highfield Road with tackles from the likes of George Hudson, George Curtis, Roy Barry, Jeff Blockley, Big Jim Holton, Brian Kilcline (to a degree) - then there were opposition players like Chopper Harris, "Bites yer legs" Hunter, Billy Bremner, Tommy Smith and Dave Mackay to name but a few - the days when if you were tackled, you stayed tackled.

No rolling about feigning injury, players just got up and ran off knocks.

Spionkop · Sep 8, 2013

Highfieldroader, you're having an email dialogue with compulsive piss takers. Well known around these parts.

Spionkop · Sep 8, 2013

Wigan, Bremner, Hunter, two of a team that were hated by any genuine football fan. Thugs.
In terms of physical confrontation, there's no contest. Rugger is a hard sport. I don't like it much but football in comparison is soft.

WONDERLAMPS · Sep 8, 2013

Spionkop said:
Highfieldroader, you're having an email dialogue with compulsive piss takers. Well known around these parts.

Excuse me, I don't agree with term pisstakers

WiganSkyBlue · Sep 8, 2013

Spionkop said:
Wigan, Bremner, Hunter, two of a team that were hated by any genuine football fan. Thugs.
In terms of physical confrontation, there's no contest. Rugger is a hard sport. I don't like it much but football in comparison is soft.

Don't get me wrong, I too disliked Leeds with a passion. Nevertheless Bremner and Hunter played for Scotland and England respectively and I named them as players who tackled hard, as I'm sure you could appreciate without necessarily admiring.

Ashdown1 · Sep 8, 2013

lordsummerisle said:
I think it's nice that there's a sport that fat people can play too.

Darts ?

BurbageSkyBlues · Sep 8, 2013

Ashdown1 said:
Darts ?

Sumo wrestling?

ajsccfc · Sep 8, 2013

Rugby may have more of a reputation of 'respect', but then you don't often see thumbs going up anuses in football so it evens out somewhat.

BurbageSkyBlues · Sep 8, 2013

ajsccfc said:
Rugby may have more of a reputation of 'respect', but then you don't often see thumbs going up anuses in football so it evens out somewhat.

Ah, yes......have yet to witness that yet, but I have seen lots of pretty footballers kissing each other after a goal.....perhaps that is what is meant by 'scoring' ....

Back of the net....bum bum...!

WONDERLAMPS · Sep 8, 2013

ajsccfc said:
Rugby may have more of a reputation of 'respect', but then you don't often see thumbs going up anuses in football so it evens out somewhat.

Which is good... unless you're into that sort of thing

WONDERLAMPS · Sep 8, 2013

BurbageSkyBlues said:
Ah, yes......have yet to witness that yet, but I have seen lots of pretty footballers kissing each other after a goal.....perhaps that is what is meant by 'scoring' ....

Back of the net....bum bum...!

Hey I think we'd all do that, especially if you scored and had a goal bonus like djbrill cisse

deanocity3 · Sep 8, 2013

They have a new pitch side announcer called Billy Bell
who is on loan 'till the city come home

torchomatic · Sep 8, 2013

Rugby's crap though, isn't it?

WONDERLAMPS · Sep 8, 2013

yes,yes it is

ajsccfc · Sep 8, 2013

Arguments about footballers diving are all well and good, but until they also start using fake blood capsules to really sell pain there's not really a deception high horse that rugby can climb up.

Mary_Mungo_Midge · Sep 8, 2013

How about a special mention for the Rugby Lions too; rebuilding after bankruptcy following some crazy decisions being made? New backers and starting next Saturday. It's where I'll be spending my Saturdays for the foreseeable

Mary_Mungo_Midge · Sep 8, 2013

ajsccfc said:
Arguments about footballers diving are all well and good, but until they also start using fake blood capsules to really sell pain there's not really a deception high horse that rugby can climb up.

That was very much a one off, whereas diving and simulation are, alas, widespread in modern football. Rugby is primarily played hard and fair

Ashdown1 · Sep 8, 2013

Good win for Cov rugby yesterday, I'll shall be down to the BPA without doubt a few times this season. Does anyone know if under 16's still go free?

duffer · Sep 8, 2013

torchomatic said:
Rugby's crap though, isn't it?

Which is akin to me saying your taste in music is shite. Frankly, it's a daft comment.

Each to their own, I guess. I like both games, personally, but to suggest rugby players are gay is kind of a pathetic slur. Research seems to suggest that people who have a problem with homosexuals often haven't come to terms with their own issues. (It's the 21st century guys, don't get angry with yourself and everyone else, come on out and celebrate who you are!).

Anyway, even if some of them are gay and that kind of thing worries you, I'd guess your average gay rugby player is likely to be a fair bit harder than your average spit-roasting, woman-beating footballer. It's a game where you have to put your body on the line, and keep your emotions in control - most modern footballers seem to struggle with that concept.

The BPA is a good day out, but to be honest it's clearly not for everyone. Feel free to stay away whilst the rest of us enjoy it.

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