Lets hear your best on-field Sledging

[Viking]

In light of the latest controversy I think we should have some fun and start a thread of some ACCEPTABLE sledges. I shouldn't have to warn people that homophobic, racist, sexist, or highly personal off-field sledging is not acceptable and will be reported. If you don't know where the line is then don't contribute to this thread and say nothing at all!

Sledging is too seek an advantage over another player by insulting or intimidating them which may cause a disruption to their concentration.

The goal of this thread is to highlight how easy is it to sledge without being personally offensive to a player or those around him. Any offensive sledges will be reported immediately.

Don't hold back!

 

[Train Without a Station]

Morgan Turinui was excellent. I believe when he was playing for the Waratahs, Gold Coast Breakers prop Tama Tuiriangi was playing for the Reds. When he got yellow carded after a scrum Tuirnui apparently told him he was more suited to 3 o'clock games.

 

[Viking]

George Gregan "4 more years..."

 

[Pfitzy]

My personal best nearly started a fight. Playing Subbies 2nd Grade one day, an opposition LH prop (let's call him Dipshit) got smashed by a couple of our centres a few metres out from the line, losing the ball in the process. We all give our blokes a massive cheer and slaps on the back all round.

Dipshit gets up, and says "My sister hits harder than that!"

I quip "Yeah I heard you've been hitting your sister"

So he loses his shit, getting all up in my face. Once things settle down, we pack a scrum 5m out from our line. I'm a loosehead, and he decides to switch from his LH to TH to teach me a lesson.

Crouch! Touch-BAM! Dipshit punches me in the shoulder instead of doing the touch. I stand up, look at the ref who does nothing. Set back down again

Crouch! Tou-BAM! Another punch. I stand up, look at the ref. Captain tells me to stop fucking around and get on with it. Ref says he'll penalise me if I stand up again. I pack down, pat my lock on the head and tell him we're going for it.

Crouch! BAM! Engage! Ball comes in, ball goes out. Play goes on.

But I keep my bind on Dipshit, and while the back rowers all fuck off, we drive Dipshit back over his second row, and my lock gives him an absolute gobful while stepping on him.

Didn't have a problem after that.

 

[RugbyReg]

right, self nominations don't always work do they?

 

[Pfitzy]

Neither do bitchy little comments, but its the internet.

 

[HighPlainsDrifter]

To the opposition pack after a push over try .... "Rodney King would put up more resistance than you guys " .. and later .."its ok men , your coach is presenting the whole pack with a computer game after the match and it is not Grand Theft Auto , I'm told its Missing in Action" . And finally ..."If you're the captain you must be the Kevin Rudd of Rugby"..... Not unsurprisingly punches were thrown .
Also a cricket sledge after the opening bowler and captain was dispatched for 28 runs in an over , at the start of his next over he was told "Mate , this is your last over son ...the nurses have showed up and are ready to take you back to the facility " . He then ran down the pitch - threw a punch and was escorted off the ground by some team mates , take a guess at his vocation ? A: A Sportsmaster (and a lovely guy in off the pitch) go figure .

 

[Lee Grant]

Prop Gareth Chilcott was playing for England against Wales back in the day and this young Welsh prop was making a nuisance of himself.

Chilcott said, " Do that again son, and you'll live up to your name."

The young bloke is now Director of Rugby at Wasps.

His name is Dai Young.
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[Hugh Jarse]

From a bygone era, and another sport, but it's gold

It was a few years ago, when the world was young. I was playing Grammar at Cricket and batting(poorly I might add) when the 'keeper said something to me which caused all round to "titter so".
I thought that he was just a bit of a lark and after me being at the non strikers end and actually concentrating, realised that the young men were speaking Latin! Bastards sledged me!!!

 

[RugbyReg]

An off-field one by Stan "The Pole" Pilecki back on the 84 Grand Slam tour.

Allan Jones was obviously coach and was renowned for barely pausing to breath throughout coaching sessions.

During one particular fitness session, the 37 year old Stan was probably not moving as quickly as some of his younger team mates.

Jones notices and yelled out "Come on Stanley. Constant movement equals weight loss", to which Stan retorted

"Yeah and you're a case in point - no double chin!"

 

[OldHeadSnakeyHeher]

There was a break in play at scrum time because we were waiting for the ball boy to retrieve the ball. When the ball finally came the pass from the ball boy to the opposition 9 was around his ankles and he dropped it. I said to the opposition scrummie "he must have learn't to pass from you". Entire scrum laughed. He got the shits and threw a punch. I then flogged him. Those were the days. Shared a schooie of resches with him afterwards though of course, nothing in it.

One of the boys in my team used to appoint someone to wear a black armband known as the 'sledgers armband'. He would hand it down to the player who was in the best form with the mouth.

 

[GTPIH]

Will Greenwood tells a story about the 2001 Lions Tour. Scrum packed with Lions feed. Toutai Kefu looks up straight at Greenwood and says "we've watched the videos and know this move. I'm going to kill/smash you" or words to that effect.

Greenwood says to the ref, "Did you hear what he said? What are you going to do about it"

Ref replies, "I wouldn't run that move"

 

[Aussie D]

Had an old prop team mate come up to the coach really upset at half time. Said to the coach "the prop on the other team called me an inbred". Knowing him it might just have hit too close to the bone ....

 

[Wilson]

Nigel Owens after a crooked line out throw: "I'm straighter than that one."

 

[Hugh Jarse]

It is a tough day at the office when the sledges are coming from Sir, but some more Nigel Owens classics:

A lovely Nigel Owens moment on the ref mike to an England player - 'You didn't know that law did you? How long have you been playing then?' brilliant.

Not really a sledge but worthy of oxygen:

50 minutes in. NZL v IRE. NZL have just been denied a try by the TMO.

Sir Ruchie GOAT is heard on the referee's microphone "That's a tough call, ref"

Nigel Owens replied "They're all tough, Richie"

He will be missed when he blows the Acme Thunderer for the last time.