Pointless question for those with too much time on their hands

[Swat]

Rugger/Rugga - socially acceptable or not?

Is it just me who hates it when people use these terms? Is it an Australian thing?

Agree for the abolishment of these terms from the interwebboxamajiggy :yay

 

[Blue]

Rugger/Rugga - socially acceptable or not?

Is it just me who hates it when people use these terms? Is it an Australian thing?

Agree for the abolishment of these terms from the interwebboxamajiggy :yay

Never heard the terms used anywhere else in the world.

Used by lazy people who don't have enough IQ to complete words properly.

 

[Swat]

I meant it hating it and not using it being the Australian thing Blue

 

[Braveheart.]

I meant it hating it and not using it being the Australian thing Blue

Agreed.

I've heard the term more commonly used in the UK.

But it's one of the little idosyncracies of an international game.

It's like a South African openside in a no.6 jersey, or an Englishman calling the backline "the three quarters" or having a second 5 rather than an inside centre.

Speaking of the three quarters... I'd love the know the origin, and why it's the three quarters and the fly half is the 5/8th.

 

[reidstah]

I heard this a few times in NZ aswell.

Happy for Aus to claim it though, not a fan either

 

[Hawko]

Almost as bad as using abolishment for abolition. :lmao:

 

[Zeno]

'I must say, old Fforbes-Smythe was a demon on the rugger field when we were at Ox. Never the same after he pranged his MGA at Shelsley, of course. Ankle-bones splintered into matchsticks. Damn shame. Another port?'

 

[Richo]

'I must say, old Fforbes-Smythe was a demon on the rugger field when we were at Ox. Never the same after he pranged his MGA at Shelsley, of course. Ankle-bones splintered into matchsticks. Damn shame. Another port?'

Gold.

 

[Eyes and Ears]

Speaking of the three quarters... I'd love the know the origin, and why it's the three quarters and the fly half is the 5/8th.

I don't know the history but I have always assumed it was a bit like a military line-up in battle. The forwards are the front-line broken down into front row, second row and back row, the full back is the last line of defence, the 3 quarters are 3/4 of the way to the back, the half back is half way and the 5/8 is inbetween the 3 quarters and the half back. Even team line ups are sometimes displayed this way.

 

[EVERYFWDTHINKTHEYREA6OR7]

Rugger/Rugga - socially acceptable or not?

Is it just me who hates it when people use these terms? Is it an Australian thing?

Agree for the abolishment of these terms from the interwebboxamajiggy :yay

They use it a fair bit in North America

 

[Lee Grant]

Agree with Braveheart - it's more of a UK thing and if you look at old rugby books the word was used a lot. It'd not used do much now, but still more in print than over here.

Was re-reading the autobiography of the great Wales player, Bleddyn Williams, recently. The name of the book?: Rugger, My Life

 

[Jets]

I have no real issue with it. It is a bit of a UK thing in my eyes.

 

[MajorlyRagerly]

I totally agree with you.

You have too much time on your hands.

As long as they are playing it /watching it / supporting it / giving a shit about it who cares what they call it?

I call it footy most of the time. Sorry if that bothers you. Oh actually hang on, no I'm not.

 

[Reido]

"Are you going to rugger practice tomorrow?"
"No, I'm going to rugby training"

The seppos use it a lot.

 

[wamberal]

I have been around a lot longer than most, and I have never, ever heard an Australian use the term "rugger" - other than as in "rugger buggers", a term of abuse that was used a lot during the 1971 Springbok tour.

 

[DPK]

I hate the term, but I call association football "soccer".

 

[AngrySeahorse]

I'm not really bothered by it. Rah Rah is probably more stupid to me but given we could have a nickname like "Poofball" or "Aerial ping pong" or "Mungoball" I think our slang names are fine by comparison.