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Even though I'm tremendously unfit good to wake up today with preseason in full swing and little on the horizon they will break the season again.

With a fractured stem and root on my capped front tooth my dentist reckons if I'm wise this should be my last season as any replacement would be too fragile to continue playing with. £2,500, yuck.

There's already a thread about Western Province rugby.

I flirted with having another go, but discretion got the better part of valour, at 57 i have to accept i am past it, and i refuse to play walking rugby!

ASMO wrote: Sat Aug 21, 2021 8:51 am I flirted with having another go, but discretion got the better part of valour, at 57 i have to accept i am past it, and i refuse to play walking rugby!

Any particular reason not to give walking rugby a go? I have a couple of mates playing who are really enjoying it. One even managed to get himself sent off!

Injured, but desperate to get back to playing this season. Hoping my heel/achilles heels up and I can get back for most the season. Extra hope is whatever I did to my abdomen a couple of years back is truly healed and doesn't tear again, missed 2 seasons basically due to that and covid.

Raggs wrote: Sat Aug 21, 2021 9:54 am Injured, but desperate to get back to playing this season. Hoping my heel/achilles heels up and I can get back for most the season. Extra hope is whatever I did to my abdomen a couple of years back is truly healed and doesn't tear again, missed 2 seasons basically due to that and covid.

Know a few people that welcomed the break, allowed them to focus on rehab and lose some weight. Equally lost some to fitness regimes and weightlifting they now don't want to lose from injury. Hope it goes well for you

TheNatalShark wrote: Sat Aug 21, 2021 10:40 am

Raggs wrote: Sat Aug 21, 2021 9:54 am Injured, but desperate to get back to playing this season. Hoping my heel/achilles heels up and I can get back for most the season. Extra hope is whatever I did to my abdomen a couple of years back is truly healed and doesn't tear again, missed 2 seasons basically due to that and covid.

Know a few people that welcomed the break, allowed them to focus on rehab and lose some weight. Equally lost some to fitness regimes and weightlifting they now don't want to lose from injury. Hope it goes well for you

I lost a bit of weight, which isn't necessarily a good thing for a prop, but I was small anyway. Plan on being stronger than I was anyway, so I guess it'll be OK. Just need to actually let my heel heal properly, so may have to start jogging (bah!) to see how it holds up, since if I go training, I'll definitely overdo it.

Hopefully most clubs have retained the majority of their players since they last played competetive rugby in March last year
My club is at level 7 and whilst we have managed to keep the core of 1st team palyers, one or two have disappeared and a couple have moved away. Conversely we've had several players return to playing 1st team rugby having been raising young families over the past couple of years!
One local club has withdrawn from league rugby as they can only muster 5 or 6 of their former 1st team at training!!!
Oh and walking rugby is good fun

First official training yesterday.

decent crowd and I was able to play a good bit of tip before it got serious. (this is when I got the camera out)



https://www.flickr.com/photos/laurentcg ... 9719881257

duke wrote: Sat Aug 21, 2021 9:35 am

ASMO wrote: Sat Aug 21, 2021 8:51 am I flirted with having another go, but discretion got the better part of valour, at 57 i have to accept i am past it, and i refuse to play walking rugby!

Any particular reason not to give walking rugby a go? I have a couple of mates playing who are really enjoying it. One even managed to get himself sent off!

Rugby for me without physical confrontation is not rugby, i am old school.

ASMO wrote: Sat Aug 21, 2021 5:18 pm

duke wrote: Sat Aug 21, 2021 9:35 am

ASMO wrote: Sat Aug 21, 2021 8:51 am I flirted with having another go, but discretion got the better part of valour, at 57 i have to accept i am past it, and i refuse to play walking rugby!

Any particular reason not to give walking rugby a go? I have a couple of mates playing who are really enjoying it. One even managed to get himself sent off!

Rugby for me without physical confrontation is not rugby, i am old school.

You wouldn't play in one of those leagues were lads where one of three colours of shorts to indicate what kind of contact they'll take / make?

I trained with a group like that but moved before the contact season started (I did get quite frustrated with how bad most were at Touch, but was hoping they'd run straighter and pass better when contact was allowed).

laurent wrote: Sat Aug 21, 2021 4:07 pm First official training yesterday.

decent crowd and I was able to play a good bit of tip before it got serious. (this is when I got the camera out)



https://www.flickr.com/photos/laurentcg ... 9719881257

Could only be France! Bravo

Niegs wrote: Sat Aug 21, 2021 10:40 pm

ASMO wrote: Sat Aug 21, 2021 5:18 pm

duke wrote: Sat Aug 21, 2021 9:35 am

Any particular reason not to give walking rugby a go? I have a couple of mates playing who are really enjoying it. One even managed to get himself sent off!

Rugby for me without physical confrontation is not rugby, i am old school.

You wouldn't play in one of those leagues were lads where one of three colours of shorts to indicate what kind of contact they'll take / make?

I trained with a group like that but moved before the contact season started (I did get quite frustrated with how bad most were at Touch, but was hoping they'd run straighter and pass better when contact was allowed).

Nope, not for me all in or not at all.