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Saw that. It’s pretty nasty.

Rough.

4G made me stop because the bounce was destroying my already damaged knees

laurent wrote: Sun Mar 26, 2023 6:04 pm Rough.

4G made me stop because the bounce was destroying my already damaged knees

It has certainly improved the pace and maybe even the skill of the game in some ways but the lack of give and the friction remain serious problems. Nature still best.

Showing my age here....but I remember being at Stradey Park on that day..

Llanelli Vs some pissy little southern hemisphere island team..

As school kids. We didn't have seats/places in the stands et al, but were all around the pitch, on the field, on the grass. I have a vivid memory of having a grass fight with the cuttings left behind after the lines had been cut and marked, the grass was lush, green and meadow quality.. That pitch could've fed a herd of cows for a month easily! It was so long it was falling over itself, and that was the pitch they played on, not this bowling green shit they play on these days...

9-3...........

Still better than 5G danger

Can't wait for 6g...

I'll be able to stand next to a mast and transport myself into Katherine Jenkins knickers...

Dan Robson shared this last season



Those pitches should be banned as a club's matchday surface, they just aren't suitable for a sport like rugby.

Hate playing on them.

sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Mar 26, 2023 10:20 pm Dan Robson shared this last season



Those pitches should be banned as a club's matchday surface, they just aren't suitable for a sport like rugby.

Jesus Christ that’s nasty. He lost a whole leg !!

New one going into Ravenhill this summer FFS

TB63 wrote: Sun Mar 26, 2023 10:00 pm Can't wait for 6g...

I'll be able to stand next to a mast and transport myself into Katherine Jenkins knickers...

and if we need the Chinese to do it.. so be it...

Don't know how true this is, but I've heard it said that burns like that are only a problem when the surface is very dry. Pitches should be watered down in those conditions.

If that's the case then its more a case of proper maintenance than the pitches themselves.

(I've only ever played 5 a-side soccer on them)

I've played rugby matches on them probably 4 or 5 times, never had a problem tbf. Quite enjoyed them actually, compared to the normal bogs that teams play on in Ulster.

EnergiseR2 wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:55 am I think the maddest thing is the clubs still investing in them. It's one thing to buy the monorail but it's another to visit a city with one as the train topples off its track and say 'that's just what we need'. They are dangerous, sore and were not built for rugby. Its one of the mysteries of life that they exist bar for some easy drills in the pissing rain.

I suppose it's down to trying to monetarise the facilities. Just another impact of rugby's unsustainable spending.

EnergiseR2 wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:40 am

Jim Lahey wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:43 am I've played rugby matches on them probably 4 or 5 times, never had a problem tbf. Quite enjoyed them actually, compared to the normal bogs that teams play on in Ulster.

I am going to say with a lot of confidence you are rarely running at speed. You can slowly make your way across a floor of thumbtacks but it's still dangerous for those people with drive and panache like myself

How very dare you.

I played wing once for our 2nds after getting a call 2 hours before kickoff. Mate of mine was playing 15 and we were labelled the club's heaviest ever back 3. Scored a try that day . . . . . .from a pick and go

I did not suffer from burns thanks to knee braces ... and taping the socks to the braces...

I'd also point out that you backs types are experiencing less time on the floor with them. They're really unforgiving after that first little bit of bounce, just feels like concrete. On top of that, just getting tackled onto them, or rucking, or worse, going down in a scrum, is just really uncomfortable. Maybe not the serious burns of high speed slides, but you get plenty of little ones all over your knees, arms and hands etc.

On a separate but tangentially related note, I heard that some Japanese schools play rugby on gravel.

I'd say it puts hairs on your chest, but it's more likely just to scour your chest off.

inactionman wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:48 am On a separate but tangentially related note, I heard that some Japanese schools play rugby on gravel.

I'd say it puts hairs on your chest, but it's more likely just to scour your chest off.

High school rugby players use the expression "beef steak" or "hamburger" to describe the grazing injuries to knees, calves, and thighs from going to ground on the gravel-like, hard-packed dirt most schools still play on.

Soft cocks, as kids we used to play on pitches covered with these.


And some even had patches with devil's thorn.

Kiwias wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 11:08 am

inactionman wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:48 am On a separate but tangentially related note, I heard that some Japanese schools play rugby on gravel.

I'd say it puts hairs on your chest, but it's more likely just to scour your chest off.

High school rugby players use the expression "beef steak" or "hamburger" to describe the grazing injuries to knees, calves, and thighs from going to ground on the gravel-like, hard-packed dirt most schools still play on.

Almost entirely a mud based game when I was at school, apart from the 1st XV, who had grass.

inactionman wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:48 am On a separate but tangentially related note, I heard that some Japanese schools play rugby on gravel.

I'd say it puts hairs on your chest, but it's more likely just to scour your chest off.

My Prep school rugby pitch, we did stone picking days both pre and during the season.
Lots of flints.

Dinsdale Piranha wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 1:31 pm

Kiwias wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 11:08 am

inactionman wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:48 am On a separate but tangentially related note, I heard that some Japanese schools play rugby on gravel.

I'd say it puts hairs on your chest, but it's more likely just to scour your chest off.

High school rugby players use the expression "beef steak" or "hamburger" to describe the grazing injuries to knees, calves, and thighs from going to ground on the gravel-like, hard-packed dirt most schools still play on.

Almost entirely a mud based game when I was at school, apart from the 1st XV, who had grass.

I always seemed to end up playing frozen pitches, where you either twisted ankles or picked up the equivalent of papercuts from frozen divots - freezing cold skin cuts pretty easily.

(having PE first thing in the morning at school probably wasn't ideal for avoiding frosty ground)

My home pitch as a kid was Fine (main pitch) the training pitch was a bit muddy for obvious reason the ground was fine Hurepoix dirt well worked by generation of farmers and Clause seed maker (Clause was a famous seed producer).
It stunk of cabbage in the winter from the cabbage fields nearby.

Worse I know of is the Neuchatel pitch in Switzerland. there is a very thin layer of dirt and in one location a dome of rock the size of your skull .

Glaston wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 3:38 pm

inactionman wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:48 am On a separate but tangentially related note, I heard that some Japanese schools play rugby on gravel.

I'd say it puts hairs on your chest, but it's more likely just to scour your chest off.

My Prep school rugby pitch, we did stone picking days both pre and during the season.
Lots of flints.

On a separate note, what actually is a prep school?

C69 wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 6:11 pm

Glaston wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 3:38 pm

inactionman wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:48 am On a separate but tangentially related note, I heard that some Japanese schools play rugby on gravel.

I'd say it puts hairs on your chest, but it's more likely just to scour your chest off.

My Prep school rugby pitch, we did stone picking days both pre and during the season.
Lots of flints.

On a separate note, what actually is a prep school?

The one you go to before a public school. i.e. up to age 13.

C69 wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 6:11 pm

Glaston wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 3:38 pm

inactionman wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:48 am On a separate but tangentially related note, I heard that some Japanese schools play rugby on gravel.

I'd say it puts hairs on your chest, but it's more likely just to scour your chest off.

My Prep school rugby pitch, we did stone picking days both pre and during the season.
Lots of flints.

On a separate note, what actually is a prep school?

Private primary school, but has the option for pupils to stay on for years 7 and 8 before finally moving onto secondary.

I went to a Private secondary which had a nearby prep it was partnered with. The kids who came over from there in year 9 were much weirder than the ones who started in year 7. not that they were great, I couldn't wait to go back to the state system for 6th form.

Dinsdale Piranha wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 6:16 pm

C69 wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 6:11 pm

Glaston wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 3:38 pm

My Prep school rugby pitch, we did stone picking days both pre and during the season.
Lots of flints.

On a separate note, what actually is a prep school?

The one you go to before a public school. i.e. up to age 13.

Yeah I thought so, just never met anyone who went to one, that I know of, and wanted a personal explanation.