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For the Rugby Players – How Did You Get Into the Sport?
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<blockquote data-quote="AlRums" data-source="post: 1223527" data-attributes="member: 75351"><p>Aged 12, I was forced into playing at school even though I wanted to play football. I suppose I took to it like a duck to water.</p><p></p><p>At a later school I was playing U15, U16 and U18 at the same time because we didn't have a lot of players who played rugby.</p><p></p><p>We were fairly consistently Sussex champs then (this is back in the mid to late 70s) even took 7s the only times we played.</p><p></p><p>Played until 25 (1987) when I had to retire from injury, dislocated clavicle and smashed shoulder, a result of landing badly from a clean tackle. Four months in hospital, 6 months in a body cast made me realise it wasn't worth the risk. </p><p></p><p>Played one final game to prove to myself I still could.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AlRums, post: 1223527, member: 75351"] Aged 12, I was forced into playing at school even though I wanted to play football. I suppose I took to it like a duck to water. At a later school I was playing U15, U16 and U18 at the same time because we didn't have a lot of players who played rugby. We were fairly consistently Sussex champs then (this is back in the mid to late 70s) even took 7s the only times we played. Played until 25 (1987) when I had to retire from injury, dislocated clavicle and smashed shoulder, a result of landing badly from a clean tackle. Four months in hospital, 6 months in a body cast made me realise it wasn't worth the risk. Played one final game to prove to myself I still could. [/QUOTE]
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