Keyword: Rugby

The tactical difference between Association Football and Rugby with its varieties seems to be that in the former, the ball is the missile, in the latter, men are the missiles

English schoolmaster, sexologist, anthropologist & sports journalist

You don’t like to see hookers going down on players like that.

New Zealand rugby player & commentator

I don’t like this new law, because your first instinct when you see a man on the ground is to go down on him.

New Zealand rugby player & commentator

There’s nothing that a tight forward likes more than a loosie right up his backside.

New Zealand rugby player & commentator

Spencer’s running across field calling out, ‘Come inside me, come inside me.’

New Zealand rugby player & commentator

The side has been held together by needles and sticking plaster.

Rugby coach

It will now have to be called the Calcutta Shield.

In my time, I've had my knee out, broken my collarbone, had my nose smashed, a rib broken, lost a few teeth, and ricked my back; but as soon as I get a bit of bad luck I'm going to quit the game.

Grandmother or tails, sir?

Rugby is a game for men with no fear of brain injury.

(1958 – 2006) English radio performer, stand-up comic & writer

Everybody knows that I have been pumping Martin Leslie for a couple of seasons now.

New Zealand rugby player & commentator

We’ve lost our last eight matches. The only team that we have beaten is Western Samoa. It’s a good job we didn’t play the whole of Samoa!

Welsh rugby player

Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the center of the city.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

The relationship between the Welsh and English is based on trust and understanding. They don’t trust us and we don’t understand them.

Rugby union secretary

All we need is a little bit of luck and we could explode.

British rugby coach

I can tell you it’s a magnificent sensation when the gap opens up like that and you just burst right through.

New Zealand rugby player & commentator

I thought I would have a quiet pint … and about 17 noisy ones.

British rugby player

Rugby League is war without the frills.

He’s looking for some meaningful penetration into the backline.

New Zealand rugby player & commentator

I think you enjoy the game more if you don't know the rules. Anyway, you're on the same wavelength as the referees.

Welsh rugby player

American football makes rugby look like a Tupperware party.

(1946 – ) English broadcaster