You know you're a rugger when...

I can't remember where I took these from, but they do sound awful familiar... :P

- You have gone home on a Saturday after a game, passed out, and then woken up and kept drinking.

- You can want to fucking kill someone from the other team during a game and then get shitfaced with them afterwards.

- When people walk slowly, you have to resist the urge to tackle them from behind.

- You frequently get the songs from the drink-ups stuck in your head

- You don't actually know the real names of your teammates, only their nicknames

- You know that Jesus can’t play rugby cause his dad would fix the game

- The number of gay people on your team outnumbers the number of straight people

- You have gotten the “what the fuck is that group of annoying girls doing” look in denny’s after a big game

- You steal beer after a drink-up so that you can keep drinking

- You learn about what happened Saturday night at brunch Sunday morning with your teammates

- You are trying to facebook people that you met after a game but can't because you can't remember if you ever actually learned their real name

- You know shooting the boot doesn’t have anything to do with a gun

- On the weekends you pee in the bushes more often than in the bathroom

- You’ve dreamt about sleeping with one your referees and commented on how good he looks in his short little rugby shorts

- Your excuse for everything is "I Play Rugby"

AU vs. VCU/Nova

This Saturday's rugby schedule was an A-side vs. VCU and a B-side vs. Nova (a very good women's team... better than our A-side and definitely better than our B-side. We'd understood the B-side game would be VCU/Nova motley). We kicked ass A-side 44-5. We lost B-side, but played well. One of the best things about both of our games so far is to see which mistakes we are and aren't making - we're still a little scattered and discombobulated, but we're supporting each other so well and making our tackles (our tackle rate against the huge Nova girls women was really good) that we're playing a very good game.

Personally, I'm at about the same place. I feel really good about my 8ing, and less good about my locking (I kept going to my knees in the scrum - very not good). My tackling continues to be good in the sense that I nearly always get my woman down, but I'm improving in the ability to do that with good form so I don't hurt myself. However, during Saturday's game I brought some girl down on her shoulder and injured her... oops.

After the game, we hung out and ate pizza with Nova (VCU had gone home), then headed over to the 42nd Street house for some socialling slash pregaming the social at the men's house. The night ended up being long, ridiculous, and fun - typical rugby Satruday!