#rugby

The most scared I'd ever been was the first time I sang at a rugby match, Australia versus New Zealand, in front of one hundred thousand people. I had a panic attack the night before because people have been booed off and never worked again... just singing one song, the national anthem. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#anthem #attack #australia #because #been

Playing football and rugby is the Samoan sport. It's part of the conversation at church. It's part of the conversation in their barbershops, in the grocery stores. It's what everyone is aware of and familiar with. They take a lot of pride in the beating you can take in the course of that sport. ↗

— Junior Seau

#beating #church #conversation #course #everyone

The time I've spent in professional Premiership club rugby has been invaluable. ↗

— Rob Andrew

#club #i #invaluable #premiership #professional

I tried to play rugby but was never very good. ↗

— Ralph Fiennes

#i #i tried #never #play #rugby

A vote for Japan is a vote for the future of rugby. We will do our best to make rugby a global sport. ↗

— Yoshiro Mori

#future #global #japan #make #our

I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event in which races were run, and I won these by a considerable margin. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#considerable #english #english school #event #games

Rugby is great. The players don't wear helmets or padding; they just beat the living daylights out of each other and then go for a beer. I love that. ↗

— Joe Theismann

#beer #each #go #great #helmets

The scrum and the tackle are the two really contentious areas of the game. If you get those two aspects right, most rugby matches will work in your favour. ↗

— Alan Lewis

#aspects #contentious #favour #game #get

I've always said that playing rugby in Spain is like being a bullfighter in Japan. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#being #i #japan #like #playing

For me now, I will continue to focus ever harder on my goal of being the very best I can be with Toulon Rugby Club and continue to embrace and enjoy wherever that path takes me. ↗

— Jonny Wilkinson

#best #club #continue #embrace #enjoy