Prem players who don’t play on artificial turf

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

I’m sure playing on 4G’s like running on a magic carpet, makes skills easier, promotes running rugby, saves the planet by avoiding having to wash muddy kit and can be used for other things yada yada.

It’s like a screw cap on a bottle of wine. Very functional and practical, but just bloody wrong. And while I’m in full dinosaur mode, contrary to what the Welsh think it’s also an outdoor game. And a winter one at that!

Could never happen in a 4G world....

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What smelly b*stard doesn't wash their kit just because there isn't mud on it?

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

What smelly b*stard doesn't wash their kit just because there isn't mud on it?

Probably most single, not living with girlfriend or parents, pre millennials every other week

Was being facetious, but come to think of it there was the first game of a season where a mate bought my kit along after it had sat in his car all summer after the last game of the previous season. Slightly on the musty side but no-one died.

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Probably most single, not living with girlfriend or parents, pre millennials every other week

Was being facetious, but come to think of it there was the first game of a season where a mate bought my kit along after it had sat in his car all summer after the last game of the previous season. Slightly on the musty side but no-one died.

Horrendous.

 

[curtbob7]

I’m still a young’un so things like knee issues haven’t really hit me yet, but I do agree that the burns can be pretty awful.

I'm 25

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

I'm 25

I’m 17. Weirdly, the oldest player in my club’s 1st XV is only 27. Average age is about 22.

Edit: Actually, thinking about it, with everyone available 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15 are all still eligible for U20s.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I’m 17.

Why did you have to say that, Tigs Man isn't allowed within 500yrds of the forum now

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Why did you have to say that, Tigs Man isn't allowed within 500yrds of the forum now

And that’s a bad thing?

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Wow. I’m 32 and retired from playing after several disc problems in my lower back.

Btw don’t herniate your discs kids, it’s bloody painful.

 

[Quel Carreleur]

Btw don’t herniate your discs kids, it’s bloody painful.

QFT

 

[curtbob7]

Wow. I’m 32 and retired from playing after several disc problems in my lower back.

Btw don’t herniate your discs kids, it’s bloody painful.

Would symptoms of this include a shooting pain down ya leg and a tingly foot/elbow on one side of your body?..

 

[TRF_Olyy]

QFT

Bad disc boys unite!

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Come into this thread to see how it is going and find you lot chatting **** about me.

 

[Quel Carreleur]

Would symptoms of this include a shooting pain down ya leg and a tingly foot/elbow on one side of your body?..

For the first part, yes.
But not leg & arm/torso (though it's possible to blow multiple discs I'm say low back & neck)
If that's what you've got, go see a pro!

Bad disc boys unite!

I did mine at the right place.

If you're going to blow a disc, do it at Chiropractic College!

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

I’m 17. Weirdly, the oldest player in my club’s 1st XV is only 27. Average age is about 22.

Edit: Actually, thinking about it, with everyone available 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15 are all still eligible for U20s.

Are you playing at a pretty high level? The average age of player in Ireland's top amateur leagues is 22/23, all the work and injuries just aren't worth it to most people not getting payed so they join smaller clubs or play in the 2nds or 3rds.

@Old Hooker - I like the passion but I really wish this was a summer sport, winter is rotten!

 

[Groundhog]

I absolutely hate artificial pitches. Burning pain in your knees when you get in the shower really spoils the fun of a post victory hetero handy with your team. Some I've played on, looking at you Lansdowne pitch don't even feel fit for purpose. It's like I can feel the Aviva stadium's car park three inches below the pitch every time my knobbly little knees hit the floor.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Are you playing at a pretty high level? The average age of player in Ireland's top amateur leagues is 22/23, all the work and injuries just aren't worth it to most people not getting payed so they join smaller clubs or play in the 2nds or 3rds.

@Old Hooker - I like the passion but I really wish this was a summer sport, winter is rotten!

I would prob take up the sport again if it was a summer one.

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Would symptoms of this include a shooting pain down ya leg and a tingly foot/elbow on one side of your body?..

Mine started with numbness in my foot (that is now permanent) and shooting pain in my leg.

I’m not sure if it’s worse than my fractured hip though, both mother fecking painful and long rehabs.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

https://twitter.com/alexmitchell97/status/1102531866207244288?s=19

Grim.
Dingwall in the comments saying he's played two games in 4G and ended up with ankle injuries in both

 

[Quel Carreleur]

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/nort...T4ozBsQjD2t_KM5aKp8fpVdTuL9ILDYXQQzdfP5kubcdU

 

[curtbob7]

Manu out for rest of season. Newcastle's Pitch. Hamstring.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Some grim photos coming out after Sales game at Sarries yesterday,
Ben curry with a big burn down the side of his shin and lost all the skin on his knee

 

[Rinkadink]

Buh SaRrIEz p1tch IZ SpeSCHuL

 

[Crags]

Put it this way, I would not want to do a, Dive in the corner to score a try on one of them. Eh given the lumpy pitch at the World Cup the other day, I do not know. Maybe they are better..... No i do not really mean that.