Who are you?
Bournemouth Sevens International Rugby, Netball and Music Festival- in 2008 the inaugural festival was born and quickly became the largest in Europe attracting over 12,000 people in its first year! 2009 promises to be even bigger with 20,000 people enjoying the sport, music and entertainment over the May Bank Holiday from Friday the 22nd- Sunday 24th May 2009.
Why should we care about you?
Bournemouth Sevens is the largest sevens festival of its kind in Europe! Due to the high demand of team entries we have now extended our team entries to 120 teams, including the new Sunday Sevens Cup. Plus to keep the guys happy we are also running the National Netball Festival alongside the tournament so there will also be 1,000 netballers playing at the festival! Read the full article »
Who are you?
We are Sheffield Oaks RUFC, founded in 1977 as an ‘old boys’ club for ex-pupils of Myers Grove School. The school has since stopped playing rugby; and the pool of potential players has shrunk. We currently play in the Yorkshire 5A league.
Why should we care about you?
From tiny acorns grow mighty oaks. Once we were the trailblazers of Sheffield rugby: now we’re the laughing stock and are fighting for survival.
But what makes you different from the rest?
Because we are desperate! Read the full article »
Worcester’s Zimbabwe-born backrower Kai Horstmann gets the honour of being the last player to answer this batch of questions…
Which cartoon character/superhero would you most like to be?
Batman because of his gadgets and cars.
Childhood crush?
The girl from Top Gun. Growing up in Zimbabwe we only owned two films, Top Gun and Blackadder, so she didn’t have a huge amount of competition!
How many profiteroles can you eat in one sitting?
I reckon about 10, I’ve got more of a savoury tooth. Read the full article »
Sale front-rower Stuart Turner spends some of his pre-season free time answering our Q and A…
Which cartoon character/superhero would you most like to be and why?
I would like to be Superman, but everyone would probably say I’m more like Homer Simpson.
Childhood crush and why?
Cindy Crawford. Read the full article »
London Irish and England scrum-half Paul Hodgson answers our Q and A…
Which cartoon character/superhero would you most like to be and why?
Scrappy Doo from Scooby Doo. because I’m small and I always pick fights with people bigger than me.
Childhood crush?
Kelly Brook. The first thing I used to see when I woke up on the Big Breakfast show. It started my day with a smile
How many profiteroles can you eat in one sitting?
I love chocolate…10.
Which team-mate would you least like to fight and why?
Richard Skuse – he is nails.. Read the full article »
Episode 10 – ‘Forever Strong’
“The greatest victories are born in the heart.”
This week we bring you a video special based around the new Hollywood rugby blockbuster ‘Forever Strong’. After selling out theatres in some parts of Wales and Southern England we thought we’d share it’s cheesy American beauty with the World.
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Every week we ask a random person to play pundit ahead of the weekend’s fixtures…
Week 15: The gambler
RUCKED: Hello, what do you do?
THE GAMBLER: I’m a professional gambler.
RUCKED: No way, really?
THE GAMBLER: Yup, been doing it a year.
RUCKED: How did you get into it?
THE GAMBLER: Just used to do it as a hobby, but was making enough money to quit my old job.
RUCKED: Which was?
THE GAMBLER: A pipe fitter.
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Wasps’ fly-half Dave Walder takes time out from his recovery to answer our Q and A…
Which cartoon character would you most like to be and why?
Roadrunner – because he’s fast and always wins
Childhood crush and why?
The tennis player Gabriela Sabatini
How many profiteroles can you eat in one sitting?
I’m not a big fan – four or five Read the full article »
Bit of a strange one this, as your traditionalists would once again be up in arms at the prospect of Johnny Foreigners invading our shores. So for the world’s finest rugby website (albeit also the rugby world’s best-kept secret) to be promoting overseas players would have them choking on their Rich Tea biscuits. It may even lead to them stopping mid-dunk only to lose half of their biscuit – never to be found again – in the depths of their hot beverage in a tragic ‘over-soaking’ incident. Now that you’ve paused a moment to contemplate the last time you were involved in such a sad, sad accident, let’s get back to the question in hand. Read the full article »
Every week we ask a random person to play pundit ahead of the weekend’s fixtures…
Week 11 : The Keyboard player (Sarah)
RUCKED: Hello, what do you do for a living?
KEYBOARD PLAYER: I’m in a band.
RUCKED: Really, that’s so cool. How long you been in the band for?
KEYBOARD PLAYER: Only a couple of months, we’ve had one rehearsal.
RUCKED: What are you called?
KEYBOARD PLAYER: I’m not telling you.
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