“Craig Gower goes old school with a stiff-arm to the face of Scott Prince during an Australian rugby match.”
Gotta love ruggers!
Ow indeed.
Presumably the offender, caught on camera attemting to gouge out his opponent’s eye, has been fined a massive amount, banned from the sport for life, and may face criminal charges?
He’s probably been hired to write the new training manual.
… that was what I was thinking. 
I used to play Hockey for the bar leagues in Duluth Minnesota… and believe it or not, part of our practicing included the “Cheaps Shots You Can Get Away With” exercises. Loads of fun to implement. 
I can still remember helping my brother train 6/7/8 year olds at rugby. He was explaining to them that when they grew up they shouldn’t shave for two or three days before a match so they could rub their stubble against the opposition in the scrum.
We used to do that in High School 
Our team wasn’t very good at rugby, but we were old pros at cheap shots…and like JES, same deal with the hocky team…
man I miss those younger days! If I went to any of the leagues playing outside the HS circuit I’d get my ass handed to me by all those kids!
I hate being outta shape!
I’m in perfect shape… a perfect sphere.
… me? … more like a pear.
I sure feel like a pear on some days…when I wake up after too many pints I feel like a DelMonte pear that’s been sliced and stored in it’s own juices
EEEeeeeeeewwwwwww!!! 
West tigers are my favourite team!
scotty prince along with benji marshall are about the most exiting pair of half backs in the nrl. this season.
they were tipped wooden spooners at the start, but finnished 4th!
they put the flair of the 70’s in their footy. they’re not a big team, but they sure can play footy!
http://www.nrl.com/
i think this was the thightest of minor premierships of all time.
you can watch free videos of the games too http://www.nrl.com/bigpond/video.cfm
I knew someone in California who played rugby and he said when they all piled on top of each other some of the players would be biting others on the back! Biting!!! 
… standard and expected rugby behavior… I mean, what would the game be without it? 
Good idea. Went back and reviewed the photo above, though, and those two look pretty clean-shaven. Baby’s butt, like. Well, craggy, rugged babies’ butts, if there’s such a thing. Are the pros above the need for stubble, then?
Didja hear about the rugby player who came home from a match with a leg that was bruised, broken and bleeding?
“That’s awful” his wife said. “Whatever happened?”
“No idea,” the player said. “I don’t even know whose leg it is!”
The guy with the finger in his eye appears to have a bit of stubble; five o’clock shadow at the very least.
That pic reminds me of a bible verse. Now, how’s that go? “Before you can remove the goal from your opponent’s eye, you must first remove the finger from your own eye.” Something like that, anyway.
Must be a disparity in our monitors. I see ambient shadows. Craggy, rugged babies’ butts, I say!
… with five o’clock shadow.
Slude, where do you find the hairs to split??? 
Increasingly, I find that they’ve migrated from the top of my head to my back. :roll: