Funny Rugby Quotes
“The tactical difference between Football and Rugby with its varieties seems to be that in the former, the ball is the missile, in the latter, men are the missles.”
- Alfred E. Crawley
“For an 18-month suspension, I feel I probably should have torn it off. Then at least I could say, ‘Look, I’ve returned to South Africa with the guy’s ear.’”
- Springbok Johan le Roux after being suspended for 18 months for biting Sean Fitzpatrick’s ear.
“I prefer rugby to soccer. I enjoy the violence in rugby, except when they start biting each other’s ears off.”
- Elizabeth Taylor
“Rugby football is a game I can’t claim absolutely to understand in all its niceties, if you know what I mean. I can follow the broad, general principles, of course. I mean to say, I know that the main scheme is to work the ball down the field somehow and deposit it over the line at the other end and that, in order to squalch this programme, each side is allowed to put in a certain amount of assault and battery and do things to its fellow man which, if done elsewhere, would result in 14 days without the option, coupled with some strong remarks from the Bench.”
- P.G. Wodehouse in Very Good, Jeeves (1930)
“Nobody in Rugby should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.”
- Jono Gibbs of the Waikato Chiefs
“Andy Ellis - the 21 year old, who turned 22 a few weeks ago”
- New Zealand rugby commentator Murray Mexted
“He scored that try after only 22 seconds - totally against the run of play.”
- Another gem from Murray Mexted
“I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.”
- New Zealand center Tana Umaga
“The relationship between the Welsh and the English is based on trust and understanding. They don’t trust us and we don’t understand them.”
- Dudley Wood
“Sure there have been injuries and deaths in rugby - but none of them serious.”
- Doc Mayhew
“The whole of the world is tribal, but when it comes to rugby, New Zealand is much more tribal than most. The All Blacks are the national virility symbol. Their people support them come hail, rain or shine.”
- Mike Gibson
“I don’t like this new law, because your first instinct when you see a man on the ground is to go down on him.”
- Murray Mexted
“That kick was absolutely unique, except for the one before it which was identical.”
- Highlanders flyhalf Tony Brown
“You guys line up alphabetically by height.”
“You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle.”
“He’s a guy who gets up at six o’clock in the morning regardless of what time it is.”
- Colin Cooper, Wellington Hurricanes head coach
