Jax Touch Rugby

[ProjectMaximus]

We have a new club team that's been meeting every Saturday morning for pickup games at Alexandria Oaks Park in San Marco. If you're interested in a good time, great exercise, and learning a new sport please come out and join us. We'll be representing Jacksonville at state and national tournaments and could really use more people!!

Feel free to hit me up for more details. Thanks!

[JaxJersey-licious]

I just hope you damn well bring it to the big battle of the hakas. Then take a well deserved breather from all the intensity and competitiveness by playing some rugby.

[ProjectMaximus]

LOL the picture is just for show. It would be pretty silly in touch. The best touch rugby players in the world are all small and skinny.

[JaxJersey-licious]

Aww really? None of you could reach deep inside and find your inner All-Black and show the other side who they're really dealing with? Well with no haka for a teaser, this is my favorite way of selling rugby in football-crazed Florida: Remember the last seconds of that crazy Cal-Stanford game of '82? Well imagine a version of that going on for an entire half...plus Stanford gets the ball back...plus there's no marching bands on the field...plus theirs no John Elway.

And by the way, GL tomorrow!

[ProjectMaximus]

Haha I'm sure we could do a Haka, but I always find it funny when I see entire schools (with mostly school kids) doing it. I feel like the people performing it should be intimidating specimens, and not only that, but when game time comes you have to be worried that they will run you over and knock your head off. In touch we're mostly small and skinny, and obviously also it's not really a contact sport.

I like certain aspects of rugby union and league (the two original forms of rugby) but for the most part I get bored with them. Touch and Sevens are the variations that are much more exciting imo.

Anyway, we had a great turnout today! About 20 or so. Really hope to keep growing and get to the point where we have a large core of people to form a serious team and work on drills, strategy, and plays. We crushed Palm Coast in a scrimmage several months ago, but if we want to compete with more established teams around the state and country we need to really get organized on the field.