r/rugbyunion Meg Jones Fan Club 2d ago

Wholesome A reminder of why representation matters

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u/HYThrowaway1980 Harlequins 2d ago

My wife and I are about 7 weeks away from having our first (and likely only) child, that we’ve wanted for ten years.

If it’s a girl, then I hope to all hell that I can get her as excited about rugby and women’ rugby players as this girl is.

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u/jug_23 Gloucester 2d ago

Kids get excited for what gets you excited.

Saying that, my almost 5 year old daughter is very excited by elements of the rugby, principally the medals, people holding flags and the fact she gets to eat popcorn.

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u/DamonPhils 2d ago

" ...and the fact she gets to eat popcorn."

Substitute beer for popcorn and we've cut straight to the heart of the sport's overwhelming appeal.

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u/Mr_Gin_Tonic Bristol 2d ago

It's definitely easier to convert people from football to rugby with "and you can drink in the stadium"

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u/BigHowski 2d ago

I had a brain fart last time I went to the onion kickers and asked my mate if he wanted a pint to watch the 1st half with..... I was proper heart broken too that I couldn't have a nice beer while watching the footie

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u/NLFG Saracens 2d ago

I did this at a friendly match. Was about to pay and I was like....hold on, I can't take this out can I? I don't want it 😂

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u/BigHowski 2d ago

I had a proper grump on when I realised. Ruined my day

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u/NLFG Saracens 2d ago

Oh same. Was looking forward to a delicious cold larger and....denied.

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u/princewhisky 2d ago

I had never been to the footie before and some mates took me to see Leighton Orient - I bought four pints because I didn't want to line up again. They stood back and laughed which I thought was odd but also equally weird behaviour for them. Then proceeded to tell me that I had to down all four before going in. I had recently had child number one so not drank in a while - I was gone.

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u/NLFG Saracens 2d ago

😂 My first job as a teen was football catering, so I was well aware, but hadn't been to a game for a while and had been working in rugby catering, I'd just plain forgotten.