Bit of an unusual preseason game gone on over in France. http://metro.co.uk/2013/07/17/marse...zarre-half-football-half-rugby-match-3887556/ Can't help but think that Marseille weren't quite taking it seriously with even Mandanda scoring 2 goals. I wonder what the interest would be like if a similar game was arranged beteween City and FC. We could spice it up by saying that the winner gets their pictures displayed for free.
all them years at boothferry park the biggest puzzle i had was: is there an anagram of stelrad? then i got to thinking about egg chasing and arrived at the only answer i could find. lardest.
I can't imagine the rugby game was played with full contact, there's no way a professional football team would let their players do that a few weeks before the season started. Rugby players have about an extra 2 stone of muscle compared to a footballer of similar height (probaly closer to 3 for union players), 40 minutes of rugby and Marseille wouldn't have 11 players to start the season with!
when I was at uni, we had the annual end of season football rugby. played on a football pitch the first40 minutes were football, so by half time we were usually 5/6-0 up. then second half put a couple more players on, change the ref and ball. and play rugby. one try equalled one goal with no kicks..... the three years I played we lost every season. sorry footballing world.
