# \#rugby **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/rugby/69.md [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) --- ## [US/Canada football - "tearing down the goalposts"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-canada-football-tearing-down-the-goalposts/1022530)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-canada-football-tearing-down-the-goalposts/1022530 "2025-08-28T21:26:51Z")
I was listening to the 1955 classic by the Four Lads - “Moments to Remember”, which has the line “the day we tore the goalposts down”. And that got me wondering - does anyone still do this? Back on the old days, in some… --- ## [Rugby question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-question/1011583)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2024, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-question/1011583 "2024-12-14T07:57:14Z")
This is the one sport I don’t understand, so forgive the probably very basic question. When a team is advancing the ball, and a player gets tackled, they seem to be allowed to leave ball on the ground for a teammate. P… --- ## [Paralympics 2024 - Paris - discussion and viewing thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paralympics-2024-paris-discussion-and-viewing-thread/1006427)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2024, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paralympics-2024-paris-discussion-and-viewing-thread/1006427 "2024-09-07T22:39:32Z")
Watching today as events are underway. USA opened with a win in basketball and I’m about to watch the rugby match that has actually already happened and I missed. I’m not sure all the rules for para-rugby. Looks more li… --- ## [British Dopers: How Popular, Really, Is Association Football In Your Country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-dopers-how-popular-really-is-association-football-in-your-country/1001366)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-dopers-how-popular-really-is-association-football-in-your-country/1001366 "2024-05-11T14:28:04Z")
Growing up, I believed (based on news reports of rampant football hooliganism at the time, combined with a young mind that couldn’t separate hyperbole from reality) that every last Briton was 100 percent all-in on associ… --- ## [If The Uruguayan Rugby Team Crash Had Happened In The US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-uruguayan-rugby-team-crash-had-happened-in-the-us/998194)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-uruguayan-rugby-team-crash-had-happened-in-the-us/998194 "2024-02-29T02:41:09Z")
So for those not familiar, in 1972 a plane crashed carrying a Uruguyan rugby team and their friends and families. The survivors were exposed to altitude sickness, hypothermia, starvation, and an avalanche. Unable to work… --- ## [Have You Seen Society Of The Snow? (Netflix movie about Uruguayan rugby team crash in the Andes)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-society-of-the-snow-netflix-movie-about-uruguayan-rugby-team-crash-in-the-andes/995856)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-society-of-the-snow-netflix-movie-about-uruguayan-rugby-team-crash-in-the-andes/995856 "2024-02-28T00:46:26Z")
When my financial situation improves, I intend to restart my Netflix account and watch Society of the Snow, about the Uruguayan rugby team that crashed in the Andes in 1972. I saw Alive, the 1993 film about the same sto… --- ## [Rugby Union World Cup 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-union-world-cup-2023/991609)
**Author:** [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-union-world-cup-2023/991609 "2023-10-28T21:46:33Z")
Clearly a thread that should have been started over a month ago and deserves a bit more by way if an OP but for now… France v South Africa eh? Bloody hell. --- ## [Six Nations 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-nations-2022/958997)
**Author:** [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-nations-2022/958997 "2022-02-07T10:44:48Z")
The first weekend of a much hyped championship is upon us. Ireland and France were vying for favourites among the pre-match punditry, Scotland advertised as being a step up from their usual form (and “red hot favourites…