#flyhalf

[6ebe]

fuck forgot there was an England rugby match this morning. Fake fan fr. 😞😞

[saiyanmazen]

WIP Wednesday!

The crowd roared, chanting the Dragons’ name. The others waved at the fans while Vegeta looked around to see the stands which were filled to the brink. It was very unusual for an early season game. On the Dragons’ side there were several signs with Kakarot’s name and one praising Piccolo as the new coach. But the amount of signs and banners with Vegeta’s moniker - The Prince - was astonishing. And then they began chanting his name. He was floored. This had never happened in all his time as a rugby player. He was generally disliked as a person and hadn’t had a position for years that could make for a reason to root for him specifically. Yet these people were doing just that. They hadn’t even seen him play and they thought he was worth it. It made him angry, perhaps irrationally so. But he had played professionally since he was 16 and in the first league for more than a decade. Time and again he’d shown his worth on the field, bringing his A-game every time despite being beaten back to the worst position for someone like him. It had never earned him people’s support. Sure, he’d had a loyal group of fans, but nothing compared to what he deserved. Now he was finally receiving it. But he hadn’t earned it. Not as flyhalf for the Dragons, not as The Prince.

[prettypinkbubbless]

House MD OC Intro Post

Full Name: Reina Linh Rivera

Identity: Cis female (she/her), lesbian, mixed Asian and Hispanic descent, 35 years old (birthday Feb. 13th)

Department: Head of Pulmonology at PPTH

Physical Appearance: 6’1” tall, straight, dark brown hair, slanted/monolid dark brown eyes, tanned skin

Personality: She can be brash and talk before thinking, but she is practiced at smooth-talking her way out of it. She likes pick-up lines and is just charismatic enough to pull them off. By first glance, most would question her competence as a department head, but when she gets into work mode they usually understand. She is very competitive and stands her ground, traits she assumed as a woman in the workplace from her previous jobs where she was less respected. Because of her relationship with her father and past romantic relationships, she is naturally more distant and snarky with men, and assumes a protective role over female friends and partners (even when it is wholly unnecessary.) She bottles up most emotions and refuses to appear vulnerable to almost everyone.

Backstory: She was born in the suburbs in North Carolina. Her dad wanted a son so he subconsciously urges her to be less feminine and more of a tomboy (she was naturally inclined that way anyway, but it still stirs up some resentment once she realizes what was actually happening during her childhood.) She was urged to be tough by her father and confident and on top by her mother. She grew up competitive and perfectionistic; an honor-roll student, a three-sport athlete, etc etc. (The three sports were rugby, basketball, and softball.) Her parents wanted her to be a lawyer, but she cajoled them into paying for medical school instead.

When she was still struggling with her sexuality in high school, she had a boyfriend that she was obsessed with. He cheated on her! In undergrad she had a girlfriend she loved very much. She cheated on her! Working through her masters, she had a girlfriend she thought she was going to marry. Guess what that girlfriend did. Cheated on her! Because of her rocky dating history, she is very romantically reserved and can only handle surface-level non-committal relationships; anything of a higher caliber causes her to turn tail because she’s been burned so many times.

Show Presence: She shows up around the time of the Chase-Cameron situation when Chase wants to go further but Cameron is not into it. Essentially, she swoops in like “I can give you something purely physical and I can do it way better than him ;)” so she essentially takes Chase’s place. But… oh no… maybe Cameron is kinda cute and she likes her for her personality……

She interacts with the ducklings more than House or Wilson, only if her specialty is needed in a case. She’s as you would expect with House: returns his snark and refuses to let him boss her around until she can be 100% convinced she’s wrong. By first impression, she can be cold with Wilson because of his reputation for cheating and whatnot, but she eventually warms up a bit as she sees the depth to him.

Fun facts:

Likes dad rock and punk rock

Still plays club rugby in her free time as a flyhalf

Has broken every single toe at least once doing sports, but never any other bone

No siblings but many cousins scattered throughout the US

Flipped a coin to decide whether she would specialize in pulmonology or cardiology

Speaking normally, she doesn’t have an accent, but her southern twang gets brought out by certain words or phrases

[knightwithahundredkings]

I think if the knights of the round table played rugby Gawain would be scrumhalf and Percival and Galahad would be wings. I want to say Lancelot is flyhalf. Tristan and Lamorak are locks. Dinadan as hooker maybe?

[astrowaffles]

astro

astro bestie hear me out

skk au, yes? set in high school. i need the local weird guy, Dazai, to be this super 'mysetrious' guy everyone is creeped out by, with perfect grades and pretty much no friends (he dominates the chest club tho) and then i need his underclassman Atsushi and his little cousin akutagawa to find out that big scary dazai has the world's dumbest crush on volleyball player and local idiot-in-everything-but-science Chuuya, and is flirting with him through randomly yelling insults at him.

do you see my vision?

CHEST CLUB?

Also yes I see your vision but im not sure about volleyball. I recognise that Chuuya can't play anything too aggressive (like rugby) because he's short, but maybe baseball or something a bit more violent??

Or maybe he could be a flyhalf or something similar and plays rugby. Idk anything about rugby-

[shieldmaiden-of-bird]

Before I choose a lineup of racing drivers I should probably explain rugby in the most basic way I can.

There are 23 players in a team. 15 starting players and a bench of eight. For this team we are going with a 5-3 split, because they would not survive a 7-1 split. This refers to the substitute players for the front players and the back players. Why specific subs? This is because players have to train to be part of the scrum and their different positions. Also, the fronts tend to be bigger and the backs tend to be smaller.

If examples are given, they would most often be South African, because my heart is green and gold💛💚 also this is a very long post. Feel free to use my inbox for questions ☀️

The forwards

1 Loose-head prop

Front row of scrum. A very physical position where they have to physically drive back the opposition. Also lifts players during a lineout.

2 Hooker

Front row of scrum. Determines the timing of the scrum. Uses his feet to kick the ball backwards and out of the scrum. Throws the ball in at lineouts.

3 Tight-head prop

Front row of scrum. A very physical position where they have to physically drive back the opposition. Also lifts players during a lineout.

4 Lock (second row)

Supports the front row of the scrum. Target men during the lineout. Also tend to be aggressive. An amazing example of this position is Eben Etzebeth.

5 Lock (second row)

Supports the front row of the scrum. Target men during the lineout. Also tend to be aggressive.

6 Blindside Flanker

Tends to be bigger than an open side flanker. At the blindside of the scrum (closer to the touchline than the open pitch). You usually find these guys in the center of chaos. They make big tackles and big carries.

7 Open side Flanker

Smaller and faster flanker. They play at the far side of the touchline, towards the center of the field. Very important during open play, they also make some tackles and carries.

8 Eightman

Only players allowed to pick up the ball in the scrum. Forms the back row along with 6 and 7. Usually a good runner to make up some distance after a scrum.

The backs

9 Scrum-half

The link between the forwards and the backs. Controls the ball during a scrum, ruck or maul, by inserting the ball (scrum) or extracting (ruck or maul) it. Must be quick and decisive. Usually on the smaller side (good example of this is Faf de Klerk).

10 Flyhalf

Most influential player. Responsible for kicking conversions and other penalties. This player can make or break a team. Also in charge of the back line and coordinates offences. Does box kicks and kicks towards the other team's quarters for a lineout. If you want to see a perfect box kick in action, check out Manie Libbok for South Africa against Scotland.

11 Left Wing

Plays on the wide side of the field. Last line of defence. Also very important in offence. These guys tend to run down the side of the field for tries. Part of the backline.

12 inside centre

Stands close to the fly-half. Strong runners. They run vertical lines. They find gaps in the opponent's defences and draw them away from the backline. Must be good at tackling for a quick defence.

13 outside centre

Faster than the inside centre. Must be ready to make a break for the line. They run vertical lines. They find gaps in the opponent's defences and draw them away from the backline. Must be good at tackling for a quick defence.

14 Right wing

Plays on the wide side of the field. Last line of defence. Also very important in offence. These guys tend to run down the side of the field for tries. Part of the backline.

15 Full back

Receives deep kicks from the opposition. This position is the closest possible to that of a sweeper. Must be comfortable in the sky to catch high balls and to intercept. A tough position for a very athletic player. An example of this is Cheslin Kolbe.

Very basic overview

Scrums

A video (1)(2) explaining better than I ever could.

Lineouts

Another video.

Mauls and rucks

Videos to make the post shorter.

How to score points

Points are scored in a few ways. A Try, which is 7 points. This is when players put the ball down behind the goal posts.

A conversion, which is 2 points. This happens after a try and the position is determined by where the ball is put down. The kick is taken in line of the position the try is scored from the dashed line.

A Penalty Kick, which is 3 points. Awarded when another team infringed on rules. Called a free kick for small offences. If the penalty is awarded inside the range of the posts, a kick is usually taken.

A drop-goal, which is 3 points. When a player kicks the ball over the goal posts during play.

[my-eyes-have-seen-the-glory]

I love playing rugby bc you get people with kind of shit personalities on the field and you just laugh and say “oh well she’s a scrumhalf/flyhalf/winger so that seems about right”

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[maximumwobblerbanditdonut]

Here is former All Blacks flyhalf Dan Carter 🇳🇿 one of rugby's greats of all time. In the pantheon of great players, he is right up there with the best. Carter is arguably the greatest player to ever grace lace them up, having played a pivotal role for the All Blacks in past World Cups.

He’s the number one scoring international player (Tier 1) Carter is the only player in rugby history to have scored more than 1,500 test points.

#AllBlacks #flyhalf #DanCarter #rugby #player #greatsofalltime #WorldCup #NewZealand

[birgittesilverbae]

feel free to not answer but what position did you play in rugby? which game did you prefer? i feel like the cat w knives around it everytime i say i love 15s over 7s

- eight for my high school team

- flyhalf and inside centre for my junior club team

- outside centre for my junior rep team

- flank for my first year of uni

- lock for the rest of my uni career (with a couple games at prop against the weakest team in our division to get me some experience in case we had playoff injuries)

- prop for uni 7s

my positions probably give away that I'm a much bigger fan of 15s than of 7s. in my opinion union and 7s aren't even really the same sport anymore given how tactically different they are, union being a much more cerebral game where sevens can quite quickly turn into run and gun rugby. I feel like a lot is lost in halving the number of participants and removing the excitement of a goalline stand or the physical domination of a driving maul or walking a scrum forward for the try, the blood sweat and tears that goes into the pack setting a good foundation for the backline to work from, the war of attrition that is 80+ minutes of punishing play

also cutting out a core component of the "there's a position for everyone" of rugby for the sake of a fast-paced game that's more palatable for the casual viewer is my villain origin story

[afrotumble]

Happy 73rd Birthday to former Springbok flyhalf Errol Tobias 🥳

The first player of colour to play in a test match for the Springboks.

[6ebe]

why are football position names so boring yawn where’s your hooker 🙄🙄

[starl1tsky]

i think i compartmentalize too much. because i have my people. the people i talk to every day, the ones i text on the weekends, the ones who buy me coffee and birthday presents and hold me while i cry. and sometimes they're the ones who don't know me at all.

and then i have my other people, the ones where respiratory sicknesses spread like the black plague because we're getting sloppy on saturday nights and sharing vapes and making out on couches and drinking straight from the bottle. and they're the ones who make sure i get home okay and hold my hair when i'm puking in a dirty bathroom and make me laugh when i'm feeling down. and they don't know me either.

and then with my team, it's a very physical sort of friendship where we know each other's bodies better than our boyfriends and girlfriends do, where my flyhalf is my general and my pack are my sisters and on the field i trust them with my life and my body and on the bus we're singing disney songs and we're making recruitment plans and watching game tape like there's a war going on. and off the field i don't talk to them at all.

and then i think there's a sort of friendship that transcends all that- the one where i don't see him every day but when i do its the highlight of my week, where every text makes me smile, where no one makes plans with one of us without inviting the other one, where if we weren't gay in opposite directions, people would think we were together. and i don't tell him everything but he knows.

[oldgrowthcedar]

i know for a fact that if he had played rugby charles leclerc would have been the cuntiest flyhalf this century has ever known

[dailyrugbytoday]

Glen Jackson Named Head Coach of the Fijian Drua

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The Daily Rugby

https://thedailyrugby.com/glen-jackson-named-head-coach-of-the-fijian-drua/

Glen Jackson Named Head Coach of the Fijian Drua

Glen Jackson, a well-respected coach, has been named head coach of the men’s squad by the Board of Fijian Drua. Glen Jackson is the assistant coach for the Swire Shipping Fijian Drua Men at the moment. He was a five-year Super Rugby Pacific flyhalf for the Chiefs and a former top international referee who refereed more than 100 first-class matches. He most recently served as the Flying Fijians’ assistant coach, helping them to an outstanding 2023 Rugby World Cup campaign.

Glen Jackson has already made a huge contribution to the Drua since its establishment in 2022′, stated Mark Evans, CEO of Fijian Drua. Following a rigorous process, the Board is pleased to nominate Glen Jackson to the position. Glen Jackson has some brilliant ideas that will help the Fijian Drua achieve even more success in the future.

His close relationships with the players, staff, and other members of the Club, together with his in-depth understanding of Fijian culture, ensure that Drua requirements are met. Once Mick Byrne begins his full-time position as head coach of the Flying Fijians at the end of the current Super Rugby Pacific campaign, Glen will formally take over.

Glen Jackson, the incoming head coach, expressed gratitude to Drua Chairman Brent Impey, the board of directors, and management for their belief in him. “I am appreciative, humbled by the chance, and aware of the responsibility.” I’ve gained a great deal of knowledge and have a strong affinity for Fijian culture. I’ve learned how influential Fijian culture, community, and passion are in shaping strong players and good people throughout my time with the Flying Fijians & Drua.

Glen Jackson appointed as the Head Coach of the Fijian Drua

Glen Jackson went on, “I’m really pleased about the opportunity to work with excellent players and produce leaders in the future. We have rugby as our national sport, and the Drua has the power to transform lives. I’m determined to see to it that Fiji maintains its prominence in Super Rugby Pacific, develops the sport, and provides a foundation for upcoming players.

A three-year contract has been awarded to Glen Jackson. Glen Jackson is a flyhalf with an abundance of first-class rugby experience, having played at the highest levels in both the UK and New Zealand. Between 1999 and 2004, he played for the Chiefs in 60 Super Rugby Pacific games, totaling 474 points.

Glen Jackson played 130 Premiership Rugby games for Saracens between 2004 and 2010, totaling 1505 points. Over the course of his officiating career, Jackson has officiated 60 domestic New Zealand matches, including eight Ranfurly Shield games, 32 Test matches, and 88 Super Rugby Pacific matches for Rugby News The Daily Rugby

Glen Jackson has been named the new head coach of the men’s squad by the Board of Fijian Drua. Jackson, who has had a varied rugby career, provides a variety of expertise to his role as assistant coach.

In addition to having officiated more than 100 first-class matches as an international player, Glen Jackson has a wealth of playing experience as a Super Rugby Pacific flyhalf for the Chiefs, making 60 appearances. His teaching abilities were on display recently when he served as the Flying Fijians’ assistant coach at the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

CEO of the Fijian Drua Mark Evans showed faith in Jackson’s skills, saying, “Since the Drua’s founding in 2022, Glen Jackson has already made a huge contribution to it. Following a rigorous process, the Board is pleased to nominate Glen to the position. Glen Jackson has some brilliant ideas that will help the Fijian Drua achieve even more success in the future. His close relationships with the players, staff, and other members of the Club, together with his in-depth understanding of Fijian culture, provide the continuity the Drua requires.

Former International Referee Glen Jackson Appointed As Fijian Drua Coach

After the current Super Rugby Pacific campaign, Glen Jackson will formally take up his new post when Mick Byrne moves up to his full-time position as Head Coach of the Flying Fijians. “I am grateful, humbled by the opportunity, and the responsibility is not lost on me,” Jackson said in response to being appointed. I’ve gained a great deal of knowledge and have a strong affinity for Fijian culture. I’ve learned how influential Fijian culture, community, and passion are in shaping strong players and good people from my time spent with the Flying Fijians and Drua.

“I’m very excited about the future of working with quality players and for the chance to develop leaders,” he said, emphasising his eagerness for the future. People’s life may be changed by the Drua, and rugby is our national sport. I’m determined to see to it that Fiji maintains its prominence in Super Rugby Pacific, develops the sport, and provides a foundation for upcoming players.

With his vast background as a player and referee, Jackson was chosen to the position on a three-year deal. Throughout his playing career, he appeared in 60 Super Rugby Pacific games for the Chiefs, scoring 474 points, and 130 Premiership Rugby games for Saracens, with 1505 points. In his capacity as a referee, he called 32 Test matches, 88 Super Rugby Pacific games, and 60 New Zealand local games, including eight Ranfurly Shield contests.

For Fijian Drua, Jackson’s hiring is a big step forward, and there are great expectations for the team’s future under his direction. Read more about Head Coach Glen Jackson

[rugbylovers]

Stormers trio tipped to ‘shine’ in Durban Jurie Matthee, Sacha Feinberg-Mngo... #funny #memes #sports #live #tweets #win #twitter #tweet #bet #manchester #rugbymen #rugby union #irish rugby #super rugby

[johnbrownnn]

Paris – Replacement flyhalf Handre Pollard kicked a last-gasp penalty as South Africa somehow found a way to get past a dominant England on Saturday and claim a 16-15 victory that sent it into a World Cup final against fellow three-time champion New Zealand.The defending champion looked on the verge of defeat as England's kicking game kept them pegged back in their own half on a rainy Paris night and earned a 15-6 lead, But the Springboks hit back with a try by RG Snyman before replacement Pollard landed a penalty from almost on the halfway line to snatch the victory.It was a second successive single-point victory for the Boks after they beat France 29-28 and means the two superpowers of the sport will meet in the final for the second time, after South Africa triumphed on home soil in 1995 in their first appearance at the tournament. Source link