"In our country, true teams rarely exist . . . social barriers and personal ambitions have reduced athletes to dissolute cliques or individuals thrown together for mutual profit . . . Yet these rugby players. with their muddied, cracked bodies, are struggling to hold onto a sense of humanity that we in America have lost and are unlikely to regain. The game may only be to move a ball forward on a dirt field, but the task can be accomplished with an unshackled joy and its memories will be a permanent delight. The women and men who play on that rugby field are more alive than too many of us will ever be. The foolish emptiness we think we perceive in their existence is only our own." - Victor Cahn

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"This past season was the best damn season of River Rats Rugby in the history of our club, and not just because we won the championship. We managed to win that championship while maintaining our reputation as drunken slobs." -Suave

"Half of the game of rugby is learning the rules, the other half is learning how to cheat." - Crabbs

"Rugby is not only about getting on the field, sweating a little and running out to get drunk. I agree that part is a lot of fun, but you got to deserve that beer, rugby is a battle at every game. One of the most brutal yet classy sports. Rugby has to be played with elegance, speed, strength, agility and surprise. Rugby is the sacrifice of your body for that damn oval ball, every step you make counts, for you and the team. Rugby is also pleasure, it takes sweat to get to the score zone, but when you do, you burst into so much joy." - Frenchie