What about Aussie Rules players.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 25 Feb 2012, 19:08, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

Fair point, but I've never played it so can't compare it to rugby.
My reckoning is this, look at the injuries that normally occur during an average match and rate that against the likelihood of the player continuing on the pitch rather than gaying off.
Many a time I've seen torn ears, broken noses, dislocated fingers and the like on a rugby pitch and the guys just getting on with the game.
Cyclists? Take le tour, just as an example. Riders getting knocked off their bikes at 50kmph, taking out a concrete fence post then going on to win the stage? Heroic. And doing 100 miles plus every day for three weeks (ok, they get a few days off), pretty fucking far from gay.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sat 25 Feb 2012, 20:07, Reply)