Meant no offense, merely an observation of the schools that I have come into contact with.

I'm the only one in my extended family that has been privately educated, and the only one that has played rugby. All the others went to different state schools around Brighton and Hove (12 in total, I have a bit of a chav-clan) and they didn't get to play Rugger.

I was moved to right wing out of necessity - i'm not good at the whole "teamwork" thing when playing rugby, so giving the ball away was a problem. If you want a job done properly, do it yourself!

dont worry they are trying to catch up.

jonnies transfer

spiraling wages

Thats was in sep 2008. Nothing in comparison to the top footballers but there making there way up the wage ladder.

Glad it is not just me.

Good point about the gender thing. However it seems to me to be more than that.

Cricket, Golf, Baseball, Motor racing, and Snooker are men only but these sports don't have the same je ne se qua.

It's not just the players either...Other men go to watch these men run around in shorts for an hour and a half!

I must admit I've never enjoyed sports, though watching it seems even more pointless than playing it

Ben, I'm the same. I dislike nearly all sports eg. If my mum's watching football, tennis etc I try and get out of the way as quickly as possible.

Also, I don't get why people like it. One of my friends who is a massive footy fan (Yes Brad, thats you.) can't give a reason for liking football other than "its just good". I mean, I can explain what I like about Motocross (there's lots of crashes and injuries, and it requires real skill to handle the 450cc bikes ) but 9 times out of 10 people do the same "its just good" for Football.

Although having said that I don't watch Motocross on the TV either. Partly because it makes me want to ride so bad, and partly because I get bored quickly because the pro's don't have bikes setting on fire.

What is even more baffling is how these footie supporters often end up supporting teams that have literally no connection with them. I can understand supporting Liverpool if you are from Liverpool, but if you have never been there, have no family there or have no connection to the area, getting all worked up about the team makes no sense. One of my colleagues supports Stoke....he's a born & bred Pontypridd man. I know the team names are pointless these days - there are very rarely players from that particular area in the team, but if anything that just makes the whole thing even more pointless?

I'm a Welsh rugby supporter first and foremost, but the only other team I would consider supporting is the one playing against England...!

Top man

Exactly why I support any team playing against wales, Scotland & Ireland

Seems Fair