Can you imagine how that tackler felt getting picked up, carried a few yards, and then disgarded like a candy wrapping? To make the highlight reel like that?
That was really, really bad. Girl bounced of her like a pingpong ball and the woman didn't even slow down. I mean well done on Woodman but dang, I would not want to be hit like that.
Is it? Thatās cool.
I never watched Dr. Who, Itās something my grandfather once told me. Still neat how good life advice pops up and itās still being carried on.
I donāt know the original origin, itās something I heard from my grandfather. He was a wise man.
He also once told me āIf you spend your life chasing women, you will never grow. If you spend your life growing, you will become the man women chaseā.
Ehh, kind of, depends how the refs are feeling. Hand-off is perfectly legal even to the face or neck but should be with a straight arm, and without "excessive force". It's a bit open to interpretation but anything that looks like a strike, leads with the elbow or has the fingers making contact with the eye area would usually be deemed illegal.
Exactly. If you make it back up you can continue. You're incentivized to never give up. That's to me what makes it so much more exciting than american football.
I used this exact meme yesterday for a totally different subject. I love being of the generation where basically anything in life is relevant to the first 7 seasons or so of the Simpsons.
Yep, everyone in Rugby is really quite respectful, especially when it comes to the ref. It was the only game where I could beat the shit out of someone and get my shit rocked for 80 minutes, then go for a pint with the same people and laugh.
Rugby, a thugs game, played by gentlemen (ladies)
Remember this clip where one player, during a play, gave a right hook to the chin of the other player, and after thar play, the guy that received the hook was pointing at the other guy with a grin and was like "oh you cheeky bastard"š
Fucking mad lads!š
Meanwhile, dainty prima donna footybois fall down crying from a feather's touch and screech at referees for 90 minutes. Then their fans beat the shit out of each other. Quite the contrast!
Not really but they'll take the penalty and get on with it. They won't be rolling around on the floor like the absolute sloppy waffles do in football/soccer
Yeah itās fine. Itās called a hand off, basically pushing the defender away from you. As long as you do it with an open palm you can do it anywhere on the opposing teams body. Very embarrassing if you get handed off to the face. You obviously cant throttle someone but imo this was just her keeping her opponent at arms length
She's a kiwi and that gesture is part of the Haka.
[As an Aussie the Haka is an amazing thing to watch...](https://youtu.be/yiKFYTFJ_kw?si=l21OsvRgkmoTy1_M) Even if we're on the receiving end.
I am neither and I think it should be used more sparingly at major events I think it has a much bigger impact if people only see it occasionally. Just my 2c tho
Itās not really about having an impact on the viewers. Their opponents, maybe. Itās a war cry. You canāt half ass a haka, so it completely changes your wairua, your life force, it puts the players in the frame of mind of going to war.
Not just World Cup Champion : she pretty much won it all : Olympic, Seven series, Commonlwealth games, World Player of the Year, best Women player of the year
She also made it to the XV of the year in 2017, being the only woman in the team (which is just crazy if you think about it)
She's bound to be a legend
*And there she crosses the goal line! Carrying the ball, two shopping bags, an opposing team member, and a wrongly parked car she picked up along the way.*
All the dummies insinuating sheās a dude really need to check themselves. Sheās MÄori, they are incredibly tough people. Dwayne Johnson comes from a similar genetic lineage.
She's a genetic outlier who plays professional rugby, from one the best countries in the world that's ever played the game, but ok she must be a "man" because she's stronger than the other women.
She also doesn't look especially manly at all.
She looks like a woman. Perfectly normal. Just strong. It's the strong part these idiots can't deal with. Women absolutely can be that strong, and we used to be!
Prehistoric and early historic bones tell us that women in general used to be *much* more muscular.
The difference between the sexes starts to get more extreme (and women less muscular) with the advent of farming and settlement, and we think it has something to do with diet (as womens' diets apparently became very restricted in comparison to pre- neolithic revolution times).
Stronger than other women? Dude sheās stronger than like 95% of the people I have ever met, or at least looks like she is based off the single armed person grab while standing up.
I know the point you're trying to make, but as a bodybuilder I can speak from personal experience that gear doesn't give you the height, or bone structure, or a guarantee you'll be a responder, or a predisposition to side effects either way, etc
Even if he wasn't blasting he'd be yuge relatively speaking
Our Wahini are built different down here....New Zealand is the home of rugby and our Wahini are some of the most savage around, kia kaha kia maia kia manawanui chuuuuur
love from NZ
>Both powered by their mutual hatred of ~~Australia~~ England
FTFY
Neither of us hate Australia. At least not in sports terms. England however, everyone likes seeing England lose.
What are you talking about? Us kiwis absolutely love taking down the cheating Aussies. Donāt really care too much about England cause we know they always choke.
Up tha Wahs!!
As an Australian, I hope its hatred. Friendly hatred.
Come on, the poms are pretty sad at the best of times. Which is going to be the better satisfying win? England or Australia. Sure its nice to rub England's nose into the ground, but victory over cocky Australians, who have been talking shit all week at work, must be more satisfying.
You can hate England, but there just isn't the level of rivalry that is with Australia. Its more, multidimensional.
She's an absolute athlete. She'll be at the Olympics later this month playing for the Black Ferns 7's rugby team.
One of the favorites to win gold along with Australia.
I remember playing rugby in high school. The genders played separately, one might think that was done to protect the girls from the boys, that was not the case.
Guys playing rugby might elbow each other and, ever so slightly homoerotically, wrestle, but girls... When girls play rugby all bets are off, there's biting, scratching, hair pulling, punching, kicking, you name it they do it to each other.
The genders were separated to protect the boys from the girls.
Iām a woman, and used to be a goalie. Yes.
Waterpolo was even better. We wore two bathing suits because it wasnāt uncommon to have one ripped off. What happens under water is absolutely brutal. In the water at a Catholic interschool tournament at 16 was the only time Iāve ever been punched square in the face.
God I miss it.
It really was. I was a swimmer and played basketball before waterpolo. The whole is infinitely greater than the sum of the parts. Rough as guts and an incredible rush. Because youāre in the water everything feels fast and hectic- even when it doesnāt look that way on the surface. As you say, itās just *fun*.
i remember my first real time watching waterpolo, went to see my ex playing and it was fucking brutal. uni 2nd division and holy shit, punches thrown and hidden, elbows out and forcing people underwater. i was scared for her
"Hello sweetheart, you're home! I did all the laundry and made your favorite dinner and baked you a cake. I also have no panties on me and the strap on is on the night stand "
Just love how she picks someone up because it's the fastest way forwards
Had me straight up saying "what the fuck?!" out loud. She's got a new fan haha
"I got her! Oh fuck! She's got me!"
Wish somebody would carry me like that
Maybe she can carry us both ;)
She'd probably be able to throw me like a shotput seeing how she ran carrying a rugby player šØ
Death by snu snu?
Start playing rugby, you get carried around and tackled to the ground plenty, not sure if it will be that sexy though
This had me cackling š¤£
She's about to retire. Catch up on her highlights. BTW, she's such a sweet person if you meet her in person.
She just announced her retirement unfortunately
I guess she has a space invasion to fight or something because the next step is superhero
Bon voyage, mademoiselle!
That was the most impressive moment for me.
And then handing her passenger off on an opposing teammate... "Your players go where *I* want them to"
Can you imagine how that tackler felt getting picked up, carried a few yards, and then disgarded like a candy wrapping? To make the highlight reel like that?
That got me too. What a tank of a lady.
That was my favorite too. *"Oh, you're in the way? 's allright, I'll just carry you too"*
Damn, Woodman sent number 9 to the shadow realm on that first run.
Number 7 hitting a brick wall on the second.
A wall? She got hit with a nuke. Is she okay after that?
Sheās dead.
That was really, really bad. Girl bounced of her like a pingpong ball and the woman didn't even slow down. I mean well done on Woodman but dang, I would not want to be hit like that.
She did go limp...soooo limp
What about 8...she carried her and the BALL for the entire ride
Human shield
She used one girl as a battering ram against her own teammate...
7 got the worst of it for sure. Out like a light.
Sheās a sweetheart of a human, too. Believe it or not!
I mean she'd have to be after getting all that aggression out of her.
Repressed rage level: absolute zero
I'm scaroused
Yeah, talk about the flesh being spongy and bruised!
*TIME FOR SNU-SNU!*
I never thought I'd die this way, but I always hoped I would!
Beware the anger of a gentle soul.
āArmies run when good people choose warā
Amazing quote, where's it from if u don't mind me asking?
Doctor who season 6 episode 7 titled: A good man goes to war. It's apart of a poem relaid by the character known as River Song .
Thanks
Is it? Thatās cool. I never watched Dr. Who, Itās something my grandfather once told me. Still neat how good life advice pops up and itās still being carried on.
Demons run when a good man goes to war Night will fall and drown the sun When a good man goes to war
I donāt know the original origin, itās something I heard from my grandfather. He was a wise man. He also once told me āIf you spend your life chasing women, you will never grow. If you spend your life growing, you will become the man women chaseā.
Death by Snu-Snu!
I never thought I'd die like this..... ....but I always hoped!
And she can carry all the shopping bags in one go
I don't know anything about rugby. Is all the throat grab legal? If so wtf, I'll stick to ultimate Frisbee thank you very much.
Ehh, kind of, depends how the refs are feeling. Hand-off is perfectly legal even to the face or neck but should be with a straight arm, and without "excessive force". It's a bit open to interpretation but anything that looks like a strike, leads with the elbow or has the fingers making contact with the eye area would usually be deemed illegal.
truth...all legal fends in my opinion...shes a tough one to tackle for sure......she got the Mana with her!
The 2nd one to the ozzy player looks like a foul? She sees the ozzy coming and just elbows her to the face.
Might have hit her face but you'd need Xray vision to see it from that angle.
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Was that hit on the Australian player legal? It looked like arm against the head.
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Her opponent ran at her open hand. The opponent's neck was at the same height off her outstretched arm..
In that specific case, it looks like her arm was straight and meant to block the other woman, not to hit her, so she's good
Thank you, Sir! When I started playing, I asked what the rules were, and was told, ādonāt get caughtā.
then again she wasn't pushing her by the neck, just the arm straightened so the opponent doesn't reach the ball.
Wait, what happened when she was taken down to the ground and dropped the ball? It doesn't mean anything if she can get back up and keep on trucking?
That was an awesome move, she was tackled, went down, placed the ball behind the line, and then picked it up and won the ruck herself. Fucking badass.
Exactly. If you make it back up you can continue. You're incentivized to never give up. That's to me what makes it so much more exciting than american football.
Itās like this: Iām putting my hand here, if your throat touches it, then thatās a you problem
I used this exact meme yesterday for a totally different subject. I love being of the generation where basically anything in life is relevant to the first 7 seasons or so of the Simpsons.
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That defensive play was clearly and accident. That's what It didn't get called. The drop of the ball wasn't a knock forward.
Looks like almost all her fends are for the throat..
She released the ball so she could pick it up again, rather than dropped it - fine and legal and entirely terrifying
I mean, imagine being the referee. It would be perfectly fine for me. Iāve seen nothing, she is good to go, I donāt really want to mess with her.
The incredible thing about rugby is the fact that no one ever fights with the refs. It's about as big a no no as you get.
Yep, everyone in Rugby is really quite respectful, especially when it comes to the ref. It was the only game where I could beat the shit out of someone and get my shit rocked for 80 minutes, then go for a pint with the same people and laugh. Rugby, a thugs game, played by gentlemen (ladies)
Remember this clip where one player, during a play, gave a right hook to the chin of the other player, and after thar play, the guy that received the hook was pointing at the other guy with a grin and was like "oh you cheeky bastard"š Fucking mad lads!š
Meanwhile, dainty prima donna footybois fall down crying from a feather's touch and screech at referees for 90 minutes. Then their fans beat the shit out of each other. Quite the contrast!
Footygirls don't though. I can actually watch women's football without changing the channel in disgust.
This is sevens, so things are a bit more free moving.
Not really but they'll take the penalty and get on with it. They won't be rolling around on the floor like the absolute sloppy waffles do in football/soccer
As someone who only really cares about fighting when it comes to sports, football pisses me the fuck off. Its just the opposite attitude
Kind of, probably not intentional (just aiming to push the face), and isn't gonna cause real damage so play on
Yeah itās fine. Itās called a hand off, basically pushing the defender away from you. As long as you do it with an open palm you can do it anywhere on the opposing teams body. Very embarrassing if you get handed off to the face. You obviously cant throttle someone but imo this was just her keeping her opponent at arms length
Hahahaha. Tormund would be soaking wet at the sight of her.
Tormund is passionate bloke. But has genuine respect for women . Esp. for that big beautiful woman that is so handy sword.
The greatest failure of the final season was not getting those two together. My god.
I wanted it to happen to, but it not happening, Tormund accepting her wishes and moving on. That was a chef's kiss to his character.
Our children will be gods...
Brienne of fucking Tarth!
You do know her.
Fun fact: my friend was invited to Portia and Renee's wedding. He looks like Tormund.
"Who is that woman, the big one!?!?"
Beat me too the Tormund postššš. Was looking to get GoT part where he talks about his nameš¤·š»āāļøššš
Giant fucking babies
Did sheā¦.. did she literally just stop to stiff arm her opponent. Lmfao
She's a kiwi and that gesture is part of the Haka. [As an Aussie the Haka is an amazing thing to watch...](https://youtu.be/yiKFYTFJ_kw?si=l21OsvRgkmoTy1_M) Even if we're on the receiving end.
Iām Kiwi / Maori. I love the Haka too but itās getting over used these days. I wish it would be used more sparingly (especially in sport).
I am neither and I think it should be used more sparingly at major events I think it has a much bigger impact if people only see it occasionally. Just my 2c tho
Itās not really about having an impact on the viewers. Their opponents, maybe. Itās a war cry. You canāt half ass a haka, so it completely changes your wairua, your life force, it puts the players in the frame of mind of going to war.
Agreed. Go the Wallabies tomorrow mate! Iāll be watching both games (NZ/England then AUS/Wales) with great excitement.
If they are going to use Haka, I think they should also cannibalize their enemies, as is Maori tradition.
Sevens break it out only if they win the weekend's tournament.
I like it when they play another pacific island nation, then it's essentially a [war dance off](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qmQbJPT_fc).
If I slow down a bit I can fuck her up (woodman probably)
I'm scaroused!
Incoming death by snu snu jokes...
She broke all those pelvises.
Ah yes, the classic "fear boner" situation. Nature's rollercoaster for your hormones!
Makes it actually "harder" to run away.
And likely face stiff penalties if you tried this during gameplay.
Thatās what this feeling is called? I was confused.
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Portia Woodman!
She moves like Jonah Lomu
Great New Zealander
Joanna Lomu
World Cup champion and strong wahine there š³šæš„
Not just World Cup Champion : she pretty much won it all : Olympic, Seven series, Commonlwealth games, World Player of the Year, best Women player of the year She also made it to the XV of the year in 2017, being the only woman in the team (which is just crazy if you think about it) She's bound to be a legend
#7 got her shit ROCKED
I think she's dead dude....
Mostly I think it is lights out, cause the way she dropped, like noodles.
No way she's still conscious
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When she picks up the French number 8, traditionally one of the largest players on the field, and just carries her away sjksjkjjjsk
*And there she crosses the goal line! Carrying the ball, two shopping bags, an opposing team member, and a wrongly parked car she picked up along the way.*
Not that it matters, but that clip looks like it's from 7s, where the numbers aren't defined the same was as in XVs Still awesome power though
Yeah that's probably fair, I was laughing too much to pay full attention
As far as kiwi woman go, shes considered petite by the way. Can confirm, am from there.
RE-HEE-HEE-Heeeeallly?
Also from there. Donāt think she would be considered petite tho
I am also a Kiwi and Portia is not petite. She's about 5'8.
All the dummies insinuating sheās a dude really need to check themselves. Sheās MÄori, they are incredibly tough people. Dwayne Johnson comes from a similar genetic lineage.
She's a genetic outlier who plays professional rugby, from one the best countries in the world that's ever played the game, but ok she must be a "man" because she's stronger than the other women.
She also doesn't look especially manly at all. She looks like a woman. Perfectly normal. Just strong. It's the strong part these idiots can't deal with. Women absolutely can be that strong, and we used to be! Prehistoric and early historic bones tell us that women in general used to be *much* more muscular. The difference between the sexes starts to get more extreme (and women less muscular) with the advent of farming and settlement, and we think it has something to do with diet (as womens' diets apparently became very restricted in comparison to pre- neolithic revolution times).
Stronger than other women? Dude sheās stronger than like 95% of the people I have ever met, or at least looks like she is based off the single armed person grab while standing up.
Dwayne Johnsen has also been roiding for the past three decades.
I know the point you're trying to make, but as a bodybuilder I can speak from personal experience that gear doesn't give you the height, or bone structure, or a guarantee you'll be a responder, or a predisposition to side effects either way, etc Even if he wasn't blasting he'd be yuge relatively speaking
Portia Woodman isn't even that tall
I thought the rock was half black and Samoan?
[Wikipedia says yes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson#:~:text=Johnson's%20father%20was%20a%20Black,was%20also%20a)
Our Wahini are built different down here....New Zealand is the home of rugby and our Wahini are some of the most savage around, kia kaha kia maia kia manawanui chuuuuur love from NZ
*South African walks in*
I lived half my life in SA and half in NZ (17 years each), I can tell you now thereās no difference, both countries love Rugby equally
Both powered by their mutual hatred of Australia.
>Both powered by their mutual hatred of ~~Australia~~ England FTFY Neither of us hate Australia. At least not in sports terms. England however, everyone likes seeing England lose.
What are you talking about? Us kiwis absolutely love taking down the cheating Aussies. Donāt really care too much about England cause we know they always choke. Up tha Wahs!!
I thought it was respect for Australia and hatred of England
As an Australian, I hope its hatred. Friendly hatred. Come on, the poms are pretty sad at the best of times. Which is going to be the better satisfying win? England or Australia. Sure its nice to rub England's nose into the ground, but victory over cocky Australians, who have been talking shit all week at work, must be more satisfying. You can hate England, but there just isn't the level of rivalry that is with Australia. Its more, multidimensional.
This is the type of chick that could turn a man into a housewife.
And herself into Dwayne Johnson with hair
And ? When i find a woman that says to me you can stay at Home do the Housework and take Care of the Kids i make her another one on the Spot.
Uh hate to tell u this is actually the type of chick that isn't into men
So badass, Iām in love with
She's an absolute athlete. She'll be at the Olympics later this month playing for the Black Ferns 7's rugby team. One of the favorites to win gold along with Australia.
make football look like bitch. no pussy paddings here.
Her fists are so dangerous, sheās not allowed to be a lesbian
Respect to this human bulldozer!
I remember playing rugby in high school. The genders played separately, one might think that was done to protect the girls from the boys, that was not the case. Guys playing rugby might elbow each other and, ever so slightly homoerotically, wrestle, but girls... When girls play rugby all bets are off, there's biting, scratching, hair pulling, punching, kicking, you name it they do it to each other. The genders were separated to protect the boys from the girls.
Seeing the girls play hockey was a harrowing experience.
Iām a woman, and used to be a goalie. Yes. Waterpolo was even better. We wore two bathing suits because it wasnāt uncommon to have one ripped off. What happens under water is absolutely brutal. In the water at a Catholic interschool tournament at 16 was the only time Iāve ever been punched square in the face. God I miss it.
Oh man that sounds fun as all hell
It really was. I was a swimmer and played basketball before waterpolo. The whole is infinitely greater than the sum of the parts. Rough as guts and an incredible rush. Because youāre in the water everything feels fast and hectic- even when it doesnāt look that way on the surface. As you say, itās just *fun*.
i remember my first real time watching waterpolo, went to see my ex playing and it was fucking brutal. uni 2nd division and holy shit, punches thrown and hidden, elbows out and forcing people underwater. i was scared for her
Everyone thinks testosterone is the hormone for aggression. It's estrogen and them bitches be mean.
OMG! Is she single? Iām moving to NZ!!
Probably check in first, say hello
No, she's married to another Rugby player - Renee Wickliffe. Imagine having two of those coming after you.
Great š¤© Dream scenario!
lmao r/suddenlybi
Marry me ā„ļø
What a beast! she picked up some1 from the other team while she still had the ball and ran If I was on the other team I'd just quit
āDonāt mess with Maui when heās in a break away ātah tah tah tahāā
And we think we're hard in America for playing football. This shit's so fucking hardcore.
Beast mode!
When I think about how a badass female fighter or barbarian in D&D should look like, I think of women like this one.
>Oh, I sure wonder how this comments section is gonna be... Oh... I was wrong; it's just horny. A surprise, to be sure; but a good one.
Bobby Draper if Frankie Adams wasn't available.
Yeyuh I love the women of my country šŖš
All over NZ, phones were dropped and people uncontrollably started doing a haka when they scrolled past this video.
Step on me, choke slam me my queen. Give me that sweet snu snu death
"Hello sweetheart, you're home! I did all the laundry and made your favorite dinner and baked you a cake. I also have no panties on me and the strap on is on the night stand "
She can give me the ol kung fu grip anyday
If Derrick Henry was a woman, my lord
Ron Swanson would approve
Ozzy man should to a review on her, if not already.
Is it illegal to tackle the legs in rugby? All these women trying to tackle up high should know better
3rd woman got knocked tf out
If the killdozer was a person it would either be Her or Eddie hall
MissesBeastMode
Like a bull in a china shop
She seems nice
Marshawn Lynch of rugby
"Fuck it, I'll just carry you then" Jeez.
Ms Trunchbull, the headmistress at Matildaās school.
Bobbie Draper irl
Payton genes.
And yet there are incels that say women are all weak-ass bitchesā¦