Those maxims look like Scott Omelianuk's (sp. ?) work.

A short sleeved rugby shirt?

Obviously they have never played rugby. Does such a thing even exist on the field?

The modern incarnation of a rugby shirt in the competetive arena of a rugby match - does have a short sleeved version- however this type of shirt bears no resemblance to the type of rugby shirt we are talking about here- the modern rugby shirt - is a poly- something type shirt with grip pannels added for ball controll - no collar to speak of and is undeniably a shirt in the football/Girls Ball games vein.

the traditional rugby shirts to which we are refering to did have a short sleeve version - but they were never manufactured in such a way.

The short sleeve versions were usually worn by prop forwards - who cut the sleeves off their shirts to prevent the opposition prop being able to get purchase in the scrummages.

The most striking example being David Sole the Scottish Captain in the early 90`s who would take to the field with one sleeve of his shirt intact and complete and the other missing completely haviing being removed from the shoulder seam.

(Over to you Big Tony - there will be a photograph out there)

When I was playing -I recall our team manager - going beserk when at the start of the season - with new shirts being issued -the front row -flankers and number 8 proceeded to turn their long sleeve jerseys into short sleeve.

Reason for edit - just had a quick read through of the above and realised it contains not one profanity-fuck.

Last edited by Cheeky Monkey (2008-03-03 03:42:04)

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Last edited by Voltaire's Bastard (2008-03-03 17:53:27)

Sorry, I just don't get cosmetic surgery (outside of catastrophic accident/burn related stuff) -- it smacks of childishness.