Nightclubs

[Browner]

http://www.knysnaplettherald.com/ne...-in-custody-after-attack-on-French-rugby-trio

Whilst remaining shocked to hear of this incident and hoping the players all recover fully, I can see many reasons why a squad of Pro Rugby players nightclubbing until c.3am wouldnt be advisable.

 

[Lee Lifeson-Peart]

I've been to Millau. It was quite nice. Although I wasn't there at 3am.

I went to see the Viaduct and had a sandwich down by the Tarn.

My wife was dead impressed with that day out.

If she'd had a machete I'm sure she'd have used it.

Terrible news though.

 

[4eyesbetter]

How bloody awful is the poll on the right-hand side of that story?

 

[leaguerefaus]

How bloody awful is the poll on the right-hand side of that story?

Awful poll, plus most people are lying. Far too many have chosen A and B, while no where near enough have chose C.

 

[RobLev]

Awful poll, plus most people are lying. Far too many have chosen A and B, while no where near enough have chose C.

To be fair (why?) a major part of the problem with antibiotic resistance is their widespread routine use, often for purely financial reasons (fattening) in agriculture. It's happened even with newer antibiotics on limited release to deal with previous resistance build up.

But I agree that people answering the poll have said what they thinlk they ought to do/have done, rather than what they actually did do.

 

[Taff]

Police said the incident took place at around 3:00am after the players went to a nightclub, where they may have been in an argument.

May? There "may" have been an argument?

My money says there was almost certainly an argument.

 

[Dickie E]

I've been to Millau. It was quite nice. Although I wasn't there at 3am.

I went to see the Viaduct and had a sandwich down by the Tarn.

My wife was dead impressed with that day out.

If she'd had a machete I'm sure she'd have used it.

Terrible news though.

Nice Haiku

 

[Lee Lifeson-Peart]

Nice Haiku

Domo arigato.

 

[talbazar]

I can see many reasons why a squad of Pro Rugby players nightclubbing until c.3am wouldnt be advisable.

I can see a few reasons why a squad of Pro Rugby Players nightclubbing until c3am would be advisable...
And going a bit further than you, Browner, I might even share a few from the top of my head:
1. They can go out like any other "professional" when it doesn't impact their direct performance in their job
2. Having a social life together is great team building/bonding. As a matter of fact, the only team I've ever played for who didn't party together was never winning either...
3. I almost forgot: they actually are rugby players... I wouldn't dare to talk about the "lad culture" around rugby to an English member of RR.com

Cheers,
Pierre.

 

[Dickie E]

Nothing good ever happens after 2am

 

[Darkstar]

I can see a few reasons why a squad of Pro Rugby Players nightclubbing until c3am would be advisable...
And going a bit further than you, Browner, I might even share a few from the top of my head:
1. They can go out like any other "professional" when it doesn't impact their direct performance in their job
2. Having a social life together is great team building/bonding. As a matter of fact, the only team I've ever played for who didn't party together was never winning either...
3. I almost forgot: they actually are rugby players... I wouldn't dare to talk about the "lad culture" around rugby to an English member of RR.com

Cheers,
Pierre.

I will agree there is a lad culture around Rugby in the UK, and where ever you find English players. But even more so within the Forces comunity. after every training session the bar is open, after every game the bar is open and when the bar closes we will find one in the local towns that are still open and carry on. We as Rugby players work hard and the sport is one of the most physically sports there is so why not stick to the ethos of Work Hard, Play Hard........

 

[4eyesbetter]

Because it seems to often end in incidents that make every rugby player in the country look (by association) like a bunch of drunken yobbos?

 

[Darkstar]

4eyes, most players are a bunch of drunken yobbos, remember that Rugby is a Gentlemans games played by thugs.. its always been the case with the sport.. Rugby and ale go together just as well as fish and chips...

 

[dave_clark]

there was me thinking that rugby was a thug's game played by gentlemen, with soccer the other one...

 

[crossref]

I can see a few reasons why a squad of Pro Rugby Players nightclubbing until c3am would be advisable...
And going a bit further than you, Browner, I might even share a few from the top of my head:
1. They can go out like any other "professional" when it doesn't impact their direct performance in their job.

in my profession, or industry, its made very clear to us that an after-work office drinks that ended up in a night-club, with fights, machetes and police, would be a severely career limiting move. People would be, and are, fired/disciplined for events like that. If you go out with your workmates for some bonding, you are still in some senses at work.

If you are in a situation where you are identifiably a group of people who all work for a particualr employer (for instance you are in wearing name badges, or all checked into the same hotel under corporate account, or dressed in corporate kit), then the stakes are even higher.

 

[Dixie]

in my profession, or industry, its made very clear to us that an after-work office drinks that ended up in a night-club, with fights, machetes and police, would be a severely career limiting move. People would be, and are, fired/disciplined for events like that. If you go out with your workmates for some bonding, you are still in some senses at work.

So a group of colleagues from around the world is in Glasgow attending a conference. The hotel has a bar, at which you congregate prior to heading out to a restaurant. Also in the hotel is the Jamaican sprint team competing at the Commonwealth games, and the bar is packed by their supporters hoping to get a glimpse of their heroes. One such supporter, already in his cups, mocks your posh English accent, and receives from you only a gentle smile. This upsets him, and he starts to goad you with increasingly abrasive comments. A colleague attempts to reason with the fellow, who starts to push that interventionist around. Other colleagues try to get between the two of them, and before you know it the bar is a battleground.

Which of you gets sacked?

 

[Browner]

I can see a few reasons why a squad of Pro Rugby Players nightclubbing until c3am would be advisable...
And going a bit further than you, Browner, I might even share a few from the top of my head:
1. They can go out like any other "professional" when it doesn't impact their direct performance in their job
2. Having a social life together is great team building/bonding. As a matter of fact, the only team I've ever played for who didn't party together was never winning either...
3. I almost forgot: they actually are rugby players... I wouldn't dare to talk about the "lad culture" around rugby to an English member of RR.com

Cheers,
Pierre.

...."would be advisable" ..... Really?

Team socialising for bonding value is acknowledged Pierre, but if you earned your living advising Pro Sports clubs to send their players to nightclubs,... then youd soon need a 2nd income stream!

 

[Browner]

So a group of colleagues from around the world is in Glasgow attending a conference. The hotel has a bar, at which you congregate prior to heading out to a restaurant. Also in the hotel is the Jamaican sprint team competing at the Commonwealth games, and the bar is packed by their supporters hoping to get a glimpse of their heroes. One such supporter, already in his cups, mocks your posh English accent, and receives from you only a gentle smile. This upsets him, and he starts to goad you with increasingly abrasive comments. A colleague attempts to reason with the fellow, who starts to push that interventionist around. Other colleagues try to get between the two of them, and before you know it the bar is a battleground.

Which of you gets sacked?

In assessing risk, this pre-restaurant drink isn't comparable to a nightclub at 2.45am.

 

[Phil E]

So now I have to produce a risk assessment and a method statement for a going down the pub!
:buttkick: :rc:

 

[OB..]

Nothing good ever happens after 2am

At college I wrote many of my best essays at that sort of time. No interruptions.