Rugby Is Slaughter: Difference between revisions

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== Literature ==

* Tuppy Glossop finds this out to his cost in "The Ordeal of Young Tuppy" in the [[Jeeves and Wooster (~~Literature~~)|Jeeves and Wooster]] book ''Very Good, Jeeves''.

* Tuppy Glossop finds this out to his cost in "The Ordeal of Young Tuppy" in the [[Jeeves and Wooster (novel)|Jeeves and Wooster]] book ''Very Good, Jeeves''.

* We're not sure about [[Call a Rabbit A Smeerp|rugby]], but [[Ciaphas Cain|scrumball]] apparently is.

* We're not sure about [[Call a Rabbit a Smeerp|rugby]], but [[Ciaphas Cain|scrumball]] apparently is.

* Though he went to Rugby, the school where the sport was codified, Harry [[Flashman]] stayed well away from the game due to this trope.

** He did feature in the game in ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'', but he and his chum Speedicut both took great care to look as though they were playing really enthusiastically while avoiding any risk of getting hurt.

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== Tabletop Games ==

* ''[[Blood Bowl]]'' is basically when the races of ''[[Warhammer]]'' go play a mix of rugby and american football. [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Given the name...]]

* ''[[Blood Bowl]]'' is basically when the races of ''[[Warhammer]]'' go play a mix of rugby and american football. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Given the name...]]

== Web Comics ==

* In the ''[[~~Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|~~Schlock Mercenary]]'' universe, where all sports from Deathball to Ballet are unified in the same league with the teams choosing which to play, Rugby is not on the list because it is too dangerous.

* In the ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' universe, where all sports from Deathball to Ballet are unified in the same league with the teams choosing which to play, Rugby is not on the list because it is too dangerous.

* The "[http://buxompiratewench.comicgenesis.com/d/20090316.html Rule Brittannia]" arcs of ''[[Witchprickers]]'' concern an extremely brutal sport known as "Scrumby", all that has been revealed about it is that the death toll is extremely high and it's popular everywhere but America.