The International Rugby Board (IRB) can be happy that the men's Rugby World Cup appears to be doing the job of promoting rugby in new territories. Before the 2003 Cup, there were only five teams in RJ state; four new teams were started in 2004-2005; then after the 2007 France World Cup there was an explosion of growth!
Year Team
1940 Rio Rugby
1980 Niteroi
2001 Cabo Frio
2003 Vila Real
2003 Jacarepagua
2004 UFF
2005 Guanabara
2005 Buzios
2007 Nova Friburgo
2007 Cachoeiras
2008 Itaipuaçu
2008 Campos dos Goytacazes
2008 Itaguai
2008 Maxambomba
2008 Patriotas
2008 Calx-Cis
2008 Rio Rugby Oeste
2008 Rural
2009 Titans
2009 Grandfather
2009 Tamoios
2009 Imperio
2009 Macae
2010 Vassouras
Not all these teams have lasted, some are "hibernating", and some are in low-population towns where they will struggle for numbers. The growth, however, is still impressive.
Below is the logo of the RJ state rugby Federation, the Federaçao Fluminense de Rugby:
FFR is already taken, by the French national fed'n, so the RJ version may need to change name.
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Choose Rugby
CHOOSE RUGBY.
Choose a club. Choose a team. Choose a family. Choose a f*cking big prop; choose jumpers, tactics, big mean forwards and lightning fast backs. Choose good health, low blows, and dental insurance. Choose fixed stares and intimidating hakas. Choose a starting line-up. Choose a top-end scrum machine on hire purchase in a range of f*cking colours. Choose ICU and wondering where the f*ck you've woken up on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that icecold bench watching mind-numbing, spirit-enriching live matches, stuffing f*ucking cold pies into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of the night, pishing your last in a miserable outhouse, nothing less than a legend to the selfish, f*cked-up brats you trained to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose Rugby.
ESCOLHA RUGBY.
Escolha Rugby. Escolha um clube. Escolha um time. Escolha uma familia. Escolha um prop do c*ralho; escolha segunda-linhas, táticas, grandes e crueis forwards, e rápidos backs. Escolha uma boa saúde, golpes baixos, e o plano dental. Escolha olhares fixos e hakas intimidantes.
Escolha um ponto de partida line-up. Escolha seus amigos. Escolha agasalho e kitbags combinando. Escolha uma máquina potente de scrum comprada ou de alugada em uma gama de cores do c*ralho. Escolha UTI e se perguntando onde diabos você acordou numa manhã de domingo. Escolha sentar naquele banco assistindo entorpecido mentalmente, com espírito enriquecedor aos jogos ao vivo, estufando de tortas frias do c*ralho em sua boca. Escolha apodrecer no final da noite, xingando seu passado em uma casinha miserável, nada mais do que uma lenda para os egoístas, pirralhos f*dido você treinou para substitui-lo. Escolha o seu futuro. Escolha Rugby.
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