A very large Trumper got his ass knocked out at a rugby bar I frequent yesterday.

[Vinnie From Indy]

There is an Irish bar here in Indy that I call my main watering hole. I was in there yesterday on the deck when I heard a commotion inside. I went in and saw a large guy with tattoos face to face with a smaller guy that I know. I had never seen the large guy before. The large guy was throwing the "n" word around and he said he revered Trump. The smaller guy I know well. He is a rugby player in town with the nickname "Rat". He was in the bar with his girlfriend and baby momma who is an African American. I guess the large guy said some shit to her and Rat told him to shutup or leave. The large guy said he was gonna kick Rat's ass and that was it all it took. Rat said he was game and dropped him with one punch. The guy hit the floor and laid there for over a minute. I went up to check on him as being knocked out for more than a few seconds is a potentially serious thing. I poured some beer on his head and he started to come back around. Some of the other rugby players picked him up and dropped him headfirst into a 55 gallon trash can in front of the bar.

I wish I would have taken a picture but didn't think of it at the time.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. I just watched another video of a racist getting punched. The trumpers are going

to try and kill us all with the virus.

Sadly it is in my family too, ignorant people who want to cause harm.

Lots and lots will die. GOP is murdering us, I wish we would do something about it.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. Clearly the Trumper knows nothing about rugby and rugby players.

One of my all time favorite bumper stickers: Rugby players eat their dead.

And yes, I know the context for it.

[kairos12]

3. Along the lines of that saying when I used to high altitude Mt. climb

our team all had shirts that said "if you die we divide your gear."

[DBoon]

5. "Give blood. Play rugby"

[azureblue]

50. EX BIL was a rugby player

You could hear the thud of contact across the field. During the match, a guy from the opposing team broke his leg, so he was hauled off to the hospital, and BIL's team won. Well, I learned there was sort sort of tradition that the winning team would take the losing team out and get them drunk on the winning team's dime. This bunch of totally insane huge guys go to the hospital, drag the guy out in a wheel chair and took him with them. After making a round of all the bars - which meant picking up the guy in the wheelchair with his broken leg stuck straight out, putting him in the back of a pick up with four guys to help him and keep him from rolling around, for each bar they went to, they finally got the broken leg guy back to the hospital drunk on his butt at 3:00AM. And all went home as long lost friends, which seems to be the rule of thumb about rugby - you make half kill each other on the field but once off, they are all buddies forever.

[trof]

30. Ah yes...the Andes 'incident'

[Vinnie From Indy]

35. The guy was clueless

I don’t think the guy had any idea what kind of bar he wandered into. He was dead meat the minute he started screwing with Rat and yelling the “N” word.

He was a big boy and thought nobody would fuck with him.

[doc03]

4. Should have made cell video of that

[Vinnie From Indy]

6. I totally kicked myself later for not pulling out my phone.

It was comical to see the asshole headfirst in the trash can.

[doc03]

7. Where was his gun? nt

[lame54]

10. He was checking Trump's poll #'s

[doc03]

12. A local right wing radio host with the little man syndrome

was up in Detroit mouthing off at a football game. A guy in front of him turns around and knocked him cold, he dropped like a sack of potatoes. That was all over facebook.

[kentuck]

8. It gets worse every day.

People are losing it.

[TubbersUK]

9. Rugby union? I had no idea that people played it in America. n/t

[Vinnie From Indy]

11. There is a large contingent of rugby players in Indy.

Some of the ones that come into the bar are Irish transplants. In addition to rugby, the bar also sponsors a hurling team.

[TubbersUK]

19. Ah, that makes sense - sounds like fun.

Used to play a bit of casual shinty with my brothers when we were kids many decades ago - I still remember the pain of the finger injuries.

[Ilsa]

15. There's teams in Texas as well.

Big guys. Like Hoss on Bonanza big.

[TubbersUK]

20. Fantastic, used to love Bonanza - what standard do they get to?

[Ilsa]

26. I have no idea how they are organized.

My friend's husband was a chemical engineer who would drive to Houston, Austin, San Antonio, etc for their matches. He had shoulders like Paul Bunyan. He's probably too old to be playing now.

[ProfessorGAC]

22. Semi-Pro League Around Chicago, Too

The Chicago team's field is very near the course where our college team had home matches.
Wasn't there back when I was in college, but probably 25 years since that field & clubhouse got built.
I'd guess the bleachers would seat a thousand. Don't know if they draw that size crowds or not.

[TubbersUK]

24. Pretty good then - thanks, I've learnt something.

[yonder]

33. Even little old Idaho has it's share of club teams.

[muriel_volestrangler]

34. They have a respectable sevens side

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_national_rugby_sevens_team

Finished 2nd in the World Sevens in 2018-19; 7th in this year's standings when competition was suspended.

[haele]

52. San Diego has a pro rugby team -The Legion

They even got a member of the All Blacks to play with them last year.
We meant to start going - tickets are cheap - but COVID closed the University field they play on and there still is no word on the season next year.
Haele

[trc]

59. Baylor University has had a rugby team for 25 years

And they play other college teams from around the country including Texas, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.

[yardwork]

61. Oh yes! Many U.S. cities have a rugby club.

[HipChick]

13. Thank you!

This put a smile on my face, its been a rough week already and not even hump day yet...

[jpak]

14. So Rat gave a Rat's Ass

[Dan]

16. I wish to God that you could have... :)

[coti]

17. Holy shit, that guy got it like the villain at the end of an 80's movie

Something like this:

You really should have gotten video or pictures!

[CatWoman]

21. on another note

how much fun you think the two brothers had making this film?

[HuskyOffset]

67. Golf clap? . . . Golf clap!

[Ilsa]

18. I can imagine the nasty things

the rat turd said to Rat.

I wish I could have seen it, start to finish, especially seeing Rat's mates spike rat turd in the trash can.

[roamer65]

23. Good riddance to bad garbage.

The trash can was perfect.

[RandiFan1290]

25. lol

[yardwork]

62. Great t shirt!

[George II]

27. BOOM! When I lived across the street from Central Park in NYC, I'd go watch amateur...

...rugby matches on Sunday afternoons in the fall. No one should EVER tangle with a rugby player, no matter his size, EVER!

Great story.

[Cha]

42. So I'm learning.. lol

[kimbutgar]

28. Love that story of yours!

We all need to push back on the MF45 bullies.

[Aviation Pro]

29. Rugby is a sport for hooligans played by gentlemen

The fatass is lucky he didn't get pissed on as a parting gesture.

[yonder]

37. Or didn't get subjected to that quaint after-game rugby tradition

of throwing naked ruggers sliding across the pub floor. I forget what they call it. Neptune? Zulu?

[niyad]

31. With great concern. . Did they have to delouse the trash can?

[lpbk2713]

32. I would have paid the Rat well for the evening's entertainment.

So sorry I missed it.

[ChazInAz]

48. I trust his lady

Rewarded him fulsomely for his gallantry.

[warmfeet]

36. I nominate for post of the year.

Knock every single one of the tRump supporters on their asses and put them in the nearest trash bin.

They wanted it, now they will get it.

[GulfCoast66]

38. One of my fraternity brothers played rugby. He was like 5'6".

Was at a house party and a big guy started bullying him. Must of been 6’2”.

The minute the big buy touched him it was over. Kicked his legs out from under him and when the guy went to get up he got knocked out cold. Broke my friends finger he hit him so hard. He just taped it up and kept drink beer.

Yeah, don’t fuck with rugby players. The do pain as a pastime.

[UpInArms]

39. Thank you

My favorite story of the day ...

[Scruffy1]

40. I played Rugby when I was young in Minnesota.

We even had a couple of pro footballl players in the Rugby club.Big guys always think there size is threatening but it isn't to people who know what they are doing. Speed and cunning are more valuable in a fight.

[TomSlick]

41. As Jim Croce observed, it's unwise hustlin' people strange to you.

You never know who might be a rugger.

[keithbvadu2]

43. He could probably press charges if there had been any witnesses.

[MyOwnPeace]

44. I'd guess that......

nobody saw anything.........

[Vinnie From Indy]

47. Yep

Lol

[MyOwnPeace]

49. Ah! The answer you'd expect

from a guy named "Vinnie!"

[Danascot]

65. "Officer, it's just a story I made up to entertain my friends."

"He could have gotten that concussion anywhere."

[3catwoman3]

45. One of my nursing school classmates married a guy from...

...Wales. He played rugby. His car had the bumper sticker, “It takes leather balls to play rugby.”

Indeed it does.

[iluvtennis]

46. Love this sotry - thanks for sharing it. splat went the magat.:-)

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

51. My older brother used to play rugby.

So I've learned a bit about the sport. His team did some travelling to Europe.

Our family is from Ireland, and Older Brother had at some point connected with some of the cousins still there. One time when Older Brother was in Ireland to play rugby, he called a cousin to say, "Hey, I'm in town! Let's get together!" and cousin replied, (please imagine an Irish brogue here), "Ah, I can't. My son's playing some American Rugby team tomorrow."

Needless to say, the after party was even more fun than usual.

[ecstatic]

53. Lmao! Thanks for the chuckle! Nt

[MichaelSoE]

54. another rugby bumper sticker ... You Need Leather Balls To Play rugby

[VA_Jill]

71. That

was the fundraiser button sold by the UW-Madison rugby club when I was a student there. Those guys used to frequent the restaurant/bar where I worked. Noisy drunks, but never rude nor sloppy.
My granddaughter plays for the University of Tennessee women's rugby club now.

[GeoWilliam750]

55. It seems that

A large number of people may have confused courtesy for weakness, and rudeness for strength.

[yonder]

66. Nailed it.

[USALiberal]

56. "dropped him headfirst into a 55 gallon trash can in front of the bar"..........

If true they should be arrested.

[Vinnie From Indy]

57. For what?

They thought he might be hungry.

[USALiberal]

58. Cool story! nt

[yardwork]

64. There's a rugby player in my family.

Rugby is a violent sport. Players bond with one another to a very great extent. If somebody came into their bar during the post-game celebration and started disrespecting one of their families, this is a predictable response.

[geardaddy]

60. Was the smaller guy a hooker or a scrum half?

Either way, you don't fuck with ruggers.

[lagomorph777]

63. Do you go to bars to pick up

COVID?

Yeesh, the whole thing skeeves me out. The high probablility of brawls is probably (horrifying as it is) the least of the dangers there.

[Joinfortmill]

68. Made my day!

[cstanleytech]

69. Ya, the Trump supporters are really showing their true colors now.

Mostly its white and involves pointy hats.

[The Jungle 1]

70. Don't mess with wrestlers either.

Not that I have experience with such things. It must have been a dream cause when I woke up I remembered the dream.
Ok yea it has happened more than once. Maybe I should get my dreams analized. Or maybe I am just an ass who needs to stop drinking. Naaa just a dream.