My First Rugby Game EVER! | 6 Nations Wales vs Italy

I've been lucky enough to be in Wales while the 6 nations has been in full force. I have been waiting to go to my first EVER rugby game and was not disappointed.
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[@ethelmini]

You got the basics - Whichever team is holding the egg when the dragon hatches scores. They get extra points if they can coax it on to the perch at their end of the pitch.

[@timbrom]

And the last thing you want in Cardiff is for the dragon to hatch. Goes for pretty much everywhere in Wales in my experience.

[@Atticus75]

Historic win for Italy Ash. Glad you enjoyed as someone who has been going for 35 years to international sports matches in Cardiff. The Oggie, Oggie, Oggie chant comes from Cornwall and made famous by Welsh comedian Max Boyce on records and TV during the 1970s and 1980s when going to rugby matches. Tip is too get food and beer 20 mins before kick off. Cardiff rugby next door is also a good vibe with cheaper tickets and Wales women also play rugby there . I would suggest Wales men's football/soccer at Cardiff City Stadium in June for Holland game or Wales women/soccer in Llanelli/Cardiff later this year. Both are excellent atmospheres as well with both doing well results wise last few years.

[@normanby100]

It came about due to the Cornish tin mines. t wasn’t until the 19th Century that the Cornish pasty that we all know and love first became recognisable to us. After the third mining boom in the 18th century, the Cornish mining industry was flourishing. Some of the areas, such as Gwennap and St Day, were among the richest in the world and, at its height, the tin mining industry in Cornwall owned around 600 steam engines. Men going into the mines needed a transportable, yet filling, lunch option that they could take with them. Known as the first convenience food, the filling would often consist of a potato and vegetable filling. The mixture placed in the middle of the pastry would be made very cheaply, but would be highly calorific to provide the miners with the energy that they needed to get through the day. Towards the start of the 20th Century, pasties were becoming widespread, produced on an industrial scale and an essential for families. Women cooking pasties would shout into the mines “Oggie, oggie, oggie”, receiving a reply of “oi, oi, oi” when the miners were ready to eat. It is because of this that the British traditional rhyme came about, which is still used today.

[@blotski]

I'm English but hand on heart every time I hear a Welsh sporting crowd sing 'Land of My Fathers' or rather 'Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau' I get goosebumps, tears in my eyes, a lump in my throat and a longing to be Welsh if only for a few minutes.

[@johnsanders2266]

Think that's probably true of lots of English folks, we just don't admit it often!

[@TheKingOfBeans]

Hahaha traitors 😝

[@sharonsmith6844]

Me too

[@uktravel8341]

Probably because England technically doesn't have a national anthem, and 'God Save The Queen' is one of the worst dirges ever to have been written.

[@blotski]

@@uktravel8341 I agree with this. It actually annoys me that the England football team uses God Save the Queen. That's the British anthem not the English one. It sends so many wrong messages. I went to the Commonwealth Games in Manchester and they used Jerusalem for England. Not perfect but better than God Save The Queen.

[@druidswillow1052]

Hi Ashley, Glad you enjoyed your first Rugby International, As a man of Anglo-Irish descent I can wholeheartedly say the Welsh singing their national anthem in full voice is a sight/sound to withhold unmatched anywhere in the world, About 4 years ago Wales were playing Ireland I think in a World Cup Qualifier at the Cardiff City Stadium which has a capacity less than half of the one you were at, The volume & passion of that anthem brought goosebumps/chills & anyone with an ounce of Welshness in them would have been proud. Anyway all the best Jim, Surrey X

[@markgibson3034]

Your spot on with the egg analogy. Lol No the Australians stole the oggie oggie chant. 🤣😂

[@BrianAlt]

Always fun to see a sporting event in a place you're visiting (or thinking of permanently visiting), even if you don't understand the game they're playing. Definitely gives a feel of the culture.

[@TheKingOfBeans]

An oggie is a Cornish pasty 😂 I guess the chant originated in Cornwall

[@robjessop5864]

…great vid; really captured the mood… and there can’t be many better national anthems than that one…!!!

[@zingyyellow554]

Nice to see you back in Wales...

[@rmanuel67]

Wales would be one of the top places to watch a game of rugby and for it to be your first would be amazing.

[@Ingens_Scherz]

I can only imagine that, if you're not familiar with the laws of the game, an international level rugby match must look like a bewildering blur of choreographed violence.

[@BrigitaGhuman]

The Oggy Oggy Oggy chant (alternatively spelt Oggie Oggie Oggie), and its variations, are often heard at sporting events, political rallies and around numerous Scout and Guide campfires, primarily in Britain, Ireland and some Commonwealth nations. One group will shout Oggy three times, while another will respond with Oi! three times. Of Cornish origin, the chant appeared in British sports grounds in the 1960s and 1970s, namely rugby union and football. So its definitely Cornish and Ozies stole it from UK i guess :)😃

[@alexradojkovic9671]

Oggie, Oggie, Oggie was used in naval rugby in Aussie in the 70s. We later started to hear Aussie, Aussie, Aussie being used in the wider community.

[@alunthomas9501]

So glad you got to go and taste the life of the Welsh culture in our home stadium. It's deafening when they all sing the anthem. Try walking up pen y fan. Or the 4 waterfalls trail below such beautiful scenery.

[@janebaker966]

Ash,you must wear that daffodil hat,just out and about! Its so sunshine and you're sunshine.

[@deano2208]

Great reaction 🙂👍

[@dianebaker5243]

Fabulous for you. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍

[@newt7705]

now that was a good video Ash and thanks for cheering me up with your wonderfull smile.

[@Hedriks]

you did the right thing Ash.... A Rugby game, once it starts... it's full on intense, fast paced moving forward with gladiators moving the ball to the other end of the field - both teams trying to achieve that objective. It is pretty much a global sport. So exciting Ash 👍

[@melbees1939]

Hey girl! That's so awesome! Can't wait to see more of Wales!

[@thecockerel86]

Always great to see a happy, smiling Ash! You are correct with your egg analogy. This is why rugby players are also called (somewhat disparagingly) egg chasers. If you want something close to a baseball experience here, then pick a sunny warm day and go to a cricket game. It's one of the most British summer experiences you can get!

[@warrenflint9950]

Nothing better than going to watch Wales play rugby 🏉 in Cardiff. The atmosphere is absolutely amazing. Nothing better than listening to the Welsh national anthem in the stadium. It's such an emotional thing, and we are full of pride. Hope you enjoyed the game.

[@WordsPictures997]

Really love how you're immersing yourself in local experiences 😊

[@uktravel8341]

Glad you enjoyed your first rugby game, Ash!

[@owentaylor9884]

There are 15 players for each team. The singers in the audience in a Welsh Rugby match are collectively know as 'the sixteenth man'. As they inspire their players to extra effort to achieve their goal.

[@carolinequirk6136]

There was a game v England a few years ago and it was reported in some news papers that the England team wanted the roof open as the singing with the roof closed put them off. Probably a urban myth but there goes.

[@gwynethglas-brown9171]

My belated dad loved watching the Rugby on tv ( of course cheering Scotland ) it was something he really Lookforward to Watching when the 5 nations was on. Have a Great weekend 🥰

[@kingstumble]

I am English but I had to travel to South Wales a lot in a previous job. I always used to make a point of checking out the medieval castles---of which there are plenty.

[@emilyserafamanschot800]

We attended a rugby match in Brisbane, Australia. We drove to a city parking lot and picked up a city bus which took us directly to the stadium. This was included in the price of your ticket! Very well organized and no hassles of parking! We didn't "pregame" (in the Midwest--we come from Big 10 schools and call it "tailgating") but we had a burger at the stadium. Stadium food is generally sub-par. I loved the game and had all sorts of questions for our friends, but I got shh-ed by several people in front of us. But we had a wonderful time! When our friends came to visit us in Detroit, we took them to a baseball and a football game. They knew about baseball but I had to explain football to them. Beers in the US are about $10 each, so we ate at a restaurant outside the park/stadium before. Have a great time in Wales, Ashley!

[@David-zv9xn]

You must have brought Italy luck,as that was their first win in 37 games,Rugby has a lot of technicalities which are hard to understand.American sport is dominated by the tv networks who do like their commercial breaks.

[@youtubeyoutube936]

David. Only in the 6 nations. But great win🙂

[@uktravel8341]

"American sport is dominated by the tv networks" As is British sport, which is dominated by the BBC, Sky Sports, ITV, Ulster TV and the like. Very silly comment, to add to the many silly comments you have posted to this talkboard over time.

[@mikewalsh6168]

@@uktravel8341 No need to be such a bore. American TV intERUPTS sporting events with ads much more frequently than uk

[@dougearnest7590]

@@uktravel8341 -- If you're ever in the USA, try watching a "football" game on television. When you've seen the same four commercials three times in a five minute period, you'll understand David's silly comment.

[@musicandbooklover-p2o]

@@uktravel8341 The US networks determine how long the games are (this from someone who used to work for one) because they need to get in plenty of advertising time. So a game that would normally only last for a couple of hours turns into a full half day match with super long half time and lots of breaks during the game as well (NOT like rugby or football either in the UK or Ireland, or NZ or Aussie for that matter). And the game in Wales shown here also had RTE there (which is what we watched it on) so rugby isn't only dominated by the huge UK media companies.

[@tonygriffin_]

Glad you enjoyed your first rugby match...and you have a daffodil hat ready for the next one! It was a memorable game too as it was the first time we'd lost to Italy ever...and in the last minute too. I recognise that beach! Llaniltud Fawr as some call it. I used to live in the last but one house on the road to the beach. Happy memories, albeit 40 years ago. Enjoying your visits and cultural experiences and clearly you're loving being here.

[@huw3851]

Well, first time we lost to Italy at home but it was a good game. I was wondering where the beach was - looked familiar but been a while since I walked around there.

[@anthonycraig1458]

Great film, I was at the same game and it was a great day, just a shame about the result as a Welsh supporter! Hearing the anthem is fantastic of course but it's even better once you learn the words and sing along (not easy but worth it!), you're really part of something massive.

[@musicandbooklover-p2o]

Wales usually win, so just for ONCE it was GREAT to see Italy WIN in the Six Nations. (as someone who supports Italy in the Six Nations that is, despite residing in Dublin and living in a house full of All Blacks supporters).

[@lynnshaw2365]

Lovely video Ash glad you enjoyed the game. X

[@maximushaughton2404]

The length of play time of US Football, is the same as Ruby, it's just only in the US you have to stop for TV advert breaks.

[@thecraggrat]

Actually no, US football is only 60 minutes of game time, those "quarters" are literal quarters of an hour.

[@rossmac8743]

you were lucky to see a great game one of the best in a decade n so glad you enjoyed

[@citydesk4527]

What about a Cricket match? The fast ones are three hours, there are medium length ones of about six or seven hours and if you really think that the rugby match went too quickly, there are the international test matches which can last five days (and still end in a draw).

[@BillyBronco73]

English lyrics to the anthem Oh land of my fathers, O land of my love, Dear mother of minstrels who kindle and move, And hero on hero, who at honour’s proud call, For freedom their lifeblood let fall. Country! COUNTRY! O but my heart is with you! As long as the sea your bulwark shall be, To Cymru my heart shall be true. O land of the mountains, the bard’s paradise, Whose precipice, valleys are fair to my eyes, Green murmuring forest, far echoing flood Fire the fancy and quicken the blood For tho’ the fierce foeman has ravaged your realm, The old speech of Wales he cannot o’erwhelm, Our passionate poets to silence command, Or banish the harp from your strand.

[@stewartscales1564]

Hey Ash loving your content please consider going to Clovelly in Devon it is gorgeous

[@nigelmchugh5541]

Great atmosphere in Cardiff on match day! Lots of street performers, lots of mad patriotic fans in national dress, dragons wandering around too! Skip the queue for pints, hip flask all the way 😀

[@gallowglass2630]

The welsh must be very proud of that stadium ,i was in it myself 1n 2015 fantastic stadium

[@andyonions7864]

You are just a bundle of sunshine. Games originated hundreds of years before TV in the UK, whereas they have been designed around TV in the US. If you like walking, you have to go to the Ystradfelte waterfalls near Merthyr and you have to walk up Snowdon as a minimum in Wales.

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

The best waterfall in Wales is at Llanrhaedr-ym-Mochnant. It's called Pistyll Rhaedr.

[@mmhdata]

So glad you got to a match. The Welsh are particularly passionate about Ruggers. The Principality Stadium (which I know as the Millennium Stadium) is a great ground. The daffodils are a uniquely Welsh thing, and I was interested in you saying some would think it was cheesy, because at that moment I was thinking of Green Bay fans wearing literal cheese hats.

[@stlouisix3]

Rugby is an awesome sport🤝🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@soxrox2574]

It looked like you had tons of fun 🏉 It's always tricky to time Snack/Beer runs I usually try going 5 minutes before Halftime(NFL/NBA) or a period in Hockey. In Baseball if a vendor isn't bringing what you want you chance it and hope there's not a Home Run🤣 Great video Ash 🙂

[@williamevans2867]

Sorry we lost the game you went to watch. Thanks for your enthusiastic account of the game

[@tooblessedtobestressed9715]

My husband played rugby for years and he'd be so jealous to get to go and be a "rugby hooligan" in the stands! He always says that football players are less brave because they hide behind the equipment LOL Heather xo

[@ilteronatkorkmaz5346]

Good Content.

[@helenjarvis7755]

Welsh singing is the best!

[@omrivol]

Great video Ash!

[@gary8306]

Oggy is slang for a Cornish pasty. Max Boyce copied the chant from the Cornish. You left early!, did you miss the last minute try???

[@glenncamp733]

Well done, Ashley.

[@lulabellegnostic8402]

You MUST go to the Royal Welsh Show at Builth Wells, it is an amazing agricultural show. Also, the annual sale of Welsh Ponies ( also at Builth), a really exciting auction with hundreds of ponies and horses being tried and exhibited around the massive site.

[@johnnybeer3770]

Oggie is a nickname for a Çornish pasty .🇬🇧

[@Louisa93able]

If you want to watch a game which lasts much longer try county cricket with Glamorgan.

[@TheClunkingFist]

Best. National. Anthem. Hello from New Zealand.

[@neilreading3552]

Glad you enjoyed it, love your enthusiasm. Go to a club game and talk to people, you'll always be welcome and you'll get to meet club players and fans. There is no better sport in this world and Rugby fans are real, proper people. 🍺

[@aliberapinarbasi7859]

Hey Ashley come Istanbul sometime in future . We miss you here :)

[@slimboyfatful]

The chant “Oggie Oggie Oggie” was 1st started by Max Boyce - a welsh comedian. The chant has been adopted & amended by numerous other clubs & countries but it originates in wales, or more accurately Max the Great. Actually wales was the 1st country to sing the National Anthem before a sporting event. Is happen at the turn of the last century when the All Blacks where performing the Hakka. In response the crowd spontaneously started to sing the Welsh National anthem which then became the norm before all national sporting in pretty much all countries

[@jca111]

Not quite true, max did popularise it, but it was around before that

[@Dreyno]

It’s supposedly from Devon and Cornwall originally.

[@christopherbriggs439]

Oggy, Oggy...Oh,Oh. Was originally a Cornish miners chant. The 'Oggy' is a hard baked pasty (The Cornish pasty, that contains meats baked hard into pastry) . The wives would drop them down the mine shaft at lunch. They would shout a warning that the hard pasty was coming down "Oggy, Oggy, Oggy', the miners down shaft would reply 'Oh, Oh, Oh' to confirm they were clear of the shaft and wouldn't be hit on the head by the hard baked pasty!

[@jeffjefferson3364]

If I'm on the tear for the weekend I'll probably drink at the game, the match becomes part of the weekend, but was at a match last night stone sober and loved it! No pints and paid far more attention to the game!

[@alabama1413]

As always, you are a ray of sunshine & your smile is an utter delight. So pleased to hear you had an enjoyable time at the game; rugby is a high tempo, full on experience & great to watch as a spectator. Maybe you should be a little braver next time & wear that daffodil, it suits you. Best wishes from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@johnsanders2266]

Hi Ash! Good to see you again! Glad you enjoyed your visit to the 'Rugger'. I think the main difference between Rugby and American Football is that the Rugby is much more continuous action. US Football is more stop than action with all the player changes and all! Anyway, glad you enjoyed it. Be Happy!

[@richardjohn658]

who in wales calls rugby rugger ?

[@dougearnest7590]

An 80 minute game that's over in less than two hours, vs a 60 minute game that takes three and a half hours. (And don't get me started on the television commercials!) When I saw my first rugby match on television (after a lifetime of being subjected to NFL brainwashing) it was like a religious experience for me -- My reaction was "This is how God wants us to play football!!!" -- and my observation was confirmed when I found out Rugby is known as the game played in Heaven. One thing you might have noticed also is that there wasn't an abundance of obnoxious drunks spilling beer on people and trying to pick fights with fans of the other team in the parking lot. Instead, they probably went partying together after the match. Hopefully, you've become one of the Enlightened and will remain a die-hard fan for life. Even in America, there's probably a rugby club not too far away.

[@jonathanphillips5514]

My playing days are long over but still love it. I was on holiday in Vermont and had to stop when driving past a college......they were playing rugby!!

[@bikeman9899]

There is a great tradition of choral singing in Wales, and the benefits of that can be heard during rugby internationals at the Principality stadium. The Welsh do it like no one else. You made a very wise choice to go to the match.

[@elunedlaine8661]

The leek and the daffodil are both Welsh emblems. The word for daffodil and for leek are the same in Welsh (Cenhinen = Leek, Cenhinen Pedr = Daffodil)

[@rocketrabble6737]

Flower and plant motifs are very common in rugby. Wales has the daffodil (and the leek), England's rugby motif is the red rose, Ireland the shamrock (obviously), Scotland the thistle, New Zealand the silver fern leaf, Japan cherry blossoms, Canada maple leaf, Fiji palm tree

[@davidrenton]

we have been using Oggie Oggie before Australia was even discovered :)

[@Moggy471]

You should play rugby. There are Ladies teams at all levels from complete beginners to internationals. It's the best game in the world. Go to your local rugby club and give the training a try. I think you would love it.

[@gaynorprior344]

Love your channel so glad I found ❤ 😊

[@mariezp]

My family witnessed some of the enthusiastic sports fans on the trains during our last trip in the UK. They were very boisterous indeed! I am glad you enjoyed the game! I've not attended any sports events yet but my son has requested that we attend a German football game on our next trip abroad from the USA. I am not really a football fan and have heard that those German games can sometimes get a little out of hand so I may just get tickets for my son and husband. I am sure they will have plenty of stories to share.

[@annother3350]

Boisterous but not trouble, right?

[@mariezp]

@@annother3350 Yes, no trouble at all. The fans were simply a bit loud and very enthusiastic.

[@timhannah4]

Oggie Oggie Oggie! An Oggie is a Pasty (Cornish or whatever) Often locally refered to as a 'Tiddy Oggy'. Also the Cry of the Fabulous Devonport Field Gun Crew!

[@mexi72]

An International rugby match is called a Test. When we had the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand they had huge screens in the downtown are(CBD) and they shut down the main street. TI stood at the top of Queen street looking down hill. All I could see was a sea of people. I heard that there close to 150,000 people in the CBD. There is very little stoppage time in rugby. Only for injury or the referee calls time out. Only the referee can call a time out.

[@animalian01]

You were very lucky to see that match it was italy's first win for a long long time, Rugby is a religion to people in Wales it's the Welsh game as is Singing

[@rittherugger160]

I'd like to see your impressions of club rugby in Wales. I'm talking armature adults and the "postgame activities".

[@samjones8442]

This was great! You should try a beginner's welsh class/maybe a walk in the brecon beacons!

[@scollyb]

Probably the biggest surprise I had going to a baseball game in America was how little baseball was actually played. It seemed to be mostly breaks

[@livesportsvideo]

Max Boyce, the real patron and Saint of Wales gave rise to the much loved and adored chant "Oggy, oggy oggy, oi, oi, oi, Oggy!, Oi!, Oggy!, Oi!, Oggy oggy oggy, Oi oi oi.

[@annother3350]

I think ythe UK was saying 'oggy oggy oggy' in the 60s maybe earlier!!

[@TheEulerID]

If you want time to snack and drink with long breaks, then go to a test cricket match. You can have five days of it if you wish. However, that's maybe taking it a bit far, so a Twenty20 game is the opposite, and lasts about 3 hours with lots of action, whilst a one day match is what it sounds like, and rather more leisurely. Then there is village green cricket which is even more so. Whilst Wales isn't prime cricket-playing territory, Glamorgan has a first class county cricket team. A one day or Twenty20 Glamorgan match might be interesting to attend, and you can snack all you like. Glamorgan play the great majority of their home games at the Sophia Gardens in Cardiff, so it would be convenient.

[@mickt3390]

So happy for you 😄

[@normanby100]

Try the Annual Welsh Sheepshagging Festival.

[@ruditapper4225]

6:48 looks like teletubbies sun face !

[@Webby304]

No we did not nick the Oggy song from Australia, but the Welsh nicked it off the south west of England ;-) Would be good if you could make the finals of the English Premiership at Twickenham, all the club supporters from different clubs go and have a great time.

[@cyberdan42]

A huge difference here is that this is the national team, so the national anthem is meaningful in a different way than the same process in the US where national teams are basically a non-factor.

[@HeidiLandRover]

The "oggy oggy oggy" chant comes from coal miners. Oggies are pasties, eaten by miners (coal / tin miners). Wales had a lot of coal miners back in the day.

[@johnwalker6736]

Glad you enjoyed your first Rugby match,Ash……….no country sings their anthem with the same pride and passion as the Welsh.

[@bongodrumzz]

Well done, glad you enjoyed yourself, which is what the whole day is about. I was lucky enough to have a welsh grandfather, with the matching thick welsh accent; he was a police sergeant and stood 6' 5" tall. He also said the welsh national anthem should be 'Bread of Heaven', who was going to argue with him? lol

[@rocketrabble6737]

They always used to sing that when I was following rugby many years back. I'm an English fan so don't expect me start saying nice things about the Welsh teams and supporters; too many heartbreaks in the past for that.

[@bongodrumzz]

@@rocketrabble6737 Oh I'm an english fan through and through too. You can't help but admire that sort of fan base, as for heartaches oh I'm with you brother, still, the recovery in a bar afterwards always helped lol

[@fasteddie406]

As a Scotsman my favourite two 6 nations away games are Paris and Cardiff, Cardiff is great for pre game drinks and of course St Marys street 1min from ground straight after, as we are staying in city hotels just get drunk and catch a mid day train back on Sunday..Only grievence with Cardiff is the hotel prices are hiked during match weekends... Paris also excellent French do a great national anthem, train is a fun crush post match back to Gare de Nord but plenty of bars there and just north to Moulin Rouge area 3 Irish pubs nearby.

[@jedislap8726]

An Oggie is what the Cornish call a pasty.

[@1chish]

At a Rugby match an Italian or English supporter could be in the middle of a bunch of Welsh or Irish supporters and thats just fine. Everyone just shouts and hollers and has a great time and then they all have a drink together afterwards. The reason US games (like NFL) are longer overall is because of the commercial aspect. US TV demands breaks every few minutes and so the games are stopped the game itself may be 80 minutes but it takes 3 hours. An NFL match even changes both sides when possession changes! At a rugby match the 15 players are on for the full 80 minutes (OK 2 40 minute halves and there are 5 substitutes) and so the game just flows. And its all over inside 2 hours.. In the USA its a stop / start thing which is pretty naff.

[@theflaver]

Much more action than in an American football game! American football is a 60 minute game with an hour and a half or two hours of breaks...

[@nicensleazy1892]

that was a great game - we were so very close to beating the French ! x

[@neill392]

Football fans often refer to rugby as egg chasing. The origin of the oggy oggy oggy, is a welsh folk singer/comedian called Max Boyce, worth looking up some of his material.

[@Roberto_79]

Glad you enjoyed your first experience of rugby yes it’s short and sweet but as you said exciting always. An American football game is only one hour long but because it stops so frequently it can take three hours to complete. A rugby game is actually longer at 80 minutes but the longest it will ever take is probably 85 minutes with stoppages

[@boffwozere]

So nice of Wales to let Italy break there 37 game losing streak 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@desmonddwyer]

Hope it was where the Italians won best match because they hadn't won in 100 matches if so luckily girl😀

[@scousemummy8856]

Isn’t rugby mad I grew up playing it in school we met a lot of professional players but still scared the daylights out of me 🤣🤣🤣

[@alberthead4806]

an oggi is a pasty Devon and Cornwall are famous for them but can be bought elsewhere

[@josefortunato5001]

It's looks incredible, how much is the ticket? please !

[@jannersstuff]

Just to add to the "Oggy" debate. An Oggy is a pasty! Take a short trip to the Westcountry to try a real oggy and see some of the most beautiful coastline anywhere!

[@thomascannon498]

Ash! The game of rugby 80min is longer than American football (60min) than Ice Hockey (60min) with only a 12min half time break between two 40min halves! North American sport is not designed for endurance, hence all the stoppages and Add breaks!

[@Markevans63]

Football fans call Rugby players Egg chasers so you're was on the right path... And no the Aussies stole it off the English (cornish) but it was popularised by the Welsh Comedian/singer Max Boyce in the 1970's.... American football is only 60 minutes long but somehow you manage to spread it out over 4 or more hours!

[@russcattell955i]

Yes indeed Mark. An "Oggy" is a Cornish pasty in the local dialect.

[@Markevans63]

@@russcattell955i yea I thought it had something to do with the Cornish but didn't know it was Pasty related