FACT: Hot Boys Play Rugby

If you just saw 'rugby' in the title of this post and decided to run away... STOP. I know there is nothing about Twilight in this post, but wait. Let me give you a little something to make you stay. May I introduce... Sonny Bill Williams.

Right. Do i have your attention? Good. Now, listen up!

A few months back, Kiwi Ed introduced himself on the blog and talked a little bit about rugby. Now it's time to focus on what's important - the EYE CANDY.

You see, at the weekend, the Rugby World Cup started. This tournament comes around every four years, and twenty teams from around the world attend, aiming to lift the William Webb Ellis Cup. This year the tournament is right here in New Zealand and I am surrounded by rugby mania. Apparently 1 billion people watched the opening ceremony, so yeah, it's big. In case you're not aware, rugby is not a sport in New Zealand. It's a religion.

The All Blacks are the national team of New Zealand and are pretty much GODS. Unless they lose are less than successful, in which case they better run for the hills. My philosophy is, if you're surrounded by it, embrace it. Most of the female population, and a fair percentage of the males, I reckon, only watch the games for the eye candy, and wouldn't mind embracing some of the talent.

This post only contains kiwis. It's not that the other teams (Australia, England, South Africa... to name a few that my blog readers are from) don't have hotties, it's just that I don't care to familiarise myself with them. Make suggestions in the comments if you must.

Example #1: My soon-to-be-husband and captain of the All Blacks, Richie McCaw:

 

Our illustrious leader. Rumoured to be single (or perhaps those are just the rumours I choose to listen to). Hubba hubba.

Example #2: Underwear model and all-round-nice-guy Dan Carter:

Are you starting to see how I cope with the eighty minutes between kick off and the final whistle?

This brings me to Example #3. On Friday night, when the All Blacks opened the tournament against Tonga, I tweeted some pictures that had an - how do I put this - overwhelmingly positive response. You see, the All Blacks are wearing these new, super tight, super slinky tops, and one of main pinups, Sonny Bill, managed to rip his sleeve, necessitating an on-screen strip to put a new shirt on. The crowd went wild. We were very jealous of the team doctor, who needed to help him put on his new skin shirt.

This is hilarious. And hawt.

Personally, the tribal tattoos just make the whole package more... mmmm.

Along that theme, another traditional ritual turn-on is the haka. A traditional war dance, The All Blacks perform the haka before every game. It is designed to intimidate your opposition. The link above is to the wikipedia description, which is quite interesting... if you're interested. The tradition far, far predates rugby.

Other pacific teams also have their own variations of war dance similar to the haka. In the game against Tonga the other night, we saw two hakas against each other. I get shivers up and down my spine watching this. It's so... primitive.

Aaand I can't get the video I want to embed. So you can check it out HERE instead.

There are many different versions of the haka. The Ka Mate haka is by far the most famous and is used commonly by the All Blacks. Here is a clip from earlier this year. One of my favourite things is how the opposition just stand there.

In case you're wondering, the US and Canada both have teams in the tournament. If you're keen to watch, better do it soon, because I'm afraid it's not likely either of them will make it to the quarter final stages.

I hope you enjoyed this education session. Feel free to ask questions of the teacher, more evidence can be provided on request.