Rugby videos of tackles, tries, funny incidents and more: Scrum on the Beach this summer

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Scrum on the Beach this summer

As we saw in Cape Town, it’s winter down south with pretty chilly conditions for rugby being seen at Newlands, as well as Canberra and Dunedin recently. The good news for those of you up north is, it’s summertime.

O2 are once again putting on their Scrum on the Beach festival, which is essentially a big rugby beach party where you can have a crack at playing rugby in the sand, amongst other things.

There are plenty of prizes, giveaways, and you’ll stand a chance of playing with some of England’s stars. Test your skills in the O2 Play Zone, compete on Batak Duel competition stations, pick up rugby freebies, have a beer, eat ice cream, and grab some autographs.

England players will be on the lookout for the teams with the most flair, and if you’re chosen, you’ll get to play at Twickenham in a tournament.

Where is it being held?
* Essex Martello Bay Clacton-on-Sea 4 July, 11-6pm
* Great Yarmouth Marine Parade 11 July, 11-6:30pm
* Southport Ainsdale Beach 18 July, 10-5:30pm
* Bournemouth Boscombe Beach 25 July, 10-7pm
* Dorset Weymouth Beach 1 August, 10-6:30pm
* Newcastle Tynemouth Longsands Beach 8-9 August, 10-4pm
* Lincolnshire Skegness Beach 15 August, 10-5pm
* Newquay Lusty Glaze Beach 28 August, 12-7pm
* Newquay Lusty Glaze Beach 29-30 August, 12-11pm

It’s a great event with plenty of fun for all, so if you can, get on down. This fun promotional video shows us top players Paul Sackey, Danny Care, Ben Foden, Lewis Moody, and Delon Armitage all trying their hand at beach rugby.

Time: 01:23
Note: For more info, checkout the official website here.

nice event!

R.S.

By Anonymous, at June 24, 2009 1:42 pm
One of my mates went last year, said it was awesome. Crazy little beach rugby festival in England. He felt like he was back on the beach in Ballito, SA :)

By FrankyH, at June 24, 2009 1:59 pm
Is it contact? I've played league on the beach before and falling on the sand can really hurt!

By Anonymous, at June 24, 2009 2:31 pm
poor Anonymous, "id you urt your wittle self on da sandy wandy pwaying weague?" LOL

By ConnachtFan, at June 24, 2009 3:22 pm
"Is it contact? I've played league on the beach before and falling on the sand can really hurt!"

Roflcopter.

By Anonymous, at June 24, 2009 3:52 pm
Beach Rugby was a sport surprisingly invented in Portugal some years ago...

By Anonymous, at June 24, 2009 4:16 pm
connactfan
made my day lol

By brian, at June 24, 2009 4:16 pm
Just went to Ameland(Netherlands) beach rugby festival! Ameland is the place to be! ;)

By Anonymous, at June 24, 2009 4:30 pm
getting hurt falling on the sand is pants.

What's worse is the knee injuries.
when yer foots in the sand it aint going nowhere and it's good bye ACL.

By Anonymous, at June 24, 2009 6:01 pm
They have sand over in England??? :P

By Phil, at June 24, 2009 9:39 pm
won't you get sand in your eyes?

By bob, at June 24, 2009 9:50 pm
in your eye? try your ass crack, talk about chafage!

be walkin like john wayne for a week

By Mikee, at June 24, 2009 10:29 pm
^^^^^^sudocream lmao

By creggs08, at June 24, 2009 10:31 pm
Suncream up to the max and then no1 can tackle you!

By Sim, at June 25, 2009 12:04 am
nice to see Armitage in good form....

By Anonymous, at June 25, 2009 12:05 am
God, Sackey just hates rugby.

By T, at June 25, 2009 12:35 am
That sounds like fun. It's a shame about all the English players being there though.

By Kearney for tests, at June 25, 2009 3:04 am
They actually have summers up there?? beaches??' wtf???

By eric, at June 25, 2009 3:59 am
dont forget the isle of wight lol! we just held our beach rugby fest in ryde last sat! it will be held next yr so get sum teams involved and come! our local team lost in the final against the fijians tourists!

By Anonymous, at June 25, 2009 5:08 am
sounds like fun, all they have to do is get it on some real beaches down in the Southern Hemisphere. And i don't know whether the portugese invented beach rugby, i dont think bringing a rugby ball down to the beach means u invented it.

By Anonymous, at June 25, 2009 8:41 am
id go just to throw some wet sand in danny care's eye, the little wanka!!!

By Kenny, at June 25, 2009 10:44 am
Ameland beachrugby is pretty good alright, been there twice, 1st year I got dropped off on the other end of the Island by another team and had to hitch hike back being drunk at 6AM. My teammate was so tired he went asleep in a garden shed and got a wake up call from the police.

Great fun!

By Herbie, at June 25, 2009 12:41 pm
do you know the song's name?
thanks

By Anonymous, at June 25, 2009 11:52 pm
Delon should be with the Lions, great step on the little guy :)

By Anonymous, at June 26, 2009 4:53 am
"Delon should be with the Lions, great step on the little guy :)"

Sure, that way, he wouldn't get played by the Lions and just as well miss out on his opportunity to play for England against Argentina...I bet that's exactly what he wants.

He's a great player, and he needs all the playing time he can get...with England.

Anyways, this beach thing looks like it could be fun - but a bit cold in the water, no?

By Anonynonymous, at June 26, 2009 6:40 am