{"id":16778,"date":"2026-07-16T09:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T09:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16778"},"modified":"2026-07-16T03:42:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T03:42:24","slug":"soccer-v-rugby-two-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16778","title":{"rendered":"Soccer v. rugby &#8211; two views"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So who is tough? the games mentioned are from years ago &#8211; but nothing has changed. In fact women rugby players are tougher&#8230; see below &#8211; plus bonus picture &#8211; I was a back (scrum half). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Rugby Is NOTHING Like Football #rugby\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rHifDi7gG9E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE VICIOUS SIDE Of Women&amp;apos;s Rugby | Watch These Ladies Dish Out Some BIG HITS &amp; MONSTER TACKLES\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wKlDgoih9Uw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"305\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/103531695_3122093094517400_2181786716420735885_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/103531695_3122093094517400_2181786716420735885_n.jpg 305w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/103531695_3122093094517400_2181786716420735885_n-300x291.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So who is tough? the games mentioned are from years ago &#8211; but nothing has changed. In fact women rugby players are tougher&#8230; see below &#8211; plus bonus picture &#8211; I was a back (scrum half).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,23,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-farandaville-family-stuff","category-health-and-fitness","category-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16780,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16778\/revisions\/16780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}