Played all through school (at hooker), but never beyond that - it was safer that way !!
Fly half. I played baseball through high school but was not good enough to play at my university's strong baseball program so I played club rugby. There were only three other college clubs in the state in those days. We had local older men in our club too and we played against mens city clubs to fill out our schedule. Along with playing college clubs in the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee. It was just great fun. The level was low enough that I was able to play on the A side pretty quickly. We all loved it so many of us would fill in on B side matches and then live with the cramps of playing two matches back to back.
Biggest challenge with fly half in my club was that the forwards were always telling me to keep it inside because they did not like to run. The fullback (good friend) was our captain and he was telling me to get the ball out! I sided with the forwards because I also preferred trying to break through on the inside and getting mauled over doing a lot of running.
I was not good enough to be an A side player on a good city club so I dropped it after college, except for occasional sevens pickup stuff for a while. Like you, self-preservation was another factor!
Sorry if talking story is out of place in this thread. But this World Cup has me reminiscing!
