yeah, I understood it to be very much an ironic rugby palyer comment too, it reminded me of an incident after closing time in the university I worked at where members of the rugby team exited the College bar passing a beer can in the manner of a rugby "line" John H the end man on the line heard a sound on his blind side and put up his hand in a classic "hand off " gesture only to have his wrist broken by the big red No 11 London bus that was coming up the street! he had his leg pulled about this for many years.