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Keen to try underwater rugby?
“Yes this is not a misprint! The game they play in heaven has taken a dive! Marine mauls and saltwater scrums!” Clovelly Surf Club, March 2010
“Rugby and Diving! There is a Heaven!!!!!!“
– Richard, March 2010
UNDERWATER RUGBY… NOW IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS
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The UNSW Underwater Rugby Team after training at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. Photograph by Wilson
The team would like to thank Natalie for designing our Logo, and Khee for the banner photograph above.
“Yes this is not a misprint! The game they play in heaven has taken a dive! Marine mauls and saltwater scrums!”
&nbs p; - Clovelly Surf Club, March 2010
“Some players liken it to the broomstick game of quidditch from theHarry Potterbooks, which is to say it is a sport for the athletically bookish. Scoring takes place in buckets five metres below the surface, with weighted balls that cannot be taken out of the water. Only 15 people play in Australia. The teams are mixed. There is tackling, and flippers, but no pulling of swimwear.”
&nbs p; - SMH, November 2009
“The ball may be passed in any direction but must not leave the water. It “flies” about 2m or 3m before water resistance stops it. This makes good tactics and good (three-dimensional) positioning essential. The players can use different abilities: Strength, speed, mobility or simply low consumption of oxygen are all similarly important.”
&nbs p; - UNSW Sport and Recreation, 2009
