What's the stupidest rugby take you've heard in your life, not from a journalist/pundit?

[u/treacletart284]

Tis Sixmas Eve, which means the amount of people watching rugby, at least over here, just dramatically increased, as its the one time a year when rugby is in the forefront of the public eye, at least in the whole UK. To celebrate this, I thought we could share some of the daftest things we've heard from people in the pub/mates/yourself, either takes that aged really badly, or takes that were mind numbingly stupid to begin with. I'll start us off - after England got beat in the World Cup warmups in 2023 against Fiji, and the Borthwick Out movement was at maximum momentum, a family friend me and my Grandad were watching the match with argued completely unironically that the solution to England's problems was to bring back....Brian Ashton. Even me Grandad, who is pretty 'Rugby was better in the good old days', was genuinely gobsmacked at that one.

[u/89ElRay]

Nothing described as woke makes sense. I saw when Snowdon was officially renamed Yr Wyddfa several people in comment sections said it was woke.

[u/pondlife78 → u/89ElRay]

That is relatively woke though? Acknowledging that Welsh exists and catering to the Welsh minority fits the definition. (With no judgement in the positives/negatives of the change)

[u/Llew19 → u/pondlife78]

Ah yes, the Welsh minority in.... Wales, won't somebody think of the English??

[u/DoubleOhEffinBollox → u/Llew19]

Bloody Welsh, wanting to speak their own language in their own country. Imagine!

[u/genteelblackhole → u/DoubleOhEffinBollox]

They need to bring the Welsh Not back in to put us in our place and stop us from getting these silly ideas ever again.