<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916227911847802426</id><updated>2012-02-16T01:40:01.679-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Rugby Stripped</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rugbystripped.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1916227911847802426/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rugbystripped.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>One2Fifteen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01822413706373629168</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916227911847802426.post-79043168860862618</id><published>2009-05-21T11:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-21T11:50:51.564-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Keeping up-to-date</title><summary type='text'>So, as I should have expected, this blogging thing is a little more difficult to keep relevant and up-to-date than it looks on the surface.I was so positive about my debut post and the idea of sharing my thoughts with anybody interested (bored) enough to read, that I followed up with a couple within as many days. However, in my defence, starting at the end of the season was possibly a little </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rugbystripped.blogspot.com/feeds/79043168860862618/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rugbystripped.blogspot.com/2009/05/keeping-up-to-date.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1916227911847802426/posts/default/79043168860862618'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1916227911847802426/posts/default/79043168860862618'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rugbystripped.blogspot.com/2009/05/keeping-up-to-date.html' title='Keeping up-to-date'/><author><name>One2Fifteen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01822413706373629168</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916227911847802426.post-9021822807012529853</id><published>2009-05-01T09:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-01T12:14:18.717-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Numbers Game</title><summary type='text'>So last game of the season and, as mentioned yesterday, last game ever for some tomorrow, so one might assume that everyone wants to put on a good show. That might be the case, but it would seem that there is a school of thought that practice is for the coaches’ benefit and not an integral step to team success. We had hoped to have more than the 11 that turned up to practice, which was further </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rugbystripped.blogspot.com/feeds/9021822807012529853/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rugbystripped.blogspot.com/2009/05/numbers-game.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1916227911847802426/posts/default/9021822807012529853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1916227911847802426/posts/default/9021822807012529853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rugbystripped.blogspot.com/2009/05/numbers-game.html' title='A Numbers Game'/><author><name>One2Fifteen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01822413706373629168</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916227911847802426.post-5134748704795317754</id><published>2009-04-30T11:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-30T11:57:27.699-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Extend or Consolidate</title><summary type='text'>Today we prepare for practice before the last game of the season, and for some of the team, the last competitive game of their short-lived rugby careers. From a background of training twice a week and playing (at least) once a week for 7-8 months of a year, 15 years straight, it is difficult for me to comprehend that some of the seniors are going to leave college having played less than 25 games </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rugbystripped.blogspot.com/feeds/5134748704795317754/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rugbystripped.blogspot.com/2009/04/extend-or-consolidate.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1916227911847802426/posts/default/5134748704795317754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1916227911847802426/posts/default/5134748704795317754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rugbystripped.blogspot.com/2009/04/extend-or-consolidate.html' title='Extend or Consolidate'/><author><name>One2Fifteen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01822413706373629168</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916227911847802426.post-25548849294034896</id><published>2009-04-28T14:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-28T15:48:44.080-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What I'm here for</title><summary type='text'>Rugby has been my passion (some would say my obsession) for more than half of my life. I've played at various levels and encountered hundreds of players of various standards of experience and skill, which are not necessarily linked!Having moved to California, I had naively resigned myself to the fact that the game might be less influential in my life. It was largely for this reason that I gave in</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rugbystripped.blogspot.com/feeds/25548849294034896/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rugbystripped.blogspot.com/2009/04/what-im-here-for.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1916227911847802426/posts/default/25548849294034896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1916227911847802426/posts/default/25548849294034896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rugbystripped.blogspot.com/2009/04/what-im-here-for.html' title='What I&apos;m here for'/><author><name>One2Fifteen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01822413706373629168</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
