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@coventry_eagle
2 pence worth.
It doesn't matter what ruleset it is for as long you play the game (sportsmanship) instead of playing the rules (gamesmanship).
My approach to polo: I love the community, I don't mind the physical side of the game but I do dislike being checked into the fence.
THIS: **If you are good enough - PLAY THE BALL! **
Hooking, taking the goalie out, checking someone (into the boards/wall/fence - not cool) is all within the rules but if you are good enough why do it?
Look at football, going down at the slightest contact aint cool but it is permitted in the rules and hence football in most part is more of a gamesmen sport than a sportsman sport. Rugby now that's a proper game!
The eye opener on how the game should be play was BCN - playing against Manu & Co. and Clowns, true gents.
There's talk about LDN not playing the physical game enough is a fair point. I guess us playing each other so often and being quite a tight knit community is the problem - we are just not mean enough towards each other. Hence we should play quicker, faster, better polo and as clean as possible. We need not confrom to the wider world, we should just play our own brand of polo and hopefully make others conform to our style of play. Why not?