Sofa Sports Week Two

Welcome to this the second instalment of Tab Sport’s articles dedicated to procrastination and youtube. This week’s highlights include a rugby player vigilante, a Gallic take on Mario Kart and the return of Kammy.

As ever, readers are encouraged to post their own favourite clips.

Last weekend saw the hosting of the annual Cambridge Sevens competition at Grange Road. While some may call into question the commercial viability of the event, there is no doubting that some of the sevens played was of a very high quality.

Naturally, the tournament was won by the rugby leviathan that is Loughborough. If you’re not quite sure what the sport means to our not so employable northern friends then these videos should fill you in. The team famously beat the England U20s in the Dan James memorial trophy in 2009 and this piece of indulgence shows how they got that good. Nevertheless, they didn’t manage to score any tries quite as good as the following.

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The following videos push the boundaries of what constitutes sport. Some would argue that downing pints of milk is not a sport; but it surely is when the drinkers are Chris Kamara and Ricky “the hitman” Hatton. Watch for Kammy’s last second mini-chunder. Next is a crackers Frenchman. When not cavorting with professional footballers Remi Gaillard likes to pursue his ‘n’impore quoi’ philosophy by making videos that combine law-breaking with homages to retro computer games. This is one of his best efforts.

Violence and sport often go hand in hand. In ice hockey random acts of violence are all part of the fun. This smashing effort shows the lengths some players will go to make their presence felt. Yet, with great power comes great responsibility. This rugby player certainly held to that tin-pot philosophy when he laid a smack down on the gun-toting tit in this clip.

Finally, while this goal from Chris Maguire ultimately proved to be in vain, as Scotland U21s went on to lose 2-1 against Iceland U21, it still is magnificent.

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