Today's Photo(s): A Day at the Rugby Match

The scrum is the very definition of rugby.

Looks like football, but it's not. Just ask a rugger.

Guys get tossed in the air on throw-in.

Even when you're down, you're not down.

When you go into the end zone, you must touch the ball on the ground.

You can kick the ball at just about any time.

Injured player Barry Martin and his son watch.

Celebration of breast cancer awareness.

Doesn't get much better than this.

This guy wore his kilt.

The Roanoke Rugby team played an exhibition game against a team from Triad North Carolina yesterday at Highland Park on an idyllic Saturday afternoon. This is a fun game, not as dangerous as football nor as safe as soccer and it has a devoted following. The Roanoke team lost by about nine points, but I don't think many people cared. It was too pretty to be keeping score.