Short, informal YouTube monologue by Katie McManus reflecting on watching the U.S. women’s rugby team, expressing admiration for their athleticism and sharing a humorous college-era anecdote about attempting (and quickly failing) to join a women’s rugby team as a freshman. The tone is self-deprecating and admiring toward the athletes.
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Well, what we really need is a feminine. I am low key, obsessed with the content that women. Incredibly talented athletes. But watching them reminds me of that time when I was a freshman in college and it was like the first month and you know, it's a. I thought that I was tough. I thought, yeah, yeah, yeah, like I can be so cool and tough. And I was convinced that I would join the rugby team. Because it wasn't really a tryout, just practice. You could join if you wanted and. This is not going to work out for you. And I'm thinking like, but I'm fast, I'm fast, I can do this, right? And so the first trick that they taught us was how to tackle someone and really like for women. And you can take someone down, right? And so they showed us how to tack. They paired me up with this woman who was just like solid. Such of weights. I was strong and I. And then she started running and I'm just holding on for dear life onto like around her hips and I was so afraid to let go because like she would kick me in the face because she was running. And if I, if I let go, it would just be a foot right in my face. This woman ran clear across a field, a rugby field with me attached to her. Like the top of my underwear was like. It was every kind of embarrassing. You could top. Rock on women's rugby team. You guys are killing it. I'm so glad I'm not one of you, but I'm loving everything you're putting out.