The Eton Wall Game - Arguably one of the world's most elite sports.
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- This mishmash of rugby and soccer has been played in one spot at an exclusive English private school ... for more than 300 years.
It happens on the same strip of land with a long, slightly curved wall down one side and often devolves into a multi-limbed pile of shrieking schoolboys.
Two teams try to get the ball into a scoring zone, then kick it against a target (a garden door for one team and a tree for the other). Sounds simple, until you realize that the method of actually moving the ball into position involves all the players on both teams piling up along the wall and slowly inching the ball upfield, to the extreme discomfort of any players buried in the pile who'll spend 30 minutes having their faces slowly scraped along the mortar.
Every now and again, the ball pops free, and someone boots it upfield, which precipitates a crazed scramble to retrieve the ball, whereupon the whole process starts again.
The first recorded incidence of the game being played was in 1766, though the most important game of the year is the St. Andrews Day game, first played in 1844.
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Duke University has a freshman linebacker named Memorable Factor (I'm not making this up) who has never played a down of football in his life. He graduated from Eton. I can only imagine the convos between Memorable and D'Quan from Georgia and Malik from Tennessee.
I know his brother called merit still at Eton with me
Ok so it just looks like one long constant really badly formed scrum with no strategy to the game at all?
This game is jolly good fun. Not sure why so many negative chaps in the comments section. I was fortunate enough to watch the 2009 game, marvelous entertainment.
‘Twas a Spiffing contest indeed.
@@goldenboy06 indeed, competition and manliness at it's finest. Some of my fondest memories of my alma mater involve the wall game, marvellous merriment
Idiotic game for privileged yobs, public school kids would wipe the floor with these pampered prata
😂😂😂
It's a really silly and violent game tbh. Guys in my house who played would often come back with huge cuts all over their face and body from being dragged/slammed against the wall - way more so than rugby or the field game. People have died from being trampled to death in the past - the small arches at the bottom of the wall were filled in with concrete after a boy's head got stuck and he drowned in the mud.
Off up to the dorm for a bit of buggery later, no doubt!
I thought soggy biscuits was the mosy upper class game that existed
Thought it was Lacrosse
🤣🤣🤣
It’s like a sketch from Brass Eye. Strong Chris Morris vibes
Am fighting to come up with a constructive comment. Have to say that it was Field Game in the 70’s, prior to the daft changes that came later, was the Blue Ribbon sport. A fantastic mix of Association Football & Rugby Union.
You know your history John - Thanks for watching.
This game would certainly help forming a stiff upper lip. Apparently Boris Johnson was a team captain when at Eton.
At least half of them will be our dear future members of parliament. What a joy.
What are the rules for moving the ball up field? A player can not ruck the ball backwards right? Thank you for any help.
No idea I am afraid - I am sure someone knows the rules if there are any.
Lol, having known of this but not knowing how it was actually played, it does seem very underwhelming and simple given the pomp of Eton...
Eton turned buggery into a sport. Hoorah!
We use to play this at school, pretty similar rules but with no goals , we called it death football and it usually started when a football was nicked of some younger boys and "death football " was shouted out.
@1:27 is that man in blackface?
It’s purple
1:37 Siblings fighting for food
This is the most British thing I've seen in my life.
Is this elite because you need to give your v-card to a master to make the team? Otherwise it seems like a just another game, the only distinguishing feature of which is that it's played by the children of the rich.
I'm not sure how many people would even want to make the team, that wall looks pretty sharp.
Your final sentence is literally what the title means. Elite doesn’t just mean talented.
I go here and it is quite fun and is we arent here because we are rich we are here because we are smart
@@kroberts6677 keep telling yourself that.
@@callumLB05 I assume your ideals side with the liberal or labour party 🤦♂️
Id love to knock that wall down
I’ll just stick with rugby.
wouldn't you advance the ball better staying AWAY from the wall? Poor rules explanation....a CORRIDOR has ***2*** walls.....
To score you have to push the ball up the wall at the far end, so keeping it against the wall makes sense. Hope this helps. AMA
you're out of bounds 5 meters from the wall, so it's easier said than done
Looks thrilling zzzzzzz
? Wow.
We played a game in school the sports master called Murder.
In the gym, all the apparatus, ropes, climbing bars out.
A medicine ball at each end.
Played using a basketball.
Divide the class into two teams.
Object.. touch the basketball against the other team’s medicine ball.
Only rule of play, no punching in the face.
It was mayhem and we loved it.
Couldn’t imagine Health and Safety allowing it now. So they won’t be playing it 300 years hence.
What a silly game
Completely pointless
Why can't they jus pass it back and kick it up
They'd crumble at Rugby, I would run right through them
In ur dreams mate
Ooh you’re ‘ard. Dw there’s another team for rugby.
Stupid hoora game...this is why the working class formed there own game of rugby league with rules with the moto:
"We all have to go to work on Monday" Unlike the privileged that don't have to work. Full stop!
Rugby League is shit tho
Oh please
Sorry, but wall-ball is lame. Get a grip Eton!
It's pretty shit to watch but it's fun to play there's a reason no one else plays it though
@Jm Gonzales it's shit to watch
You get a grip. Its been played for 300 years.
@@Blupearl2003 ah, well that changes everything!