05/06/2008
Austrian National Rugby Team are Fantastic Losers
The Austrian national rugby team suffered a horrible defeat 48-0 by Lithuania over the weekend, but drowned their sorrows in a mass striptease (and a rousing rendition of "Singin' in the Rain") in a public square in Vilnius, which, of course, was filmed by a bystander and posted on the internet.
Reuters reports: "The video, put out by a blogger on social community website Virb and then taken up by the Lithuanian news portal Delfi, showed a group of 20 men singing and stripping off their clothes on a street in central Vilnius, while people in a nearby bar clapped and cheered. 'Yes, these were the men we played against on Saturday ... I guess the defeat could have prompted them to do that,' Lithuanian rugby federation President Aleksandras Makarenka told Reuters. Delfi quoted the Vilnius police chief as saying stripping in public could be considered an act of hooliganism -- but by then the Austrian team had gone home."
Let's hope they lose more often.
Watch it, AFTER THE JUMP (warning: portions NSFW)...
(warning: NSFW) And a bit more here.
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I read, someplace, how Vilnius has become the "party capitol" of Europe. Apparently, the cheap booze, plethora of bars and discos, and rebelliousness against the former Soviet repressions, have combined to make this sort of thing rather common. Cool.
Posted by: JT | May 6, 2008 9:39:02 AM
And then they all went home and fucked.
Posted by: crispy | May 6, 2008 9:52:11 AM
if i ever get three wishes from a genie that right there is at least two of them! rawrrr!!!
Posted by: kostar | May 6, 2008 9:59:36 AM
I wouldn't mind being the meat in their sandwich.
Posted by: jason | May 6, 2008 10:05:33 AM
Can I just add that these brawny men appeared almost joyless in their singing. There was a cold, clinical demeanor to it all, as if it were a drill for a pageant or some such.
Posted by: jason | May 6, 2008 10:08:46 AM
Message to camera operators everywhere:
When stuff like this happens, DO NOT pan over the crowd but instead zoom in on the players!
Posted by: tjc | May 6, 2008 10:17:43 AM
I spent 3 days in Vilnius last year, and while there were a few Brit bucks' parties going on (which is no different to a dozen other places in Central-Eastern Europe) it was a pretty awesome place. The old town is one of the largest in Europe and it's in great condition for when it celebrates being a European Capital of Culture in the next couple of years.
Posted by: Mike | May 6, 2008 10:18:09 AM
LOL! What if this happened in America? A simultaneous gasp in horror by all the prudes is what. "SAVE THE CHILDREN!"
Posted by: Jason | May 6, 2008 10:55:29 AM
After being humiliated in the game, I guess they had to prove they still had their balls about'um. Lets hope this sparks a new tradition in ALL sports!
Posted by: kansastock | May 6, 2008 11:14:18 AM
Wow Jason ..."JOYLESS" Cold? Clinical? "Demeanor"? ---Did you mean to be so racist in your commentary?
Cause thats what I get when I read your words.
I mean you can see the same in the stands of sporting events all over the world including our own.
But hey ...you'd STILL have Sex with them!
Posted by: MCnNYC | May 6, 2008 11:17:29 AM
All I can say is: God bless Testosterone!
Posted by: yum, yum, yummy | May 6, 2008 12:13:57 PM
I thank those Austrian rugby players for sharing their brawn and penises with the WWW... But why do Austrians always sound like they're singing Nazi anthems, no matter what it is they're actually singing?
Posted by: Stephen | May 6, 2008 12:55:29 PM
Far be it from me to overanalyze a staircase full of hot, nekkid men... But why 'singing in the rain'?
Posted by: invisiboy | May 6, 2008 1:31:42 PM
Vilnius might be the "party capitol" of Europe, but it is intensely homophobic. Anyway, I prefer this version much more than the Gene Kelly version.
Posted by: mike | May 6, 2008 1:40:01 PM
Vilnius might be the "party capitol" of Europe, but it is intensely homophobic. Anyway, I prefer this version much more than the Gene Kelly version.
Posted by: mike | May 6, 2008 1:41:03 PM
You know, it's a lot less fun being in a pub with a bunch of rugby players than you'd think - even if it does entail hot nudity. Most rubgy players are irritating louts and they are comfortable with being naked in each other's company only because they pay it back with extreme boorishness.
Ben Cohen is excepted. And naturally, the idea of being among them all is massively arousing.
Posted by: DD | May 6, 2008 3:12:17 PM
I have never been a religious person...but now I believe in a god! LOL
Posted by: David | May 6, 2008 5:20:36 PM
Embiggen!! Embiggen, damn you!!!
Posted by: cb | May 6, 2008 5:45:48 PM
Ahh, nothing like the experience of ludicrous voluntary public humiliation to wipe out the taste of involuntary humiliation on the field. Is it wrong to hope that this becomes a tradition every time a sports team gets trounced?
Posted by: Smartypants | May 7, 2008 12:37:18 PM