Apologies if you’ve already seen this, but it’s news to me: A 48-year-old rugby player from England subdued an armed robber by battering him with a folding chair, then taking him down with a judo move during a robbery attempt at a bookie joint. What you may not know: the hero, Martin Richardson, subsequently broke his arm in a rugby match, showing up ion court to collect praise (and a reward) in a cast. What makes this extra great is the quote from Richardson:
Mr Richardson told Sky News Online: “I wouldn’t normally open the door for anyone anyway, let alone a robber.
“So what if he had a gun? He was very impolite and I don’t take kindly to that.”
Video of the attack following the jump.
What would possess a man to take on an armed robber with nothing but a folding chair? Well, it helps to be a couple different kinds of crazy. As this other video of Richardson, below, seems to demonstrate.
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Martin Richardson, Rugby Player, Tackles Robber, Hits Him With Chair [Huffington Post]
Hapless gun robber picks on the wrong man mountain: Betting shop raider loses out to 18-stone angry punter [London Daily Mail]
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- faile13 - May 19, 2010 at 7:07 PM
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I don’t know how many ruggers you know but they’re all pretty much like him. Confident.
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- repo33 - May 19, 2010 at 7:46 PM
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I just realized im psychic. I could read the robbers mind when the chair came down…he was thinking “OH S@&T! BAD IDEA!!”
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- yikes - May 19, 2010 at 8:49 PM
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Holy yeesh that was stupid. That was a slow attack and he left himself totally exposed to being shot – directly in front of the gun, big target. The only reason he didn’t get killed is because the gunman didn’t move his finger a fraction of an inch.
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- Scott, WI Rugger - May 19, 2010 at 9:10 PM
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Go play some softball or soccer, Yikes. Three cheers for rugby!!
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- Rina - May 19, 2010 at 10:23 PM
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Rugby player are completely crazy, at least all the ones I have ever met. Good guys… just don’t try to pick fights, it won’t end well.
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- Paulie Loose-head Prop - May 20, 2010 at 1:43 PM
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‘A hooligan’s game played by gentlemen’. Rugby is lovely, absolutely lovely controlled violence. We’d beat each other senseless on the pitch, then share a keg or two and sing until the wee hours of the morning. Ah, the lovely memories. This rugger obviously evaled the criminal as a wanker, then lept upon him like a lion upon a crippled gazelle. Feast, my son!!!
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- JJ - May 20, 2010 at 4:51 PM
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Rugby = Greatest game in the world.
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- Tom - May 21, 2010 at 6:55 AM
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We could use more like him in our schools here in America.
