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Rugby tackles are rarely glamorous, but this one somehow found a brand-new level of unfortunate positioning. The defender is fully committed, the runner is trying to power through, and the camera has chosen the single worst angle for everyone involved. It is a real athletic play that looks like a practical joke.
No actual kiss is happening here, of course — just one brutally awkward collision frozen at the least flattering instant possible. That is the entire joke. Sports are full of heroic effort, but sometimes they also hand us a frame that everybody would prefer to delete.
