Rugby has a reputation. It's a hard sport. Bodies are slammed, jammed and tossed about in pursuit of what a newbie to the sport might mistake for a volleyball, but is actually harder to the touch, harder to grasp and even harder to hold onto.

There may be battle-scarred NFL players who will not go near a Rugby toss-up. But the rough-and-ready nature of the game has not stopped the Sin City Skulls, a Las Vegas-based team of players who thrive on the grit and gore of the sport. What's more, this line-up of nine athletes plows through the nastier moments of team practice and division tournament play in battle-ready wheelchairs.