bum tap

to put simply the quick tapping of another blokes -rs- in a non-s-xual way, often used as friendship/masculinity building, the b-m tap is a common trope in senior rugby normally used to congratulate a successful play, a ploy to encourage one’s teammate/ get someone moving or as an introductory action to a conversation.

successful attempts may be met with such responses as
“good contact!”
“solid hit!”
“how are we boys” -(when introducing oneself)
“boom”
“g up mate”

attempts may be as hard as the user intends however too soft of a hit may throw the tapper’s s-xuality into question, or create direly awkward situations.

the golden rule however is, do. not. hold. ever.
no matter what. nor squeeze.
bloke 1: “man dougan’s such a queer kent”
bloke 2: “why’s that?”
bloke 1: “on the pitch he gave a b-m tap, and held!”
bloke 2: “the f-ck mate, that is not alright”
bloke 1:”ay”