Things that annoy you about rugby...
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@chester-draws said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
@baron-silas-greenback said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
People who manage conflict speak like that all the time. It is the best way. Gardner spoke very well to the teams. His communication was too notch.
We were taught to speak like that to captains when I reffed. It's way better than "I told you to ..." because it accepts that the game is for the players, not the ref. Would you prefer the refs didn't ask the captain's for their input?
School teachers do it to, for the same reasons. It can get a bit absurd, as in a teacher saying "We don't do that .." when everyone knows that they mean "I don't allow that ..." but it's far less confrontational, which tends to take the heat out of a situation.
The odd game where there is excessive niggle and push needs a talking to.
Relative to the late 90s/mid 00s we get about 3-5 more soliloquy per game from the referee and in the past five years we've started seeing assistant referees running in to get on the act too (thanks Barnsey!).
No one is asking them to be mute, but there is a clear change in style from the Morrison/Watson/Bevan/Kaplan era and the Barnes/Owens "look mum I'm on TV" era we are in now. Less chat, let the whistle do the talking.
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@crucial said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
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Whatever happened to the halfbacks hands are on the ball, therefore it's out?
I know it's previously been mentioned, but the epic rolls / taps / movements / replacements of the ball this weekend in all games by the scrum halves was bloody shocking.
Quite ridiculous.
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@catogrande said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
@crucial said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
England
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Arrgh! Fluffybunny. Fluffybunny.Fluffybunny.He had a point this weekend ... their match vs the bargies had the same intensity as my 3 year olds football matches.
Players weren't into it, crowd weren't into it ... just odd.
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@majorrage Eddie was into it! Filthy Language!
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@majorrage said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
@catogrande said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
@crucial said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
England
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Arrgh! Fluffybunny. Fluffybunny.Fluffybunny.He had a point this weekend ... their match vs the bargies had the same intensity as my 3 year olds football matches.
Players weren't into it, crowd weren't into it ... just odd.
He should have said "Argentina" then.
Humph!
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@rocky-rockbottom said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
Players toodling off overseas then a couple of years later turning up representing some random country in international rugby. Japan. Ireland. Citizenship? Passport?
Union has a long way to go to reach the farce that is I international loigue, where you can chop and change allegiance throughout your career!
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@kruse To be fair:
**For a towering man of over six foot and 18 stone, it is an appropriate sobriquet. Remarkably, it has its roots in a time before Mtawarira so much as knew what a rugby ball looked like.“It started when I was a young boy; a nine year old in primary school,” he reminisces. “My best friend gave me that nickname because I was a bit of a man-child and bit naughty as well!**
[http://www.therugbyblog.com/tendai-mtawarira-how-a-young-zimbabwean-became-the-beast](link url)
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@rocky-rockbottom said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
Players toodling off overseas then a couple of years later turning up representing some random country in international rugby. Japan. Ireland. Citizenship? Passport?
Rugby career finishes and they're clean gone, outta there, back home where they probably reflect on the whole thing like it was some sort of marionetted phantom-limb pantomime.
One of the League guys that did that, Lesley Vainikolo is now back in NZ and will coach Onewhero in Counties club rugby.
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@wairau said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
Why the All Blacks don't just focus on 80 minutes of forwards up the middle, destroying the advantage line, with offloads to other forwards, then generously letting the backs finish the breaks off.
We are the All Blacks, with the invincible and fearsome aura, not the South Pacific Globetrotters. Time to demolish other teams with tough forwards and tight linking play.DMac will become a more important player. He can be our bench reserve to cover 9/10/15, because we will need 7 forwards on the bench to even try and replicate that.
I can’t recall an AB team playing that style in the last 25 years.
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@wairau said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
Why the All Blacks don't just focus on 80 minutes of forwards up the middle, destroying the advantage line, with offloads to other forwards, then generously letting the backs finish the breaks off.
We are the All Blacks, with the invincible and fearsome aura, not the South Pacific Globetrotters. Time to demolish other teams with tough forwards and tight linking play.Definitely!
It's the game plan the Boks have stuck to while we moved to this fairy "spread it wide fast" bullshit, and their constant success is testament to its effectiveness.
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@act-crusader said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
@mn5 said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
@bones said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
That we lost to Ireland.
Scotland is next
We’re not Australia....
Bump
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@wairau said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
Why the All Blacks don't just focus on 80 minutes of forwards up the middle, destroying the advantage line, with offloads to other forwards, then generously letting the backs finish the breaks off.
We are the All Blacks, with the invincible and fearsome aura, not the South Pacific Globetrotters. Time to demolish other teams with tough forwards and tight linking play.We play to our strengths, which currently is our skills, speed and combinations in the backline.
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@westcoastie said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
Teams like England, Ireland, Wales wearing non-traditional colours like BLACK... as their alternative strip. You're not the All Blacks ffs.
@westcoastie said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
Teams like England, Ireland, Wales wearing non-traditional colours like BLACK... as their alternative strip. You're not the All Blacks ffs.
Blokes who don't know the difference between Black and Asphalt Grey.....
Get some glasses, ffs.
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Northern Hemisphere journalists wanking on about how the "All Black Aura" has been diminished/lost/eroded.
Embarrassing and patronising claptrap.
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@victor-meldrew said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
Northern Hemisphere journalists wanking on about how the "All Black Aura" has been diminished/lost/eroded.
Embarrassing and patronising claptrap.
I almost laugh now. As one of the ABs did today - just point at the scoreboard.
Not happy about 2 losses and a draw this year but given the unavailable players it wasn't too bad. I also blame TCCG (That Cheating fluffybunny Garces) for one loss and the draw take him out and we had our usual one loss for the year.
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@victor-meldrew said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
Northern Hemisphere journalists ywanking on about how the "All Black Aura" has been diminished/lost/eroded.
Embarrassing and patronising claptrap.
Imagine what our winning percentage would be if we didn't keep losing it!
