Things that annoy you about rugby...
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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!
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@tordah said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
I thought Barnes was really good today. He was enjoying himself, his communication was good, and did everything he could to let the players play.
I think he was a bit impressed with Naholo's first finish
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Teams winding down the clock by resetting scrums with 3mins left eg ireland v Fiji.
I'm not just picking on ireland, every team does it, just that I was at that game. Basically the game finished at the 77th minute.
I would stop the clock when a scrum is called and only start it once the ball is put in.
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@mariner4life said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
I thought Barnes was really good today. He was enjoying himself, his communication was good, and did everything he could to let the players play.
I think he was a bit impressed with Naholo's first finish
We'll have to agree to disagree then, I thought he was horrendously inconsistent around the ruck and obstruction yesterday. Hate that cunty smirk, too
Topic: Wyatt Crockett coming on after 55 minutes and starting to collapse the scrum and giving penalties away. Annoying.
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@majorrage said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
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.
This, again
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@taniwharugby said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
@majorrage said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
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.
This, again
I third that statement. Can see why they now allow the 9 to get hands on and not be rushed but those cheeky 9s are just taking the piss. I reckon once you roll that ball it should be fair game.
