Things that annoy you about rugby...
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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.
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@tordah said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
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
The obstruction was a joke in this fixture. Barnes is blind as a ref. He's got no feel for rucks. His positioning sucks. It matters not that "he communicates well" when he's all over the place like a mad woman's shit because the players need consistency of interpretation and application.
Whoever reviews him after Tests should be fired for obvious incompetence.
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@antipodean said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
he's all over the place like a mad woman's shit
I met a mad woman this morning - fortunately had nothing to do with her shit - but I did think of Wayne.
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Something I noticed in both the NZ and the French games this weekend. Why is it that sometimes a try wipes out foul play. But other times it doesn't
Naholos finish was awesome but that attempt at a tackle was a shoulder charge plain and simple and deserved at least a penalty restart at half way.
Same thing France Japan, Basteraud hits a guy and ends up flipping him Japan score and they don't bother to go back to take a second look at that.
Crazy.
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@mooshld said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
Something I noticed in both the NZ and the French games this weekend. Why is it that sometimes a try wipes out foul play. But other times it doesn't
Naholos finish was awesome but that attempt at a tackle was a shoulder charge plain and simple and deserved at least a penalty restart at half way.
Same thing France Japan, Basteraud hits a guy and ends up flipping him Japan score and they don't bother to go back to take a second look at that.
Crazy.
^^ This. Compared to the RWC QF vs SA where we scored off a penalty advantage and Habana still got carded.
The officiating in general is just a shambles these days. Maybe I'm becoming a grumpy old man having turn ed 30 this year, but I swear it never used to be this bad. Puts you off watching.
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@tewaio said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
@mooshld said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
Something I noticed in both the NZ and the French games this weekend. Why is it that sometimes a try wipes out foul play. But other times it doesn't
Naholos finish was awesome but that attempt at a tackle was a shoulder charge plain and simple and deserved at least a penalty restart at half way.
Same thing France Japan, Basteraud hits a guy and ends up flipping him Japan score and they don't bother to go back to take a second look at that.
Crazy.
^^ This. Compared to the RWC QF vs SA where we scored off a penalty advantage and Habana still got carded.
The officiating in general is just a shambles these days. Maybe I'm becoming a grumpy old man having turn ed 30 this year, but I swear it never used to be this bad. Puts you off watching.
The use of the TMO for endless slo-mo replays puts so much pressure on the reffing team that they get complete tunnel vision. Staring at the grounding/touchline and not seeing the obvious shoulder charge in the same picture.
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Another mild annoyance I have is the refusal for commentators to let stereotypes die.
The French no longer play with flair and haven't for nearly 20 years
The Argies have a competitive scrum but its nothing special.
The Aussies can scrum now the days of England pummeling them every scrum are over. -
@mooshld said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
Another mild annoyance I have is the refusal for commentators to let stereotypes die.
The French no longer play with flair and haven't for nearly 20 years
The Argies have a competitive scrum but its nothing special.
The Aussies can scrum now the days of England pummeling them every scrum are over....and the Phil Kearns cliche book of front row quips
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Players being allowed to roll when on the ground, preventing the player on his feet from playing the ball. Should be a penalty like it always used to be. but now you can roll, crawl and whatever you please and its play on. Here I thought rugby is a game played on your feet
