European Club Rugby
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@Machpants said in NH club rugby:
Amazing that the numbers for the resumption ( due to costs, maybe, rather than CV restrictions) means no TMO no Citing Com. Be interesting to see if that is a goer again in the fiuture!
Back to true French rugby.
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@antipodean said in NH club rugby:
@Machpants said in NH club rugby:
Amazing that the numbers for the resumption ( due to costs, maybe, rather than CV restrictions) means no TMO no Citing Com. Be interesting to see if that is a goer again in the fiuture!
Back to true French rugby.
awesome, i look forward to the videos of punch-ons on social media
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@Machpants said in NH club rugby:
French don’t seem to care too much in domestic comps about the TMO/Citing. I think they just ply them with wine to turn a blind eye!
Same as their refs.
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English Premiership teams have been told they will lose 20-0 if their squad tests positive for COVID, but points will be shared in event of local lockdowns.
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Handy side. But wait for it... waaaaait for iiiit...."game changers" 😂
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Fucking ridiculous "Premiership players will be forbidden from hugging and celebrating tries within two metres of each other as part of a number of strict measures introduced for the league’s long-awaited restart when Harlequins host Sale at the Stoop on Friday night.
Despite the scrums, rucking and mauling, players will also be prohibited from shaking hands, high-fiving and kissing due to protocols designed to ensure social distancing is observed wherever possible."
So if you have a maul try, all the players must leap up, run 2m apart from each other, then celebrate.
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this shit honestly reads like fucking satire doesn't it?
when they were writing these down, at what point did they sit back, laugh, and say "this is so fucking ridiculous, there's no way anyone is going to make these actual regulations"
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Premiership Rugby returns in England today after a 5-month break.
A good article summarising which players have moved clubs or agreed revised deals during that time:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/53722761
Biggest moves:
Kyle Sinkler to Bristol
Manu Tuilagi to Sale
Nemani Nadolo to Leicester -
@mariner4life said in NH club rugby:
this shit honestly reads like fucking satire doesn't it?
when they were writing these down, at what point did they sit back, laugh, and say "this is so fucking ridiculous, there's no way anyone is going to make these actual regulations"
What was the source for that, @Machpants - as I'm watching the "highlights" of the games - and there doesn't seem to be anybody avoiding the traditional "cuddles and kisses" after tries. So - I'm wondering if it really was satire from somewhere.
Of course - it being Premiership - it's not a large sample size. (insert whatever emoticon signifies wink/troll. Gloucester vs 14-men resulted in plenty of cuddles)Edit: I did find all the news articles about the regulations... but no official source, other than a few places citing some elusive "Elite Sporting Guidance"... and what I gather is Steve Diamond perhaps giving an interview where he described some of the contents of a "72-page set of regulations" they've been given. I do wonder if he was taking the piss a little, and it just got quoted/misunderstood, and as modern-media works nowadays - the original interviewer's take on it has just been copy-pasted into all major newspapers. As there seemed to be zero evidence of players avoiding post-try celebrations.
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@Kruse said in NH club rugby:
@mariner4life said in NH club rugby:
this shit honestly reads like fucking satire doesn't it?
when they were writing these down, at what point did they sit back, laugh, and say "this is so fucking ridiculous, there's no way anyone is going to make these actual regulations"
What was the source for that, @Machpants - as I'm watching the "highlights" of the games - and there doesn't seem to be anybody avoiding the traditional "cuddles and kisses" after tries. So - I'm wondering if it really was satire from somewhere.
Of course - it being Premiership - it's not a large sample size. (insert whatever emoticon signifies wink/troll. Gloucester vs 14-men resulted in plenty of cuddles)Edit: I did find all the news articles about the regulations... but no official source, other than a few places citing some elusive "Elite Sporting Guidance"... and what I gather is Steve Diamond perhaps giving an interview where he described some of the contents of a "72-page set of regulations" they've been given. I do wonder if he was taking the piss a little, and it just got quoted/misunderstood, and as modern-media works nowadays - the original interviewer's take on it has just been copy-pasted into all major newspapers. As there seemed to be zero evidence of players avoiding post-try celebrations.
Watched the three matches this weekend.
Should all be fined for not social distancing.
Up the jumper. Boring as bat shit.
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@MiketheSnow Up the jumper. Boring as bat shit.
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@MiketheSnow said in NH club rugby:
@Kruse said in NH club rugby:
@mariner4life said in NH club rugby:
this shit honestly reads like fucking satire doesn't it?
when they were writing these down, at what point did they sit back, laugh, and say "this is so fucking ridiculous, there's no way anyone is going to make these actual regulations"
What was the source for that, @Machpants - as I'm watching the "highlights" of the games - and there doesn't seem to be anybody avoiding the traditional "cuddles and kisses" after tries. So - I'm wondering if it really was satire from somewhere.
Of course - it being Premiership - it's not a large sample size. (insert whatever emoticon signifies wink/troll. Gloucester vs 14-men resulted in plenty of cuddles)Edit: I did find all the news articles about the regulations... but no official source, other than a few places citing some elusive "Elite Sporting Guidance"... and what I gather is Steve Diamond perhaps giving an interview where he described some of the contents of a "72-page set of regulations" they've been given. I do wonder if he was taking the piss a little, and it just got quoted/misunderstood, and as modern-media works nowadays - the original interviewer's take on it has just been copy-pasted into all major newspapers. As there seemed to be zero evidence of players avoiding post-try celebrations.
Watched the three matches this weekend.
Should all be fined for not social distancing.
Up the jumper. Boring as bat shit.
As I said - I just watched the "highlights" - but they were the RugbyPass "Condensed Version" highlights - around 12 minutes of "action" for each game. When you watch the first 3 minutes, and have just seen a "crash and go" without any result or context, then a penalty down the other end, then another movement going nowhere... one quickly figures it's not worth watching the entire match.
