European Club Rugby
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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.
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Farkin hell, this shit's complicated.
https://www.englandrugby.com/participation/playing/game-on/ready-4-rugby
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@Bones said in NH club rugby:
Farkin hell, this shit's complicated.
https://www.englandrugby.com/participation/playing/game-on/ready-4-rugby
It's simple. They'll be played into the ground but there's are rules in place to cover the suits arses pretending player welfare is a thing in NH
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@Machpants said in NH club rugby:
@Bones said in NH club rugby:
Farkin hell, this shit's complicated.
https://www.englandrugby.com/participation/playing/game-on/ready-4-rugby
It's simple. They'll be played into the ground but there's are rules in place to cover the suits arses pretending player welfare is a thing in NH
I was thinking about reffing if the hammy keeps playing up but fuck that.
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It will be interesting - to say the least - to see how the European competitions will fare under the current Covid-19 conditions, with a resurgence of infections in Europe. A player of Toulouse has tested positive and the friendly against Montpellier has been cancelled.
Toulouse friendly cancelled after player tests positive for coronavirus
Preparations for the 2020/21 Top 14 season next weekend have suffered a setback with the coronavirus cancellation of the Toulouse vs Montpellier friendly.
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@Snowy said in NH club rugby:
@Bones said in NH club rugby:
I was thinking about reffing if the hammy keeps playing up but fuck that.
Hmmm it could work Honey. Its 80 minutes of systematic targeted abuse rather than coming on here and ... oh. Never mind.
I meant the touch rugby...
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@Bones said in NH club rugby:
@Snowy said in NH club rugby:
@Bones said in NH club rugby:
I was thinking about reffing if the hammy keeps playing up but fuck that.
Hmmm it could work Honey. Its 80 minutes of systematic targeted abuse rather than coming on here and ... oh. Never mind.
I meant the touch rugby...
So just shorter periods of systematic targeted abuse?
