Favourite ( or worst ) Rugby cliches
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<p>"He is human" - when an 85% goal kicker misses a kick at goal.</p>
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<p>"Nothing was going to stop him from 5 metres out" - every player in the world can be stopped from 5 metres out against good defence.</p>
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<p>The whole all white centres are intelligent, all islanders centres are just battering rams things that's going around. It's bullshit, it's not all cliche, sometimes it's based on fact. I don't think Nonu/Smith was referred to as that for about 5 years ... but let's face it, for the first 5/6 years of their partnership Smith was the smaller white lawyer, and Nonu was the massive strong battering ram!</p>
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<p>I really hate it when facts are confused as some sort of racial bias.</p> -
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<p>"He's better than that"</p>
<p>"<strong>Second man play" (Laban)</strong></p>
<p>"125kg of prime Argentinian beef"</p>
<p>"Typical French flair"</p>
<p>"He's not that type of player"</p>
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<p>"Right/Left Foot Step"</p> -
<p>"Loves scoring tries"</p>
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<p>"That’s a huge Gary Owen"</p>
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<p>“He digs like a demented mole"</p>
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<p>"Mercy me that could have put him in ward four"</p> -
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<p>"Mercy me that could have put him in ward four"</p>
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<p>Hope not No Quarter, that's the maternity ward.</p> -
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<p>"That’s a huge Gary Owen"</p>
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<p>“He digs like a demented mole"</p>
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<p>"Mercy me that could have put him in ward four"</p>
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<p>You've been playing Jonah Lomu Rugby on the playstation today haven't you?</p> -
I forget the correct expression for it, but these sorts of fillers while yr brain thinks what its going to say next are thousands of years old and go right back to the oral poets.<br><br>In Homer the greek galleys are always pulled up on the beach under the starry sky - even though its quite obvious that for that passage it is daytime.<br><br>Having said that sports casting does attract a lot of clichés and catch phrases. The rise of the "FINAL STANZA" in the last 20 years irritates me.<br><br>What about - they've come to play - doh<br><br>Keith Quinn contriving to somehow get the stats he'd learned into the commentary irrespective of its value was always 50/50 hilarious/annoying.
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<p>Being out-passioned or Just wanted it more</p>
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<p>One of my pet hates 'oooh, both teams have turned up to play rugby'</p>
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<p>As opposed to what exactly?</p>
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<p>Or the use of the word 'big' before someone's name, as if a viewer might somehow miss that forwards are tall and wide units.</p> -
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<p><strong>One of my pet hates 'oooh, both teams have turned up to play rugby'</strong></p>
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<p><strong>As opposed to what exactly?</strong></p>
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<p>Or the use of the word 'big' before someone's name, as if a viewer might somehow miss that forwards are tall and wide units.</p>
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<p>This one i don't mind so much. It's a clumsy way of saying it, but pro teams aren't always there mentally every game of a season, sometimes they are just off, and you can see it in their play. </p>
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<p>Like TR, i hate the "wanted it more" bullshit. Pro rugby has almost zero correlation to emotion, it's about structure, skill, and effort. Say it like it is, one team isn't as good skill wise, or their effort isn't there. </p>
