Favourite ( or worst ) Rugby cliches
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<p>"A draw is like kissing your sister"<br><br>
Wait....what?<br>
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<p>I never understood it either, I think its a saying thats very regionally specific .</p> -
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<p>"This (England/ Wales / Ireland / British and Ireland Lions) team no longer fear the All Blacks aura."</p>
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<p>My favourite , I hope aura had a good rest in the off season too.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="TeWaio" data-cid="562468" data-time="1457109851"><p>"A draw is like kissing your sister"<br>
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I guess those of us without a sister will just never know.... -
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<p>SMH</p>
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<p>Yea, I know what that means :whistle:</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:8px;">WTF is he on about? :scratch: </span></p> -
<p>Commentators one , its the wrong side of the field for a left foot/ Right foot kicker , </p>
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<p>Im not a kicker , but has anyone done any stats on this to show it is a real factor ? </p> -
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<p>Commentators one , its the wrong side of the field for a left foot/ Right foot kicker , </p>
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<p>Im not a kicker , but has anyone done any stats on this to show it is a real factor ? </p>
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<p>Don't know any stats kiwiinmelb but with the natural (slight) curve of a ball, it does exist, if only psychologically. All kickers have experienced a ball sliding in one of the far uprights that doesn't happen on the other side of the field.</p>
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<p>But your premise is correct, the modern pro kicker should never succomb to having a preferred side</p> -
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<p>Thought it was Fuck My Luck. But what do I know. LOL (Lots of Love).</p>
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<p>A girl I know , her Dad lives in a different country , and when writing her an email he would finish with LoL , actually thinking it stood for lots of love , </p>
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<p>She would be thinking , what ? there is nothing funny here </p> -
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<p>Don't know any stats kiwiinmelb but with the natural (slight) curve of a ball, it does exist, if only psychologically. All kickers have experienced a ball sliding in one of the far uprights that doesn't happen on the other side of the field.</p>
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<p>But your premise is correct, the modern pro kicker should never succomb to having a preferred side</p>
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<p>As a left-footer, I'd instinctively prefer kicking from the right-hand side of the pitch. It's particularly more comfortable for kickers who come around the side a little in their approach, as opposed to straight up.</p>
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<p>A lot of these cliches don't bother me... especially about a team not turning up or giving it 100%, because I think it happens sometimes. Maybe it's because I've been watching the Warriors for so long.</p>
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<p>I don't get the kissing your sister one. I guess the theory being that it's not a win, but it's not a loss either. Well, that theory is wrong. Definitely a loss.</p>
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<p>Matt Cooper annoys me.</p>
<p>"He's a very good player"</p>
<p>"He's a good player, isn't he"</p>
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<p>speaking of the Warriors, was listening to Bodine Thompson on the radioand he used one...<br><br>
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<p>Any big Winger who has a coupled of decent games gets dubbed "the new Jonah Lomu."</p>
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<p>Ha, love that one, the Scots alone have had a shitload. Roland Reid, Andrew Henderson ( they'll be looking at using him like the All Blacks look at using Lomu, thundering up the midfield ) Nikki Walker, Simon Danielli, Sean Lamont, Tim Visser.....</p> -
<p>"There's plenty of time if they don't panic" - not when you are 15 points down at 70 minutes, there ain't</p>
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<p>"You don't want to give penalties like that away in kicking range" - no shit. Really? I would never have thought of that.</p>
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<p>"Because they get the ball quickly they have more time on the ball" - yes, but only if no-one in the opposition notices you have the ball</p>
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<p>"He put the ball out on the full" - that explains the touch judge running back then</p>
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<p>"Shock England win" - Understandable</p>
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<p>"The law needs to change" - my side lost</p>
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<p>"The way the game should be played" - you mean there's more than one way?</p>
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<p>Not a cliche, but my favourite rugby comment is from Moss Keane the '80's Irish no. 8 quoted by Terry McLean:</p>
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<p> "The first half was even. The second half was even worse"</p>
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<div><br><p>For years you could argue that rugby was only really played or accessible by all classes in NZ and Wales. Everywhere else it wasn't seen as a working class sport</p>
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<p>It's actually been a game for all strata of society in the north and south west of England for generations.</p> -
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<p>Pluralisation of players - "Your McCaws, your Carters"</p>
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<p>"Your McCaws or your Carters just wouldn't make mistakes like that....."</p>
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<p>Yeah that ones a fucken shocker. Should only be used for the Whitelocks or Tuilagis.....</p>
