All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 1 Eden Park 7th Aug
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 1 Eden Park 7th Aug:
@tim said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 1 Eden Park 7th Aug:
@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 1 Eden Park 7th Aug:
compound the complaints about subjective judgements
This is the problem, and it's such a blight on the game.
and, as the bore-a-thon in the Republic is showing, giving the refs and TMO more to look at is exactly what the game need
3 hours tests ya-all!!
Great value for money, like when I play pub pool, my $2 good a long way!
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it's not really the thread for it, but rugby really does have far too many rules to ever have broad appeal. you either already love it, or you're not picking it up without someone dragging you along.
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@mariner4life And yet it seems to be a growing sport everywhere except Aus and NZ. Any perceived malaise with the sport around these parts is because we couldn't sort a root in a brothel.
These two tests a case in point. Two tests at Eden park in a row? Didn't realise it was the only stadium in NZ.
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@stargazer although some you just know they are doomed to fail, so why does WR not see it?
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@derpus said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 1 Eden Park 7th Aug:
@mariner4life And yet it seems to be a growing sport everywhere except Aus and NZ. Any perceived malaise with the sport around these parts is because we couldn't sort a root in a brothel.
These two tests a case in point. Two tests at Eden park in a row? Didn't realise it was the only stadium in NZ.
is it growing?
It can't grow in Australasia because where has it got to go?
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@taniwharugby Because of the purpose of some of them: player safety. And I doubt they'll agree with you that they are doomed to fail.
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@stargazer said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 1 Eden Park 7th Aug:
The new "rules" are part of trials. They aren't law, yet. Let's hope a few of them disappear in the bin by the end of the year.
Do you know if they have been trialed at lower levels?
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The best way World Rugby could ensure player safety is to make amendments that actually increase the amount of time the ball is in play. And a good way to start is penalise teams that fuck around time wasting at restarts and actually make players stay on their feet at rucks.
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@stargazer they obviously 'see' the game differently to many of us.
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@mariner4life There is plenty of growth potential in Aus.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 1 Eden Park 7th Aug:
@derpus said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 1 Eden Park 7th Aug:
@mariner4life And yet it seems to be a growing sport everywhere except Aus and NZ. Any perceived malaise with the sport around these parts is because we couldn't sort a root in a brothel.
These two tests a case in point. Two tests at Eden park in a row? Didn't realise it was the only stadium in NZ.
is it growing?
It can't grow in Australasia because where has it got to go?
Tasmania! Got the paddocks for it (just not sure how they'll fit the extra heads into the front row).
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@crucial said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 1 Eden Park 7th Aug:
@stargazer said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 1 Eden Park 7th Aug:
Don't know whether this has already been posted, but here are the referees for this match:
Referee: Paul Williams (NZR)
Assistant Referee 1: Mike Fraser (NZR)
Assistant Referee 2: Brendon Pickerill (NZR)
TMO: Glenn Newman (NZR)Apologies Australia in advance.
Losing excuses don't come much easier. Cheers.
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@tim said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 1 Eden Park 7th Aug:
Forget the 20 point headstart, with these new rules the ruck will be a complete lottery dominated by penalties, and the game will have no flow.
Actually you were getting that with the ref appointed, so...
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@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 1 Eden Park 7th Aug:
The best way World Rugby could ensure player safety is to make amendments that actually increase the amount of time the ball is in play. And a good way to start is penalise teams that fuck around time wasting at restarts and actually make players stay on their feet at rucks.
And caterpillar rucks. Fuck them off bigtime.
Kicks of any kind EDIT: need to be closely timed to prevent fucking around, really.
