Rugby Commentators/Presenters
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@raznomore said in Rugby Commentators:
I like Swannell I thinks she's great. I like Laban as well even though he's a Wainui man...but that fact he is Polynesian and knows how to pronounce the names added to the fact his call is accurate, not an excitable fan boy and doesn't try to insert "boomfa" or "I take Umbridge with that call" are major pluses for me.
The only umbrage I take with Laban is that he mixes his league and union language.
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I'll tell you a real good way of fixing nz commentators. Sack every one we have at the moment and bring in acc and leigh hart
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@mackerzzzz said in Rugby Commentators:
I'll tell you a real good way of fixing nz commentators. Sack every one we have at the moment and bring in acc and leigh hart
Shirley, you are taking the piss.
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@bones said in Rugby Commentators:
@crucial like?
I know a lot of the language used by coaches etc has become the same between codes (eg 'second man play') but until Laban started on TV I had never heard it used commonly. Union used 'skip', 'miss', 'cut out', 'on the cut' etc) Laban is the only one that uses 'second man'all the time.
I also assume (and may be wrong) that 'short blind' is a league term. If not it still annoys me. It's the short side or the blind side. I could understand if he only said it when there was a narrow blindside to work but he says 'short blind' for any blind side move. -
@mackerzzzz said in Rugby Commentators:
I'll tell you a real good way of fixing nz commentators. Sack every one we have at the moment and bring in acc and leigh hart
Fuck. Off.
Ever tried running backwards through a field of dicks?
Or chowing down on a bowl of cold flaccid dicks?
Fuck.
Leigh Hart couldn't commentate an order at the pub. Christ, he can hardly speak.
And the ACC - are typically of mild amusement for approximately 5 minutes. After that... well, it's just the first 5 minutes on a repeat loop anyway, with rapidly diminishing returns with each re-hashed lame joke.
Fuck. Leigh Hart and the ACC. Off. -
@kruse said in Rugby Commentators:
@mackerzzzz said in Rugby Commentators:
I'll tell you a real good way of fixing nz commentators. Sack every one we have at the moment and bring in acc and leigh hart
Fuck. Off.
Ever tried running backwards through a field of dicks?
Or chowing down on a bowl of cold flaccid dicks?
Fuck.
Leigh Hart couldn't commentate an order at the pub. Christ, he can hardly speak.
And the ACC - are typically of mild amusement for approximately 5 minutes. After that... well, it's just the first 5 minutes on a repeat loop, with rapidly diminishing returns with each re-hashed lame joke.
Fuck. Leigh Hart and the ACC. Off.i really like you
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@mariner4life said in Rugby Commentators:
@kruse said in Rugby Commentators:
@mackerzzzz said in Rugby Commentators:
I'll tell you a real good way of fixing nz commentators. Sack every one we have at the moment and bring in acc and leigh hart
Fuck. Off.
Ever tried running backwards through a field of dicks?
Or chowing down on a bowl of cold flaccid dicks?
Fuck.
Leigh Hart couldn't commentate an order at the pub. Christ, he can hardly speak.
And the ACC - are typically of mild amusement for approximately 5 minutes. After that... well, it's just the first 5 minutes on a repeat loop, with rapidly diminishing returns with each re-hashed lame joke.
Fuck. Leigh Hart and the ACC. Off.i really like you
Awww, shucks.
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@kruse said in Rugby Commentators:
@mackerzzzz said in Rugby Commentators:
I'll tell you a real good way of fixing nz commentators. Sack every one we have at the moment and bring in acc and leigh hart
Fuck. Off.
Ever tried running backwards through a field of dicks?
Or chowing down on a bowl of cold flaccid dicks?
Fuck.
Leigh Hart couldn't commentate an order at the pub. Christ, he can hardly speak.
And the ACC - are typically of mild amusement for approximately 5 minutes. After that... well, it's just the first 5 minutes on a repeat loop anyway, with rapidly diminishing returns with each re-hashed lame joke.
Fuck. Leigh Hart and the ACC. Off.I must say I was expecting this rant and it didn’t disappoint.
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@crucial thanks, for years I didn't know what second man play meant. I just thought it was 2nd receiver dying with the ball to set up a pod or cut back in.
So it literally just means skip pass?
What a waste of syllables.Gotta go, I've got so much work to do today that I think I'll "second man play" lunch🙂. Madness
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@crucial said in Rugby Commentators:
@bones said in Rugby Commentators:
@crucial like?
I know a lot of the language used by coaches etc has become the same between codes (eg 'second man play') but until Laban started on TV I had never heard it used commonly. Union used 'skip', 'miss', 'cut out', 'on the cut' etc) Laban is the only one that uses 'second man'all the time.
I also assume (and may be wrong) that 'short blind' is a league term. If not it still annoys me. It's the short side or the blind side. I could understand if he only said it when there was a narrow blindside to work but he says 'short blind' for any blind side move.Edges
Francis Douglas Memorial College
Insert other school name here
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@siam said in Rugby Commentators:
@crucial thanks, for years I didn't know what second man play meant. I just thought it was 2nd receiver dying with the ball to set up a pod or cut back in.
So it literally just means skip pass?
What a waste of syllables.Gotta go, I've got so much work to do today that I think I'll "second man play" lunch🙂. Madness
Isn't it where the third player runs an unders line, and the ball gets passed behind him to the second man running wide?
(Even unders sound leagueish)
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@booboo said in Rugby Commentators:
@siam said in Rugby Commentators:
@crucial thanks, for years I didn't know what second man play meant. I just thought it was 2nd receiver dying with the ball to set up a pod or cut back in.
So it literally just means skip pass?
What a waste of syllables.Gotta go, I've got so much work to do today that I think I'll "second man play" lunch🙂. Madness
Isn't it where the third player runs an unders line, and the ball gets passed behind him to the second man running wide?
(Even unders sound leagueish)
Yeah, that too. Usually when the second man cuts back against the grain and another player from behind runs into a pass that goes behind the second guy. In simple terms though its is still a cut out, just that the receiver has entered the line late. Anyway the term comes from league and only started in union when refs decided that dummy runners and passing behind players was legit. If you think back to the McQueen Brumbies era we used to call it gridiron.
Yes, edges is another example he uses.
It's just hybrid language in places like Wainuiomata where the culture is often playing both codes and the players and coaches are the same.
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@mn5 said in Rugby Commentators:
@kruse said in Rugby Commentators:
@mackerzzzz said in Rugby Commentators:
I'll tell you a real good way of fixing nz commentators. Sack every one we have at the moment and bring in acc and leigh hart
Fuck. Off.
Ever tried running backwards through a field of dicks?
Or chowing down on a bowl of cold flaccid dicks?
Fuck.
Leigh Hart couldn't commentate an order at the pub. Christ, he can hardly speak.
And the ACC - are typically of mild amusement for approximately 5 minutes. After that... well, it's just the first 5 minutes on a repeat loop anyway, with rapidly diminishing returns with each re-hashed lame joke.
Fuck. Leigh Hart and the ACC. Off.I must say I was expecting this rant and it didn’t disappoint.
Awww, shucks.
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@crucial said in Rugby Commentators:
@bones said in Rugby Commentators:
@crucial like?
I know a lot of the language used by coaches etc has become the same between codes (eg 'second man play') but until Laban started on TV I had never heard it used commonly. Union used 'skip', 'miss', 'cut out', 'on the cut' etc) Laban is the only one that uses 'second man'all the time.
I also assume (and may be wrong) that 'short blind' is a league term. If not it still annoys me. It's the short side or the blind side. I could understand if he only said it when there was a narrow blindside to work but he says 'short blind' for any blind side move.Yeah it's funny isn't it, I hadn't heard it used either until rugby copied league and started running second man plays. It was never called a bloody skip, miss or cut out! It's a ball behind the players to a second line of men, it describes the actual bloody play - one that rugby copied off league, it would make sense to actually use it's name.
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@crazy-horse said in Rugby Commentators:
@chris-b said in Rugby Commentators:
@tim said in Rugby Commentators:
The relentless negativity of Jeff Wilson. He needs to go.
Someone should invite him to post on the Fern - he sounds like he'd fit in, with massive scope to choose from...
The commentators suck
The players suck
The players brains definitely suck
The coaches suck
The referees suck
The Laws suck
The jerseys suck
The stadia suck
The stadia food and drinks suck
The music sucks
Modern rugby sucks!!!
Things have been really negative around here for a while now when it comes to rugby. Seems worse than normal. Are we getting older and grumpier, or does rugby actually suck at the moment?
A little from column A, a little from column B.
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@antipodean said in Rugby Commentators:
@crazy-horse said in Rugby Commentators:
@chris-b said in Rugby Commentators:
@tim said in Rugby Commentators:
The relentless negativity of Jeff Wilson. He needs to go.
Someone should invite him to post on the Fern - he sounds like he'd fit in, with massive scope to choose from...
The commentators suck
The players suck
The players brains definitely suck
The coaches suck
The referees suck
The Laws suck
The jerseys suck
The stadia suck
The stadia food and drinks suck
The music sucks
Modern rugby sucks!!!Things have been really negative around here for a while now when it comes to rugby. Seems worse than normal. Are we getting older and grumpier, or does rugby actually suck at the moment?
A little from column A, a little from column B.
Nah, mostly column A. Reckon column B is quite entertaining.
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@bones said in Rugby Commentators:
@crucial said in Rugby Commentators:
@bones said in Rugby Commentators:
@crucial like?
I know a lot of the language used by coaches etc has become the same between codes (eg 'second man play') but until Laban started on TV I had never heard it used commonly. Union used 'skip', 'miss', 'cut out', 'on the cut' etc) Laban is the only one that uses 'second man'all the time.
I also assume (and may be wrong) that 'short blind' is a league term. If not it still annoys me. It's the short side or the blind side. I could understand if he only said it when there was a narrow blindside to work but he says 'short blind' for any blind side move.Yeah it's funny isn't it, I hadn't heard it used either until rugby copied league and started running second man plays. It was never called a bloody skip, miss or cut out! It's a ball behind the players to a second line of men, it describes the actual bloody play - one that rugby copied off league, it would make sense to actually use it's name.
I finished up in early 90s and don't think we ever tried it. I think we all thought it'd be shepherding (another olde rugger term). We just had cut backs, miss passes, fullback coming in, wipers kicks or a combination of them all
Does that tally with you young 'uns?
