The Current State of Rugby
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To me the RWC is highlighting a massive issue with how World Rugby "administers" the elite game.
If you are a 6N/RC team, then the International game is fucking apples. Prime home and away fixturing, as many tests a year as you want. Inside windows, outside windows, doesn't matter.
Everyone else? Fuck you.
Look at that ridiculous stat that Samoa haven't played Argentina in like 20 years. How many tests have Fiji had in the last few years?
Then you throw in the stories about the T2 sides sleeping in swags and cooking their own meals.World Rugby love to talk about "growing the game" but what do they do except serve shit teams up for ritual slaughter by their "betters" every four years, while basically ignoring them the rest of the time.
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@mariner4life they give them a rougher ride at the judiciary...
Based off other tackles thus far, Deysel should be 3 or 4 weeks with a week off (i dont know his history) but easy player for them to make an example of, more so the resulting (potentially) injury
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@mariner4life said in The Current State of Rugby:
To me the RWC is highlighting a massive issue with how World Rugby "administers" the elite game.
If you are a 6N/RC team, then the International game is fucking apples. Prime home and away fixturing, as many tests a year as you want. Inside windows, outside windows, doesn't matter.
Everyone else? Fuck you.
Look at that ridiculous stat that Samoa haven't played Argentina in like 20 years. How many tests have Fiji had in the last few years?
Then you throw in the stories about the T2 sides sleeping in swags and cooking their own meals.World Rugby love to talk about "growing the game" but what do they do except serve shit teams up for ritual slaughter by their "betters" every four years, while basically ignoring them the rest of the time.
The hypocrisy is staggering. It used to be that we copped shit every 4 years for not doing enough for Islander sides that were coached by NZers, with players trained in NZ, and who in many cases were either born and/or raised in NZ. But yeah Romania is killing it these days. One of the things that greatly hindered rugby's growth back in the day was the almost fanatical desire of those in charge to not let any of the riff raff be involved. Unfortunately not much appears to have changed.
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this is an example of where both Otago and the Highlanders are when it comes to marketing, social media and fan engagement....ive seen loads of posts like this....what are they trying to achieve? is it really that hard to have "boys want to see you on the sideline saturday night!" with a link to tickets or the like.....just post some random pics without context like your Gran
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Whoever does the media for the Blues is doing a good job IMO
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Just wondering, at test level and teams wasting time , players with 'injuries' etc, would the game be served by having a time limit on injury breaks. If a player needs longer than 30 seconds to be attended to he does it on sideline, and if it amore serious and he can't move or be moved in that time, stop clock and he HAS to be replaced for game. I have heard suggestions of stopping clock , but that could have games going for too long, as well as still allowing teams to piss around to get back breath.
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@Dan54 said in The Current State of Rugby:
Just wondering, at test level and teams wasting time , players with 'injuries' etc, would the game be served by having a time limit on injury breaks. If a player needs longer than 30 seconds to be attended to he does it on sideline, and if it amore serious and he can't move or be moved in that time, stop clock and he HAS to be replaced for game. I have heard suggestions of stopping clock , but that could have games going for too long, as well as still allowing teams to piss around to get back breath.
Rugby could learn from football. Anyone who needs treatment has to go to the sideline and can't return until the next stoppage
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Can probably go in here...
Guess it's been a little while.since we had calls for SA into the 6N...
Irish pundit calls for Italy to be axed from Six Nations to make way for South Africa
Irish TV commentator and rugby reporter Hugh Cahill has called for Italy to be axed from the Six Nations following their 96-17 defeat to the All Blacks in Lyon.
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@taniwharugby He knows rugby about as much as Christy Doran. Perhaps kick Italy out when Ireland can put 96 points on them...
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Get. Fucked
I'm watching France v Italy
The italian try has just been rubbed out by the TMO because someone got cleaned out in the chest, a fact all 4 officials agreed. The cleaned player dived forward in to the contact.
But what really fucks me off is an at least 4 breakdowns in the passage of play all 4 officials allowed French players to pile in the side, collapse rucks and upset ball with no sanction. But hitting someone in the chest gets you rewarded.
Fuck off
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And no no one looks at the first Irish try which is the very definition of obstruction. The Irish player runs behind a lead runner. Said.lead runner bowls over the Scottish hooker, and the Irish runner runs through the hole that creates. Absolutely no review. At all.
What even is this sport?
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@mariner4life said in The Current State of Rugby:
And no no one looks at the first Irish try which is the very definition of obstruction. The Irish player runs behind a lead runner. Said.lead runner bowls over the Scottish hooker, and the Irish runner runs through the hole that creates. Absolutely no review. At all.
What even is this sport?
Yeah that was a shocker. How the TMO missed it is beyond me.
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Because I think that there is an unconscious bias in refereeing
If the fancied team does something good, it's because they are so good at rugby
If the unfancied team did something good, it's because they did something nefarious
I see too many examples of it happening to not be at least a little true
And I say that as a supporter of a team who gets those calls often
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@mariner4life said in The Current State of Rugby:
Because I think that there is an unconscious bias in refereeing
If the fancied team does something good, it's because they are so good at rugby
If the unfancied team did something good, it's because they did something nefarious
I see too many examples of it happening to not be at least a little true
And I say that as a supporter of a team who gets those calls often
I’d say it’s pretty indisputable right now
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@mariner4life the 2 Irish itv pundits BOD and Best both couldn’t believe it wasn’t looked at.
When the TMO outright lied on the touch call, incompetence went out the window & there was genuine reason to believe in a fix.
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@mariner4life said in The Current State of Rugby:
Because I think that there is an unconscious bias in refereeing
If the fancied team does something good, it's because they are so good at rugby
If the unfancied team did something good, it's because they did something nefarious
I see too many examples of it happening to not be at least a little true
And I say that as a supporter of a team who gets those calls often
If someone jumps up and down about it, we may get some benefit next week.
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@MajorRage said in The Current State of Rugby:
@mariner4life the 2 Irish itv pundits BOD and Best both couldn’t believe it wasn’t looked at.
When the TMO outright lied on the touch call, incompetence went out the window & there was genuine reason to believe in a fix.
My opinion of these two has lifted as a result. Support your team, but always be ready to call out missteps
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The reffing issue isn't just on here. It's invariably the topic of conversation when discussing the RWC with people. I've always been wary of any reffing conspiracy theories, but I'm not so sure now...it's damaging the game.
As @gt12 has said, I think it's time it was called out. Hopefully behind closed doors, but if not, then someone will need to go public.
