Italy v All Blacks
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@Mattasaurus said in Italy v All Blacks:
persistent malaise that is seeping in to my once passionate support for the ABs as the result of the last few years of AB rugby
Same. I used to arrange my weekends around All Blacks; now not so much. I still take an interest, but just don't care like I used to. Started in 2017 for me with the Lions tour carry-on ...
Contrasting with NFL the quality of commentary, analysis and the whole ecosystem around the sport is just chalk and cheese. Just turned on to see Dagg and Stanaway segueing into Wilson with just brainless, inane comments. I've gone on mute. FFS.
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@Bones The irony is that the BBC have two superb pundits in Martin Johnson and Sam Warburton and a great presenter in Gabby Logan as well as the world's best commentator in Andrew Cotter. But they have fuck all money to secure Rugby rights these days.
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@nzzp said in Italy v All Blacks:
@Mattasaurus said in Italy v All Blacks:
persistent malaise that is seeping in to my once passionate support for the ABs as the result of the last few years of AB rugby
Same. I used to arrange my weekends around All Blacks; now not so much. I still take an interest, but just don't care like I used to. Started in 2017 for me with the Lions tour carry-on ...
Contrasting with NFL the quality of commentary, analysis and the whole ecosystem around the sport is just chalk and cheese. Just turned on to see Dagg and Stanaway segueing into Wilson with just brainless, inane comments. I've gone on mute. FFS.
This is me 100% , I'm taking the kids out golfing at half time .and will watch the rest tonight or potentially not at all.. which would have been unheard of pre 2017...my wife even asked me with genuine concern "are you ok?" ... more concerningly my son who played 10s all day on Friday, and we watched a local charity game yesterday ... is hardly bothered with watching the ABs anymore.... and half his team is much the same.. most of them would struggle to name more than 3 current players..... and yet they still love playing the game
Agree entirely regarding the NFL, they are not so obsessed with ex-players in key roles of commentary and analysis
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Fuck yeah, the electric guitar version of the anthem!
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@Darth-Sader Well sort of.....not exactly Slash
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I was waiting for them to break into “we are sailing” 😅
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@sparky said in Italy v All Blacks:
@Bones Ugo Moyne must be the single worst Rugby pundit in the world. Ignorant, seemingly blind and with his head up his own arse.
Last week he was an absolute genius when he agreed with my assessment of the England coaching.
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What is with refs now saying "use it... 2"? Wasn't it supposed to be five seconds once the ball is actually available?
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Fuck have we forgotten how to play rugby
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Roigard having a bit of a shitter to start.
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Very scrappy start.
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