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MSP - two fails don't make a pass!! Who's arguing in favour of biting or gouging?
THM you have only partially answered my question so I have defeated you with my simple logic apparently 😯
ok fair point and well [ and humorously ] made
Well you seem to be trying to argue that Rugby is a game of gentlemen where eye gauging and biting as accepted as part of the game, while football is a despicable game of thuggery because of a bit of play acting and back chat.
teamhurtmore - Member
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Well you seem to be trying to argue that Rugby is a game of gentlemen where eye gauging and biting as accepted as part of the game, while football is a despicable game of thuggery because of a bit of play acting and back chat.
+1. Play acting and back chat is chicken feed compared to some of the stuff rugby players get up to.
Yes, but in Rugby the 'victim' (or drogba) doesn't waste 5 minutes clutching a random part of his body in faux agony while his team mates call the ref evey name under the sun untill he gives them a penalty. Followed by the guilty (or not) party's team wasting another 5 minutes performing a similar pantomime to get the decison overturned.
Sorry Ransos. I an not qualified to comment on football as I am obviously watching a different game. 😉 Which form of football is skullduggery limited to play acting and back chat. U8?
Both sports have violence on the field - but they deal with them very differently. That is the difference. Its a completely false portrayal to suggest that rugby is a despicable game of thuggery while football merely suffers from a bit of play acting and back chat.
Last minute of RWC semi final - Fr vs Wales, Wales feel very aggrieved and have battled hard. A French player and a Welsh player size up to each other, whistle goes and the clenched fists transform into a handshake.
And the contrast with a Cattermole (? spelling) or a Ballatelli could not be clearer....
Teahurtmore, I think you need to re-read the thread. Some on here are citing a lack of diving and backchat as evidence of rugby's moral superiority, whilst conveniently overlooking the other forms of blatant cheating, including some especially nasty acts of violence. They also overlook the fact that in both sports, the cheating that occurs is simply a function of a) what gives them an advantage, and b)what they can get away with.
I don't think that footballers are due any ethics lessons from rugbyists.
Well we shall simply agree to differ then ransos!
( But try PEDs and you might get the rugbyists (WTF is that) on slightly shakier moral ground [allegedly] 😉 )