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2013/14 Rugby Thread
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anagallis_arvensisFull MemberPosted 10 years ago
As long as they’re back for the RWC, does it matter? A lot of the time, injuries allow new players to come through.
we are at the stage where we will have to pick jobbing pro’s who will never be good enough
wreckerFree MemberPosted 10 years agoPerhaps, but it’ll improve the strength of the squad. More game time for the players who don’t usually start.
teamhurtmoreFree MemberPosted 10 years agoTime for a rugby music petition? Can we find Scotland a decent anthem and ban swing low, sweet chariot at England matches.
After that sack the Scotland marketing muppet who signed this kit contract. How can anything make England’s purple nightmare look good.
aracerFree MemberPosted 10 years agoGosh – you expect SA to win easily, but that just looked far too straightforward for them. I mean it was obvious what they were going to do, and they just did it.
gordimhorFull MemberPosted 10 years agoSad to see Van der Westhuizen has motor neurone disease. I thought he was a great player. Expect the springboks will give him a win to watch today. Still more in hope than expectation Come on SCOTLAND!
duckmanFull MemberPosted 10 years agoI have two options; it’s our ball, we take it and walk away, match abandoned. Plan b; we are quite close to the bar; a few pints and it won’t matter: this is going to go VERY badly for us.
PigfaceFree MemberPosted 10 years agoIf you want to see a bad tackle check out Georgia Canada brawl on rugby dump 😯 how only 2 were sent off is a mystery.
teamhurtmoreFree MemberPosted 10 years agoOh no what a let down. I’ve waited 40m for AN first comment and there wasn’t a hint of positivity there.
wreckerFree MemberPosted 10 years agoI felt sorry for the Argentina forward who tackled Phillips when he had his hands on the ball and gave away a penalty for offside. Phillips did have his hands on the ball, the replays showed this and the Argentina player said this. The referees reply wasn’t to ignore it or march Argentina back 10 for back chat, instead he said something along the lines of “I don’t care if he had his hands on the ball, I don’t want you taking any chances, don’t come round in future”
I saw this, the argies pointed out that Phillips had his hands on the ball and IIRC the ref said something like “doesn’t matter, it wasn’t out”. In the eng/NZ game the ref had a completely different opinion and called that the ball was out as soon as the 9 put a hand on it. Very confusing.
anagallis_arvensisFull MemberPosted 10 years agoWish TJ was here he’d still believe Scotland can win this and go on to dominant the six nations. I miss him.
Tom-BFree MemberPosted 10 years agoWoohoo here comes Eben…..methinks that him and big Jim will get along great!
anagallis_arvensisFull MemberPosted 10 years agoOr am I getting them mixed up the nines passing was shit but then they bought on a ten who is even worse.
boxfishFree MemberPosted 10 years agoNot sure about nematodes. The pitch looks like it’s mole-infested.
anagallis_arvensisFull MemberPosted 10 years agoJust seen this apparently Eastmond chucked it in and went home at half time
DanWFree MemberPosted 10 years agoI saw this, the argies pointed out that Phillips had his hands on the ball and IIRC the ref said something like “doesn’t matter, it wasn’t out”. In the eng/NZ game the ref had a completely different opinion and called that the ball was out as soon as the 9 put a hand on it. Very confusing.
When the 9 has hands on the ball in a ruck it is ball out whereas the 9 can have hands on at the base of a scrum without it being out, the ball is only out when it is beyond the back foot (of course when the ball is beyond the back foot in a ruck it is also out)… does this sound right to those with more rugby knowledge?
TeetosugarsFree MemberPosted 10 years agoGreat game, and we had a great win.
Sad new about Francois Louw mind, we won’t know the outcome until tomorrow..
Just need to find it on Iplayer as I was driving home when the match was on.
duckmanFull MemberPosted 10 years agoDan; soon as hand(s) are on the ball the scrum/ruck/maul is over and the person playing it becomes the offside line. However if you wildly swing a foot at the ball as it is getting played expect to be offside 8)
PigfaceFree MemberPosted 10 years agoWhy were the Scots playing in that ridicuous costume? Dont the sarfricans have an away strip?
Duckman what are the rules about wrestling a player off a ruck by the neck which seem in vogue these days.
teamhurtmoreFree MemberPosted 10 years agoAlso when did the rules change to make the home team, rather than the away team, change strip in the event of a clash.
Is replacing navy blue in the saltire with a turquoise part of the post 2014 planning!?!? Modernisation gone too far…..
duckmanFull MemberPosted 10 years agoIt is purple and has been on the strip for about a decade;represents heather dontchaknow. Home team has always changed strip AFAIK
wreckerFree MemberPosted 10 years agoAlso when did the rules change to make the home team, rather than the away team, change strip in the event of a clash.
It’s always been that way in Rugby although nowadays they sometimes agree to part with convention (to sell more shirts).
Although what big jim did was legal, I can’t see how it can remain so. Someone’s going to get their shit severely ****ed up soon.
CaptainFlashheartFree MemberPosted 10 years agoI’m getting increasingly riled with shirt changes, notable in the HC as well.
There should only ever be a shirt change if there’s a clash. So, for example, when Wales play Tonga, and both are in red, one changes. When Scotland play France, both dark blue, so a change, etc.
Just changing to an away strip willy nilly is marketing guff and annoying. Even more so when some of the away shirts are so chuffing horrid!
DanWFree MemberPosted 10 years agoDan; soon as hand(s) are on the ball the scrum/ruck/maul is over and the person playing it becomes the offside line. However if you wildly swing a foot at the ball as it is getting played expect to be offside 8)
So does that basically mean that it is so hard to referee that area that refs would rather not have anyone challenge for the ball as soon as the 9 get hands on otherwise everything would become quite messy?
On the subjects of referees, although I did not catch all of the game, the team in charge of the Eng/ NZ game seemed to do a far better job than some of the others we have seen this November. Easy to criticize but I think some credit is due to them (unless those that watched the full game feel otherwise of course 😀 )
teamhurtmoreFree MemberPosted 10 years agoI wasnt (as) worried by ling purple, ( thanks for the explanation) it was the ghastly turquoise. But I’m with flashy on the shirts thing. Ditto all the fireworks and other crap that seem to be part and parcel of modern international. It’s not the bloody X factor.
But I must be old, it was always away team to bring extra shirt in case of a clash in my day. Note that fAlshy calls them Away strips which is a hint that may be he is as old as me!!!!!
CaptainFlashheartFree MemberPosted 10 years agoYou’re only as old as the man you feel, old chap! 🙂
wreckerFree MemberPosted 10 years agoDuckman; if you’re caught on the wrong side of a ruck and prone with your arms up (so as to demonstrate that you’re not interfering) as you cannot roll away or remove yourself from the ruck; is there any reason you could not communicate to your team mates when the opposing 9 has hands on the ball? Is it bad form?
duckmanFull MemberPosted 10 years agoDan; in theory you could grab the 9, in practise he is moving as he takes the ball and will be protected by his own forwards. Swinging a boot is usually pinged as dangerous play. Wrecker,yell away; the ball will be in the 10’s hands before anybody can react. Ever tried calling the ball into the scrum as a wing forward, “ready,ready…aw crap” 😆
teamhurtmoreFree MemberPosted 10 years agoHe was about 80 when I passed him the soap in the pool showers this morning Flashy!!!! 😉
wreckerFree MemberPosted 10 years agoEver tried calling the ball into the scrum as a wing forward, “ready,ready…aw crap”
Yep. Same with “ball gone”, they all moan if you stop calling it though.
ijs445raFree MemberPosted 10 years agoI glimmer of hope for Scotland this weekend !
6 Oz players serving internal bans for boozing
deadlydarcyFree MemberPosted 10 years agoSo they may have been hungover for the game? Jeez, how much would they have scored if they’d had clear heads. 🙂
neninjaFree MemberPosted 10 years agoLooks like the Aussie coaches are taking pity on Scotland. Scotland need to hope that another 6 Oz players are out on the lash during the week.
duckmanFull MemberPosted 10 years agoMust be some culture there that Deans allowed to develop. I mean guys in rehab or at London Irish that would suggest to the rest that getting on the lash while on national duty isn’t going to be tolerated anymore.
toys19Free MemberPosted 10 years agoDean Ryan’s analysis of England’s performance is spot on here.
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2013/nov/17/england-wide-boys-limitations-new-zealand
PS- I don’t monitor club rugby so much, I wonder who is in contention to usurp Tom Youngs as our replacement hooker, unless he improves his accuracy I don’t want to see him the 6N..
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