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Rugby
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We established many years ago that rugby is played with a stupid shaped ball by people that once aspired to be footballers.Ireland beat All Blacks in Dublin.
Historic victory. 2nd time, beat them in USA while ago.
Hope it holds up
No, no, no.
Rugby is a game played by men with funny shaped balls.
Football is just an excruciating drama class.
Egg chasing is almost as boring & pointless as golf or cricket.
You might have. Football has an awful lot to learn from rugby. I didn't hear one player refer to the ref as a fucking wanker during the whole game. And the ref has a microphone so the fans can hear his decisions. Match of the day would be about 3 minutes long if football refs had microphones. The rest would be unbroadcastable.
Due to the unique way the BBC is funded - they couldn't afford it. Shame as it was a superb display of how to play the game by the Irish.
It was a terrific example of skill and discipline from the two greatest teams in the world. For Ireland to beat the all blacks is phenomenal. New Zealand lives and breathes Rugby Union and that is why they are the best team in the world. I cannot understand why football does not introduce reforms such as the sin bin and back the referees on discipline. As an aside, NI and Eire should combine in football as Rugby has done.
I thought it was a brilliant game which could have gone either way, right up to the end, therefore a perfect match to watch. Ireland's defence was superb and undoubtedly won them the match. New Zealand's errors, and penalties given away, undoubtedly lost it for them.
The quality of refereeing was excellent and, right or wrong, was accepted by the players without question. Even when the ref made a decision and one of the players asked him about it in a break, he said 'if I got it wrong, sorry'. The player shrugged and walked away - no argument, expletives or punches thrown. No manager slagging off the ref after the match.
The quality of refereeing was excellent and, right or wrong, was accepted by the players without question. Even when the ref made a decision and one of the players asked him about it in a break, he said 'if I got it wrong, sorry'. The player shrugged and walked away - no argument, expletives or punches thrown. No manager slagging off the ref after the match.
Totally agree on introducing the sin bin. Should be done straight away. But even better would be the 10 metre rule. That would stop the overpaid undisciplined twats from arguing over decisions with the ref.
Could you even imagine a rugby player arguing over a referees decision much less poking a finger in his chest as I have seen football players do. I have watched in amazement as a group of football players surround the ref arguing with him. Sheeesh. Only person who should talk to the ref in any sport is the captain.
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No! I think a player would be looking at a lifetime ban if he raised a hand to a referee. The game taught me to control my aggression and respect the man in charge and I'm proud to take my grandson to watch and hopefully learn the same lessons.
No, Dezza. Just, no.
Whilst I agree wholeheartedly with your views on golf and cricket (you can throw badminton, tennis, darts and snooker in there, too) rugby is an awesome game. Just so happens that football is my first love closely followed by rugby and American football.
Ireland actually beat the All Blacks, William, not the all blacks. Tsk tsk, put your glasses on.
Awesome achievement by the Irish. They’re going to take some stopping in the Six Nations and World Cup next year.
Discussions are going like...
Coach will be poached by All Blacks at any cost.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Gallaher
Coach will be poached by All Blacks at any cost.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Gallaher
And in real news, Scotland won 4-0 in Albania.
We were discussing the two top rated teams in the world playing a proper game. Why would we be interested in the 44th worst team beating the 60th probably by cheating and diving to con the referee?
Don't start the 'all rugby players are true gentlemen' argument as it simply isn't true. Eye gouging, knacker squeezing, drinking after shave, spike tackles......
I have a t-shirt which says:
Football is 90 minutes of pretending you're hurt
Rugby is 80 minutes of pretending you're not.
That just about covers the difference between the two games.
Outstanding win for Ireland.
Dublin would've been a great place to be that evening....!
Scotland should have beaten the Boks. More open play and fast ball would've done it.
And finally, a big hand to Japan for a superbly entertaining first half.
Football is 90 minutes of pretending you're hurt
Rugby is 80 minutes of pretending you're not.
That just about covers the difference between the two games.
Outstanding win for Ireland.
Dublin would've been a great place to be that evening....!Scotland should have beaten the Boks. More open play and fast ball would've done it.
And finally, a big hand to Japan for a superbly entertaining first half.