Post subject: Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 7:29 am
Durham Giant
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gutterfax wrote:Why? They will attract 370000 fans to 9 games over 5 weeks and they are run by the IRB
That might be good for the ARU but the home nations may see it differently. If they are playing weekend mid week teams that do nothing too help prepare for the tests, are no contest and leading to large numbers of injuries. . That allied to national tours, league games, 6 nations,heineken cup etc means the the top players are playing a lot of games and not having much of a rest. That appears to be taking a toll with lots of players retiring due to injury etc. I could see the home nations saying it is not worth it
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Post subject: Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 11:14 am
Orrell Lad
Club Coach
Joined: Oct 10 2004 Posts: 6124 Location: Still at the Top
dan20rhino wrote:Israel Folau first try scorer tomorrow at 12/1 is tempting
This Folau kid looks great, could do a job in League for sure.
23 - 20 - 4
Warrington led 16-2 in Saturday's Grand Final, but their joy was short-lived as Wigan roared back to win the Super League title and extend the Wire's 58-year wait to be champions
Post subject: Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 1:07 pm
Stand-Offish
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Joined: Feb 18 2006 Posts: 18610 Location: Somewhere in Bonny Donny (Twinned with Krakatoa in 1883).
Well the Lions won, but the Australians should have. Some very disturbing lack of tackling from the Lions in the first half down our left wing ... what the fook was Mike Phillips doing for Australia's first try???? Standing off tackles instead of moving forward to tackle. Standing still instead of running in to receive the pass on attack. Very basic errors, very poor! How many kicks did Australia miss ... four or five? We missed one. No brainer, they deserved to win. But I think we are a better side, but once again led by people that are too conservative.
War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
Post subject: Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 6:44 pm
JonB95
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Joined: Jun 30 2011 Posts: 1885
Stand-Offish wrote:Well the Lions won, but the Australians should have. Some very disturbing lack of tackling from the Lions in the first half down our left wing ... what the fook was Mike Phillips doing for Australia's first try???? Standing off tackles instead of moving forward to tackle. Standing still instead of running in to receive the pass on attack. Very basic errors, very poor! How many kicks did Australia miss ... four or five? We missed one. No brainer, they deserved to win. But I think we are a better side, but once again led by people that are too conservative.
It felt throughout the game like Australia would blow us away any moment if they just stepped up a gear, but it never happened. Lions have to improve, but they could do it.
Post subject: Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 10:56 pm
gutterfax
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Joined: Aug 13 2003 Posts: 20966 Location: The Shaky Isles
Hungover In Brisbane with 4 days to kill till origin and this is not a cheap town to drink in! Best team lost last night........fear of losing is killing the lions
dally messenger wrote:was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have
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