Rabbie Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I sometimes wonder how many of the experts here have actually played at the top level[8-)] Still it turned out to be an exciting match with two well drilled defences. I just got the impression that the referee was giving a lot of the 50% decisions to the ABs but you have to play to the referee's interpretation of the laws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Quite frankly PPP I find your comments quite insulting and I also note that every time I post in a thread in which you had previously not posted in up you pop with some ridiculous comment it's almost like I am being stalked. I am not the only one to think this either I might add as you seem to be doing it to others as well. You also have a nasty habit of taking threads of subject and deliberately disrupting them. Quite frankly I am getting a bit fed up with your behaviour as are a few others, it's getting very tedious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 [quote user="Quillan"]Quite frankly PPP I find your comments quite insulting and I also note that every time I post in a thread in which you had previously not posted in up you pop with some ridiculous comment it's almost like I am being stalked. I am not the only one to think this either I might add as you seem to be doing it to others as well. You also have a nasty habit of taking threads of subject and deliberately disrupting them. Quite frankly I am getting a bit fed up with your behaviour as are a few others, it's getting very tedious.[/quote]I presumed that your:I see we have another Rugby expert! was directed at me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAiffricaine Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 [quote user="Frenchie"][/quote] I like this [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSKS Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 [quote user="Rabbie"]I sometimes wonder how many of the experts here have actually played at the top level................[/quote]An interesting point! My father (who's 80 this year) played at the top level in the early 50s when the game was entirely amateur and is justly proud, as are the rest of the family, of his having played for Ireland. He was a stand-off (fly half, No 10 or whatever you want to call it these days) and coached by the unsurpassable Jackie Kyle.He reckons that the game is now so different from the game he played as to be almost a different sport! His view, for what it's worth, is that the game is spoiled by the power and fitness of the forwards - but as a half-back he would say that wouldn't he? He's also disappointed by the way the modern ball has turned some games into aerial ping pong - certainly something you didn't get with the heavy leather balls haf a century ago. However, his main comment is simply how fit modern players are; not just the backs who seem to be able to run all day but also the forwards who, he reckons, are fitter than even the sprightest back of 50 years ago. Oh, naturally he reckons Ireland were robbed!Just as an aside:I wonder which of today's players we will look back on in years to come and mention in the same breath as Willie John, JPR, Blanco et al? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 It's impossible to make direct comparisons as so many things have changed over the years. Finance, training facilities, personal trainers, mental gurus, etc.Perhaps it's nostalgia to a large extent but personally, no matter how good modern "stars" are, I feel the money and celebrity have taken something away from the greatness of some of the earlier sporting giants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renaud Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Fining the French team for standing-up to the hakka is outrageous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 [quote user="Renaud"]Fining the French team for standing-up to the Hakka is outrageous.[/quote]I read about this and thought it was a joke. Technically the game had not started so who gives a toss. The only thing I would have thought they could fine them for would be if the French got a bit upset and gave a few of the AB's a 'smack' whilst they were performing the Hakka. Obviously the IRB have too much time on their hands and are short of cash. [:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 [quote user="Renaud"]Fining the French team for standing-up to the hakka is outrageous.[/quote] IRB = Toss Pots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSKS Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Shouldn't each member of the AB team be arrested for threatening behaviour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 I have always previously defended the AB haka but this fine has made me question whether it is now an unacceptable way of putting pressure on your opponents who seemingly no longer have the right of reply. The IRB have made themselves look very foolish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 The fine is peanuts but the favouratism is completely wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAiffricaine Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 [quote user="Renaud"]Fining the French team for standing-up to the hakka is outrageous.[/quote] [:-))] tell me it's a joke ?... it's not an april fool's is it [blink] No ... it is October [blink] Just that I've been away for a few days so now catching up ... They weren't standing up to the hakka, they were hugging in solidarity against the enemy !! Are players not allowed to stand and find solace, however they want to manisfest it, before a match ?... The kiwis are allowed their waring dance so can't we have a row of united players. If they had turned their backs to the opposition and got a telling off I would have understood but a fine for standing in unison ... IRBS is truly a bunch of [Www] and short of cash to pay their bar bill ... Snot fair rules OK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 I have always found it strange that the All Blacks are allowed to perform their grotesque charade with no right of reply. It is one -sided.Pity the Scots don't wear kilts so they could show them what real men are [6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 [:)] [:D] [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 The ref in the France-Wales match expects it to be a no-contact sport; the New Zealanders pull silly faces at the opposition; and now Norman wants the players to wear skirts.It used to be a man's game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 A kilt being called a skirt !! INSULTING !! [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 I apologise unreservedly to all skirt-wearers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 I just love ur sense of humour ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 [quote user="Alan Zoff"]I apologise unreservedly to all skirt-wearers.[/quote]AS a ex rugby playing scot I accept your unreserved apology although I must say I have never even thought of playing in a kilt. As they are heavy garments they would be a bit of a handicap on the playing field.[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 I think I would be more concerned about what people chose to grab hold of in the scrum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Thats why I was a wing three-quarter[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 A friend played on the wing for Shrewsbury. He got his shorts dirty once. He was quite upset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Yeah, English opponents quite often dirtied their shorts after I had tackled them[:D][:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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