Rugby Pet-Hates
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Rugby Pet-Hates
What are some of those arbitrary things in rugby that annoy you?
For me:
- The increase in players pulling their socks down around their ankles.
- The term "enforcer". What does it even mean? I'm convinced if someone like James Ryan grew a beard, showed more biceps and started acting "hard" he'd get the "enforcer" tag and the media would lust over him.
- Pundits/fans using the term "monster pack" for a pack that isn't even that big.
For me:
- The increase in players pulling their socks down around their ankles.
- The term "enforcer". What does it even mean? I'm convinced if someone like James Ryan grew a beard, showed more biceps and started acting "hard" he'd get the "enforcer" tag and the media would lust over him.
- Pundits/fans using the term "monster pack" for a pack that isn't even that big.
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Professional referees being guarded against legitimate critism
NZ/A and their inane 20-min red card
The obession with creating a rugby version of F1s Drive to Survive
Rugby Twitter Z-tier celebs sending their followers after people who disagree with them
NZ/A and their inane 20-min red card
The obession with creating a rugby version of F1s Drive to Survive
Rugby Twitter Z-tier celebs sending their followers after people who disagree with them
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Good thread.
Mine are:
- Big fat teams being allowed to slow the game down
- commentators ooohing and aaahing over “linespeed” when it’s quite often offside ignored by the ref
- refs and assy refs ignoring the offside line saying it’s “not material” (it is material)
- fake tan
- Jamie George
Mine are:
- Big fat teams being allowed to slow the game down
- commentators ooohing and aaahing over “linespeed” when it’s quite often offside ignored by the ref
- refs and assy refs ignoring the offside line saying it’s “not material” (it is material)
- fake tan
- Jamie George
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People that go/return to/from the bar/jax during play instead of waiting.
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Waiting for what?
When ye have to go you have to go man.
Jax of course.
Gordon D'arcy as co-commentator, jesus wept!
There, I said it. I dissed a living legend, excuse me, ledge.
He take eons to say anything, "I,I,I,I...er,er,er.....em,em,em". Fuppin spit it out Gordon!
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Mid-game interviews with coaches
Commentators talking over the ref
"Embarrassment of riches"
Hugh Cahill
As a GAA man I'm all for socks down though
Commentators talking over the ref
"Embarrassment of riches"
Hugh Cahill
As a GAA man I'm all for socks down though
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THIS. He is awful.
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How conservative rugby types are.
How people always have to comment on any non standard players hair cuts or how they wear their socks.
Is their military training going on somewhere that I don't know about?
How people always have to comment on any non standard players hair cuts or how they wear their socks.
Is their military training going on somewhere that I don't know about?
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socks being properly pulled up is important John, let's just agree that we all agree on that, Laighan Break gets a pass because i like his profile pic
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Michael Hooper - does he even wear socks? If he does, they're so short to be practically invisible...
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My biggest bugbear at the mo is players standing over their opponents on the ground after winning a scrum peno or a turn over at the maul and mocking them to their face. In fact, I think it should be banned and if it actually is according to the laws, then the match officials and WR should be doing a heck of a lot more to stamp it out!!!! Grrr!!!!!!
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You're right. it does contravene the laws and refs should really enforce it. On a more basic level, it's a scummy and classless thing to do.riocard911 wrote: ↑September 22nd, 2022, 6:21 pm My biggest bugbear at the mo is players standing over their opponents on the ground after winning a scrum peno or a turn over at the maul and mocking them to their face. In fact, I think it should be banned and if it actually is according to the laws, then the match officials and WR should be doing a heck of a lot more to stamp it out!!!! Grrr!!!!!!
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The amount of time waiting for the game to start again. Pauses at lineout, pauses at scrum, injury pauses, 2 minute penalty kicks etc all add up.
The extended ruck.
The extended ruck.
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Mid-game interviews with coaches-we always miss somethingLaighin Break wrote: ↑September 22nd, 2022, 3:38 pm Mid-game interviews with coaches
Commentators talking over the ref
"Embarrassment of riches"
Hugh Cahill
As a GAA man I'm all for socks down though
Commentators talking over the ref-arrrggghhh!!!
You know I'm going to lose,
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And gambling's for fools,
But that's the way I like it baby, I don't want to live FOREVER!
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The three monthly return to 'but the kids will get brain damage'.
Either you accept the risk vs the benefits of team sports and physical activity for you child or not.
Release your grip on your pearls and accept that rugby at all levels is generally doing its best to make it as safe as possible.
Either you accept the risk vs the benefits of team sports and physical activity for you child or not.
Release your grip on your pearls and accept that rugby at all levels is generally doing its best to make it as safe as possible.
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Biggest one for me as well.
The playing charter should be amended to include the words "without undue pause" under both principles of the game and principles of the laws, and an addition to Law 5, 'Time' [which incredibly doesn't refer once to 'time wasting'] should be added directly after Art. 2 re: half-time length.
Instead, there is a clause about both teams agreeing to the length of the match. That is seriously f*cking irrelevant. [link: https://www.world.rugby/the-game/laws/law/5/ ]
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https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2022/ ... than-boys/Morf wrote: ↑September 23rd, 2022, 4:16 pm The three monthly return to 'but the kids will get brain damage'.
Either you accept the risk vs the benefits of team sports and physical activity for you child or not.
Release your grip on your pearls and accept that rugby at all levels is generally doing its best to make it as safe as possible.
You know I'm going to lose,
And gambling's for fools,
But that's the way I like it baby, I don't want to live FOREVER!
And gambling's for fools,
But that's the way I like it baby, I don't want to live FOREVER!
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THE F*CKING VOLUME OF THE PRE MATCH MUSIC. YOU HAVE TO SHOUT TO BE F*CKING HEARD.
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He seems to have disappeared from the airwaves for the last couple of months.
Look out Itchy, he's Irish