Rugby world cup.

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To look big on a rugby field (to stand out), they've gotta be absolute units.

That Will Skelton - 6ft 8 and over 21 stone.

Jeez us wept :D
What is Jeez us wept suppose to signify , is it a local colloquialism nod to to "Jesus Wept" which was based on the three notions of the suffering of his fiends,lack of faith around him and his future sufferings or something totally different?
 
What is Jeez us wept suppose to signify , is it a local colloquialism nod to to "Jesus Wept" which was based on the three notions of the suffering of his fiends,lack of faith around him and his future sufferings or something totally different?

A nod to the Messiah.

Or @transam, as he's known in these parts (y)
 
Drop goals although a difficult skill should only earn two points you not think as it's more a line of defense than going for a try.
They should be given four points, much more difficult, and risky, than a conversion or penalty

Blup
 
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They should be given four points, much more difficult, and risky, than a conversion or penalty

Blup
Hmm. that would truly change the dynamics of the game if you give cheap shots four points. Already we are seeing fans fed up with ping pong rugby and a over zealous approach to the safety of players leaving sides being two or more players down for periods of the game, leaving itself open to cheap shots on goal by way of drop goals in front of the posts.
I think five points for a try is right because fans want to see tries rather than be mugged by dropped goals.
I don't think england can rely on getting away with three dropped goals again in this competition, owing too coaches will be alive to the situation now and have a bounty on the head of person with the skill to pull off such a feat.
 
Hmm. that would truly change the dynamics of the game if you give cheap shots four points. Already we are seeing fans fed up with ping pong rugby and a over zealous approach to the safety of players leaving sides being two or more players down for periods of the game, leaving itself open to cheap shots on goal by way of drop goals in front of the posts.
I think five points for a try is right because fans want to see tries rather than be mugged by dropped goals.
I don't think england can rely on getting away with three dropped goals again in this competition, owing too coaches will be alive to the situation now and have a bounty on the head of person with the skill to pull off such a feat.
The increase in points for a try is part of the story, small but significant changes in the rules also mean far more tries are now allowed than before.
Blup
 
Tough game for Wales tonight, that was one hell of a test match.
I thought they were going to blow it in the last couple of minutes. Helluva fight by the Flying Fijians.
What a tackle by Josh Adams, though. I've never seen a man knocked out of his shorts before! The spirit of JPR was right there in the moment, and you could see how it lifted the whole team. What. A. Tackle.
 
The two no arm tackles on the try line by Wales resulted in a penalty against Fiji! I suppose with luck like that you gonna win.

England may have won on drop goals but they had more points than Argentina and stopped them playing their own game plan. Prior to this match I had written England off but the sending off of Tom Curry for and accidental head clash galvanised the 14 man team. Tom Curry should have been given Player of the Match.
 
Tom Curry two match ban.


Given that the learned spent a couple of days poring over the video, I guess it must be the correct decision.

But, for the armchair observer of what is a contact sport, it's baffling.


Compare that to the Latvian bloke yesterday who scythed the Welsh lad down at the knee (literally, not hyperbole), got a yellow, then the ref watched a further two minutes of pitchside replays and........

...... decided a yellow was plenty.

?
 
Probably given the time he was sent off it more a less amounted to a three match ban, with the added bonus of england reduced to 14 for the match.
 
Curry accepted that his tackle on Argentina’s Juan Cruz Mallía warranted a red card at his disciplinary hearing on Tuesday and was handed a three-match ban, which will be reduced to two provided the flanker attends “tackle school”.

Tackle School?
Will he have to write out 100 times: "I must not lead with my head"? Does he have to put up his hand for a pee break? No talking in class!
 
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