I Watched The Rugby - England v Fiji

What I love over football is this

1). Only the captains go to the ref to get any instructions/info

2). NEVER do the players swear or argue with the ref at any time even if you can see they clearly disagree with the decision.

3). The clock is stopped when subs are made, there’s an injury or when they’re looking at the TMO ( VAR).

4). They rarely if ever cheat. Eg. Argentina would never cheat in rugby whereas it’s part of their footballers DNA sadly.

5). A yellow card means 10 mins in the sin bin penalising the affected team in that game, whereas in football you only get penalised for a yellow when/if they add up many games later.

6). When sorting out a TMO the ref talks to the TMO team and the whole stadium can hear the discussion. ✔️

7). There are no histrionics from the players. In fact the complete opposite.

8). The coaches aren’t on the touchline and certainly not the pitch like Arteta

9). World Rugby isn’t the corrupt governing body that FIFA is.


There is quite a lot about modern football which I despise especially at the higher levels. That’s why I’m enjoying the Championship until we get back to the so called promised land
 
LGFOX said:
What I love over football is this

1). Only the captains go to the ref to get any instructions/info

2). NEVER do the players swear or argue with the ref at any time even if you can see they clearly disagree with the decision.

3). The clock is stopped when subs are made, there’s an injury or when they’re looking at the TMO ( VAR).

4). They rarely if ever cheat. Eg. Argentina would never cheat in rugby whereas it’s part of their footballers DNA sadly.

5). A yellow card means 10 mins in the sin bin penalising the affected team in that game, whereas in football you only get penalised for a yellow when/if they add up many games later.

6). When sorting out a TMO the ref talks to the TMO team and the whole stadium can hear the discussion. ✔️

7). There are no histrionics from the players. In fact the complete opposite.

8). The coaches aren’t on the touchline and certainly not the pitch like Arteta

9). World Rugby isn’t the corrupt governing body that FIFA is.


There is quite a lot about modern football which I despise especially at the higher levels. That’s why I’m enjoying the Championship until we get back to the so called promised land
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Players don't roll around feigning injury and the physios treat them on the pitch while play continues.

Any dissent about a free kick or penalty decision they go 10 yards closer to their line.
 
Well said LG - Totally agree

Also, no theatrical antics when you are substituted, just leave the field of play
 
On the rules - for the short time I was forced to play rugby at my school - I was always told if you had a scrum you had to throw the ball into the scrum right down the middle.
But today the person with the ball was allowed to chuck the ball in towards his own team's feet.
I am mystified.
 
LGFOX said:
What I love over football is this

1). Only the captains go to the ref to get any instructions/info

2). NEVER do the players swear or argue with the ref at any time even if you can see they clearly disagree with the decision.

3). The clock is stopped when subs are made, there’s an injury or when they’re looking at the TMO ( VAR).

4). They rarely if ever cheat. Eg. Argentina would never cheat in rugby whereas it’s part of their footballers DNA sadly.

5). A yellow card means 10 mins in the sin bin penalising the affected team in that game, whereas in football you only get penalised for a yellow when/if they add up many games later.

6). When sorting out a TMO the ref talks to the TMO team and the whole stadium can hear the discussion. ✔️

7). There are no histrionics from the players. In fact the complete opposite.

8). The coaches aren’t on the touchline and certainly not the pitch like Arteta

9). World Rugby isn’t the corrupt governing body that FIFA is.


There is quite a lot about modern football which I despise especially at the higher levels. That’s why I’m enjoying the Championship until we get back to the so called promised land
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I agree with all of this but I can’t get into the sport. I’ve tried. Their supporters aren’t my kind of people. The atmosphere in club rugby is garbage. Most of them play in football grounds that are half full at best.

There’s so much about football at the high end that I should despise but I don’t. I love it too much for that.

I said I wouldn’t watch England until they got to the semi final. Well we’ve done that but I’m busy next Saturday evening so will miss it.

I’m at my parents and my dad has the France game on. I have to say this is a decent game for the neutral. Of England plays the winner of this game I think our tournament will end next week.
 
Sohofox said:
On the rules - for the short time I was forced to play rugby at my school - I was always told if you had a scrum you had to throw the ball into the scrum right down the middle.
But today the person with the ball was allowed to chuck the ball in towards his own team's feet.
I am mystified.
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They’ve done that for years Soho.
 
If you’re watching this match now, and you’re not a regular watcher, then this is as good as it gets
 
It was good. I enjoyed it.

I’m glad the Frogs lost. The shittest England side in decades are the only Northern hemisphere side to make the semi final.
 
What a game.

And England are still the only northern hemisphere team to win it. 😁

All Blacks v South Africa final.
 
Sohofox said:
On the rules - for the short time I was forced to play rugby at my school - I was always told if you had a scrum you had to throw the ball into the scrum right down the middle.
But today the person with the ball was allowed to chuck the ball in towards his own team's feet.
I am mystified.
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It's a good point and I don't understand why they allow this now. There's no chance of winning a scrum "against the head" when they do this so they might as well abandon scrums, which have become messy and time consuming.
 
Club_B00k_Crutchless said:
It's a good point and I don't understand why they allow this now. There's no chance of winning a scrum "against the head" when they do this so they might as well abandon scrums, which have become messy and time consuming.
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I am not an expert but I think there is more to it than that. It's a battle of the forwards, you watch how they celebrate what we think are minor achievements. They always say that the pretty boys get the glory but it's the ugly mugs at the coalface that really win the match.
 
Sohofox said:
On the rules - for the short time I was forced to play rugby at my school - I was always told if you had a scrum you had to throw the ball into the scrum right down the middle.
But today the person with the ball was allowed to chuck the ball in towards his own team's feet.
I am mystified.
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I played rugby at school to Soho. Russell Osman was in our team and went on to play for England Schoolboys before making a decent career playing football.
 
The only thing I ever won at sport was the year 3(age14) high school inter house rugby cup. I hated playing the game but there were only about 18 year 3 kids in our house so was press ganged into it. There were 4 houses and we played 2 x semi's then a final. As a short kid at the time I was told I'd be hooker so I could 'swing' on the shoulders of the two props and back heel the ball into our side of the scrum.
Semi I was opposite the school team hooker and he won most of the ball but I contented myself with kicking him squarely in the nuts if I couldn't get the ball.
We won and were rank outsiders in the final against the house team that had 10 or so of the school team, half way thru the second half I came out of the scrum with a knackered back and played the rest of the game avoiding the ball. We won tho, and the delight at actually winning a sporting event lives with me today.
 
LGFOX said:
What I love over football is this

1). Only the captains go to the ref to get any instructions/info

2). NEVER do the players swear or argue with the ref at any time even if you can see they clearly disagree with the decision.

3). The clock is stopped when subs are made, there’s an injury or when they’re looking at the TMO ( VAR).

4). They rarely if ever cheat. Eg. Argentina would never cheat in rugby whereas it’s part of their footballers DNA sadly.

5). A yellow card means 10 mins in the sin bin penalising the affected team in that game, whereas in football you only get penalised for a yellow when/if they add up many games later.

6). When sorting out a TMO the ref talks to the TMO team and the whole stadium can hear the discussion. ✔️

7). There are no histrionics from the players. In fact the complete opposite.

8). The coaches aren’t on the touchline and certainly not the pitch like Arteta

9). World Rugby isn’t the corrupt governing body that FIFA is.


There is quite a lot about modern football which I despise especially at the higher levels. That’s why I’m enjoying the Championship until we get back to the so called promised land
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Just fake blood and a bit of eye gouging
 
I agree, Soho, about the scrum delivery. But sports change over the years. I had to endure rugby at the Wygg and was
underweight (under nourished?) compared to the crowd of middle class, and heavier fellow pupils.
A small group of us campaigned for some 'soccer' space and got a pitch given to us.
We were the first oiks at the school in 1949, who got there by success in the eleven plus so a dose of our favourite game came with us.
I overcame my distaste for the oval ball stuff some three years ago as retirement offered more time to fill.
I don't really know all the rules but listen to the (superior) commentary and the refs explain why they are blowing the whistle so have
learned a lot. Like others i like the general atmosphere of respect and politeness.
Their energy is saved for some serious colliding with the other team!
 
William Webb Ellis, a misfit, famously picked up the ball at Rugby school & ran over the line to score the first ever 'Try'

The other players that day quite rightly shoved the ball up Ellis's rear end & when it came out the ball was oval.

That is how the rugby ball got its shape.
 
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