Rugby Premiership
The season starts on Saturday with a tasty little opener;
Dirty, average, unwated Wasps Vs The Reigning Champions, Premiership Title Holders and Mightiest of the Mighty Harlequins Bonus point win for the Quins and another league in the bag come the summer. Anyone else got any predicitions? |
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Be nice to see London Welsh do okay...just because it's nice to see decent rugby coming to Oxford :)
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Originally Posted by Scamp
(Post 10252611)
The season starts on Saturday with a tasty little opener;
Dirty, average, unwated Wasps Vs The Reigning Champions, Premiership Title Holders and Mightiest of the Mighty Harlequins Bonus point win for the Quins and another league in the bag come the summer. Anyone else got any predicitions? |
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They are all drug cheats
Sorry, wrong thread |
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If I want to watch a decent game of rugby, I tune in to OSN and watch the southern hemisphere Rugby Championship or even the Super 15, much better than the mundane English Premiership. We are miles behind the south.
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Originally Posted by Scamp
(Post 10252611)
The season starts on Saturday with a tasty little opener;
Dirty, average, unwated Wasps Vs The Reigning Champions, Premiership Title Holders and Mightiest of the Mighty Harlequins Bonus point win for the Quins and another league in the bag come the summer. Anyone else got any predicitions? Oh... you mean Rugby civil union... (sorry; that was the best gay rugby joke I could think of). :p |
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Originally Posted by mentalist
(Post 10252963)
If I want to watch a decent game of rugby, I tune in to OSN and watch the southern hemisphere Rugby Championship or even the Super 15, much better than the mundane English Premiership. We are miles behind the south.
A couple of years ago there was a Stupor-XV game between (I think) Lions and Chiefs which ended 65-72, and I actually heard a pundit say it was a great game...... do me a favour.......... |
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Originally Posted by Scamp
(Post 10252611)
The season starts on Saturday with a tasty little opener;
Dirty, average, unwated Wasps Vs The Reigning Champions, Premiership Title Holders and Mightiest of the Mighty Harlequins Bonus point win for the Quins and another league in the bag come the summer. Anyone else got any predicitions? |
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Originally Posted by mentalist
(Post 10252963)
If I want to watch a decent game of rugby, I tune in to OSN and watch the southern hemisphere Rugby Championship or even the Super 15, much better than the mundane English Premiership. We are miles behind the south.
I respect the flair and ambition to score lots of points but strong defence, not missing tackles and being resilient in your own 22 makes a game exciting. SH rugby is what it is: high scoring and almost blending into Rugby League.
Originally Posted by auzdafluff
(Post 10253056)
What do you mean starts on Sunday. It just finished. Warrington won it.
Oh... you mean Rugby civil union... (sorry; that was the best gay rugby joke I could think of). :p |
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Originally Posted by Scamp
(Post 10254274)
Wrong. On so many levels. SH rugby appeals to idiots who want a basketball score.
I respect the flair and ambition to score lots of points but strong defence, not missing tackles and being resilient in your own 22 makes a game exciting. SH rugby is what it is: high scoring and almost blending into Rugby League. Rugby League is not a sport. |
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Originally Posted by Scamp
(Post 10254274)
Wrong. On so many levels. SH rugby appeals to idiots who want a basketball score.
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Originally Posted by mentalist
(Post 10254336)
You must be watching different games from me. The fact that so many tries are scored reflects the pace and strength of the attackers. Australia, New Zealand and South Africa are miles better than anything we can offer. Be real...and when are they going to scrap the scrummage rule. That touch, pause and engage nonsense is awful.
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Originally Posted by mentalist
(Post 10254336)
You must be watching different games from me. The fact that so many tries are scored reflects the pace and strength of the attackers. Australia, New Zealand and South Africa are miles better than anything we can offer. Be real...and when are they going to scrap the scrummage rule. That touch, pause and engage nonsense is awful.
Without control at the start of a scrum, none of the above would be achievable. Yes NZ / Aus and SA are nice looking going forwards, but as Mogs posted, Scotland have beaten the Aussies, in Australia. How often do you see SH teams struggle to defend their own 22. Or turn the ball over trying stupid shit in the oppo 22? No, I don't like constant kicking games, and yes it's fun to watch someone run 35 metres through a couple of tackles but balance is key. The NH have some extremely exciting backs who are capable of running the side from a deep role, traditionally it allows a balanced team of true rumbling forwards, a smart scrum half who can dictate pace, a smarter 10 who links play and a couple of centres to use as quick battering rams. It doesn't have to be 76-65 to be an exciting or good game. I've seen some amazing 3-3 or 6-6 matches and played in a few myself. I'm not saying big scores aren't good, but I have zero respect for the SH's ability to understand defence. |
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Originally Posted by mentalist
(Post 10254336)
You must be watching different games from me. The fact that so many tries are scored reflects the pace and strength of the attackers. Australia, New Zealand and South Africa are miles better than anything we can offer. Be real...and when are they going to scrap the scrummage rule. That touch, pause and engage nonsense is awful.
Pace and strength of the attackers? Doesn't defence matter then? You're disproving your own argument. |
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Originally Posted by mentalist
(Post 10254336)
You must be watching different games from me. The fact that so many tries are scored reflects the pace and strength of the attackers. Australia, New Zealand and South Africa are miles better than anything we can offer. Be real...and when are they going to scrap the scrummage rule. That touch, pause and engage nonsense is awful.
Seven tries were scored in a thrilling opening 40 minutes of running rugby at Yarrow Stadium, although some of the defending was poor with too many first-up tackles missed. There were ten tries altogether, but I'd say only one could not be put down to poor defending (missed tackles etc). I find it frustrating that SH audiences do not seem to want to see a contest between attack and defence in equal measure - that's what team sport is all about, surely? |
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