Rugby Union Thread

[rutski]

i love the fact that rugby is disgracing itself big time! For years Rugby fans have gone on about poofball and how footballers are primadonnas and they are real men playing a true hard, fair game!
well after bloodgate(which was in its self fucking hilarious), and the current england rugby teams escapades the rugby fans arent so full of their usual condescending crap about their beautiful game. The way the refs were criticised after sending offs and the ref refusing to give france anything in the final just shows that the rugby players and officials are as much primadonnas as their football counterparts.
Plus, not forgetting, it is a shit game!

[bertlambshank]

But They can still drink beer in view of the pitch.
Upper class.

[Dante Lavelli]

i love the fact that rugby is disgracing itself big time! For years Rugby fans have gone on about poofball and how footballers are primadonnas and they are real men playing a true hard, fair game!
well after bloodgate(which was in its self fucking hilarious), and the current england rugby teams escapades the rugby fans arent so full of their usual condescending crap about their beautiful game. The way the refs were criticised after sending offs and the ref refusing to give france anything in the final just shows that the rugby players and officials are as much primadonnas as their football counterparts.
Plus, not forgetting, it is a shit game!

I don't agree with that, particularly with regard to the World Cup.  I think ITV dumbed down their coverage and deliberately created "storms in tea cups" in an attempt to boost viewing figures.  I think most rugby players and fans did not change their behaviour, the difference was that the media spotlight was that much greater.

[rutski]

i love the fact that rugby is disgracing itself big time! For years Rugby fans have gone on about poofball and how footballers are primadonnas and they are real men playing a true hard, fair game!
well after bloodgate(which was in its self fucking hilarious), and the current england rugby teams escapades the rugby fans arent so full of their usual condescending crap about their beautiful game. The way the refs were criticised after sending offs and the ref refusing to give france anything in the final just shows that the rugby players and officials are as much primadonnas as their football counterparts.
Plus, not forgetting, it is a shit game!

I don't agree with that, particularly with regard to the World Cup.  I think ITV dumbed down their coverage and deliberately created "storms in tea cups" in an attempt to boost viewing figures.  I think most rugby players and fans did not change their behaviour, the difference was that the media spotlight was that much greater.

i think that your excuses are not valid about storms in teacups, they have embarrassed their sport, talksport, the telegraph, sky sports have taken all this on big time! the rfu is 'THE' biggest old boys network around and now they have been shown up as incompetants! Professionalism has done the same to rugby as it has to every other sport and ruined its core! i love the fact that rugby fans resent this massively but will not see that they are in it for the long haul like the rest of us.

[lovejoy]

i love the fact that rugby is disgracing itself big time! For years Rugby fans have gone on about poofball and how footballers are primadonnas and they are real men playing a true hard, fair game!
well after bloodgate(which was in its self fucking hilarious), and the current england rugby teams escapades the rugby fans arent so full of their usual condescending crap about their beautiful game. The way the refs were criticised after sending offs and the ref refusing to give france anything in the final just shows that the rugby players and officials are as much primadonnas as their football counterparts.
Plus, not forgetting, it is a shit game!

At the risk of feeding the troll, can I ask if you've ever been to a rugby game?

[PaulWinch again]

Interesting that Kirwan is interested in the interim role with a view to taking the role permanently if he's a success. So kind of using the 6 Nations as an interview. I don't mind that idea to be honest.

[cheltenhamlion]

No, but I have never been convinced that Kirwan is more than a well spoken kiwi that played in a good team.

No standout coaching achievements I can recall anyway.

[PaulWinch again]

No that's why I wouldn't mind him taking the caretaker role to see what he can do, if he can't do the business then no real harm done.

[lovejoy]

Leicester v Northampton and Geordan Murphy not only landed punches in an early melee (where the ref sent the wrong two guys off) incredibally while being treated for an injury he sprang to life taking advantage of being on the Northampton side in order to block a defnder to enable Leicester to score the winning try at the end. Not cited.
Same old Leicester always cheating.

[cheltenhamlion]

Indeed

[cheltenhamlion]

Gloucester made for tense viewing again yesterday.

[lovejoy]

Glos just seem to panic a bit and don't have a big game mentality. Something they need to work on before Toulouse come to town.

[cheltenhamlion]

I shall be following Glaws to Worcester on Saturday.

[lovejoy]

On paper we should win, in practise our away form suggests a close defeat.

[lovejoy]

Oh and welcome back Harlequins you've been missed.