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Tyma posted:"And they wonder why nobody watches Rugby Union anymore." - Jonathan "Jiffy" Davies, 2016 Has anyone told him that Cardiff and the Dragons are shite teams that even the fans are sad about watching and probably not indicative of union as a whole?
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The dragons have certainly been having a right shitter of a season.
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Dec 27, 2016 00:21
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RE: concussionchat-- In our last match of the season our starting 8 got walloped in the head--probably by a stray knee while making a tackle--and proceeded to get both kinds of amnesia. When I was walking him back to the parking lot (thank God he had been driven there rather than driving himself...) he stopped three times on the 200yd walk to check if he had his house keys. The next day, he posted to the club Fb group to say "hey guys, I hear the game was a good one, which is nice to know since I don't remember any of what happened yesterday." 
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Dec 27, 2016 13:41
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Hashtag Banterzone posted:How do I get trickier with the ball? I never think to dummy or fake kick or any that stuff. I just run around people, run through people or pass. This got lost in concussion chat so I wanted to give you some advice here--and as I have very little natural athletic talent I think about stuff like this all the time. Your best bet is probably to run a lot of decision-making drills, like 2v1 or 3v2 at first, and really pay attention to how the defenders react. Practice dummying until you can consistently sell the dummy, and then refine it so that when the defender doesn't buy it you still have space to make the pass and let the defender commit to you. Once you feel comfortable in that situation--and I personally am not super good at it, mind you--then you can try 2v2 and 3v3 and use the dummy or a step to create space, pulling two defenders onto yourself or your teammates in order to leave a running channel. A dummy switch or dummy loop can be very useful here, especially if you are coordinated enough to be balanced for a burst forward at just the right time. Apollodorus fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Dec 27, 2016 |
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Dec 27, 2016 16:41
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Tyma posted:"And they wonder why nobody watches Rugby Union anymore." - Jonathan "Jiffy" Davies, 2016 Good rugby is doing very well. The problem for dear old Davies is that Wales no longer plays good rugby. You know you are a biased commentator when Brain Moore is more impartial than you are.
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Dec 27, 2016 17:15
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Brian Moore is just sounding tired recently. I think he's too angry with the state of the game to be biased any more.
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Dec 27, 2016 17:20
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Falcons just scored 2 tries in 3 minutes against Wasps. Good times 
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Dec 30, 2016 20:49
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Leicester sack Cockerill. Richard Cockerill: Leicester Tigers sack director of rugby http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38489596
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Jan 2, 2017 14:12
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And to make matters worse for Leicester Manu Tuilagi is ruled out for 6 months with an ACL injury.
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Jan 5, 2017 17:04
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At least the Saints are running smoothly, that's gotta count for something in the East Midlands Derby head-to-head. Leaving aside, of course, all the horrendous losing and ugly winning they've been doing.
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Jan 5, 2017 18:19
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This is the greatest touchline conversion of all time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jsx4TOagQ0
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Jan 6, 2017 02:58
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Ref should have let him re-take the conversion, and then gone and kicked the sound guy out of the stadium during the interval. That's what I would do as ref, anyway.
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Jan 6, 2017 04:26
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Ugh, Bath have just pissed away another two score lead in the last ten minutes, and large part becuase George Ford has shanked two penalties from literally between the posts.
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Jan 6, 2017 22:31
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The Scarets - Ulster match gave a taste of how the new high tackle rules are going to be implemented. Two yellow cards and a penalty try for tackles that wouldn't have been anything other than a penalty last year. I'm all for player safety but it looked pretty daft tonight, especially the penalty try given when the player was ducking into the tackle.
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Jan 6, 2017 23:43
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The Bath game was actually fairly sensibly reffed
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Jan 7, 2017 00:42
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I don't know about the Scarlets penalty try - the attacker wasn't too low and the tackler was very reckless with a swinging arm on his face/head. I think it's a penalty and a yellow, although not convinced that it stopped the try scoring attempt.
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Jan 7, 2017 00:52
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In the case of seroius foul play that might of stopped a try you take the player who committed the foul out of the picture. So in this case without the defending number 8 (who was the one who was pinged for the high and swinging arm) being there the attacker would of scored so penalty try.
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Jan 7, 2017 13:29
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In light of the rule changes it probably was a penalty try and card, but there were at least 3 other tackles that were as bad as the one that got the Scarlets player carded through the course of the match that went unpunished. It's this inconsistency that could get frustrating, I'm not sure it's possible yet to card on every instance of shoulder high tackles due to the sheer frequency of them.
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Jan 7, 2017 15:08
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Good to see Racing phoning it in against Munster today. I wonder if the French clubs will complain about teams using the Champions cup fixtures to rest players? 
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Jan 7, 2017 18:14
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quote:World Rugby is "disappointed" by Northampton's failure to treat George North's most recent head injury "appropriately". "We know you guys hosed this up wholesale, but are not going to punish you in anyway or form so continue to go about killing your players"
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Jan 9, 2017 15:58
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Awww, poor World Rugby, they're so disappointed. You see, they had such high expectations of Northampton, but they were let down. They're the real victim here.
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Jan 9, 2017 16:10
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Well, we all know that it's worse when you hosed up as a kid and your parents told you they weren't angry, they were disappointed. Maybe that's what WR as going for?
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Jan 9, 2017 17:37
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Haskell got to play 2 mins and got sparked out and then Robshaw is out. Going to be an exciting England back row for the 6 nations then!
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Jan 9, 2017 17:46
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thegasman2000 posted:Haskell got to play 2 mins and got sparked out and then Robshaw is out. Going to be an exciting England back row for the 6 nations then! 35 seconds.
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Jan 9, 2017 18:31
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Ouch! Itoje to 6 if Robshaw is out for the 6N?
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Jan 9, 2017 20:11
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Vaders Jester posted:Ouch! Itoje to 6 if Robshaw is out for the 6N? I have a hard time believing there's anything that guy can't do from an athletic standpoint, so why not? e: I keep wanting to call him "just a pure athlete" but then I realize how racist that sounds. He's a skilled and smart player in addition to being a magnificently agile, quick, and strong one.
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Jan 10, 2017 21:46
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Apollodorus and Itoje sittin' in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G!
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Jan 10, 2017 22:26
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Psh as if Rugby hasn't always been the most homoerotic sport there is.
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Jan 10, 2017 22:42
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Apollodorus posted:I have a hard time believing there's anything that guy can't do from an athletic standpoint, so why not? I'd agree, I reckon Itoje could turn his hand to pretty much any athletic endeavour and excel at it. He'll go far if he stays healthy and I say that as a huge Jonny Gray fan, who is likely to get cock-blocked out of the Lions test team by Itoje.
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Jan 11, 2017 02:26
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5vFbMI8X4Q Great video documenting the build up for the Italian side after the defeat to NZ and the win over SA in the Autumn.
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Jan 11, 2017 04:19
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Vaders Jester posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5vFbMI8X4Q clicked expecting the first rule of Italian
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Jan 11, 2017 04:25
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Joe Marler's just broken his leg. Those of you still playing club rugby might want to prep a highlight reel for Eddie Jones at this point...
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Jan 11, 2017 11:17
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tarbrush posted:Joe Marler's just broken his leg. Those of you still playing club rugby might want to prep a highlight reel for Eddie Jones at this point... I love how an athelete can break his leg and be a "doubt for the start of the 6N".... These guys must be banging out some sort of HGH to recover from an injury like that so quickly...
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Jan 11, 2017 16:47
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CyberPingu posted:I love how an athelete can break his leg and be a "doubt for the start of the 6N".... These guys must be banging out some sort of HGH to recover from an injury like that so quickly... Nah, I'm sure it's all of those intravenous injections of Vitamins. They definitely get more Vitamins than normal people.
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Jan 11, 2017 18:44
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Stem cell therapy seems to be the big thing for professional athletes so might be that?
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Jan 11, 2017 19:04
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It depends on the severity of the break. A badly broken leg put Paul Williams out of rugby for a couple of years back in 02 or 03, for example.
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Jan 11, 2017 19:47
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Warburton's going to be replaced by Wyn Jones as captain of the New Scotland. The King is dead. Long live the King!
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Jan 11, 2017 20:31
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England Grand Slam 2017 T-shirts are on sale, everyone! Buy now and you'll get a discount! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2017/01/12/england-grand-slam-t-shirts-go-sale-three-weeks-start-six-nations/
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Jan 12, 2017 17:54
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Gotta order well in advance if you want the sweatshops to churn them out and boat them over in time, all while keeping it the lowest cost possible because you might be shipping them to Africa as a charitable write off in a few months. The only surprise is that they're selling them already.
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rip johny sexton
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