2019 Rugby World Cup
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@Bones said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
So anyway, what happened to the covering up of tattoos?
I expect that management have worked out which onsen they can attend and advised accordingly.
A couple of our players had to cover their tattoos with strapping tape in our own hotel.
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@Bones said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
So anyway, what happened to the covering up of tattoos?
I expect that management have worked out which onsen they can attend and advised accordingly.
A couple of our players had to cover their tattoos with strapping tape in our own hotel.
Yeah, I have this big sticking plaster thing which I usually have to put on my arm when I use the bath after playing golf.
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Hell yes, let's change more rules - because they haven't been changed for a while - and get more stoppages!
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Hell yes, let's change more rules - because they haven't been changed for a while - and get more stoppages!
@Stargazer said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Hell yes, let's change more rules - because they haven't been changed for a while - and get more stoppages!
Have horizontal lines sprayed on to the field one metre apart.
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@Stargazer said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Hell yes, let's change more rules - because they haven't been changed for a while - and get more stoppages!
Have horizontal lines sprayed on to the field one metre apart.
@ACT-Crusader said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@Stargazer said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Hell yes, let's change more rules - because they haven't been changed for a while - and get more stoppages!
Have horizontal lines sprayed on to the field one metre apart.
Start calling assistant refs linesmen again, and actually make them do their job
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Hell yes, let's change more rules - because they haven't been changed for a while - and get more stoppages!
@Stargazer or they could try policing the current offside lines better...that would be a nightmare.
Refs cop enough shit with current rules and have a tough enough job as it is without making it harder.
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@Stargazer or they could try policing the current offside lines better...that would be a nightmare.
Refs cop enough shit with current rules and have a tough enough job as it is without making it harder.
@taniwharugby Yeah, my thoughts exactly. WR should really stop changing the rules all the time. It's confusing enough as it is; if they keep on changing the rules, nobody knows what they are anymore. I actually feel sorry for the refs.
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@taniwharugby Yeah, my thoughts exactly. WR should really stop changing the rules all the time. It's confusing enough as it is; if they keep on changing the rules, nobody knows what they are anymore. I actually feel sorry for the refs.
@Stargazer not to mention the lack of genuine assistance they get from, er, the Assistant Refs.
Ref is checking off sides, gates, last feet, hands, where ball is, other team off side, has the 9 picked it up...
AR is looking to see if someone grabbed someone's Jersey or pushed someone.
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The ARs are responsible for more offside calls away from the breakdown during a game than the refs are. I listen to Sports Ears at SR games, and always listen to the ref's feed. You regularly hear communication from the ARs to the ref, although sometimes the ref chooses to ignore the advice. The RWC wouldn't be any different.
My biggest criticism is that the ARs don't tell the ref enough when the opposition defensive lines are offside from rucks, or players are in front of kickers. If those of us at the game can see this clearly so should the officials!
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Typhoon Watch
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The ARs are responsible for more offside calls away from the breakdown during a game than the refs are. I listen to Sports Ears at SR games, and always listen to the ref's feed. You regularly hear communication from the ARs to the ref, although sometimes the ref chooses to ignore the advice. The RWC wouldn't be any different.
My biggest criticism is that the ARs don't tell the ref enough when the opposition defensive lines are offside from rucks, or players are in front of kickers. If those of us at the game can see this clearly so should the officials!
@Bovidae said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
The ARs are responsible for more offside calls away from the breakdown during a game than the refs are. I listen to Sports Ears at SR games, and always listen to the ref's feed. You regularly hear communication from the ARs to the ref, although sometimes the ref chooses to ignore the advice. The RWC wouldn't be any different.
My biggest criticism is that the ARs don't tell the ref enough when the opposition defensive lines are offside from rucks, or players are in front of kickers. If those of us at the game can see this clearly so should the officials!
I personally think that if we’ll have only one ref, we should have four linesman - two upfield on touch and two inline with the defense on offsides.
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England could be the biggest beneficiaries of this typhoon assuming their game is cancelled. I think the forecast for the Japan v Scotland game is not looking too bad and that game will be played. From having to play five tier 1 teams on consecutive weekends, England could now be the team which is the least fatigued going into the knockouts. France too but they realistically have very little chance of progressing much further than the quarters.
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Hope this is not true. What a letdown if it is. Poor Scotland.
Samoa deciding to play on after the time was up which led to the bonus point to Japan could come back and bite us. Looks like it will be Ireland that we will be facing now.
