Things that annoy you about rugby...
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The Blues....
But a less obvious one would be how long teams are allowed to have maul set up before they have to use it if they aren't going forward. They are allowed to stop twice and refs generally allow them ages before they call each of those 2 "stops". It should either be 1 stop and use it or the refs need to be a lot harsher/quicker on what they determine is a maul 'stopped'. Mauls are way too advantageous for the attacking team.
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The Blues....
But a less obvious one would be how long teams are allowed to have maul set up before they have to use it if they aren't going forward. They are allowed to stop twice and refs generally allow them ages before they call each of those 2 "stops". It should either be 1 stop and use it or the refs need to be a lot harsher/quicker on what they determine is a maul 'stopped'. Mauls are way too advantageous for the attacking team.
@KiwiMurph mauls are geared for the attacking teams.
How often do you see a guy come through a maul only for the ref to tell him he is off side.
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Backs slapping all their forwards on the back after winning a scrum penalty.
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Some of the niggly stuff, like players patting opposition players on the head just to annoy or patronize them.
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- A tackler holding the tackler down after the ball is spread away from the tackle area.
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@KiwiMurph mauls are geared for the attacking teams.
How often do you see a guy come through a maul only for the ref to tell him he is off side.
@taniwharugby yeah, and when was the last time you saw the attacking side penalized for collapsing? Though every team does it if they are trying to free the ball.
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@taniwharugby yeah, and when was the last time you saw the attacking side penalized for collapsing? Though every team does it if they are trying to free the ball.
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Grant Nisbett. Learn some names George. Oops no, thats Gary. No, actually it is Grant.
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Dickhead coaches and managers who keep telling us, pre-match, how they're going to smash the opposition and physically annihilate them.
Do your talking on the pitch.
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Dickhead coaches and managers who keep telling us, pre-match, how they're going to smash the opposition and physically annihilate them.
Do your talking on the pitch.
@Victor-Meldrew said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
Dickhead coaches and managers who keep telling us, pre-match, how they're going to smash the opposition and physically annihilate them.
Do your talking on the pitch.
I'll add half time interviews, pointless sound bites
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Dickhead coaches and managers who keep telling us, pre-match, how they're going to smash the opposition and physically annihilate them.
Do your talking on the pitch.
@Victor-Meldrew said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
Dickhead coaches and managers who keep telling us, pre-match, how they're going to smash the opposition and physically annihilate them.
Do your talking on the pitch.
Eddie Jones would have been quicker to type
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
Dickhead coaches and managers who keep telling us, pre-match, how they're going to smash the opposition and physically annihilate them.
Do your talking on the pitch.
I'll add half time interviews, pointless sound bites
@Machpants @Victor-Meldrew I think coaches wouldn't mind ditching those pre-match and half time interviews, or those stupid interviews during the game. I'm not sure what they did do to deserve being called dickhead coaches. They're answering questions asked by the interviewer. What else are they supposed to say?
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The Blues....
But a less obvious one would be how long teams are allowed to have maul set up before they have to use it if they aren't going forward. They are allowed to stop twice and refs generally allow them ages before they call each of those 2 "stops". It should either be 1 stop and use it or the refs need to be a lot harsher/quicker on what they determine is a maul 'stopped'. Mauls are way too advantageous for the attacking team.
@KiwiMurph said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
The Blues....
But a less obvious one would be how long teams are allowed to have maul set up before they have to use it if they aren't going forward. They are allowed to stop twice and refs generally allow them ages before they call each of those 2 "stops". It should either be 1 stop and use it or the refs need to be a lot harsher/quicker on what they determine is a maul 'stopped'. Mauls are way too advantageous for the attacking team.
Agree with this. I would add that a maul going backwards should be deemed to have stopped.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
Dickhead coaches and managers who keep telling us, pre-match, how they're going to smash the opposition and physically annihilate them.
Do your talking on the pitch.
Eddie Jones would have been quicker to type
@Crucial said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
Dickhead coaches and managers who keep telling us, pre-match, how they're going to smash the opposition and physically annihilate them.
Do your talking on the pitch.
Eddie Jones would have been quicker to type
Not just Jones, Crucial, though he's the loudest current exponent.
This this sort of fluffybunny-ness has been getting worse for a decade or more
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@Crucial said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
Dickhead coaches and managers who keep telling us, pre-match, how they're going to smash the opposition and physically annihilate them.
Do your talking on the pitch.
Eddie Jones would have been quicker to type
Not just Jones, Crucial, though he's the loudest current exponent.
This this sort of fluffybunny-ness has been getting worse for a decade or more
@Victor-Meldrew said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
@Crucial said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
Dickhead coaches and managers who keep telling us, pre-match, how they're going to smash the opposition and physically annihilate them.
Do your talking on the pitch.
Eddie Jones would have been quicker to type
Not just Jones, Crucial, though he's the loudest current exponent.
This this sort of fluffybunny-ness has been getting worse for a decade or more
Examples? I can only go by games that I follow closely enough to listen to pre match comments by coaches or those that are high profile.
Is this something prevalent in the English game? I don’t see it here. -
For me it is the pointless interviews, mid game (coach or player leaving at half time). But yeah reporters need to step up and get decent questions. I don;t mind a bit of pre match mind games, they often don;t work!
@Machpants said in Things that annoy you about rugby...:
reporters need to step up and get decent questions
The vast majority are leading questions. The coach/player could legitimately just answer every question with "Yes"
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Personally, the growing antagonism between opposing fans and partisan press. There have always been muppets, but now it seems like there's a narrative (driven by media) that somehow the opposition are cheating, the refs favour them and nothing that your team does is wrong.
This is exemplified by the 'we have a deal' penalty discussion at the end of Lions 3; so many people arguing 'it's never a penalty', 'Read was offside', etc. Just frustrating
