European Club Rugby
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Well looks like this will be my last season of rugby
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@Bones said in NH club rugby:
Well looks like this will be my last season of rugby
Yeah, no way you can bend down that far, you old cnut!
But it is the 'future' to take away one of the key parts so many people love about rugby, the physicality. Yet we still allow people to punch and kick each other in the head for some sports - just bizarre
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@Machpants have to say I pretty well agree with you on how hard this will make it to defend if someone is passed ball within a metre of you and running in your direction, it will be almost impossible to bend down quickly enough without getting yourself into a very dangerous position.
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@Dan54 said in NH club rugby:
@Machpants have to say I pretty well agree with you on how hard this will make it to defend if someone is passed ball within a metre of you and running in your direction, it will be almost impossible to bend down quickly enough without getting yourself into a very dangerous position.
Yeah considering more tacklers get concussed than talked players, I think it might make it worse
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Amateur players launch lawsuit against rugby authorities over brain injuries
Rugby union authorities are facing a second major lawsuit as group of more than 55 former amateur players have begun legal action against the RFU, the WRU and World Rugby
I'm starting to get real sick of these fluffybunnies. What did you think could happen in a collision game? "Oh the governing body didn't change the rules to tiddlywinks to protect me from my own decisions." Go fuck off.
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@antipodean said in NH club rugby:
Amateur players launch lawsuit against rugby authorities over brain injuries
Rugby union authorities are facing a second major lawsuit as group of more than 55 former amateur players have begun legal action against the RFU, the WRU and World Rugby
I'm starting to get real sick of these fluffybunnies. What did you think could happen in a collision game? "Oh the governing body didn't change the rules to tiddlywinks to protect me from my own decisions." Go fuck off.
Yep perhaps they can sue their parents for letting them play? Or their schoolteachers if they played at school? And how about lets all sue schools that didn't stop us playing bullrush etc during intervals. As you say the world is getting full of f***ing fluffiebunnies!
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There will be law trials in NZ Community rugby this year that include a reduced tackle height. That follows a trial in selected grades, last year.
See my post in the Law trials and changes thread with the NZR media release (including the positive feedback they received).
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@antipodean said in NH club rugby:
Amateur players launch lawsuit against rugby authorities over brain injuries
Rugby union authorities are facing a second major lawsuit as group of more than 55 former amateur players have begun legal action against the RFU, the WRU and World Rugby
I'm starting to get real sick of these fluffybunnies. What did you think could happen in a collision game? "Oh the governing body didn't change the rules to tiddlywinks to protect me from my own decisions." Go fuck off.
goodbye club rugby
park football is never, ever going to be able to meet those standards
I fucking sick of these players not taking any level of responsibility. I never met a player that didn't want to stay on if it was at all possible. That didn't want to play next week.
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@Stargazer yep, I am 99% sure the North Harbour 1st 15 comp was playing a reduced tackle height rule last year, anything sternum/chest to shoulders was a free kick.
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Actually going to cause a lot of problems this change.
Have seen references to trials where the number of concussions has gone up, which makes sense when you think about heads being lowered to hips and knees more often.
Might reduce the ball carrier concussions and increase for the tackler.
Like boxing, and other contact sports, there is an element of risk. I’d rather they reduce the volume of contact by changing the training methods instead of ruining the actual games.
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@taniwharugby said in NH club rugby:
@Stargazer yep, I am 99% sure the North Harbour 1st 15 comp was playing a reduced tackle height rule last year, anything sternum/chest to shoulders was a free kick.
Yeah ok, that is something I could look to try and work with. Waist is just fucking bizarre, arbitrary and pretty vague.
There's no way I'm getting myself down to where the waist on my red origins were circa 30 years ago.
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Sensible article imo
Rugby’s authorities hit a new low with unworkable change to tackle rules | Michael Aylwin
The draconian shift will be virtually impossible for referees to enforce and will do little to reduce the number of head injuries
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in NH club rugby:
Baring cards, and that doesn't happen anymore, those games will go to the home teams, I reckon
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Jamie George incident sparks outrage and calls for investigation | Wales Online
Jamie George is now a Six Nations doubt after being caught up in a head injury storm.
