Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:53 am  

j.c wrote:

And i'll bet its done the sport or the players no harm at all.

I would imagine a few of the sponsors will be re-evaluating their current and future deals. RFU belatedly have stated after an internal enquiry takes places the guilty players maybe disciplined.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Fri Oct 14, 2011 5:09 pm  

give it 6 months to all settle down and all will be forgiven and forgotten.the coach will probably step down because he's taken them as far as he can,one or two players will retire and write books about it all.
Once the 5 nations comes round the hysteria with all the tv stations and the written media ill start again.
Did bloodgate do any harm?.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:55 pm  

It's amazing how one tournament can shed light on just how rancid a sport can be.

It's amazing how one tournament can shed light on just how rancid a sport can be.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:56 am  

j.c wrote:

give it 6 months to all settle down and all will be forgiven and forgotten.the coach will probably step down because he's taken them as far as he can,one or two players will retire and write books about it all.
Once the 5 nations comes round the hysteria with all the tv stations and the written media ill start again.
Did bloodgate do any harm?.

has somebody dropped out ? - hopefully the english......

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:36 am  

I thought I'd give it a try on 17 mins. A cracking tackle from a Welsh bloke led him to being sent off. Otherwise nothing to report. It took until 23 mins for more than 2 passes in a passage of play. Now France seem intent to win by pushing Wales back to their line in a scrum or maul. They have no idea how to make the extra man work in open play. It is like watching the schoolkids at half time in RL where each kid takes a turn trying to barge over. A French bloke has just tried a drop goal from about half way despite the advantage. A Mexican wave has started which sums up the fare.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:54 am  

France won, but I can't even remember them once attempting to score a try

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:59 am  

So I woke up just as 2nd half started. Thought I would give it a go and god damn that was torture.

That was a horrible game to watch.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:06 am  

how is it possible for an international team to play consistently badly,be completely clueless and absolutely inept and still make a world championship final ?

saying that,rather reluctantly : ALLEZ LES BLEUS !

bad luck Wales - you deserved better...

[Durham Giant]

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:08 am  

Terible decision by the ref to send of the Welsh Captain.

A very good tackle that just went a bit too far on the follow through. In RL it would have been a penalty and that was it.

A red card was a joke even the pundits were saying it should have been a yellow. It should have been neither a complete joke.

Is RU becoming a non contact sport!

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:09 am  

It did just remind me of a kids half time game. Instead of a PTB there is a mawl, the half back picks up the ball & passes to the biggest player standing close by who, for a split second, thinks 'what do I do?' before driving it 2 metres forward. At least in kids rugby they don't waste that split second deciding what to do. For the first 10 minutes I watched I bet there were more errors than 80 minutes of last weeks' GF in pouring rain.