Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:23 pm  

cjhatesunion wrote:

:lol: If I did that I would end up sliting my wrists,80 mins is bad enough never mind slowing the game down.

I V+ed it, sat down to watch, got bored and watched it at +12 speed. It's way more entertaining and was over much quicker.

I try to watch Union all the time as an alternative to football, but it seems to be getting worse.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:17 am  

1000% HULL FC wrote:

It's amazing how the media like to hype this game up so much and how the gullible public get all excited about it, just because they are told to.

I was watching it because there's ways of making money betting on union, unders on tries, shockingly, but the line that got me was when Nick Mullins said, "This is a game they'll talk about in rugby circles for as long as the game exists." Or along those lines. Really? It was a battle of a team not wanting to lose when in front versus a team who couldn't create enough (either tries or draw penalties) to win, and bottled the drop goal.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:36 am  

All I hear is the sending off ruined the game. Why did it have to? We've all seen plenty of club RL games where it doesn't. I remember Steve Hampson being sent off for nutting Gary Freeman in the first few minutes of GB v NZ. GB went on the win & play attacking rugby. When Morley was sent off in the first tackle against Aus, GB went on to lead until near the end with attacking rugby. On the radio & TV reports I have heard there has not been one critical appraisal of the game apart from the sending off.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:46 am  

Shaun Edwards once got sent off vs Oz at Wembley IIRC, I'm sure it will have been mentioned in his speech.
Now the give the bloke 3 week ban for the tackle, unbelievable. Yet they will no doubt continue to cowardly stamp on heads etc. Disgraceful sport.

This from the French defensive coach, " "I think it was a fantastic rugby league tackle. Unfortunately we are not playing rugby league, we are playing rugby union."

So I presume you are simply expected to stick an arm out and watch them run round you?

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:07 am  

Is there a law in Yawnion I don't know about? It seems to be illegal to use a two man overlap. That's the only explanation that makes sense.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:18 am  

Caught most of the game in the bar this morning. I was impressed by the local turnout with about 15 men watching the game. I got talking to them and it turned out they were a group of French tourists down here for the weekend. The general feeling about yesterday's game was that all's fair in love and union.
After listening to the Spanish commentary team and seeing this BBC headline, 'Awesome All Blacks crush Australia', I have just one question. Do the media actually watch the events ON the field?

All Blacks are 1/10 to win the thing by the way.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:51 pm  

Match fixing at rugby union world cup? Stuart Barnes, take a bow

Match fixing at rugby union world cup? Stuart Barnes, take a bow

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sun Oct 16, 2011 2:50 pm  

kobashi wrote:

There was a point at the end when wales did this for like 25 phases. Going nowhere at all!

where they just trying to play for a penalty as it made no sense to me. The rules in Union just allow negativity to win matches.

Not entertaining to watch at all!

Yes, that was my main memory from the game....Those 20-odd phases were the biggest waste of 3 or 4 minutes I've ever witnessed. I was trying to understand the point of what Wales were attempting to do.

However, it was probably caused by the bizarre Union rules....Look at the French defensive line - it was literally a metre from what League fans would call the 'play-the-ball'....Any chance of any rugby being played is simply suffocated by the ridiculous rules - Try playing League with a defensive line that far back and you'd end up with the same mess as they have in Union.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sun Oct 16, 2011 3:37 pm  

Catalancs wrote: Match fixing at rugby union world cup? Sounds like sour grapes to me

Catalancs wrote: Match fixing at rugby union world cup? Sounds like sour grapes to me

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:56 pm  

Catalancs wrote: Match fixing at rugby union world cup? That's funny Catalancs wrote: Stuart Barnes, take a bow that's funnier

Catalancs wrote: Match fixing at rugby union world cup? That's funny Catalancs wrote: Stuart Barnes, take a bow that's funnier