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Murphy
cat malogen
I worship at the temple of rugby union too
France pack/tight 5 specifically wasn’t quite up to it vs the Boks but their backs were better. As an ex blindside the Bok scrum penalty on their own 22 when they could’ve easily kicked to touch/lineout/recycle was one the most epic psychological ploys seen in the sport. Can’t recall a move so ballsy and France couldn’t quite recover from, transfixing rugby
All the drama round DuPont and then heartbreak, they’re back to their best when JP Rives, S Blanco, Berbizier you know the cunt were buzzing round, playing off 9 rather than fly half and when they click they can beat anyone now
England Boks was one try ultra attrition, check Curry’s schnoz but all the Bok subs changed their team’s progress Erasmus going nuts
Farrell, Edwards, Kevin Sinfield, massive coaches from league have improved union, it’s been gradual but their system analysis is apex predator and English rugby is missing a trick not getting them together
France pack/tight 5 specifically wasn’t quite up to it vs the Boks but their backs were better. As an ex blindside the Bok scrum penalty on their own 22 when they could’ve easily kicked to touch/lineout/recycle was one the most epic psychological ploys seen in the sport. Can’t recall a move so ballsy and France couldn’t quite recover from, transfixing rugby
All the drama round DuPont and then heartbreak, they’re back to their best when JP Rives, S Blanco, Berbizier you know the cunt were buzzing round, playing off 9 rather than fly half and when they click they can beat anyone now
England Boks was one try ultra attrition, check Curry’s schnoz but all the Bok subs changed their team’s progress Erasmus going nuts
Farrell, Edwards, Kevin Sinfield, massive coaches from league have improved union, it’s been gradual but their system analysis is apex predator and English rugby is missing a trick not getting them together
Murphy
cat malogen
mental as you said, made a lot of other games in history look boring too
France might been the complete package but they folded after that insane Bok scrum penalty, Ireland game was muddy grim tension by comparison
Kerevi et al are some of the most skilful backs out there, need more than Skelton‘s huge frame but would question fitness, Australia did well when they brought in Ledesma
Murphy
cat malogen
Australia wanted the scrum axed a decade or so back, fortunately a cultural shift began which Ledesma overhauled
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true you can build fitness but Oz need a few dogs in their pack, players who can overpower monsters like Etzebeth and outthink savants like du Toit
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true you can build fitness but Oz need a few dogs in their pack, players who can overpower monsters like Etzebeth and outthink savants like du Toit
Murphy
cat malogen
left out of what Craner would like thread, pre-work chill algorithm showed up for once
nearly everyone is dead now but Alex Wylie,, Meades, Kirkpatrick, Sid Going, Willie John, Merv the Swerve, Edwards, Barry John (was he really as good as the rep?), Gibson and JPR? Timeless matchups even after so many years
Carwyn James, what a brain for the obvious with game patterns and strategising an unreal talent pool. All the interviews are crackling with wisdom, positional insights and weighing up opposition strengths/weaknesses
back to the grind
Murphy
cat malogen
What did you get out of it @Corpsey ?
It‘s primarily a thinking game, for all the emphasis on (in a deep South African accent) ‘physicality’. As much as I love Celtic FC, look how refs are treated in football. Disgraceful. Poor role models for kids too, grown men rolling round of the floor (looking at you Rivaldo), never accepting a decision and/or crowding refs over every/all infringements. Difficult comparing such high levels of cheating involved outside of sports linked to high levels of confirmed doping
You can’t be as selfish in rugby either, you have to be selfless and constantly scanning for mismatches and micro-gaps to put team mates through. The days of rucking players on the floor, your own men too if your name is Colin Meads, are long gone too (see JPR against the All Blacks). Hence, when multi phase-play clicks and the greyhounds are finally set loose, all the ugly ball winning thuggery delivers like no other game on Earth
It‘s primarily a thinking game, for all the emphasis on (in a deep South African accent) ‘physicality’. As much as I love Celtic FC, look how refs are treated in football. Disgraceful. Poor role models for kids too, grown men rolling round of the floor (looking at you Rivaldo), never accepting a decision and/or crowding refs over every/all infringements. Difficult comparing such high levels of cheating involved outside of sports linked to high levels of confirmed doping
You can’t be as selfish in rugby either, you have to be selfless and constantly scanning for mismatches and micro-gaps to put team mates through. The days of rucking players on the floor, your own men too if your name is Colin Meads, are long gone too (see JPR against the All Blacks). Hence, when multi phase-play clicks and the greyhounds are finally set loose, all the ugly ball winning thuggery delivers like no other game on Earth