| Rugby 10:21 - Oct 5 with 1711 views | fergalsharkey |
Is it as exciting as world championship chess? |  |
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| Rugby on 10:30 - Oct 5 with 1694 views | wkj |
It is. Not quite as exciting as one night in Bangkok where the hard man humbles, not much between despair and ecstasy. At least in terms of when they host the chess there. |  |
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| Rugby on 10:50 - Oct 5 with 1676 views | Darth_Koont |
Early red card has ruined this one, I'm afraid. It's taken the sting out of what could have been one of the biggest games of the group stage.
But right decision by the letter of the law and for player safety. There have been a few similar ones that have gone unpunished this World Cup. |  |
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| Rugby on 10:51 - Oct 5 with 1668 views | StokieBlue |
I hope so, I love watching Chess.
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| Rugby on 10:56 - Oct 5 with 1648 views | wkj |
| Rugby on 10:51 - Oct 5 by StokieBlue |
I hope so, I love watching Chess.
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Aiye, Murray Head was a joy to behold. | |
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| Rugby on 11:07 - Oct 5 with 1632 views | Herbivore |
It's not as exciting as fictional moped journeys and made up travel tales. |  |
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| Rugby on 11:12 - Oct 5 with 1619 views | Barneycurley |
| Rugby on 10:51 - Oct 5 by StokieBlue |
I hope so, I love watching Chess.
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Exactly doesn't get any better than Fisher v Spasky in Reykjavik.
Now any one want to see drama it was all there |  |
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| Rugby on 11:22 - Oct 5 with 1605 views | midastouch |
Chess checkmates rugby every time. |  |
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| Rugby on 11:24 - Oct 5 with 1601 views | Herbivore |
| Rugby on 11:22 - Oct 5 by midastouch |
Chess checkmates rugby every time. |
Try hard. | |
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| Rugby on 11:37 - Oct 5 with 1585 views | BigManBlue |
I will never understand how even the supposed elite of rugby union can barely throw a ball into a guy's hands from about eight feet away with any accuracy. Not knocking some of the technical/set piece stuff they can do, but I'm always amazed that such a basic and fundamental skill is so poorly executed on a regular basis. Always seems to me the reason why NZ are so far ahead, even their props can chuck it around more than most NH backlines. |  |
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| Rugby on 13:23 - Oct 5 with 1537 views | agentp |
| Rugby on 11:37 - Oct 5 by BigManBlue |
I will never understand how even the supposed elite of rugby union can barely throw a ball into a guy's hands from about eight feet away with any accuracy. Not knocking some of the technical/set piece stuff they can do, but I'm always amazed that such a basic and fundamental skill is so poorly executed on a regular basis. Always seems to me the reason why NZ are so far ahead, even their props can chuck it around more than most NH backlines. |
Imagine someone smashing you in the leg repeatedly and then trying to kick a ball. In a tough game your fingers are numb after 15 minutes, while your rotator cuffs are on fire -along with your forearms. Even holding a fork after a game is tricky at times let alone throwing a ball. Watch the scores increase in line with the error count increase as a game goes on.
Who said that Fleetwood defenfder is a beast - is he F**k |  |
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| Rugby on 13:31 - Oct 5 with 1523 views | Darth_Koont |
| Rugby on 13:23 - Oct 5 by agentp |
Imagine someone smashing you in the leg repeatedly and then trying to kick a ball. In a tough game your fingers are numb after 15 minutes, while your rotator cuffs are on fire -along with your forearms. Even holding a fork after a game is tricky at times let alone throwing a ball. Watch the scores increase in line with the error count increase as a game goes on.
Who said that Fleetwood defenfder is a beast - is he F**k |
Agreed.
Not only that but you're almost always passing the ball into space for the receiver to run onto - even over a few yards. So passes have to be timed.
Easier said than done when you're in a scrap and bodies are flying around. | |
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| Rugby on 13:36 - Oct 5 with 1505 views | agentp |
| Rugby on 13:31 - Oct 5 by Darth_Koont |
Agreed.
Not only that but you're almost always passing the ball into space for the receiver to run onto - even over a few yards. So passes have to be timed.
Easier said than done when you're in a scrap and bodies are flying around. |
Absolutely!
The 'throw the ball into a guy's arms' comment made me chuckle. | |
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| Rugby on 13:40 - Oct 5 with 1494 views | Darth_Koont |
| Rugby on 13:36 - Oct 5 by agentp |
Absolutely!
The 'throw the ball into a guy's arms' comment made me chuckle. |
If more people played the game even at a beery, old fart level or touch rugby they'd see how the game looks at ground level. It's completely different and most of the "simple things" at international pace are pretty incredible. | |
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| Rugby on 13:41 - Oct 5 with 1490 views | Stu_Magoo |
Rugby is utter cack. |  | | |
| Rugby on 14:21 - Oct 5 with 1431 views | BigManBlue |
| Rugby on 13:23 - Oct 5 by agentp |
Imagine someone smashing you in the leg repeatedly and then trying to kick a ball. In a tough game your fingers are numb after 15 minutes, while your rotator cuffs are on fire -along with your forearms. Even holding a fork after a game is tricky at times let alone throwing a ball. Watch the scores increase in line with the error count increase as a game goes on.
Who said that Fleetwood defenfder is a beast - is he F**k |
Didn't mean at all to sound like I'm knocking the physical effort those guys put in, it's self evidently pretty extraordinary. I still hold that the home nations should put more emphasis on handling though - when I watched the Ireland game there were an awful lot of first and second passes sailing up at the receivers head height, and they're supposedly the best (second best?) team in the world. | |
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| Rugby on 14:26 - Oct 5 with 1420 views | StokieBlue |
| Rugby on 14:21 - Oct 5 by BigManBlue |
Didn't mean at all to sound like I'm knocking the physical effort those guys put in, it's self evidently pretty extraordinary. I still hold that the home nations should put more emphasis on handling though - when I watched the Ireland game there were an awful lot of first and second passes sailing up at the receivers head height, and they're supposedly the best (second best?) team in the world. |
The humidity is playing a huge part, so much so that Wales trained with baby oil on the balls. The handling would be a lot better in Europe.
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