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Far too simplistic. It's common sense that if you are running at a smaller guy or a bigger guy, physique wise, the chances of evading the smaller guy are bigger. You put fifteen bigger men across a field, there are less gaps, the field is that bit more congested. I've read newspaper comments...

:lol: it's you that goes off on a tangent Argie and start digging up pointless articles (Brazil's "three R's" say hi btw). 99% of my comments are based on Rugby with only football (or another sport) occasionally thrown in to add some context.

Should have gone to specsavers. What that players today are bulked up to the heavens and the game is more brutish? I see that as a major issue. Theres far less space, gaps are at a premium. The stifling tactics and low risk forward emphasis is obviously another. Just been watching Sky Sports...

The black shirt of NZ is second only to the yellow jersey of Brazil in iconic status in international sport..so just as Brazil are most peoples second team in football the same applies to NZ in Rugby. People respect the best. NZ are even more unique to Brazil though in that in much of the world...

Class. Love that one the best of the current Guinness ads. Sir Jonny is apt indeed. Loved by the English, adored by French, respected by everyone. The Munster one is brilliantly done but found it bittersweet as that one off win should have been put to bed last year. Bill McLaren...legend. Up...

Some good suggestions there. Increasing the try value to 8 or 9 wouldn't affect things much as you would still have forwards stuffing it up the jumper to get the try. The size issue for me is the biggest. The XV men game was created when the players were of slimmer build...they have bulked up...

In Australia Argie....in Australia http://tvnz.co.nz/rugby-news/rugby-losing-shine-in-australia-3068434 Rugby is dying on its arse in Australia for the reasons the Aussies give. I'm coming up with solutions (due to increased bulk have less players/widen field)...give some incentive to be more...

...and Pele was not the first player to score goals. What Lomu did was make line breaks more spectacular than any individual before or since, and in an era when they were common in the game. Two of my favourite Irish moments pre O'Drsicoll....Gordon Hamiltons try against Aus in 91, Simon...

Sanzar, they're trying to come up with obsure reasons why Union is dying a slow death in Australia, rather than address the actual problem of why it is. They gave their answer in market research polls carried out by ARU authorities. I watched two games today...NZ vs England and Ireland vs...

I think Sam will be thinking he won't have any problems getting into that backline. Bar that brilliant run from Jonny May there was very little penetration. The backs had to resort to up and unders in order to make gains. Eastmond at 5'7 is never a centre in the modern brutish era..he did pretty...

:lol: @ this thread. In a similar vein, who's better... Pele or Wayne Rooney? Ali or Klitschko? Federer or Andy Murray? Tiger Woods or Colin Montgomerie? Question...did this fella play today? Watched another 80 minutes of zilch. Did nothing and complete silence whenever he did get the...

Nonsense. Aussies don't care about the international game in League...state of origin and the NRL dwarf the international game. Almost 5 million watched the NRL final...roughly a fifth watched Australia vs NZ league game. Market research gives the reason interest in Union is dying in...

Loving that. If i was a kiwi id buy that NZ football one (or an old NZ Rugby jersey) before I'd touch the current Rugby jersey. The one thing NZ Rugby should never have done is get a sponsor on the shirt. The jersey was previously regarded as sacrosanct...now it screams "we are for sale". I...

None of that answers why viewing figures and crowd attendances in Union have nosedived in Australia since 2006. it may be true that RL has always been bigger (Aussies can answer that one) but the gulf in popularity between it and Union has never been a big as it is now. We can only go on...

Lots of opinionated waffle and hot air "England started the tournament as favourites" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-2483342/BEN-KAY-relives-Englands-Rugby-World-Cup-2003-win-THAT-dropped-pass.html "Pre tournament favourites and eventual world champions England"...

Gosh he went quick. RIP. Been keeping track of Joost since he got his diagnosis and remember this fella meeting Joost just after he too was diagnosed (last year I think)...and he was standing looking healthy while Joost was in his wheelchair and barely able to move. Quite shocking that it was...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/25124313 "The passing skills in all positions in league are far superior to those in union" - Jeremy Guscott, former England Rugby Union international centre. "The handling skills in league are higher generally. If you look at the top sides like...

Didnt stay up to watch it live so just caught the highlights on the BBC website. Seen the headline "controversial" end due to the try not being given...and then having seen the footage there was nothing controversial about it. In control and downward pressure...getting a finger is not control...

I've highlighted why they were a class above. Boks crap?..England definitely a class above them them. Beat the Aussies and NZ during that stretch?..England definitely a class above them then. 13 men beat NZ in NZ....no-one will ever do that again. Ever. So who is left? France won in 2002...in...

While I kinda endorse what you say about the backs (although nowhere near as strident as they were still pretty decent), i was about to say (before ragerancher responded) that semi was a near wash out. The rain was bucketing down the whole day and the field was drenched (if anything that gave...