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Rugby World Cup 2015
An open letter to World Rugby.
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<blockquote data-quote="gamine" data-source="post: 766803" data-attributes="member: 73397"><p>I could not agree more! I have wasted precious hours arguing with some on this thread about the prevalence of the forward pass in today's game, only to be told that I am a troll, that I don't understand the physics of the pass in rugby, and I remind someone of their mother-in-law!</p><p></p><p> I'm sorry, but forward passes are ignored, along with crooked feeds at the scrum, flopping on top at the break down, obstruction in the form of jumping over at the break down, and blocking opponents a la American football, wriggling and turning over at the breakdown to prevent the opposition getting the ball, offside at the breakdown, not straight at the lineout, and as for the scrum, the refs have no idea what's going on! </p><p></p><p>The worst aspect of the refereeing is that refs will indeed penalise for some of these infringements, but only for some and not for all. I know the refs can't see everything, but they do have assistants, and they needn't ignore infringements that take place right under their noses! They will say that they want to keep the game flowing, but that cannot be an excuse for cheating, and the more the players get away with it the more we will see of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gamine, post: 766803, member: 73397"] I could not agree more! I have wasted precious hours arguing with some on this thread about the prevalence of the forward pass in today's game, only to be told that I am a troll, that I don't understand the physics of the pass in rugby, and I remind someone of their mother-in-law! I'm sorry, but forward passes are ignored, along with crooked feeds at the scrum, flopping on top at the break down, obstruction in the form of jumping over at the break down, and blocking opponents a la American football, wriggling and turning over at the breakdown to prevent the opposition getting the ball, offside at the breakdown, not straight at the lineout, and as for the scrum, the refs have no idea what's going on! The worst aspect of the refereeing is that refs will indeed penalise for some of these infringements, but only for some and not for all. I know the refs can't see everything, but they do have assistants, and they needn't ignore infringements that take place right under their noses! They will say that they want to keep the game flowing, but that cannot be an excuse for cheating, and the more the players get away with it the more we will see of it. [/QUOTE]
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