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Anyone else getting bored by the Tri-Nations?
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneAsylum" data-source="post: 274671"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KZNSharksFan @ Aug 12 2009, 02:02 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=408127" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>This isn't rugby bloody league, you can't just change the rules when you dont like the way teams are playing. It wont always be like this. SA can only play like they do because they have huge forward dominance at the moment. When they lose that, they will have to resort to the backs more. Anyway i reckon it's great that a team like SA can win by kicking and playing a structured game and a team like Australia can also win by playing more expansively.</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>i didn't mention south africa, australia or rugby league in my post, and if you think "you can't just change the rules" well think again, they were changed not that long ago. there is way too much up and under kicking going on in today's game. if rugby could go back to what it was in the 1990's and early 2000's then it's a good thing regarldless of which teams were winning or losing. from what i remember there was a lot more quick ball at the rucks, a lot more running rugby and a lot more tries were scored. that's what's average joe in front of the TV at home or watching the game wants to see, not two teams taking it in turns to kick the ball as high as they can while trying to put the opposition off catching the ball cleanly.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="InsaneAsylum, post: 274671"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KZNSharksFan @ Aug 12 2009, 02:02 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=408127']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> This isn't rugby bloody league, you can't just change the rules when you dont like the way teams are playing. It wont always be like this. SA can only play like they do because they have huge forward dominance at the moment. When they lose that, they will have to resort to the backs more. Anyway i reckon it's great that a team like SA can win by kicking and playing a structured game and a team like Australia can also win by playing more expansively. [/b][/quote] i didn't mention south africa, australia or rugby league in my post, and if you think "you can't just change the rules" well think again, they were changed not that long ago. there is way too much up and under kicking going on in today's game. if rugby could go back to what it was in the 1990's and early 2000's then it's a good thing regarldless of which teams were winning or losing. from what i remember there was a lot more quick ball at the rucks, a lot more running rugby and a lot more tries were scored. that's what's average joe in front of the TV at home or watching the game wants to see, not two teams taking it in turns to kick the ball as high as they can while trying to put the opposition off catching the ball cleanly. [/QUOTE]
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