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<blockquote data-quote="gingergenius" data-source="post: 253976"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (snoopy snoopy dog dog @ Mar 27 2009, 06:09 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=387307" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p>What I took from it is that the breakdown is a huge problem and something must be done to sort it out. A way must be found whereby teams will commit to the ruck rather than fan across the field and smother space.</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Eddie Butler said last week that the pro-ELV brigade would come armed with statistics to back up their point. f*** them. England scored more and conceded less tries this 6Nations, made the most line breaks and blah di blah. Did we win? Statistics are easily spinnable and don't always add up.</p><p></p><p>Rugby is not a game ruled by stats. We see what we see in front of us. No one gives two shits what percentage of this and that happen, because no one watches rugby and tries to work it out. They're just interesting afterthoughts to explain why certain events happen in a game. People who watch rugby watch the action on the pitch. And <u>no one</u> can say that the aesthetics of the action on the pitch has been beneffitted by the ELVs. Even Declan Kidney, who has no reason to complain given that his team just won a Grand Slam, complained.</p><p></p><p>And Rod McQueen's view shows exactly why the ELVs were a well-meant disaster:</p><p></p><p>"You can't blame these new trialled rules for the decision of coaches and players to be ultra conservative". </p><p></p><p>Yes you can. These players and coaches are professionals, whose job is first and foremost to win matches. Martyn Williams isn't thinking about making the game more exciting when he sticks his hand in a ruck and slows posession down. Jerry Collins doesn't think about it when he 'gets in the way' of a player chasing a kick. Point being, you make rules and these guys will do everything in their power to find loopholes, break the rules and not get caught; just to give an advantage to their team. Why would you play 7s style rugby in high-pressure situations?</p><p></p><p>And if McQueen's going to be consistent then he can apply that exact same phrase to the last rules. The SANZARS were moaning about an ugly game after the RWC, but why didn't Rod McQueen turn around then and say "you can't blame the rules..."</p><p></p><p>Very persuasive article with lovely numbers which people seem to love. Shame I can pick it apart in 5 minutes.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="gingergenius, post: 253976"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (snoopy snoopy dog dog @ Mar 27 2009, 06:09 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=387307']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> What I took from it is that the breakdown is a huge problem and something must be done to sort it out. A way must be found whereby teams will commit to the ruck rather than fan across the field and smother space. [/b][/quote] Eddie Butler said last week that the pro-ELV brigade would come armed with statistics to back up their point. f*** them. England scored more and conceded less tries this 6Nations, made the most line breaks and blah di blah. Did we win? Statistics are easily spinnable and don't always add up. Rugby is not a game ruled by stats. We see what we see in front of us. No one gives two shits what percentage of this and that happen, because no one watches rugby and tries to work it out. They're just interesting afterthoughts to explain why certain events happen in a game. People who watch rugby watch the action on the pitch. And [u]no one[/u] can say that the aesthetics of the action on the pitch has been beneffitted by the ELVs. Even Declan Kidney, who has no reason to complain given that his team just won a Grand Slam, complained. And Rod McQueen's view shows exactly why the ELVs were a well-meant disaster: "You can't blame these new trialled rules for the decision of coaches and players to be ultra conservative". Yes you can. These players and coaches are professionals, whose job is first and foremost to win matches. Martyn Williams isn't thinking about making the game more exciting when he sticks his hand in a ruck and slows posession down. Jerry Collins doesn't think about it when he 'gets in the way' of a player chasing a kick. Point being, you make rules and these guys will do everything in their power to find loopholes, break the rules and not get caught; just to give an advantage to their team. Why would you play 7s style rugby in high-pressure situations? And if McQueen's going to be consistent then he can apply that exact same phrase to the last rules. The SANZARS were moaning about an ugly game after the RWC, but why didn't Rod McQueen turn around then and say "you can't blame the rules..." Very persuasive article with lovely numbers which people seem to love. Shame I can pick it apart in 5 minutes. [/QUOTE]
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