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<blockquote data-quote="Prestwick" data-source="post: 158012"><p>Yet again, people are confused. They think that "entertaining rugby" and "winning the game" are won and the same when actually, they are not. </p><p></p><p>The team isn't meant to be entertaining the crowd, they're there to win. If there are some enterprising moments of rugby or even whole passages or even if the entire 80 minutes was one whole try fest then so be it, but do not begrudge the teams who simply play the game.</p><p></p><p>Do not complain about the fact that your forward pack couldn't secure ball either at the break down, line out or scrum to enable your backs to run free. </p><p></p><p>Do not complain about the fact that Rugby Union is, in fact, not Rugby League. </p><p></p><p>And definitely do not complain about the fact that your team simply were not good enough to make safe a game in which you eventually succumbed to a drop goal or a simple penalty.</p><p></p><p>This is why I really do not like some of the stellenbosch rules. Some are just plain dangerous (such as being allowed to collapse a maul) and some are simply there to make the game easier for teams who are blatantly too lazy to develop their own forward pack. If Japan and the Pacific Island teams benefit from these changes then great, really happy for them, congratuations, etc but <em>do not kid yourselves</em> if you're thinking the mis-guided thought that these rules are being changed for their benefit and theirs alone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prestwick, post: 158012"] Yet again, people are confused. They think that "entertaining rugby" and "winning the game" are won and the same when actually, they are not. The team isn't meant to be entertaining the crowd, they're there to win. If there are some enterprising moments of rugby or even whole passages or even if the entire 80 minutes was one whole try fest then so be it, but do not begrudge the teams who simply play the game. Do not complain about the fact that your forward pack couldn't secure ball either at the break down, line out or scrum to enable your backs to run free. Do not complain about the fact that Rugby Union is, in fact, not Rugby League. And definitely do not complain about the fact that your team simply were not good enough to make safe a game in which you eventually succumbed to a drop goal or a simple penalty. This is why I really do not like some of the stellenbosch rules. Some are just plain dangerous (such as being allowed to collapse a maul) and some are simply there to make the game easier for teams who are blatantly too lazy to develop their own forward pack. If Japan and the Pacific Island teams benefit from these changes then great, really happy for them, congratuations, etc but [i]do not kid yourselves[/i] if you're thinking the mis-guided thought that these rules are being changed for their benefit and theirs alone. [/QUOTE]
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