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<blockquote data-quote="nam97" data-source="post: 158155"><p>Wrong, rugby is a messy, attritional battle with a dirty, ugly, brutal competition for the ball at it's heart and a tempo set by a skillful, territorial kicking game.</p><p></p><p>Occasional it opens up and a breath-taking flowing move will occur but that fleeting piece of perfection will have been earned by hard slog.</p><p></p><p>Don't be suckered by the hyperbolics of the highlight reels.....remember the game's fundamentals. Don't water it down to achieve more cheap thrills and appeal to kids & bandwagon jumpers.</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>I'm not suckered in at all. I know a game of rugby when I see one, heck I've only been watching it my entire life. It has to come down to the difference in play between NH competitions and SH comps because I'm serious about this, every/most game I watch, be it super14 or tri nations, all those games are generally spectacles with a lot of risks taken usually pulling off and turning into gold. The fact teams (one in particular comes to mind) train solely to counter this attacking play and just **** out an ugly display of penalties does the game injustice.</p><p></p><p>No point arguing about it really, everyone has their own style and I guess I just have to feel sorry you guys have to put up with that boring style of rugby, and you may think I'm just a total twat waffling on like this.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="nam97, post: 158155"] Wrong, rugby is a messy, attritional battle with a dirty, ugly, brutal competition for the ball at it's heart and a tempo set by a skillful, territorial kicking game. Occasional it opens up and a breath-taking flowing move will occur but that fleeting piece of perfection will have been earned by hard slog. Don't be suckered by the hyperbolics of the highlight reels.....remember the game's fundamentals. Don't water it down to achieve more cheap thrills and appeal to kids & bandwagon jumpers. [/b][/quote] I'm not suckered in at all. I know a game of rugby when I see one, heck I've only been watching it my entire life. It has to come down to the difference in play between NH competitions and SH comps because I'm serious about this, every/most game I watch, be it super14 or tri nations, all those games are generally spectacles with a lot of risks taken usually pulling off and turning into gold. The fact teams (one in particular comes to mind) train solely to counter this attacking play and just **** out an ugly display of penalties does the game injustice. No point arguing about it really, everyone has their own style and I guess I just have to feel sorry you guys have to put up with that boring style of rugby, and you may think I'm just a total twat waffling on like this. [/QUOTE]
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