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Rugby World Cup 2007
Has this wc really been the best?
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<blockquote data-quote="polonius" data-source="post: 155330"><p>Nah, it's pretty simple - to neutrals, Tonga's tries, Fiji's tries, Australia's tries, New Zealand's tries, South Africa's tries, France's tries, Wales' tries have been more memorable than England's ... try. How many have England scored?</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>But it's not all about scoring memorable tries, is it? If it were so, the USA and Japan would be top of the tree.</p><p></p><p>Rugby is about far more than that and one of the key things is to play within the rules and be penalised if you don't do so.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure the English team would love to score more tries. Why don't they? Because the opposition continually and persistently infringe to stop them doing so. Don't blame England or Argentina for kicking the goals, blame the opposition who give away the penalties. Imagine a game where no-one went offside, no-one came into the rucks and mauls from the side, where no-one made a high tackle, no-one handled the ball in a ruck, no-one collapse a scrum or pulled down a maul. Sadly this will never happen as long as the points awarded for a successful penalty remain less than that for a try.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="polonius, post: 155330"] Nah, it's pretty simple - to neutrals, Tonga's tries, Fiji's tries, Australia's tries, New Zealand's tries, South Africa's tries, France's tries, Wales' tries have been more memorable than England's ... try. How many have England scored? [/b][/quote] But it's not all about scoring memorable tries, is it? If it were so, the USA and Japan would be top of the tree. Rugby is about far more than that and one of the key things is to play within the rules and be penalised if you don't do so. I'm sure the English team would love to score more tries. Why don't they? Because the opposition continually and persistently infringe to stop them doing so. Don't blame England or Argentina for kicking the goals, blame the opposition who give away the penalties. Imagine a game where no-one went offside, no-one came into the rucks and mauls from the side, where no-one made a high tackle, no-one handled the ball in a ruck, no-one collapse a scrum or pulled down a maul. Sadly this will never happen as long as the points awarded for a successful penalty remain less than that for a try. [/QUOTE]
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