Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Help Support The Rugby Forum :
Forums
Rugby Union
International Test Matches
Wales v Australia
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Shaggy" data-source="post: 352084" data-attributes="member: 43400"><p>Well I based my comments on this article</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/rugbynation/rugby-news/2010/11/05/rob-howley-explains-millennium-roof-decision-91466-27609166/" target="_blank">http://www.walesonline.co.uk/rugbynation/rugby-news/2010/11/05/rob-howley-explains-millennium-roof-decision-91466-27609166/</a></p><p></p><p>... I believe everything I read in the media <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> ... even when Robbie Deans says that the reason that the Wallabies scrum gets penalised so much is that the opposition convinces the Refs that the Wallabies are infringing <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/rugby/refs-are-killing-us-at-scrum-robbie-deans/story-e6frey4i-1225946849139" target="_blank">http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/rugby/refs-are-killing-us-at-scrum-robbie-deans/story-e6frey4i-1225946849139</a></p><p></p><p>Yes it would be HIGHLY UNUSUAL for any team to try to get an advantage <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> ... motives aside, i'm not convinced that keeping a roof closed is actually an advantage to teams wanting to run the ball anyway - Millennium Stadium and Melbourne have both had problems with the surface giving way under the players feet, in the past, when they've kept the roof closed </p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>... What happened? ... did Kearnsy and Marto trip up over their Green and Gold pom-pom's at the Airport <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> ... all commentators are biased to their teams</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shaggy, post: 352084, member: 43400"] Well I based my comments on this article [url]http://www.walesonline.co.uk/rugbynation/rugby-news/2010/11/05/rob-howley-explains-millennium-roof-decision-91466-27609166/[/url] ... I believe everything I read in the media :D ... even when Robbie Deans says that the reason that the Wallabies scrum gets penalised so much is that the opposition convinces the Refs that the Wallabies are infringing :p [url]http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/rugby/refs-are-killing-us-at-scrum-robbie-deans/story-e6frey4i-1225946849139[/url] Yes it would be HIGHLY UNUSUAL for any team to try to get an advantage :p ... motives aside, i'm not convinced that keeping a roof closed is actually an advantage to teams wanting to run the ball anyway - Millennium Stadium and Melbourne have both had problems with the surface giving way under the players feet, in the past, when they've kept the roof closed ... What happened? ... did Kearnsy and Marto trip up over their Green and Gold pom-pom's at the Airport :D ... all commentators are biased to their teams [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Rugby Union
International Test Matches
Wales v Australia
Top