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Would the Super Rugbys best beat the NH best?
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<blockquote data-quote="FrenchFan" data-source="post: 731618" data-attributes="member: 70871"><p>This is all down to personal taste. I like big forward tussles as well. And it's more than a 'handful' of games.</p><p>Our leagues (T14 & ProD2) have always been forwards dominated rugby. I don't remember being different. Look at the importance of scrums in French rugby. And I like watching an effective mauls, scoring a try off a maul from a lineout. I don't find that boring at all. It's as much a skill as anything else. </p><p>I like a mix of kicking and running rugby and we get that all season here. Bordeaux tend to attack more because their pack will not dominate the big packs here. But it's high risk rugby as well and it doesn't always pay off esp. in the winter on a muddy pitch. In the winter here the games slow down and given the weather conditions it only makes sense to hold on to the ball in the forwards and kick it because passing a bar soap around doesn't produce great rugby. I agree there's more running rugby in SH because the refs also favour the attacking side more than we do here. There's also too many forward passes in S15 which wouldn't be allowed here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrenchFan, post: 731618, member: 70871"] This is all down to personal taste. I like big forward tussles as well. And it's more than a 'handful' of games. Our leagues (T14 & ProD2) have always been forwards dominated rugby. I don't remember being different. Look at the importance of scrums in French rugby. And I like watching an effective mauls, scoring a try off a maul from a lineout. I don't find that boring at all. It's as much a skill as anything else. I like a mix of kicking and running rugby and we get that all season here. Bordeaux tend to attack more because their pack will not dominate the big packs here. But it's high risk rugby as well and it doesn't always pay off esp. in the winter on a muddy pitch. In the winter here the games slow down and given the weather conditions it only makes sense to hold on to the ball in the forwards and kick it because passing a bar soap around doesn't produce great rugby. I agree there's more running rugby in SH because the refs also favour the attacking side more than we do here. There's also too many forward passes in S15 which wouldn't be allowed here. [/QUOTE]
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