Official Rugby Thread

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The Aussie sides are showing a lot of promise in Super Rugby this year, most competitive they've been in years.

Rumoured to be losing about 10 players though

 

[James]

Rumoured to be losing about 10 players though

Ahh that sucks! With the Lions series next year, hoping they can pull together a side to get least give them a decent game.

 

[Molehill]

Rugby has massive competition in Australia from far better managed/more popular sports so the situation is somewhat understandable

Those other countries don’t face anything like that so there comes a time when you have to question the game itself

Not really different anywhere else. We all have Football as the number 1 sport with at least 92 professional clubs (I think most of the next 24 in the ladder are too).

 

[Heboric]

Dang it, 13 all draw Junior Boks vs Junior ABs. Conditions didnt look great though. Maybe the Boks could have tried something on that last penalty

 

[social]

Not really different anywhere else. We all have Football as the number 1 sport with at least 92 professional clubs (I think most of the next 24 in the ladder are too).

The physical attributes required to play league & Aussie Rules are infinitely closer to union than football

 

[Molehill]

The physical attributes required to play league & Aussie Rules are infinitely closer to union than football

Only because of how they have trained their bodies. It's really just the front 3 where professional footballers couldn't be converted to if they had gone down a rugby path....and I doubt there's many 'props' running around Aussie Rules either.

 

[social]

Only because of how they have trained their bodies. It's really just the front 3 where professional footballers couldn't be converted to if they had gone down a rugby path....and I doubt there's many 'props' running around Aussie Rules either.

Dude, the modern rugby player is enormous and the average footballer would need to put on 40-50 pounds & that’s before you consider the positions that need height

Might as well say that a tennis player could make a rugby player if they’d trained their bodies

 

[Molehill]

Dude, the modern rugby player is enormous and the average footballer would need to put on 40-50 pounds & that’s before you consider the positions that need height

Might as well say that a tennis player could make a rugby player if they’d trained their bodies

And many modern footballers are ****ing units too. Take Dan Burn for example, you telling me this 6ft 6" defender couldn't be turned into a lock forward if he'd taken up rugby at the age of 12 instead of football? He's the exact same height as Itoje.

 

[social]

And many modern footballers are ****ing units too. Take Dan Burn for example, you telling me this 6ft 6" defender couldn't be turned into a lock forward if he'd taken up rugby at the age of 12 instead of football? He's the exact same height as Itoje.

Burns is a stick creature who Itoje outweighs by 5 stone

The sports aren’t comparable so it’s a ridiculous argument

 

[Molehill]

Burns is a stick creature who Itoje outweighs by 5 stone

The sports aren’t comparable so it’s a ridiculous argument

You suggesting that Burn couldn't have bulked up to play rugby?

 

[ripper868]

Given how easily he falls over, no.

 

[Heboric]

Congrats to the Shorks beating Clermont by you guessed it 1 point, it looked like a tough outing.

 

[Heboric]

That rules change regarding scrums has a horrible whiff about it. Cynic in me thinks its something to hinder the Boks

 

[BoyBrumby]

That rules change regarding scrums has a horrible whiff about it. Cynic in me thinks its something to hinder the Boks

Well if you keep insisting on winning world cups...

 

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Haven't had the chance to watch much of it because of work, but it sounds like Blues-Hurricanes has been a cracking game.

 

[social]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1789409262654894209

 

[Molehill]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1789409262654894209

Hadn't spotted that. Although turns out Gloucester rested 12 players saving them for a European Final. Even so, that scoreline should not happen.

 

[_Ed_]

Moana Pasifika are putting up a decent fight against the Hurricanes tonight.

 

[Ali TT]

Just caught the last quarter of the Brumbies Crusaders game, which was a bit mental. What a way to lose!

 

[Heboric]

Do the Darwin awards still happen

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1791736221279920407

Crikey