Rugby - We need a proper Title! (temp)

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by finbar
Me too. Particularly watching NH rugby. I watch the first half and it's crap.

You actually mean you are not Rugby educated enough to appreciate the hard work of a pack exhausting the opponent's forwards in order to allow the backs to have a good fun in the second half.

[flipside]

I take it you are a basketball fan then.

I mean, sorry, that you are a fan of SH rugby then?

[flipside]

Oh God, X-Posted.Sorry.

[ravagon]

Originally posted by Tamerlin

You actually mean you are not Rugby educated enough to appreciate the hard work of a pack exhausting the opponent's forwards in order to allow the backs to have a good fun in the second half.

By which you mean wasting half the game until the opposition gets bored and goes to sleep?

If you did that in the SH the fans would fall too. I guess that doesn't happen up north with all of that luvly snow, sleet and hail.

[flipside]

Originally posted by ravagon


By which you mean wasting half the game until the opposition gets bored and goes to sleep?

Worked though, hasn't it.
Even at test level. Small thing, how a WC victory is important to some .

[finbar]

Originally posted by Tamerlin
You actually mean you are not Rugby educated enough to appreciate the hard work of a pack exhausting the opponent's forwards in order to allow the backs to have a good fun in the second half.

I gather that the same scientists who discovered and named the unit of time known as the nanosecond are now looking for a name for the new unit of time they've discovered - the polar opposite of the nanosecond - which they've defined as follows:

"The time it takes for sixteen fat NH rugby forwards to remember why they shoved their heads up the arses of the fat blokes in front of them."

[ravagon]

Originally posted by flipside

Small thing, how a WC victory is important to some .

An important event in the lives of those who concern themselves with such mundane matters.

Well, until we win it at which point it really will be important again anyway ...


In what may come as a shock to some, Blues 36 d Hurricanes 12 in one of the S12 pre-seasoners, and this in real (read non-NH) rugby.
The shock being not in the scoreline but, let me quote:

All Black first five-eighth Carlos Spencer converted all five of his team's tries, also adding a penalty goal for good measure

Hark, was that a thump from yon Leicester way? - sounded a bit like somebody's head hitting the carpet in a dead faint.

[ravagon]

Originally posted by finbar


I gather that the same scientists who discovered and named the unit of time known as the nanosecond are now looking for a name for the new unit of time they've discovered - the polar opposite of the nanosecond - which they've defined as follows:

That would be a gigasecond?

Approx 31.8 years so I guess M. Johnson retired when he figured this out rather than for his stated reasons?

[finbar]

Originally posted by ravagon
In what may come as a shock to some, Blues 36 d Hurricanes 12 in one of the S12 pre-seasoners, and this in real (read non-NH) rugby.
The shock being not in the scoreline but, let me quote:

Mmmm. The quote didn't reappear. Anyway, it's no surprise at all. Carlos kicked like a champion through most of last year's S12. His problem is that he chokes under the pressure of competition at a higher level.

Hark, was that a thump from yon Leicester way? - sounded a bit like somebody's head hitting the carpet in a dead faint.

Couldn't have been. He still hasn't pulled his head out of the dunny after the loss to Stade Français.

[flipside]

Originally posted by finbar


I gather that the same scientists who discovered and named the unit of time known as the nanosecond are now looking for a name for the new unit of time they've discovered - the polar opposite of the nanosecond - which they've defined as follows:

In order.
4 years.
Bill.

[finbar]

You share Havak's problem - living in the past. Must be a NH thing.

[Havak]

Well pride comes before a fall I guess.

Though the sad thing is I was right about Stade Francais - they were very poor, thoroughly one dimensional and went about the game exactly the way we expected - driving into the pocket for Dominguez to slot the points.

The big difference was the little Argnetinian Italian scored all but one opportunity - we missed six pots at the post and therefore lost the game.

Was Deano phased? Was he hell as like. He talked about aiming to finish 4th in the league now (we are currently 9th!) How long before he gets pushed now I wonder?

I hate to say it but Dally looked imperious as Wasps slaughtered Perpignan. I bet Stimpson and Luger are happy about their moves now?

You may construe it as sucking up to Tamerlin but I think Toulouse have to be favourites now - being gifted a home tie to an Edingburgh outfit they cruised past this weekend gioves them easy passage to the semis.

[Havak]

The Blues - Hurricanes warm up match seems to show that the SH learnt nothing from their failure in the RWC then - same old boring continuity pap. Can we sue the SH over the use of 'Super' in the competition title - it seems blatant false advertising.

(Ravagon would have been disappointed if I hadn't replied this way)

[ravagon]

Originally posted by Havak
Can we sue the SH over the use of 'Super' in the competition title - it seems blatant false advertising.

Hmmm .... "Zurich Premiership" ? ...

[Havak]

Yes, it is a silly name I agree. The concept being it is the Premier club competition in the world you see.

(S12, Celtic league etc being contested by franchises not clubs)

As for it's format - the thought of having to play at least 23 games to win a championship would scare most SH players off would it not? I wonder if anyone has told Larkham he will have to play so often?